College Football 1953
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1953/9/18 and 1954/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1953 - Ranking of No Division Affiliation teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	34.05	1	36.35	9	27.45	Michigan State	10	9-1-0	1	10	9-1-0	Big 10
2	34.01	2	34.20	19	34.10	Notre Dame	10	9-0-1	2	10	9-0-1	Eastern Indep
4	28.87	3	29.02	29	41.00	Oklahoma	11	9-1-1	4	11	9-1-1	Big 7
7	27.13	4	28.95	12	29.50	Illinois	9	7-1-1	3	9	7-1-1	Big 10
3	29.85	5	27.58	21	35.00	UCLA	10	8-2-0	5	10	8-2-0	PCC
5	27.97	6	25.06	4	22.11	Wisconsin	9	6-2-1	6	9	6-2-1	Big 10
12	20.71	7	24.12	10	29.39	Michigan	9	6-3-0	7	9	6-3-0	Big 10
6	27.92	8	23.64	53	54.18	Maryland	11	10-1-0	9	11	10-1-0	ACC
8	26.43	9	23.63	25	36.82	Rice	11	9-2-0	8	11	9-2-0	Southwest AC
9	25.52	10	23.47	54	54.96	Texas Tech	12	11-1-0	10	12	11-1-0	Border
14	19.34	11	22.91	17	33.20	Southern California	10	6-3-1	11	10	6-3-1	PCC
17	18.02	12	22.84	5	24.94	Ohio State	9	6-3-0	12	9	6-3-0	Big 10
10	25.37	13	20.13	8	27.33	Iowa	9	5-3-1	14	9	5-3-1	Big 10
11	20.78	14	20.13	15	32.10	Texas	10	7-3-0	15	10	7-3-0	Southwest AC
13	19.47	15	18.99	51	52.12	Georgia Tech	12	9-2-1	13	12	9-2-1	SEC
19	17.74	16	17.39	23	35.80	Baylor	10	7-3-0	16	10	7-3-0	Southwest AC
18	17.85	17	17.35	3	21.89	Minnesota	9	4-4-1	17	9	4-4-1	Big 10
47	5.58	18	16.74	36	42.83	Southern Mississippi	3	2-1-0	19	3	2-1-0	NoConf
23	15.66	19	16.53	34	41.70	Stanford	10	6-3-1	20	10	6-3-1	PCC
16	18.85	20	16.49	32	41.50	Kentucky	9	6-2-1	21	10	7-2-1	SEC
15	19.32	21	16.12	48	48.75	Mississippi	10	7-2-1	22	10	7-2-1	SEC
27	12.65	23	14.76	49	49.40	Oklahoma State	10	7-3-0	27	10	7-3-0	MVC
25	13.48	24	14.53	41	44.35	Missouri	10	6-4-0	26	10	6-4-0	Big 7
29	12.14	25	14.50	30	41.04	Alabama	12	6-3-3	23	12	6-3-3	SEC
32	11.16	26	14.37	74	69.50	Army	9	7-1-1	18	9	7-1-1	Northeast Indep
21	15.93	27	14.37	6	27.00	Southern Methodist	10	5-5-0	24	10	5-5-0	Southwest AC
22	15.86	28	13.68	28	39.44	Mississippi State	9	4-2-3	29	10	5-2-3	SEC
28	12.15	29	12.86	20	34.85	California	10	4-4-2	28	10	4-4-2	PCC
26	13.42	31	11.51	39	43.75	Auburn	10	6-3-1	31	11	7-3-1	SEC
24	14.49	32	11.34	67	63.20	Duke	10	7-2-1	30	10	7-2-1	ACC
31	11.40	33	10.28	27	38.44	Houston	9	4-4-1	34	9	4-4-1	MVC
36	8.78	34	10.02	7	27.20	Texas A&M	10	4-5-1	33	10	4-5-1	Southwest AC
38	8.58	35	9.24	80	72.00	Texas El Paso	9	7-2-0	35	10	8-2-0	Border
34	10.21	36	9.07	33	41.64	Louisiana State	11	5-3-3	37	11	5-3-3	SEC
48	4.85	37	8.27	22	35.17	Pennsylvania	9	3-5-1	36	9	3-5-1	Eastern Indep
