1953 season · week 1
Polls
Poll
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- FBS Independents4
- SEC4
- Pacific3
- Other9
- 1Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 2Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 3Georgia TechSEC—
- 4UCLAPacific—
- 5AlabamaSEC—
- 6OklahomaBig 7—
- 7Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 8USCPacific—
- 9MarylandACC—
- 10DukeACC—
- 11TexasSouthwest—
- 12RiceSouthwest—
- 13NavyFBS Independents—
- 14CaliforniaPacific—
- 15FloridaSEC—
- 16West VirginiaSouthern—
- 17PittsburghFBS Independents—
- 17TennesseeSEC—
- 19PrincetonFBS Independents—
- 20BaylorSouthwest—