1953 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

120 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Maryland FBS · ACC	★	10–1	322.37	411.32	139.01	—
2	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–0–1	311.35	379.82	164.54	—
3	Oklahoma FBS · Big 7	—	9–1–1	300.43	369.20	153.15	—
4	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	9–2	265.06	327.53	141.75	▲ 3
5	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	11–1	257.84	320.04	113.03	▲ 3
6	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	9–1	252.46	284.23	161.06	▲ 3
7	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	6–2–1	248.74	281.69	179.58	▼ 2
8	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	7–1–1	248.42	293.91	154.03	▼ 2
9	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	9–2–1	248.05	303.21	131.95	▲ 1
10	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	8–2	243.59	292.84	141.39	▼ 6
11	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	5–3–1	227.38	256.45	177.95	—
12	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	7–2–1	211.29	244.42	139.46	—
13	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	7–2–1	210.55	245.96	139.75	—
14	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	7–3	203.90	219.30	160.75	—
15	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	197.88	247.26	97.80	—
16	Duke FBS · ACC	—	7–2–1	190.92	220.30	119.82	▲ 2
17	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	6–3	183.17	199.03	154.83	▲ 3
18	West Virginia FBS · Southern	—	8–2	180.61	213.06	102.49	▼ 2
19	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	6–3–3	178.57	186.74	154.51	▼ 2
20	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	4–4–1	175.62	184.03	173.79	▲ 1
21	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	7–3–1	174.88	186.14	140.96	▼ 2
22	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–3	172.57	180.05	137.35	▲ 1
23	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	5–2–3	170.94	177.17	150.86	▼ 1
24	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3–1	168.93	186.53	128.25	—
25	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	7–3	168.07	167.70	148.19	▲ 1
26	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–1	167.37	223.98	85.54	▼ 1
27	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	6–3–1	166.07	180.87	130.73	—
28	Houston FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–4–1	164.46	186.90	141.87	—
29	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	6–3	163.85	154.33	167.62	—
30	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	161.68	182.21	119.50	—
31	USC FBS · Pacific	—	6–3–1	159.87	156.91	149.69	—
32	California FBS · Pacific	—	4–4–2	159.53	187.15	133.91	—
33	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	6–4–1	153.67	171.14	132.53	—
34	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3–2	153.02	161.95	136.32	—
35	LSU FBS · SEC	—	5–3–3	145.98	145.52	142.48	—
36	Missouri FBS · Big 7	—	6–4	143.87	142.26	141.78	—
37	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	141.48	160.94	105.47	—
38	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	2–7	141.22	119.92	206.60	—
39	Colorado FBS · Big 7	—	6–4	141.10	157.18	114.58	—
40	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	136.82	113.97	173.96	—
41	UTEP FBS · Border	—	8–2	136.76	153.85	80.42	▲ 10
42	Kansas State FBS · Big 7	—	6–3–1	134.72	145.30	106.69	▼ 1
43	South Carolina FBS · ACC	—	7–3	128.04	124.46	108.75	▼ 1
44	Wyoming FBS · Skyline	—	5–4–1	127.21	143.39	100.07	▼ 1
45	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	3–7	125.86	132.37	155.08	—
46	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	124.82	136.85	122.96	▼ 2
47	DDetroit Mercy FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4	123.38	135.88	102.24	▼ 1
48	Utah FBS · Skyline	—	8–2	120.90	128.73	76.97	▼ 1
49	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	117.06	89.34	170.33	▼ 1
50	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3–2	115.61	111.86	118.27	▼ 1
51	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	3–7	113.64	108.96	159.05	▼ 1
52	Arizona FBS · Border	—	4–5–1	111.78	111.95	117.71	▲ 1
53	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	110.71	125.17	66.69	▼ 1
54	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	3–6	108.59	105.05	139.07	▲ 1
55	GGeorge Washington FBS · Southern	—	5–4	107.35	116.12	87.83	▼ 1
56	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	106.78	123.13	81.92	—
57	Utah State FBS · Skyline	—	8–3	106.39	111.28	68.57	—
58	Florida FBS · SEC	—	3–5–2	105.16	87.97	145.33	—
59	New Mexico FBS · Skyline	—	5–3–1	102.36	117.95	73.43	—