43	6.24	38	7.83	85	73.78	West Virginia	9	7-2-0	38	10	8-2-0	Southern C
45	6.12	39	7.80	52	53.80	Colorado	10	6-4-0	39	10	6-4-0	Big 7
39	8.57	40	7.06	68	64.30	Kansas State	10	6-3-1	42	10	6-3-1	Big 7
44	6.15	41	6.65	16	32.22	Northwestern	9	3-6-0	44	9	3-6-0	Big 10
42	6.67	42	6.58	18	33.70	Washington	10	3-6-1	47	10	3-6-1	PCC
54	4.05	43	6.54	2	21.11	Indiana	9	2-7-0	45	9	2-7-0	Big 10
33	11.12	44	6.54	11	29.45	Arkansas	10	3-7-0	46	10	3-7-0	Southwest AC
30	11.83	45	6.40	55	55.50	Penn State	9	6-3-0	43	9	6-3-0	Eastern Indep
52	4.49	46	6.38	75	69.67	South Carolina	9	6-3-0	40	10	7-3-0	ACC
35	9.58	47	6.15	1	15.67	Purdue	9	2-7-0	41	9	2-7-0	Big 10
40	8.11	48	5.93	43	46.00	Tennessee	10	5-4-1	49	11	6-4-1	SEC
64	-0.97	49	5.80	24	36.72	Oregon State	9	3-6-0	48	9	3-6-0	PCC
53	4.37	50	4.57	77	70.62	Cincinnati	4	3-1-0	50	4	3-1-0	NoConf
61	0.55	51	3.67	38	43.35	Washington State	10	4-6-0	51	10	4-6-0	PCC
41	7.19	52	3.36	14	30.15	Texas Christian	10	3-7-0	52	10	3-7-0	Southwest AC
49	4.78	53	2.96	91	75.22	Utah	9	7-2-0	53	10	8-2-0	Skyline
50	4.71	54	2.69	60	60.50	Navy	9	4-3-2	54	9	4-3-2	Eastern Indep
37	8.68	56	0.83	71	68.33	Syracuse	9	5-3-1	56	9	5-3-1	Northeast Indep
55	2.87	57	0.17	46	47.95	Oregon	10	4-5-1	58	10	4-5-1	PCC
62	0.52	59	-1.10	47	48.67	Pittsburgh	9	3-5-1	59	9	3-5-1	Eastern Indep
59	1.47	60	-1.25	57	57.50	Arizona	10	4-5-1	60	10	4-5-1	Border
69	-2.14	61	-1.61	40	43.77	Georgia	11	3-8-0	63	11	3-8-0	SEC
58	1.76	62	-1.94	58	57.89	Miami FL	9	4-5-0	62	9	4-5-0	Southwest Indep
78	-7.05	63	-2.23	110	87.86	Furman	7	5-2-0	61	9	7-2-0	Southern C
46	5.91	64	-2.24	37	43.00	Florida	9	2-5-2	69	10	3-5-2	SEC
70	-2.56	65	-2.38	84	73.50	Boston College	8	4-3-1	65	9	5-3-1	Northeast Indep
79	-7.44	66	-2.54	42	45.95	Tulsa	10	3-7-0	64	10	3-7-0	MVC
67	-1.72	68	-2.95	44	46.20	Nebraska	10	3-6-1	68	10	3-6-1	Big 7
73	-4.00	69	-3.34	72	68.67	Cornell	9	4-3-2	67	9	4-3-2	Northeast Indep
60	1.09	70	-3.62	88	74.80	Wyoming	10	5-4-1	70	10	5-4-1	Skyline
74	-4.57	71	-4.34	35	42.56	Vanderbilt	9	2-7-0	71	10	3-7-0	SEC
56	2.24	72	-5.06	81	72.31	Holy Cross	8	4-4-0	72	10	5-5-0	Northeast Indep
72	-3.93	73	-5.12	93	76.00	Arizona State	9	4-4-1	73	10	4-5-1	Border
68	-1.75	74	-5.96	26	37.60	Kansas	10	2-8-0	74	10	2-8-0	Big 7
75	-4.59	75	-6.11	111	88.32	Utah State	11	8-3-0	75	11	8-3-0	Skyline
77	-6.14	76	-6.67	64	61.61	Clemson	9	3-5-1	76	9	3-5-1	ACC
86	-10.34	78	-7.56	83	73.11	San Jose State	9	4-4-1	80	9	4-4-1	Southwest Indep
