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October 26, 1953 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Notre Dame (82) Ind 4-0 1122 W 27-14 H #4 Georgia Tech
2 < 3 Maryland (18) ACC 6-0 1016  
3 < 6 Baylor (2) Southwest 5-0 748  
4 < 7 Illinois Big Ten 4-0-1 691  
5 < 8 West Virginia (15) Southern 5-0 452  
6 < 2 Michigan State Big Ten 4-1 451  
7 < 11 USC PCC 5-0-1 405  
8 < 4 Georgia Tech SEC 4-1-1 376  
9 < 9 Oklahoma (1) Big 7 3-1-1 354 W 27-20 H Colorado
10 < 12 UCLA (1) PCC 5-1 235  
11 < 13 SMU Southwest 3-1 119  
12 < NR Rice Southwest 4-1 98  
13 < 16 Duke ACC 5-1 88  
14 < NR Minnesota Big Ten 2-3 58  
15 < NR Army Ind 4-1 57  
16 < 5 Michigan (1) Big Ten 4-1 50  
17 < 20 Stanford PCC 4-2 44  
18 < NR Mississippi SEC 5-1 43  
19 < 16 Kentucky SEC 3-2-1 42  
20 < 10 Navy Ind 3-1-1 41  
NR < 14 LSU SEC 0  
NR < 15 Texas A&M Southwest 0  
NR < 18 Pittsburgh Ind 0  
NR < 19 Southern Miss Ind 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 4 10.0 1250
Southwest 3 8.7 965
PCC 3 11.3 684
Ind 3 12.0 1220
SEC 3 15.0 461
ACC 2 7.5 1104
Southern 1 5.0 452
Big 7 1 9.0 354

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.