1952

1953 Rankings
​Final

1954

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(9-0-1)		0.9242	Independent
2	Michigan State	(9-1-0)		0.8675	Big Ten
3	Oklahoma	(9-1-1)		0.7809	Big Seven
4	Rice	(9-2-0)		0.7546	Southwest
5	Illinois	(7-1-1)		0.7368	Big Ten
6	Wisconsin	(6-2-1)		0.7143	Big Ten
7	Texas Tech	(11-1-0)		0.7035	Border
8	Maryland	(10-1-0)		0.6918	Atlantic Coast
9	UCLA	(8-2-0)		0.6741	Pacific Coast
10	Texas	(7-3-0)		0.6383	Southwest
11	Kentucky	(7-2-1)		0.5888	Southeastern
12	Georgia Tech	(9-2-1)		0.5765	Southeastern
13	Iowa	(5-3-1)		0.5620	Big Ten
14	Ohio State	(6-3-0)		0.5488	Big Ten
15	Mississippi	(7-2-1)		0.5329	Southeastern
16	Michigan	(6-3-0)		0.5217	Big Ten
17	Baylor	(7-3-0)		0.5180	Southwest
18	Mississippi State	(5-2-3)		0.5031	Southeastern
19	Duke	(7-2-1)		0.4913	Atlantic Coast
20	Oklahoma State	(7-3-0)		0.4760	Missouri Valley
21	Army	(7-1-1)		0.4522	Independent
22	Stanford	(6-3-1)		0.4477	Pacific Coast
23	Southern California	(6-3-1)		0.4465	Pacific Coast
24	Auburn	(7-3-1)		0.4450	Southeastern
25	Southern Methodist	(5-5-0)		0.4403	Southwest
26	West Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.4310	Southern
27	Penn State	(6-3-0)		0.4285	Independent
28	Minnesota	(4-4-1)		0.4150	Big Ten
29	Utah	(8-2-0)		0.4088	Mountain States
30	Alabama	(6-3-3)		0.4004	Southeastern
31	Louisiana State	(5-3-3)		0.3980	Southeastern
32	Missouri	(6-4-0)		0.3848	Big Seven
33	Marquette	(6-3-1)		0.3489	Independent
34	Houston	(4-4-1)		0.3448	Missouri Valley
35	Colorado	(6-4-0)		0.3299	Big Seven
36	Texas A&M	(4-5-1)		0.3297	Southwest
37	Texas-El Paso	(8-2-0)		0.3249	Border
38	Kansas State	(6-3-1)		0.3233	Big Seven
38=	South Carolina	(7-3-0)		0.3233	Atlantic Coast
40	Tennessee	(6-4-1)		0.3138	Southeastern
41	Utah State	(8-3-0)		0.2813	Mountain States
42	California	(4-4-2)		0.2801	Pacific Coast
43	Syracuse	(5-3-1)		0.2688	Independent
44	Navy	(4-3-2)		0.2305	Independent
45	Wyoming	(5-4-1)		0.2253	Mountain States
46	Furman	(7-2-0)		0.2242	Southern
47	Florida	(3-5-2)		0.2169	Southeastern
48	Arkansas	(3-7-0)		0.2160	Southwest
49	Texas Christian	(3-7-0)		0.1879	Southwest
50	Harvard	(6-2-0)		0.1834	Independent
51	Purdue	(2-7-0)		0.1782	Big Ten
52	Oregon	(4-5-1)		0.1683	Pacific Coast
53	Pennsylvania	(3-5-1)		0.1672	Independent
54	Pittsburgh	(3-5-1)		0.1406	Independent
55	Washington	(3-6-1)		0.1390	Pacific Coast
56	Hardin-Simmons	(6-5-0)		0.1290	Border
57	Northwestern	(3-6-0)		0.1278	Big Ten
58	Detroit Mercy	(6-4-0)		0.1219	Independent
59	Colorado State	(4-5-0)		0.1191	Mountain States
60	Boston University	(5-3-1)		0.0999	Independent
61	Arizona	(4-5-1)		0.0963	Border
62	New Mexico	(5-3-1)		0.0798	Border
63	Nebraska	(3-6-1)		0.0716	Big Seven
64	Washington State	(4-6-0)		0.0566	Pacific Coast
65	Pacific	(4-4-2)		0.0548	Independent
66	Miami (Florida)	(4-5-0)		0.0490	Independent
67	Cornell	(4-3-2)		0.0264	Independent
68	George Washington	(5-4-0)		0.0238	Southern
69	Indiana	(2-7-0)		0.0161	Big Ten
70	Fordham	(4-5-0)		0.0121	Independent
71	Boston College	(5-3-1)		-0.0123	Independent
72	Kansas	(2-8-0)		-0.0181	Big Seven
73	Wichita State	(4-4-1)		-0.0356	Missouri Valley
74	Columbia	(4-5-0)		-0.0378	Independent
75	North Carolina	(4-6-0)		-0.0470	Atlantic Coast
76	Vanderbilt	(3-7-0)		-0.0699	Southeastern
77	Oregon State	(3-6-0)		-0.0702	Pacific Coast
78	Clemson	(3-5-1)		-0.0881	Atlantic Coast
79	Villanova	(4-6-0)		-0.1074	Independent
80	Yale	(5-2-2)		-0.1426	Independent
81	Denver	(3-5-2)		-0.1479	Mountain States
81=	San Jose State	(4-4-1)		-0.1479	Independent
83	Holy Cross	(5-5-0)		-0.1512	Independent
84	Georgia	(3-8-0)		-0.1534	Southeastern
85	Arizona State	(4-5-1)		-0.1610	Border
86	Princeton	(5-4-0)		-0.1704	Independent
87	Virginia Tech	(5-5-0)		-0.1797	Southern
88	Tulsa	(3-7-0)		-0.1931	Missouri Valley
89	North Texas	(3-6-1)		-0.1984	Border
90	Wake Forest	(3-6-1)		-0.2185	Atlantic Coast
91	Virginia Military Institute	(5-5-0)		-0.2189	Southern
92	Tulane	(1-8-1)		-0.2229	Southeastern
93	Richmond	(5-3-1)		-0.2569	Southern
94	Colgate	(3-4-2)		-0.2586	Independent
95	Iowa State	(2-7-0)		-0.2616	Big Seven
96	Brigham Young	(2-7-1)		-0.3032	Mountain States
97	Drake	(4-4-0)		-0.3235	Missouri Valley
98	William & Mary	(5-4-1)		-0.3397	Southern
99	Brown	(3-5-1)		-0.3408	Independent
100	Washington & Lee	(4-6-0)		-0.3808	Southern
101	Dartmouth	(2-7-0)		-0.3851	Independent
102	Montana	(3-5-0)		-0.4122	Pacific Coast
103	Rutgers	(2-6-0)		-0.6405	Independent
104	New Mexico State	(2-7-0)		-0.6480	Border
105	North Carolina State	(1-9-0)		-0.6510	Atlantic Coast
106	West Texas A&M	(1-8-1)		-0.7582	Border
107	Idaho	(1-8-0)		-0.7900	Pacific Coast
108	Citadel	(2-7-0)		-0.8855	Southern
109	Virginia	(1-8-0)		-0.8860	Independent
110	Davidson	(0-9-0)		-1.2507	Southern

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.4688
2	Southwest	0.4407
3	Southeastern	0.2941
4	Big Seven	0.2301
5	Mountain States	0.0973
6	Pacific Coast	0.0940
7	Atlantic Coast	0.0717
8	Missouri Valley	0.0537
9	Independent	0.0084
10	Border	-0.0480
11	Southern	-0.2833