College Football 1953
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1953/9/18 and 1953/12/5
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1953 - Ranking of No Division Affiliation teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
39	9.05	43	6.39	1	16.72	Purdue			9	2-7-0	1	9	2-7-0	BIG 10
23	16.85	21	16.75	2	22.67	Minnesota			9	4-4-1	3	9	4-4-1	BIG 10
52	3.25	45	5.93	4	23.06	Indiana			9	2-7-0	4	9	2-7-0	BIG 10
5	27.73	8	25.12	5	23.17	Wisconsin	15	12	9	6-2-1	5	9	6-2-1	BIG 10
22	17.24	11	21.94	6	25.83	Ohio State		20	9	6-3-0	6	9	6-3-0	BIG 10
40	8.46	35	9.93	7	28.00	Texas A&M			10	4-5-1	7	10	4-5-1	SWAC
26	15.44	26	14.32	8	28.70	Southern Methodist			10	5-5-0	8	10	5-5-0	SWAC
10	24.34	16	19.64	9	29.00	Iowa	9	10	9	5-3-1	9	9	5-3-1	BIG 10
14	19.91	9	23.34	10	30.67	Michigan	20	19	9	6-3-0	10	9	6-3-0	BIG 10
33	10.80	42	6.47	11	31.05	Arkansas			10	3-7-0	11	10	3-7-0	SWAC
7	26.55	6	28.57	12	31.06	Illinois	7	7	9	7-1-1	12	9	7-1-1	BIG 10
44	6.37	51	3.13	13	31.45	Texas Christian			10	3-7-0	13	10	3-7-0	SWAC
3	31.54	2	33.60	14	31.72	Michigan State	3	3	10	9-1-0	14	10	9-1-0	BIG 10
16	19.53	17	18.70	15	33.25	Texas	11	8	10	7-3-0	15	10	7-3-0	SWAC
45	5.63	41	6.58	16	33.33	Northwestern			9	3-6-0	16	9	3-6-0	BIG 10
2	33.08	3	33.47	17	34.00	Notre Dame	2	2	10	9-0-1	17	10	9-0-1	EIC
48	4.88	37	8.34	18	34.11	Pennsylvania			9	3-5-1	18	9	3-5-1	EIC
17	19.02	10	22.63	19	34.85	Southern California			10	6-3-1	19	10	6-3-1	PCC
46	5.62	46	5.79	20	35.55	Washington			10	3-6-1	20	10	3-6-1	PCC
6	26.87	1	35.70	21	36.00	Southern Mississippi			3	2-1-0	21	3	2-1-0	Major-Ind
21	17.40	20	16.78	22	36.20	Baylor			10	7-3-0	22	10	7-3-0	SWAC
20	17.59	25	14.89	23	36.72	Mississippi State			10	5-2-3	23	10	5-2-3	SEC
32	11.77	29	12.62	24	37.15	California			10	4-4-2	24	10	4-4-2	PCC
56	1.59	57	-0.07	25	37.36	Georgia			11	3-8-0	25	11	3-8-0	SEC
30	12.33	33	10.72	26	37.50	LSU			11	5-3-3	26	11	5-3-3	SEC
18	18.13	13	20.52	27	37.64	Alabama	13	15	12	6-3-3	27	12	6-3-3	SEC
81	-7.71	87	-9.52	28	37.80	Tulane			10	1-8-1	28	10	1-8-1	SEC
66	-1.85	48	5.28	29	38.28	Oregon State			9	3-6-0	29	9	3-6-0	PCC
13	20.50	18	17.95	30	38.56	Kentucky	16	13	10	7-2-1	30	10	7-2-1	SEC
8	24.97	12	21.67	31	38.75	Rice	6	6	11	9-2-0	31	11	9-2-0	SWAC
41	8.40	56	0.09	32	39.00	Florida			10	3-5-2	32	10	3-5-2	SEC
68	-2.88	66	-2.70	33	39.56	Vanderbilt			10	3-7-0	33	10	3-7-0	SEC
4	31.23	4	30.05	34	40.50	UCLA	5	4	10	8-2-0	34	10	8-2-0	PCC
70	-3.26	76	-6.52	35	40.75	Kansas			10	2-8-0	35	10	2-8-0	BIG 7
