College Football 1953
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1953/9/18 and 1954/1/1
Ranking of Schedule
Sorensen's Rankings - Sat Oct 28 22:33:11 2023

 
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 7553 Purdue 9 2 - 7 - 0 1 7553 2 6538 Minnesota 9 4 - 4 - 1 2 6538 3 6305 Wisconsin 9 6 - 2 - 1 3 6305 4 6279 Indiana 9 2 - 7 - 0 4 6279 5 6150 Ohio State 9 6 - 3 - 0 5 6150 6 6053 Memphis 2 0 - 2 - 0 6 6053 7 5964 Iowa 9 5 - 3 - 1 7 5964 8 5566 Southern Methodist 10 5 - 5 - 0 8 5566 9 5541 Michigan State 10 9 - 1 - 0 9 5541 10 5540 Michigan 9 6 - 3 - 0 10 5540 11 5354 Texas A&M 10 4 - 5 - 1 11 5354 12 5252 Texas Christian 10 3 - 7 - 0 12 5252 13 5247 Illinois 9 7 - 1 - 1 13 5247 14 5220 Northwestern 9 3 - 6 - 0 14 5220 15 5138 Arkansas 10 3 - 7 - 0 15 5138 16 5070 Tennessee Chattanooga 3 0 - 3 - 0 16 5070 17 4925 Pennsylvania 9 3 - 5 - 1 17 4925 18 4910 California 10 4 - 4 - 2 18 4910 19 4890 Texas 10 7 - 3 - 0 19 4890 20 4863 Southern California 10 6 - 3 - 1 20 4863 21 4823 Notre Dame 10 9 - 0 - 1 21 4823 22 4638 UCLA 10 8 - 2 - 0 22 4638 23 4630 Washington 10 3 - 6 - 1 23 4630 24 4383 Oregon State 9 3 - 6 - 0 24 4383 25 4305 Baylor 10 7 - 3 - 0 25 4305 26 4216 Kansas 10 2 - 8 - 0 26 4216 27 4205 Rice 11 9 - 2 - 0 27 4205 28 4068 Houston 9 4 - 4 - 1 28 4068 29 3973 Alabama 12 6 - 3 - 3 29 3973 30 3923 Oklahoma 11 9 - 1 - 1 30 3923 31 3913 Stanford 10 6 - 3 - 1 31 3913 32 3676 Waynesburg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 32 3676 33 3637 Mississippi State 10 5 - 2 - 3 33 3637 34 3636 Sul Ross State 1 0 - 1 - 0 34 3636 35 3607 Louisiana State 11 5 - 3 - 3 35 3607 36 3554 Georgia 11 3 - 8 - 0 36 3554 37 3550 Louisville 1 0 - 1 - 0 37 3550 38 3520 Missouri 10 6 - 4 - 0 38 3520 39 3512 Washington State 10 4 - 6 - 0 39 3512 40 3395 Tulane 10 1 - 8 - 1 40 3395 41 3365 Kentucky 10 7 - 2 - 1 41 3365 42 3342 Stetson 2 0 - 2 - 0 42 3342 43 3317 Tulsa 10 3 - 7 - 0 43 3317 44 3294 Southern Mississippi 3 2 - 1 - 0 44 3294 45 3249 Nebraska 10 3 - 6 - 1 45 3249 46 3027 Pittsburgh 9 3 - 5 - 1 46 3027 47 2981 Mississippi 10 7 - 2 - 1 47 2981 48 2918 Oklahoma State 10 7 - 3 - 0 48 2918 49 2729 Auburn 11 7 - 3 - 1 49 2729 50 2718 Oregon 10 4 - 5 - 1 50 2718 51 2644 Marquette 10 6 - 3 - 1 51 2644 52 2535 Vanderbilt 10 3 - 7 - 0 52 2535 53 2408 Maryland 11 10 - 1 - 0 53 2408 54 2278 Colorado 10 6 - 4 - 0 54 2278 55 2275 Georgia Tech 12 9 - 2 - 1 55 2275 56 2259 Tennessee 11 6 - 4 - 1 56 2259 57 2240 North Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 57 2240 58 2188 Florida 10 3 - 5 - 2 58 2188 59 2167 South Dakota State 2 0 - 2 - 0 59 2167 60 2134 Penn State 9 6 - 3 - 0 60 2134 61 1997 Miami FL 9 4 - 5 - 0 61 1997 62 1960 Texas Tech 12 11 - 1 - 0 62 1960 63 1705 Navy 9 4 - 3 - 2 63 1705 64 1683 Wofford 2 0 - 2 - 0 64 1683 65 1678 Hawaii 2 0 - 2 - 0 65 1678 66 1558 Arizona 10 4 - 5 - 1 66 1558 67 1533 North Carolina 10 4 - 6 - 0 67 1533 68 1395 Villanova 10 4 - 6 - 0 68 1395 69 1351 Hardin-Simmons 11 6 - 5 - 0 69 1351 70 1165 Duke 10 7 - 2 - 1 70 1165 71 1095 Cornell 9 4 - 3 - 2 71 1095 72 1095 Clemson 9 3 - 5 - 1 72 1095 73 1079 Kansas State 10 6 - 3 - 1 73 1079 74 1018 North Texas 10 3 - 6 - 1 74 1018 75 1009 Iowa State 9 2 - 7 - 0 75 1009 76 975 Brandeis 1 0 - 1 - 0 76 975 77 782 Pacific 10 4 - 4 - 2 77 782 78 710 Detroit 10 6 - 4 - 0 78 710 79 688 Army 9 7 - 1 - 1 79 688 80 687 Syracuse 9 5 - 3 - 1 80 687 81 673 