1952

1953 Rankings
​Final

1954

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(9-0-1)		0.9204	Independent
2	Michigan State	(9-1-0)		0.9186	Big Ten
3	Oklahoma	(9-1-1)		0.7980	Big Seven
4	Illinois	(7-1-1)		0.7620	Big Ten
5	Rice	(9-2-0)		0.7431	Southwest
6	Wisconsin	(6-2-1)		0.7312	Big Ten
7	UCLA	(8-2-0)		0.7094	Pacific Coast
8	Texas Tech	(11-1-0)		0.6983	Border
9	Maryland	(10-1-0)		0.6856	Atlantic Coast
10	Texas	(7-3-0)		0.6560	Southwest
11	Kentucky	(7-2-1)		0.5875	Southeastern
12	Iowa	(5-3-1)		0.5765	Big Ten
13	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5764	Big Ten
14	Georgia Tech	(9-2-1)		0.5592	Southeastern
15	Michigan	(6-3-0)		0.5568	Big Ten
16	Baylor	(7-3-0)		0.5560	Southwest
17	Mississippi	(7-2-1)		0.5271	Southeastern
18	Southern California	(6-3-1)		0.5100	Pacific Coast
19	Stanford	(6-3-1)		0.4977	Pacific Coast
20	Oklahoma State	(7-3-0)		0.4943	Missouri Valley
21	Mississippi State	(5-2-3)		0.4840	Southeastern
22	Duke	(7-2-1)		0.4802	Atlantic Coast
23	Southern Methodist	(5-5-0)		0.4745	Southwest
24	Minnesota	(4-4-1)		0.4552	Big Ten
25	Army	(7-1-1)		0.4503	Independent
26	Penn State	(6-3-0)		0.4493	Independent
27	West Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4484	Southern
28	Auburn	(7-3-1)		0.4423	Southeastern
29	Utah	(8-2-0)		0.4334	Mountain States
30	Missouri	(6-4-0)		0.4284	Big Seven
31	Alabama	(6-3-3)		0.4169	Southeastern
32	Louisiana State	(5-3-3)		0.4100	Southeastern
33	Texas A&M	(4-5-1)		0.3917	Southwest
34	Houston	(4-4-1)		0.3892	Missouri Valley
35	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.3856	Big Seven
36	Marquette	(6-3-1)		0.3631	Independent
37	South Carolina	(7-3-0)		0.3502	Atlantic Coast
38	Kansas State	(6-3-1)		0.3480	Big Seven
39	California	(4-4-2)		0.3451	Pacific Coast
40	Tennessee	(6-4-1)		0.3293	Southeastern
41	Texas-El Paso	(8-2-0)		0.3195	Border
42	Utah State	(8-3-0)		0.3081	Mountain States
43	Syracuse	(5-3-1)		0.2886	Independent
44	Arkansas	(3-7-0)		0.2601	Southwest
45	Oregon	(4-5-1)		0.2586	Pacific Coast
46	Furman	(7-2-0)		0.2555	Southern
47	Washington	(3-6-1)		0.2489	Pacific Coast
48	Texas Christian	(3-7-0)		0.2445	Southwest
49	Navy	(4-3-2)		0.2432	Independent
50	Florida	(3-5-2)		0.2391	Southeastern
51	Wyoming	(5-4-1)		0.2377	Mountain States
52	Purdue	(2-7-0)		0.2341	Big Ten
53	Harvard	(6-2-0)		0.2281	Independent
54	Detroit Mercy	(6-4-0)		0.2167	Independent
55	Pennsylvania	(3-5-1)		0.2115	Independent
56	Pittsburgh	(3-5-1)		0.2052	Independent
57	Northwestern	(3-6-0)		0.1984	Big Ten
58	Washington State	(4-6-0)		0.1873	Pacific Coast
59	Hardin-Simmons	(6-5-0)		0.1814	Border
60	Colorado State	(4-5-0)		0.1749	Mountain States
61	Boston University	(5-3-1)		0.1710	Independent
62	Nebraska	(3-6-1)		0.1657	Big Seven
63	Arizona	(4-5-1)		0.1472	Border
64	Pacific	(4-4-2)		0.1375	Independent
65	Miami (Florida)	(4-5-0)		0.1338	Independent
66	Indiana	(2-7-0)		0.1246	Big Ten
67	New Mexico	(5-3-1)		0.1229	Border
68	Fordham	(4-5-0)		0.1215	Independent
69	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.1173	Southern
70	Boston College	(5-3-1)		0.1066	Independent
71	Oregon State	(3-6-0)		0.1053	Pacific Coast
72	Kansas	(2-8-0)		0.0794	Big Seven
73	Cornell	(4-3-2)		0.0788	Independent
74	Wichita State	(4-4-1)		0.0468	Missouri Valley
75	Columbia	(4-5-0)		0.0456	Independent
76	Villanova	(4-6-0)		0.0424	Independent
77	North Carolina	(4-6-0)		0.0388	Atlantic Coast
78	Vanderbilt	(3-7-0)		0.0195	Southeastern
79	Clemson	(3-5-1)		0.0084	Atlantic Coast
80	Holy Cross	(5-5-0)		-0.0023	Independent
81	Virginia Tech	(5-5-0)		-0.0177	Southern
82	Tulsa	(3-7-0)		-0.0184	Missouri Valley
83	Princeton	(5-4-0)		-0.0198	Independent
84	Yale	(5-2-2)		-0.0301	Independent
85	Virginia Military Institute	(5-5-0)		-0.0354	Southern
86	Georgia	(3-8-0)		-0.0390	Southeastern
87	San Jose State	(4-4-1)		-0.0522	Independent
88	Denver	(3-5-2)		-0.0527	Mountain States
89	Richmond	(5-3-1)		-0.0653	Southern
90	Arizona State	(4-5-1)		-0.0737	Border
91	Wake Forest	(3-6-1)		-0.0760	Atlantic Coast
92	Iowa State	(2-7-0)		-0.0807	Big Seven
93	William & Mary	(5-4-1)		-0.0935	Southern
94	Tulane	(1-8-1)		-0.1075	Southeastern
95	Drake	(4-4-0)		-0.1312	Missouri Valley
96	Colgate	(3-4-2)		-0.1580	Independent
97	Washington & Lee	(4-6-0)		-0.1597	Southern
98	Brigham Young	(2-7-1)		-0.1759	Mountain States
99	Brown	(3-5-1)		-0.1911	Independent
100	Dartmouth	(2-7-0)		-0.2009	Independent
101	Montana	(3-5-0)		-0.2119	Pacific Coast
102	Rutgers	(2-6-0)		-0.3574	Independent
103	New Mexico State	(2-7-0)		-0.3702	Border
104	North Carolina State	(1-9-0)		-0.3904	Atlantic Coast
105	Idaho	(1-8-0)		-0.4438	Pacific Coast
106	Citadel	(2-7-0)		-0.5060	Southern
107	West Texas A&M	(1-8-1)		-0.5113	Border
108	Virginia	(1-8-0)		-0.5225	Independent
109	Davidson	(0-9-0)		-0.7505	Southern

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.5134
2	Southwest	0.4751
3	Southeastern	0.3224
4	Big Seven	0.3035
5	Pacific Coast	0.2207
6	Atlantic Coast	0.1567
7	Missouri Valley	0.1561
8	Mountain States	0.1542
9	Independent	0.1066
10	Border	0.0643
11	Southern	-0.0807