1951

1952 Rankings
​Final

1953

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Michigan State	(9-0-0)		0.8996	Independent
2	Georgia Tech	(12-0-0)		0.8835	Southeastern
3	Notre Dame	(7-2-1)		0.8312	Independent
4	Oklahoma	(8-1-1)		0.8012	Big Seven
5	UCLA	(8-1-0)		0.7775	Pacific Coast
6	Southern California	(10-1-0)		0.7734	Pacific Coast
7	Texas	(9-2-0)		0.7040	Southwest
8	Penn State	(7-2-1)		0.6508	Independent
9	Navy	(6-2-1)		0.6438	Independent
10	Maryland	(7-2-0)		0.6417	Southern
11	Alabama	(10-2-0)		0.6363	Southeastern
12	Duke	(8-2-0)		0.6345	Southern
13	Mississippi	(8-1-2)		0.6099	Southeastern
14	Tennessee	(8-2-1)		0.5747	Southeastern
15	Princeton	(8-1-0)		0.5408	Independent
16	Houston	(8-2-0)		0.5171	Missouri Valley
17	Pittsburgh	(6-3-0)		0.5073	Independent
18	Pennsylvania	(4-3-2)		0.4881	Independent
19	Kansas	(7-3-0)		0.4842	Big Seven
20	California	(7-3-0)		0.4832	Pacific Coast
21	Florida	(8-3-0)		0.4757	Southeastern
22	Purdue	(4-3-2)		0.4730	Big Ten
23	Colorado	(6-2-2)		0.4725	Big Seven
24	Wisconsin	(6-3-1)		0.4488	Big Ten
25	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.4402	Big Ten
26	Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4376	Independent
27	West Virginia	(7-2-0)		0.4375	Southern
28	Georgia	(7-4-0)		0.4126	Southeastern
29	Washington	(7-3-0)		0.4099	Pacific Coast
30	Syracuse	(7-3-0)		0.3876	Independent
31	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.3761	Independent
32	Nebraska	(5-4-1)		0.3412	Big Seven
33	Villanova	(7-1-1)		0.3409	Independent
34	Tulsa	(8-2-1)		0.3386	Missouri Valley
35	Minnesota	(4-3-2)		0.3377	Big Ten
36	Michigan	(5-4-0)		0.3132	Big Ten
37	Texas Christian	(4-4-2)		0.3131	Southwest
38	Southern Methodist	(4-5-1)		0.3111	Southwest
39	Holy Cross	(8-2-0)		0.3097	Independent
40	Missouri	(5-5-0)		0.3055	Big Seven
41	Army	(4-4-1)		0.2963	Independent
42	New Mexico	(7-2-0)		0.2874	Border
43	Mississippi State	(5-4-0)		0.2764	Southeastern
44	Baylor	(4-4-2)		0.2722	Southwest
45	Colgate	(6-3-0)		0.2672	Independent
46	Rice	(5-5-0)		0.2225	Southwest
47	Stanford	(5-5-0)		0.2186	Pacific Coast
48	Texas A&M	(3-6-1)		0.2032	Southwest
49	Wake Forest	(5-4-1)		0.2006	Southern
50	Kentucky	(5-4-2)		0.1893	Southeastern
51	San Jose State	(6-3-0)		0.1765	Independent
52	Illinois	(4-5-0)		0.1690	Big Ten
53	Tulane	(5-5-0)		0.1575	Southeastern
54	George Washington	(6-2-1)		0.1560	Southern
55	William & Mary	(4-5-0)		0.1366	Southern
56	Vanderbilt	(3-5-2)		0.1201	Southeastern
57	Louisiana State	(3-7-0)		0.1093	Southeastern
58	Utah	(6-3-1)		0.1073	Mountain States
59	Colorado State	(6-4-0)		0.0978	Mountain States
60	Arizona	(6-4-0)		0.0931	Border
61	Washington State	(4-6-0)		0.0907	Pacific Coast
62	South Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.0877	Southern
63	Arizona State	(6-3-0)		0.0868	Border
64	Oklahoma State	(3-7-0)		0.0813	Missouri Valley
65	Wyoming	(5-4-0)		0.0642	Mountain States
66	Harvard	(5-4-0)		0.0281	Independent
67	Pacific	(7-3-1)		0.0269	Independent
68	Rutgers	(4-4-1)		0.0117	Independent
69	North Carolina	(2-6-0)		-0.0013	Southern
70	Arkansas	(2-8-0)		-0.0092	Southwest
71	Boston University	(5-4-1)		-0.0286	Independent
72	Auburn	(2-8-0)		-0.0513	Southeastern
73	Hardin-Simmons	(5-3-2)		-0.0609	Border
74	Furman	(6-3-1)		-0.0671	Southern
75	Marquette	(3-5-1)		-0.0703	Independent
76	Virginia Tech	(5-6-0)		-0.0737	Southern
77	Cornell	(2-7-0)		-0.0797	Independent
78	Idaho	(4-4-1)		-0.0870	Pacific Coast
79	Columbia	(2-6-1)		-0.0938	Independent
80	Iowa	(2-7-0)		-0.0980	Big Ten
81	Indiana	(2-7-0)		-0.1020	Big Ten
82	Northwestern	(2-6-1)		-0.1042	Big Ten
83	Iowa State	(3-6-0)		-0.1158	Big Seven
84	Clemson	(2-6-1)		-0.1358	Southern
85	Boston College	(4-4-1)		-0.1373	Independent
86	Dartmouth	(2-7-0)		-0.1399	Independent
87	Oregon State	(2-7-0)		-0.1795	Pacific Coast
88	Santa Clara	(2-6-1)		-0.1955	Independent
89	Oregon	(2-7-1)		-0.2007	Pacific Coast
90	Citadel	(3-5-1)		-0.2091	Southern
91	Miami (Florida)	(4-7-0)		-0.2093	Independent
92	Detroit Mercy	(3-6-0)		-0.2197	Independent
93	Brigham Young	(4-6-0)		-0.2696	Mountain States
94	Texas-El Paso	(5-5-1)		-0.2833	Border
95	Texas Tech	(3-7-1)		-0.2887	Border
96	Fordham	(2-5-1)		-0.3160	Independent
97	Brown	(2-7-0)		-0.3438	Independent
98	Washington & Lee	(3-7-0)		-0.3597	Southern
99	Virginia Military Institute	(3-6-1)		-0.3676	Southern
100	North Carolina State	(3-7-0)		-0.4144	Southern
101	Utah State	(3-7-1)		-0.4648	Mountain States
102	Kansas State	(1-9-0)		-0.4987	Big Seven
103	Denver	(3-7-0)		-0.5098	Mountain States
104	Temple	(2-7-1)		-0.5561	Independent
105	Northern Arizona	(3-4-0)		-0.5818	Border
106	Montana	(2-7-1)		-0.6112	Pacific Coast
107	New York University	(2-5-1)		-0.7098	Independent
108	Wichita State	(3-6-1)		-0.7159	Missouri Valley
109	Davidson	(2-7-0)		-0.7454	Southern
110	West Texas A&M	(3-6-0)		-0.8337	Border
111	Richmond	(1-9-0)		-0.8871	Southern
112	New Mexico State	(2-6-1)		-0.9607	Border
113	Drake	(2-7-0)		-1.1775	Missouri Valley

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.3662
2	Southwest	0.2882
3	Big Seven	0.2557
4	Big Ten	0.2086
5	Pacific Coast	0.1675
6	Independent	0.1329
7	Southern	-0.0569
8	Mountain States	-0.1625
9	Missouri Valley	-0.1913
10	Border	-0.2824