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October 19, 1953 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Notre Dame (51) Ind 3-0 1153 W 23-14 H #15 Pittsburgh
2 < 2 Michigan State (31) Big Ten 4-0 1107  
3 < 3 Maryland (27) ACC 5-0 1104  
4 < 6 Georgia Tech (3) SEC 4-0-1 769  
5 < 5 Michigan Big Ten 4-0 683  
6 < 8 Baylor (1) Southwest 4-0 623  
7 < 9 Illinois (1) Big Ten 3-0-1 531  
8 < 10 West Virginia (12) Southern 4-0 299  
9 < 12 Oklahoma Big 7 2-1-1 277 W 45-0 H Kansas
10 < 14 Navy Ind 3-0-1 198  
11 < 13 USC PCC 4-0-1 162  
12 < 4 UCLA PCC 4-1 107  
13 < NR SMU Southwest 2-1 71  
14 < NR LSU SEC 3-0-2 58  
15 < NR Texas A&M (1) Southwest 4-0-1 53  
16 < 7 Duke ACC 4-1 33  
16 < NR Kentucky SEC 2-2-1 33  
18 < 15 Pittsburgh Ind 1-2-1 29  
19 < 17 Southern Miss Ind 5-0 27 W 7-0 H Southeastern Louisiana
20 < NR Stanford PCC 3-2 21  
NR < 11 Rice Southwest 0  
NR < 16 California PCC 0  
NR < 17 Ohio State Big Ten 0  
NR < 19 Auburn SEC 0  
NR < 20 Mississippi State SEC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 4 12.0 1407
Big Ten 3 4.7 2321
SEC 3 11.3 860
Southwest 3 11.3 747
PCC 3 14.3 290
ACC 2 9.5 1137
Southern 1 8.0 299
Big 7 1 9.0 277

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.