37	9.79	36	9.19	36	41.50	Houston			9	4-4-1	36	9	4-4-1	MVC
35	10.40	40	7.12	37	41.95	Tennessee			11	6-4-1	37	11	6-4-1	SEC
19	17.91	24	15.17	38	42.39	Auburn	17	17	11	7-3-1	38	11	7-3-1	SEC
27	14.97	22	15.96	39	44.10	Stanford	19		10	6-3-1	39	10	6-3-1	PCC
62	-0.48	52	3.04	40	45.15	Washington State			10	4-6-0	40	10	4-6-0	PCC
11	21.37	19	17.79	41	46.05	Mississippi			10	7-2-1	41	10	7-2-1	SEC
28	12.54	27	14.28	42	46.30	Missouri			10	6-4-0	42	10	6-4-0	BIG 7
9	24.76	7	25.34	43	47.30	Oklahoma	4	5	11	9-1-1	43	11	9-1-1	BIG 7
69	-2.93	69	-3.62	44	47.80	Nebraska			10	3-6-1	44	10	3-6-1	BIG 7
83	-8.46	67	-2.83	45	47.90	Tulsa			10	3-7-0	45	10	3-7-0	MVC
58	0.91	60	-0.69	46	48.06	Pittsburgh			9	3-5-1	46	9	3-5-1	EIC
15	19.70	14	20.49	48	49.05	Georgia Tech	8	9	12	9-2-1	48	12	9-2-1	SEC
55	1.71	58	-0.52	49	50.20	Oregon			10	4-5-1	49	10	4-5-1	PCC
34	10.53	28	12.69	50	52.95	Oklahoma State			10	7-3-0	50	10	7-3-0	MVC
100	-15.89	105	-20.20	51	53.00	Iowa State			9	2-7-0	51	9	2-7-0	BIG 7
1	33.91	5	29.41	52	53.75	Maryland	1	1	11	10-1-0	52	11	10-1-0	ACC
29	12.37	39	7.63	53	53.89	Penn State			9	6-3-0	53	9	6-3-0	EIC
51	3.78	55	0.26	55	54.67	Miami (FL)			9	4-5-0	55	9	4-5-0	SWIC
72	-3.81	72	-4.93	56	57.44	Clemson			9	3-5-1	56	9	3-5-1	ACC
50	4.03	44	6.24	57	57.80	Colorado			10	6-4-0	57	10	6-4-0	BIG 7
75	-5.42	73	-6.04	58	58.10	North Carolina			10	4-6-0	58	10	4-6-0	ACC
47	5.28	50	3.23	59	59.00	Navy			9	4-3-2	59	9	4-3-2	EIC
24	15.74	30	12.34	60	59.45	Duke	18	18	10	7-2-1	60	10	7-2-1	ACC
12	21.22	15	20.15	63	63.77	Texas Tech	12	16	12	11-1-0	63	12	11-1-0	BC
67	-2.32	71	-4.61	64	64.90	Arizona			10	4-5-1	64	10	4-5-1	BC
42	6.88	38	8.04	66	65.94	South Carolina			10	7-3-0	66	10	7-3-0	ACC
38	9.35	53	1.62	67	66.33	Syracuse			9	5-3-1	67	9	5-3-1	NEI
31	12.06	23	15.33	68	67.44	Army	14	14	9	7-1-1	68	9	7-1-1	NEI
71	-3.50	68	-2.93	69	67.61	Cornell			9	4-3-2	69	9	4-3-2	NEI
43	6.80	47	5.69	70	68.00	Kansas State			10	6-3-1	71	10	6-3-1	BIG 7
116	-31.00	116	-27.38	71	68.00	Temple			4	0-4-0	70	4	0-4-0	Major-Ind
107	-24.14	109	-24.17	72	68.35	North Carolina State			10	1-9-0	72	10	1-9-0	ACC
94	-12.89	99	-15.90	73	68.44	North Texas			10	3-6-1	73	10	3-6-1	SWIC
61	-0.30	90	-10.83	75	69.06	Fordham			9	4-5-0	75	9	4-5-0	NEI
49	4.34	49	4.29	76	69.88	Cincinnati			4	3-1-0	76	4	3-1-0	Major-Ind
111	-27.37	104	-20.20	77	70.21	New Mexico State			9	2-7-0	77	9	2-7-0	BC
53	3.04	70	-4.27	78	70.69	Holy Cross			10	5-5-0	78	10	5-5-0	NEI
