1952

1953 Rankings
​Final

1954

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(9-0-1)		0.8590	Independent
2	Michigan State	(9-1-0)		0.8462	Big Ten
3	Oklahoma	(9-1-1)		0.7568	Big Seven
4	Illinois	(7-1-1)		0.7218	Big Ten
5	Rice	(9-2-0)		0.6996	Southwest
6	Wisconsin	(6-2-1)		0.6777	Big Ten
7	Texas Tech	(11-1-0)		0.6594	Border
8	UCLA	(8-2-0)		0.6409	Pacific Coast
9	Maryland	(10-1-0)		0.6400	Atlantic Coast
10	Texas	(7-3-0)		0.6046	Southwest
11	Kentucky	(7-2-1)		0.5472	Southeastern
12	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5430	Big Ten
13	Georgia Tech	(9-2-1)		0.5385	Southeastern
14	Iowa	(5-3-1)		0.5171	Big Ten
15	Michigan	(6-3-0)		0.5151	Big Ten
16	Baylor	(7-3-0)		0.5111	Southwest
17	Army	(7-1-1)		0.4978	Independent
18	Mississippi	(7-2-1)		0.4881	Southeastern
19	Duke	(7-2-1)		0.4733	Atlantic Coast
20	Oklahoma State	(7-3-0)		0.4660	Missouri Valley
21	Southern California	(6-3-1)		0.4634	Pacific Coast
22	Stanford	(6-3-1)		0.4593	Pacific Coast
23	Mississippi State	(5-2-3)		0.4497	Southeastern
24	Southern Methodist	(5-5-0)		0.4362	Southwest
25	Utah	(8-2-0)		0.4181	Mountain States
26	Penn State	(6-3-0)		0.4137	Independent
27	West Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4135	Southern
28	Auburn	(7-3-1)		0.4104	Southeastern
29	Minnesota	(4-4-1)		0.4025	Big Ten
30	Alabama	(6-3-3)		0.3918	Southeastern
31	Missouri	(6-4-0)		0.3890	Big Seven
32	Louisiana State	(5-3-3)		0.3853	Southeastern
33	Houston	(4-4-1)		0.3673	Missouri Valley
34	Marquette	(6-3-1)		0.3619	Independent
35	Texas A&M	(4-5-1)		0.3593	Southwest
36	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.3562	Big Seven
37	Kansas State	(6-3-1)		0.3450	Big Seven
38	South Carolina	(7-3-0)		0.3397	Atlantic Coast
39	California	(4-4-2)		0.3193	Pacific Coast
40	Utah State	(8-3-0)		0.3177	Mountain States
41	Tennessee	(6-4-1)		0.3134	Southeastern
42	Texas-El Paso	(8-2-0)		0.3096	Border
43	Navy	(4-3-2)		0.3008	Independent
44	Syracuse	(5-3-1)		0.2962	Independent
45	Wyoming	(5-4-1)		0.2810	Mountain States
46	Furman	(7-2-0)		0.2503	Southern
47	Pennsylvania	(3-5-1)		0.2487	Independent
48	Arkansas	(3-7-0)		0.2338	Southwest
49	Harvard	(6-2-0)		0.2307	Independent
50	Oregon	(4-5-1)		0.2280	Pacific Coast
51	Purdue	(2-7-0)		0.2179	Big Ten
52	Texas Christian	(3-7-0)		0.2150	Southwest
53	Florida	(3-5-2)		0.2144	Southeastern
54	Washington	(3-6-1)		0.2130	Pacific Coast
55	Detroit Mercy	(6-4-0)		0.2001	Independent
56	Colorado State	(4-5-0)		0.1895	Mountain States
57	New Mexico	(5-3-1)		0.1851	Border
58	Pacific	(4-4-2)		0.1849	Independent
59	Northwestern	(3-6-0)		0.1828	Big Ten
60	Hardin-Simmons	(6-5-0)		0.1742	Border
61	Pittsburgh	(3-5-1)		0.1682	Independent
62	Arizona	(4-5-1)		0.1663	Border
63	Boston University	(5-3-1)		0.1633	Independent
64	Cornell	(4-3-2)		0.1571	Independent
65	Washington State	(4-6-0)		0.1522	Pacific Coast
66	Boston College	(5-3-1)		0.1301	Independent
67	Nebraska	(3-6-1)		0.1284	Big Seven
68	Miami (Florida)	(4-5-0)		0.1134	Independent
69	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.1059	Southern
70	Indiana	(2-7-0)		0.1045	Big Ten
71	Fordham	(4-5-0)		0.1022	Independent
72	Wichita State	(4-4-1)		0.0883	Missouri Valley
73	Columbia	(4-5-0)		0.0778	Independent
74	Yale	(5-2-2)		0.0770	Independent
75	Oregon State	(3-6-0)		0.0682	Pacific Coast
76	Kansas	(2-8-0)		0.0610	Big Seven
77	Clemson	(3-5-1)		0.0370	Atlantic Coast
78	North Carolina	(4-6-0)		0.0332	Atlantic Coast
79	Villanova	(4-6-0)		0.0296	Independent
80	Vanderbilt	(3-7-0)		0.0230	Southeastern
81	San Jose State	(4-4-1)		0.0175	Independent
82	Denver	(3-5-2)		0.0169	Mountain States
83	Princeton	(5-4-0)		0.0149	Independent
84	Holy Cross	(5-5-0)		0.0015	Independent
85	Arizona State	(4-5-1)		-0.0033	Border
86	Tulsa	(3-7-0)		-0.0131	Missouri Valley
87	Richmond	(5-3-1)		-0.0204	Southern
88	Wake Forest	(3-6-1)		-0.0220	Atlantic Coast
89	Virginia Tech	(5-5-0)		-0.0274	Southern
90	Virginia Military Institute	(5-5-0)		-0.0357	Southern
91	Colgate	(3-4-2)		-0.0384	Independent
92	Georgia	(3-8-0)		-0.0406	Southeastern
93	William & Mary	(5-4-1)		-0.0802	Southern
94	Iowa State	(2-7-0)		-0.0922	Big Seven
95	Tulane	(1-8-1)		-0.1048	Southeastern
96	Brigham Young	(2-7-1)		-0.1078	Mountain States
97	Drake	(4-4-0)		-0.1103	Missouri Valley
98	Brown	(3-5-1)		-0.1154	Independent
99	Washington & Lee	(4-6-0)		-0.1544	Southern
100	Dartmouth	(2-7-0)		-0.1546	Independent
101	Montana	(3-5-0)		-0.1607	Pacific Coast
102	New Mexico State	(2-7-0)		-0.3228	Border
103	Rutgers	(2-6-0)		-0.3381	Independent
104	North Carolina State	(1-9-0)		-0.3600	Atlantic Coast
105	West Texas A&M	(1-8-1)		-0.4167	Border
106	Idaho	(1-8-0)		-0.4189	Pacific Coast
107	Citadel	(2-7-0)		-0.4857	Southern
108	Virginia	(1-8-0)		-0.5163	Independent
109	Davidson	(0-9-0)		-0.6949	Southern

Average Ratings by Conference (1953)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Ten		0.4729
2	Southwest		0.4371
3	Southeastern		0.3014
4	Big Seven		0.2778
5	Pacific Coast		0.1965
6	Mountain States		0.1859
7	Atlantic Coast		0.1630
8	Missouri Valley		0.1596
9	Independent		0.1290
10	Border		0.0940
11	Southern		-0.0729