College Football 1953
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1953/9/18 and 1954/1/1
Ranking of Schedule
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 15 Purdue 9 2 - 7 - 0 1 15 2 20 Memphis 2 0 - 2 - 0 2 20 3 22 Wisconsin 9 6 - 2 - 1 3 22 4 22 Minnesota 9 4 - 4 - 1 4 22 5 22 Indiana 9 2 - 7 - 0 5 22 6 25 Ohio State 9 6 - 3 - 0 6 25 7 27 Michigan State 10 9 - 1 - 0 7 27 8 28 Tennessee Chattanooga 3 0 - 3 - 0 8 28 9 28 Iowa 9 5 - 3 - 1 9 28 10 28 Texas A&M 10 4 - 5 - 1 10 28 11 29 Southern Methodist 10 5 - 5 - 0 11 29 12 30 Illinois 9 7 - 1 - 1 12 30 13 30 Michigan 9 6 - 3 - 0 13 30 14 30 Arkansas 10 3 - 7 - 0 14 30 15 31 Texas Christian 10 3 - 7 - 0 15 31 16 32 Northwestern 9 3 - 6 - 0 16 32 17 33 California 10 4 - 4 - 2 17 33 18 33 Texas 10 7 - 3 - 0 18 33 19 34 Pennsylvania 9 3 - 5 - 1 19 34 20 34 Notre Dame 10 9 - 0 - 1 20 34 21 35 Southern California 10 6 - 3 - 1 21 35 22 35 Washington 10 3 - 6 - 1 22 35 23 37 UCLA 10 8 - 2 - 0 23 37 24 37 Baylor 10 7 - 3 - 0 24 37 25 37 Rice 11 9 - 2 - 0 25 37 26 39 Waynesburg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 26 39 27 40 Sul Ross State 1 0 - 1 - 0 27 40 28 40 Houston 9 4 - 4 - 1 28 40 29 40 Oregon State 9 3 - 6 - 0 29 40 30 41 Kansas 10 2 - 8 - 0 30 41 31 42 Louisville 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 42 32 42 Alabama 12 6 - 3 - 3 32 42 33 43 Stanford 10 6 - 3 - 1 33 43 34 43 Louisiana State 11 5 - 3 - 3 34 43 35 44 Mississippi State 10 5 - 2 - 3 35 44 36 44 Oklahoma 11 9 - 1 - 1 36 44 37 45 Stetson 2 0 - 2 - 0 37 45 38 45 Southern Mississippi 3 2 - 1 - 0 38 45 39 45 Georgia 11 3 - 8 - 0 39 45 40 46 Tulane 10 1 - 8 - 1 40 46 41 46 Kentucky 10 7 - 2 - 1 41 46 42 46 Washington State 10 4 - 6 - 0 42 46 43 46 Tulsa 10 3 - 7 - 0 43 46 44 47 Missouri 10 6 - 4 - 0 44 47 45 50 Nebraska 10 3 - 6 - 1 45 50 46 51 Mississippi 10 7 - 2 - 1 46 51 47 51 Oklahoma State 10 7 - 3 - 0 47 51 48 52 Auburn 11 7 - 3 - 1 48 52 49 53 Oregon 10 4 - 5 - 1 49 53 50 53 Pittsburgh 9 3 - 5 - 1 50 53 51 53 Vanderbilt 10 3 - 7 - 0 51 53 52 55 North Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 52 55 53 55 Marquette 10 6 - 3 - 1 53 55 54 56 Tennessee 11 6 - 4 - 1 54 56 55 56 Maryland 11 10 - 1 - 0 55 56 56 56 Georgia Tech 12 9 - 2 - 1 56 56 57 57 South Dakota State 2 0 - 2 - 0 57 57 58 57 Florida 10 3 - 5 - 2 58 57 59 58 Penn State 9 6 - 3 - 0 59 58 60 58 Colorado 10 6 - 4 - 0 60 58 61 58 Texas Tech 12 11 - 1 - 0 61 58 62 60 Miami FL 9 4 - 5 - 0 62 60 63 62 Wofford 2 0 - 2 - 0 63 62 64 62 Hawaii 2 0 - 2 - 0 64 62 65 63 Arizona 10 4 - 5 - 1 65 63 66 65 Navy 9 4 - 3 - 2 66 65 67 65 Villanova 10 4 - 6 - 0 67 65 68 66 Iowa State 9 2 - 7 - 0 68 66 69 66 Hardin-Simmons 11 6 - 5 - 0 69 66 70 67 Duke 10 7 - 2 - 1 70 67 71 67 Clemson 9 3 - 5 - 1 71 67 72 67 North Carolina 10 4 - 6 - 0 72 67 73 68 Brandeis 1 0 - 1 - 0 73 68 74 68 North Texas 10 3 - 6 - 1 74 68 75 69 Kansas State 10 6 - 3 - 1 75 69 76 70 Cornell 9 4 - 3 - 2 76 70 77 71 Detroit 10 6 - 4 - 0 77 71 78 71 Pacific 10 4 - 4 - 2 78 71 79 72 Army 9 7 - 1 - 1 79 72 80 72 Syracuse 9 5 - 3 - 1 80 72 81 72 West