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1953 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	3	Notre Dame (84)	Ind	0-0	1688	DNP
2	<	1	Michigan State (24)	Big Ten	0-0	1305	DNP
3	<	2	Georgia Tech (24)	SEC	0-0	1128	DNP
4	<	6	UCLA (12)	PCC	0-0	1065	DNP
5	<	9	Alabama (18)	SEC	0-0	968	DNP
6	<	4	Oklahoma (3)	Big 7	0-0	672	DNP
7	<	17	Ohio State (3)	Big Ten	0-0	666	DNP
8	<	5	USC	PCC	0-0	165	DNP
9	<	13	Maryland (1)	ACC	0-0	143	DNP
10	<	16	Duke (2)	ACC	0-0	86	DNP
11	<	10	Texas	Southwest	0-0	85	DNP
12	<	NR	Rice	Southwest	0-0	66	DNP
13	<	NR	Navy	Ind	0-0	56	DNP
14	<	NR	California	PCC	0-0	26	DNP
15	<	15	Florida	SEC	0-0	24	DNP
16	<	NR	West Virginia	Southern	0-0	20	DNP
17	<	8	Tennessee	SEC	0-0	18	DNP
17	<	NR	Pittsburgh	Ind	0-0	18	DNP
19	<	19	Princeton	Ind	0-0	17	DNP
20	<	NR	Baylor	Southwest	0-0	15	DNP
RV	<	7	Mississippi	SEC	0-0	14	DNP
RV	<	18	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0	12	DNP
RV	<	NR	Houston	MVC	0-0	9	DNP
RV	<	NR	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0	8	DNP
RV	<	NR	Penn	Ind	0-0	7	DNP
RV	<	11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0	5	DNP
RV	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0	5	DNP
RV	<	NR	SMU	Southwest	0-0	5	DNP
RV	<	NR	Villanova	Ind	0-0	5	DNP
RV	<	NR	Georgia	SEC	0-0	2	DNP
RV	<	NR	Washington	PCC	0-0	2	DNP
RV	<	NR	Penn State	Ind	0-0	1	DNP
NR	<	12	Tulsa	MVC	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	14	Syracuse	Ind	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	20	Kentucky	SEC	0-0	0	DNP

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	4	10.0	2138
Ind	4	12.5	1779
PCC	3	8.7	1256
Southwest	3	14.3	166
Big Ten	2	4.5	1971
ACC	2	9.5	229
Big 7	1	6.0	672
Southern	1	16.0	20

* = 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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