West Texas A&M 10 1 - 8 - 1 81 673 82 605 Cincinnati 4 3 - 1 - 0 82 605 83 488 Temple 4 0 - 4 - 0 83 488 84 370 Quantico Marines 1 1 - 0 - 0 84 370 85 334 Newberry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 85 334 86 263 Saint Xavier 2 0 - 2 - 0 86 263 87 186 Fresno State 3 0 - 2 - 1 87 186 88 129 North Carolina State 10 1 - 9 - 0 88 129 89 123 Holy Cross 10 5 - 5 - 0 89 123 90 120 Dartmouth 9 2 - 7 - 0 90 120 91 77 Virginia 9 1 - 8 - 0 91 77 92 65 Wake Forest 10 3 - 6 - 1 92 65 93 32 Midwestern State 5 0 - 4 - 1 93 32 94 -17 Idaho 9 1 - 8 - 0 94 -17 95 -35 Fordham 9 4 - 5 - 0 95 -35 96 -40 New Mexico State 9 2 - 7 - 0 96 -40 97 -40 South Carolina 10 7 - 3 - 0 97 -40 98 -42 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 1 - 0 98 -42 99 -44 San Jose State 9 4 - 4 - 1 99 -44 100 -149 West Virginia 10 8 - 2 - 0 100 -149 101 -185 Texas El Paso 10 8 - 2 - 0 101 -185 102 -233 Wyoming 10 5 - 4 - 1 102 -233 103 -268 Colorado State 9 4 - 5 - 0 103 -268 104 -344 Boston College 9 5 - 3 - 1 104 -344 105 -391 Lehigh 2 0 - 2 - 0 105 -391 106 -459 Arizona State 10 4 - 5 - 1 106 -459 107 -521 San Diego Marines 2 1 - 1 - 0 107 -521 108 -764 Utah 10 8 - 2 - 0 108 -764 109 -846 Boston University 9 5 - 3 - 1 109 -846 110 -997 Trinity University TX 3 3 - 0 - 0 110 -997 111 -1016 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 111 -1016 112 -1076 Columbia 9 4 - 5 - 0 112 -1076 113 -1157 Ohio University 1 0 - 1 - 0 113 -1157 114 -1162 William & Mary 10 5 - 4 - 1 114 -1162 115 -1211 Brigham Young 10 2 - 7 - 1 115 -1211 116 -1258 Wichita State 9 4 - 4 - 1 116 -1258 117 -1357 Florida State 4 2 - 2 - 0 117 -1357 118 -1464 Wayne State MI 2 1 - 1 - 0 118 -1464 119 -1472 San Diego State 1 0 - 1 - 0 119 -1472 120 -1762 Utah State 11 8 - 3 - 0 120 -1762 121 -1889 Colgate 9 3 - 4 - 2 121 -1889 122 -1923 George Washington 9 5 - 4 - 0 122 -1923 123 -1977 Rutgers 8 2 - 6 - 0 123 -1977 124 -2083 Brown 9 3 - 5 - 1 124 -2083 125 -2101 Citadel 9 2 - 7 - 0 125 -2101 126 -2106 Washington & Lee 10 4 - 6 - 0 126 -2106 127 -2127 Denver 10 3 - 5 - 2 127 -2127 128 -2167 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 -2167 129 -2217 Davidson 9 0 - 9 - 0 129 -2217 130 -2231 Princeton 9 5 - 4 - 0 130 -2231 131 -2255 Virginia Military 10 5 - 5 - 0 131 -2255 132 -2269 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 -2269 133 -2397 Connecticut 2 0 - 2 - 0 133 -2397 134 -2460 New Mexico 9 5 - 3 - 1 134 -2460 135 -2545 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 -2545 136 -2939 Montana 8 3 - 5 - 0 136 -2939 137 -2946 Virginia Tech 10 5 - 5 - 0 137 -2946 138 -3021 Bradley 2 0 - 2 - 0 138 -3021 139 -3166 Rhode Island 1 1 - 0 - 0 139 -3166 140 -3166 Amherst College 1 1 - 0 - 0 140 -3166 141 -3293 Furman 9 7 - 2 - 0 141 -3293 142 -3389 Richmond 9 5 - 3 - 1 142 -3389 143 -3503 Lafayette 2 0 - 2 - 0 143 -3503 144 -3648 Shepherd College 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 -3648 145 -3680 Yale 9 5 - 2 - 2 145 -3680 146 -3883 Colorado College 2 0 - 2 - 0 146 -3883 147 -3883 Harvard 8 6 - 2 - 0 147 -3883 148 -3934 Presbyterian 4 1 - 3 - 0 148 -3934 149 -3995 South Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 149 -3995 150 -4301 McMurry 2 1 - 0 - 1 150 -4301 151 -4599 Drake 8 4 - 4 - 0 151 -4599 152 -4995 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 -4995 153 -5168 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 -5168