1953 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
--- -------------------------  ----   ----   -------
  1 Notre Dame                  9.5 -  0.5   2.6059 
  2 Texas Tech                 11   -  1     1.9822 
  3 Maryland                   10   -  1     1.9462 
  4 Michigan State              9   -  1     1.8851 
  5 Oklahoma                    9.5 -  1.5   1.8793 
  6 Rice                        9   -  2     1.3588 
  7 Illinois                    7.5 -  1.5   1.2751 
  8 Georgia Tech                9.5 -  2.5   1.1449 
  9 UCLA                        8   -  2     1.1433 
 10 Wisconsin                   6.5 -  2.5   1.0363 

 11 Mississippi                 6.5 -  2.5   0.9458 
 12 Texas                       7   -  3     0.9356 
 13 Army                        7.5 -  1.5   0.9189 
 14 Kentucky                    6.5 -  2.5   0.8873 
 15 West Virginia               7   -  2     0.8654 
 16 Alabama                     6.5 -  3.5   0.8595 
 17 Duke                        7.5 -  2.5   0.8422 
 18 Oklahoma State              7   -  3     0.8194 
 19 Ohio State                  6   -  3     0.8126 
 20 Baylor                      7   -  3     0.8094 

 21 Auburn                      6.5 -  3.5   0.7940 
 22 Mississippi State           5.5 -  3.5   0.7707 
 23 Michigan                    6   -  3     0.7451 
 24 Iowa                        5.5 -  3.5   0.7410 
 25 Utah                        7   -  2     0.7236 
 26 Southern California         6.5 -  3.5   0.6656 
 27 Marquette                   5.5 -  3.5   0.6627 
 28 Texas-El Paso               6   -  2     0.6579 
 29 Cincinnati                  3   -  1     0.6419 
 30 Penn State                  6   -  3     0.6316 

 31 Stanford                    6.5 -  3.5   0.6201 
 32 South Carolina              6   -  3     0.6123 
 33 Furman                      5   -  2     0.5944 
 34 Southern Methodist          5   -  5     0.5546 
 35 Louisiana State             6.5 -  4.5   0.5526 
 36 Missouri                    6   -  4     0.5517 
 37 Hardin-Simmons              6   -  4     0.5357 
 38 Utah State                  7   -  3     0.5328 
 39 Navy                        5   -  4     0.5294 
 40 Kansas State                6.5 -  3.5   0.5278 

 41 Minnesota                   4.5 -  4.5   0.5229 
 42 Houston                     4.5 -  4.5   0.5189 
 43 Syracuse                    5.5 -  3.5   0.5116 
 44 Colorado                    6   -  4     0.5069 
 45 Tennessee                   4.5 -  4.5   0.4588 
 46 Texas A&M                   4.5 -  5.5   0.4464 
 47 Harvard                     5   -  2     0.4417 
 48 Cornell                     5   -  4     0.4128 
 49 Wyoming                     5.5 -  4.5   0.4105 
 50 California                  5   -  5     0.4099 

 51 Detroit Mercy               4   -  4     0.3970 
 52 Boston University           3.5 -  3.5   0.3743 
 53 Yale                        5   -  3     0.3714 
 54 Boston College              4.5 -  3.5   0.3615 
 55 William & Mary              5.5 -  4.5   0.3546 
 56 New Mexico                  4.5 -  3.5   0.3458 
 57 George Washington           5   -  4     0.3439 
 58 Pacific                     3.5 -  4.5   0.3306 
 59 Holy Cross                  4   -  4     0.3275 
 60 Richmond                    4.5 -  3.5   0.3250 

 61 Arizona                     4.5 -  5.5   0.3234 
 62 Pennsylvania                3.5 -  5.5   0.3181 
 63 Washington State            4   -  6     0.3023 
 64 Oregon                      4.5 -  5.5   0.3016 
 65 Fordham                     4   -  5     0.2957 
 66 Miami (Florida)             4   -  5     0.2944 
 67 Virginia Military Institute 4   -  5     0.2904 
 68 Clemson                     3.5 -  5.5   0.2888 
 69 Florida State               2   -  2     0.2883 
 70 Purdue                      2   -  7     0.2840 

 71 Arizona State               4.5 -  4.5   0.2832 
 72 Colorado State              4   -  5     0.2819 
 73 Arkansas                    3   -  7     0.2755 
 74 Pittsburgh                  3.5 -  5.5   0.2740 
 75 Oregon State                3   -  6     0.2733 
 76 Washington                  3.5 -  6.5   0.2715 
 77 Florida                     3   -  6     0.2697 
 78 North Carolina              4   -  6     0.2676 
 79 Princeton                   4   -  4     0.2636 
 80 Texas Christian             3   -  7     0.2624 

 81 Brown                       2.5 -  3.5   0.2589 
 82 Northwestern                3   -  6     0.2569 
 83 Colgate                     3   -  5     0.2550 
 84 Tulsa                       3   -  7     0.2535 
 85 Villanova                   3   -  6     0.2529 
 86 Nebraska                    3.5 -  6.5   0.2408 
 87 San Jose State              3.5 -  4.5   0.2376 
 88 Columbia                    3   -  5     0.2371 
 89 Wake Forest                 3.5 -  6.5   0.2306 
 90 Wichita State               2.5 -  4.5   0.2283 

 91 Virginia Tech               4   -  5     0.2269 
 92 Georgia                     3   -  7     0.2157 
 93 Indiana                     2   -  7     0.2096 
 94 North Texas                 2.5 -  5.5   0.2060 
 95 Washington & Lee            3   -  6     0.1807 
 96 Vanderbilt                  2   -  7     0.1766 
 97 Denver                      3   -  6     0.1763 
 98 Drake                       1   -  3     0.1730 
 99 Dartmouth                   2   -  7     0.1720 
100 Kansas                      2   -  8     0.1605 

101 Presbyterian                1   -  3     0.1590 
102 Montana                     2   -  5     0.1447 
103 New Mexico State            1   -  6     0.1429 
104 Brigham Young               2.5 -  7.5   0.1311 
105 Tulane                      1.5 -  8.5   0.1236 
106 Midwestern Texas State      0.5 -  4.5   0.1225 
107 Temple                      0   -  4     0.1190 
108 Iowa State                  1   -  7     0.1149 
109 West Texas A&M              1   -  7     0.1138 
110 Citadel                     2   -  7     0.1033 

111 Rutgers                     1   -  6     0.1016 
112 Idaho                       1   -  8     0.0859 
113 Virginia                    1   -  8     0.0835 
114 North Carolina State        1   -  9     0.0804 
115 Davidson                    0   -  9     0.0445 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.3537