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1953 Final AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Maryland (187) ACC 10-0 3365 DNP
2 < 2 Notre Dame (141) Ind 8-0-1 3149  
3 < 3 Michigan State (8) Big Ten 8-1 2756  
4 < 4 Oklahoma (10) Big 7 8-1-1 2591 W 42-7 H Oklahoma State
5 < 5 UCLA (1) PCC 8-1 2007  
6 < 8 Rice (2) Southwest 8-2 1388  
7 < 6 Illinois Big Ten 7-1-1 1248  
8 < 10 Georgia Tech SEC 7-2-1 839  
9 < 9 Iowa (10) Big Ten 5-3-1 576  
10 < 11 West Virginia (14) Southern 8-1 452  
11 < 7 Texas Southwest 7-3 375  
12 < 14 Texas Tech BIAA 10-1 264  
13 < NR Alabama (1) SEC 6-2-3 257  
14 < 18 Army Ind 7-1-1 226  
15 < 12 Wisconsin Big Ten 6-2-1 203  
16 < 13 Kentucky (3) SEC 7-2-1 155  
17 < 16 Auburn SEC 7-2-1 119  
18 < NR Duke ACC 7-2-1 102  
19 < 19 Stanford PCC 6-3-1 41  
20 < NR Michigan (1) Big Ten 6-3 35  
NR < 15 South Carolina ACC 0  
NR < 17 Baylor Southwest 0  
NR < 20 USC PCC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 5 10.8 4818
SEC 4 13.5 1370
Ind 2 8.0 3375
Southwest 2 8.5 1763
ACC 2 9.5 3467
PCC 2 12.0 2048
Big 7 1 4.0 2591
Southern 1 10.0 452
BIAA 1 12.0 264

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.