60	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	4–5–1	100.95	58.89	170.89	▲ 1
61	Hardin Simmons FBS · Border	—	6–5	100.12	91.61	106.86	▲ 2
62	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	4–6	100.09	124.63	86.61	▼ 2
63	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	4–5–1	97.25	97.38	113.28	▼ 1
64	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	96.54	114.88	106.49	▲ 1
65	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	3–5–1	96.41	75.22	134.07	▼ 1
66	Colorado State FBS · Skyline	—	4–5	92.35	95.52	94.76	—
67	BBoston University FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	90.00	90.41	86.30	▲ 1
68	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	89.92	88.97	92.36	▲ 1
69	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	4–6	89.35	74.55	129.80	▼ 2
70	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	3–7	86.83	72.83	139.82	—
71	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	86.23	81.76	110.41	▲ 1
72	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	86.11	53.80	147.88	▼ 1
73	PPacific FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–2	85.90	85.54	96.20	▲ 1
74	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	3–6	85.51	56.58	156.16	▼ 1
75	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	84.89	84.03	95.50	—
76	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	0–1	84.87	71.87	110.71	—
77	Furman FBS · Southern	—	7–2	84.13	79.06	61.38	—
78	Nebraska FBS · Big 7	—	3–6–1	80.62	60.18	136.48	—
79	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	4–6	75.49	39.09	137.00	—
80	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	74.75	67.86	70.38	—
81	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	3–6–1	73.10	38.03	146.94	—
82	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	2–7	72.44	37.98	168.74	—
83	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
84	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
85	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
86	Nevada FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
87	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
88	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
89	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–4–1	67.62	64.00	83.35	—
90	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	67.24	52.31	97.44	▲ 1
91	VMI FBS · Southern	—	5–5	66.43	67.63	68.62	▼ 1
92	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–2	65.81	63.32	80.23	—
93	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	65.80	53.23	79.13	—
94	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	3–6–1	65.73	75.06	86.30	—
95	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	63.87	8.53	153.67	▲ 1
96	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	3–8	62.74	36.33	144.22	▼ 1
97	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7	59.95	19.78	143.15	—
98	Kansas FBS · Big 7	—	2–8	58.89	26.62	150.87	—
99	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	2–7	58.58	49.83	103.29	▲ 2
100	DDenver FBS · Skyline	—	3–5–2	57.55	57.99	73.54	▼ 1
101	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–2	57.28	49.51	73.37	▼ 1
102	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	51.80	55.09	65.75	—
103	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	1–8–1	50.05	14.11	150.46	—
104	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	5–4–1	46.86	17.46	83.27	—
105	Montana FBS · Skyline	—	3–5	46.69	44.13	65.76	—
106	San José State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	41.67	23.67	72.59	—
107	Drake FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	41.03	39.41	49.06	—
108	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	4–5–1	36.47	24.75	67.49	▲ 1
109	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	5–5	34.60	18.14	61.16	▼ 1
110	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	5–3–1	30.03	1.00	59.48	—
111	Iowa State FBS · Big 7	—	2–7	29.16	1.41	109.90	—
112	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–4	24.26	1.66	93.37	—
113	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	2–7	22.86	26.35	65.22	—
114	West Texas FBS · Border	—	1–8–1	19.44	1.00	92.95	▲ 2
115	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6	18.38	7.30	67.28	—
116	NC State FBS · ACC	—	1–9	18.09	1.00	101.73	▼ 2
117	Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–8	16.97	1.00	97.32	—
118	BYU FBS · Skyline	—	2–7–1	15.91	1.00	74.20	—
119	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	1–8	10.37	1.00	79.18	—
120	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	0–9	9.05	1.00	81.60	—