Texas A&M 10 1 - 8 - 1 81 72 82 73 Cincinnati 4 3 - 1 - 0 82 73 83 74 Quantico Marines 1 1 - 0 - 0 83 74 84 74 Temple 4 0 - 4 - 0 84 74 85 75 Newberry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 85 75 86 75 North Carolina State 10 1 - 9 - 0 86 75 87 76 Saint Xavier 2 0 - 2 - 0 87 76 88 76 New Mexico State 9 2 - 7 - 0 88 76 89 77 Fresno State 3 0 - 2 - 1 89 77 90 77 Midwestern State 5 0 - 4 - 1 90 77 91 77 Fordham 9 4 - 5 - 0 91 77 92 77 Idaho 9 1 - 8 - 0 92 77 93 77 Virginia 9 1 - 8 - 0 93 77 94 77 Holy Cross 10 5 - 5 - 0 94 77 95 78 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 1 - 0 95 78 96 78 San Jose State 9 4 - 4 - 1 96 78 97 78 Dartmouth 9 2 - 7 - 0 97 78 98 78 Wake Forest 10 3 - 6 - 1 98 78 99 79 South Carolina 10 7 - 3 - 0 99 79 100 80 Colorado State 9 4 - 5 - 0 100 80 101 80 West Virginia 10 8 - 2 - 0 101 80 102 80 Texas El Paso 10 8 - 2 - 0 102 80 103 81 Boston College 9 5 - 3 - 1 103 81 104 81 Wyoming 10 5 - 4 - 1 104 81 105 82 Arizona State 10 4 - 5 - 1 105 82 106 83 Lehigh 2 0 - 2 - 0 106 83 107 84 Boston University 9 5 - 3 - 1 107 84 108 85 San Diego Marines 2 1 - 1 - 0 108 85 109 85 Utah 10 8 - 2 - 0 109 85 110 87 Trinity University TX 3 3 - 0 - 0 110 87 111 87 Wichita State 9 4 - 4 - 1 111 87 112 89 Bucknell 2 0 - 2 - 0 112 89 113 89 Columbia 9 4 - 5 - 0 113 89 114 90 Wayne State MI 2 1 - 1 - 0 114 90 115 90 William & Mary 10 5 - 4 - 1 115 90 116 90 Brigham Young 10 2 - 7 - 1 116 90 117 91 Florida State 4 2 - 2 - 0 117 91 118 92 Ohio University 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 92 119 94 San Diego State 1 0 - 1 - 0 119 94 120 94 Washington & Lee 10 4 - 6 - 0 120 94 121 95 George Washington 9 5 - 4 - 0 121 95 122 95 Citadel 9 2 - 7 - 0 122 95 123 95 Utah State 11 8 - 3 - 0 123 95 124 96 Colgate 9 3 - 4 - 2 124 96 125 96 Brown 9 3 - 5 - 1 125 96 126 96 Denver 10 3 - 5 - 2 126 96 127 97 Rutgers 8 2 - 6 - 0 127 97 128 98 Davidson 9 0 - 9 - 0 128 98 129 98 Virginia Military 10 5 - 5 - 0 129 98 130 99 New Mexico 9 5 - 3 - 1 130 99 131 99 Princeton 9 5 - 4 - 0 131 99 132 102 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 102 133 102 Montana 8 3 - 5 - 0 133 102 134 103 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 103 135 104 Connecticut 2 0 - 2 - 0 135 104 136 104 Virginia Tech 10 5 - 5 - 0 136 104 137 105 Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 137 105 138 105 Furman 9 7 - 2 - 0 138 105 139 107 Bradley 2 0 - 2 - 0 139 107 140 107 Richmond 9 5 - 3 - 1 140 107 141 109 Presbyterian 4 1 - 3 - 0 141 109 142 111 Rhode Island 1 1 - 0 - 0 142 111 143 111 Amherst College 1 1 - 0 - 0 143 111 144 112 Yale 9 5 - 2 - 2 144 112 145 113 Shepherd College 1 0 - 1 - 0 145 113 146 113 Harvard 8 6 - 2 - 0 146 113 147 113 Drake 8 4 - 4 - 0 147 113 148 114 Lafayette 2 0 - 2 - 0 148 114 149 116 Colorado College 2 0 - 2 - 0 149 116 150 118 McMurry 2 1 - 0 - 1 150 118 151 118 South Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 151 118 152 123 Montana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 123 153 126 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 126