64	-1.09	63	-1.12	79	70.88	Boston College			9	5-3-1	79	9	5-3-1	NEI
93	-12.77	93	-12.18	80	70.90	Wake Forest			10	3-6-1	80	10	3-6-1	ACC
110	-27.25	112	-24.57	81	71.22	Virginia			9	1-8-0	81	9	1-8-0	SWIC
87	-11.18	101	-18.44	83	72.89	Dartmouth			9	2-7-0	83	9	2-7-0	NEI
89	-11.70	96	-13.21	85	76.62	Columbia			9	4-5-0	85	9	4-5-0	NEI
36	9.84	34	10.66	86	76.88	West Virginia	10	11	10	8-2-0	86	10	8-2-0	SoCon
95	-12.90	86	-9.46	87	76.94	San Jose State			9	4-4-1	87	9	4-4-1	SWIC
109	-25.97	111	-24.43	88	77.11	Idaho			9	1-8-0	88	9	1-8-0	PCC
65	-1.52	74	-6.21	90	78.80	Wyoming			10	5-4-1	90	10	5-4-1	MSC
79	-7.17	89	-10.77	91	79.33	Colorado State			9	4-5-0	92	9	4-5-0	MSC
54	2.05	54	0.48	92	79.33	Utah			10	8-2-0	91	10	8-2-0	MSC
88	-11.18	82	-7.97	93	80.38	Florida State			4	2-2-0	93	4	2-2-0	Major-Ind
90	-11.80	98	-14.08	94	81.69	Colgate			9	3-4-2	94	9	3-4-2	NEI
115	-28.84	107	-23.06	95	82.06	Citadel			9	2-7-0	95	9	2-7-0	SoCon
106	-22.82	108	-23.51	99	83.50	Fresno State			3	0-2-1	99	3	0-2-1	Major-Ind
63	-0.95	59	-0.60	100	83.56	Texas El Paso			10	8-2-0	100	10	8-2-0	BC
108	-24.57	114	-26.73	101	84.00	Rutgers			8	2-6-0	101	8	2-6-0	EIC
80	-7.66	85	-9.12	102	84.28	Arizona State			10	4-5-1	102	10	4-5-1	BC
113	-28.04	110	-24.43	104	84.62	Drake			8	4-4-0	104	8	4-4-0	SWIC
74	-5.15	61	-0.72	105	84.64	Furman			9	7-2-0	105	9	7-2-0	SoCon
98	-14.46	88	-9.55	106	85.94	Princeton			9	5-4-0	106	9	5-4-0	EIC
119	-43.14	119	-39.37	107	86.72	Davidson			9	0-9-0	107	9	0-9-0	SoCon
104	-19.60	100	-15.97	108	88.25	Brown			9	3-5-1	108	9	3-5-1	NEI
105	-19.81	106	-21.53	109	88.35	Brigham Young			10	2-7-1	109	10	2-7-1	MSC
99	-14.47	95	-13.19	110	88.44	Virginia Tech			10	5-5-0	110	10	5-5-0	SoCon
96	-13.00	97	-13.54	112	91.50	New Mexico			9	5-3-1	112	9	5-3-1	MSC
101	-16.95	92	-11.33	113	91.56	Richmond			9	5-3-1	113	9	5-3-1	SoCon
77	-6.98	84	-8.07	114	91.86	Utah State			11	8-3-0	114	11	8-3-0	MSC
118	-37.03	117	-29.67	115	92.38	Presbyterian			4	1-3-0	115	4	1-3-0	Major-Ind
112	-27.97	115	-26.92	116	92.64	Montana			8	3-5-0	116	8	3-5-0	MSC
85	-9.60	78	-7.23	119	97.57	Harvard			8	6-2-0	119	8	6-2-0	NEI

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College Football 1953Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1953/9/18 and 1953/12/5Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1953
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1953/9/18 and 1953/12/5
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)