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November 23, 1953 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 2 Maryland (154) ACC 10-0 2347 W 21-0 H #11 Alabama
2 < 1 Notre Dame (47) Ind 7-0-1 2009 T 14-14 H #20 Iowa
3 < 3 Michigan State (8) Big Ten 8-1 1797  
4 < 4 Oklahoma (9) Big 7 7-1-1 1553 W 30-7 A Nebraska
5 < 5 UCLA (4) PCC 8-1 1440  
6 < 7 Illinois Big Ten 7-1-1 1111  
7 < 6 Texas Southwest 6-3 671  
8 < 10 Rice Southwest 7-2 490  
9 < 20 Iowa (6) Big Ten 5-3-1 453  
10 < 12 Georgia Tech SEC 7-2-1 415  
11 < 19 West Virginia (17) Southern 8-1 399  
12 < 8 Wisconsin Big Ten 6-2-1 257  
13 < 13 Kentucky (5) SEC 7-2-1 237  
14 < 17 Texas Tech BIAA 9-1 219  
15 < 18 South Carolina ACC 7-2 170 W 49-0 H Wofford
16 < 14 Auburn (1) SEC 7-1-1 164  
17 < NR Baylor Southwest 7-2 96  
18 < NR Army Ind 6-1-1 70  
19 < 16 Stanford PCC 6-3-1 59  
20 < 9 USC PCC 6-2-1 57  
NR < 11 Alabama SEC 0  
NR < 15 Duke ACC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 4 7.5 3618
Southwest 3 10.7 1257
SEC 3 13.0 816
PCC 3 14.7 1556
ACC 2 8.0 2517
Ind 2 10.0 2079
Big 7 1 4.0 1553
Southern 1 11.0 399
BIAA 1 14.0 219

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.