80	-7.99	79	-7.64	66	62.45	North Carolina	10	4-6-0	79	10	4-6-0	ACC
87	-10.34	82	-7.95	119	98.64	Harvard	7	5-2-0	82	8	6-2-0	Northeast Indep
76	-4.73	84	-8.54	89	74.94	Colorado State	9	4-5-0	83	9	4-5-0	Skyline
93	-13.18	86	-9.64	100	85.12	Florida State	4	2-2-0	86	4	2-2-0	NoConf
100	-15.12	89	-10.57	109	87.81	Princeton	8	4-4-0	90	9	5-4-0	Eastern Indep
85	-10.08	90	-10.66	108	87.19	New Mexico	8	4-3-1	89	9	5-3-1	Skyline
84	-9.67	91	-11.37	31	41.05	Tulane	10	1-8-1	95	10	1-8-1	SEC
83	-8.86	92	-11.70	63	61.50	North Texas	9	2-6-1	91	10	3-6-1	Southwest Indep
66	-1.22	93	-11.77	78	71.50	Fordham	9	4-5-0	92	9	4-5-0	Northeast Indep
103	-19.23	94	-12.93	118	95.12	Richmond	8	4-3-1	93	9	5-3-1	Southern C
91	-12.38	95	-13.50	95	78.75	Columbia	8	3-5-0	96	9	4-5-0	Northeast Indep
97	-14.75	96	-13.79	90	75.00	Wake Forest	10	3-6-1	94	10	3-6-1	ACC
92	-12.49	98	-14.76	99	83.50	Colgate	8	2-4-2	98	9	3-4-2	Northeast Indep
101	-16.46	99	-14.87	115	92.39	Virginia Tech	9	4-5-0	99	10	5-5-0	Southern C
107	-23.19	100	-16.58	61	60.86	New Mexico State	7	1-6-0	100	9	2-7-0	Border
105	-20.26	101	-16.60	114	90.00	Brown	6	2-3-1	101	9	3-5-1	Northeast Indep
96	-14.38	103	-18.84	50	50.19	Iowa State	8	1-7-0	104	9	2-7-0	Big 7
90	-11.88	104	-18.99	87	74.67	Dartmouth	9	2-7-0	103	9	2-7-0	Northeast Indep
102	-17.27	105	-19.36	98	83.35	Brigham Young	10	2-7-1	105	10	2-7-1	Skyline
104	-20.24	107	-21.76	94	77.00	Fresno State	3	0-2-1	107	3	0-2-1	NoConf
113	-26.18	109	-22.39	96	81.00	Drake	4	1-3-0	110	8	4-4-0	Southwest Indep
109	-23.96	110	-22.60	86	73.83	Idaho	9	1-8-0	109	9	1-8-0	PCC
110	-25.24	111	-24.43	112	88.71	Montana	7	2-5-0	111	8	3-5-0	Skyline
116	-30.89	112	-24.74	103	85.89	Citadel	9	2-7-0	112	9	2-7-0	Southern C
112	-25.98	113	-25.56	79	71.70	North Carolina State	10	1-9-0	113	10	1-9-0	ACC
115	-29.14	114	-26.14	92	75.56	Virginia	9	1-8-0	114	9	1-8-0	Southwest Indep
111	-25.28	115	-27.32	104	86.07	Rutgers	7	1-6-0	115	8	2-6-0	Eastern Indep
117	-31.73	117	-28.25	76	70.00	Temple	4	0-4-0	117	4	0-4-0	NoConf
118	-39.03	118	-31.26	117	95.00	Presbyterian	4	1-3-0	118	4	1-3-0	NoConf
119	-45.09	119	-40.81	113	89.44	Davidson	9	0-9-0	119	9	0-9-0	Southern C

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College Football 1953Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1953/9/18 and 1954/1/1Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

College Football 1953
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1953/9/18 and 1954/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)