1953 season · week 3
Polls
AP Top 25
21 ranked
- Big Ten4
- FBS Independents4
- SEC3
- Other10
- 1–Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 2–Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 3▲3Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 4▼1MarylandACC—
- 5▼1MichiganBig Ten—
- 6▼1UCLAPacific—
- 7–USCPacific—
- 8▲4DukeACC—
- 9▲1BaylorSouthwest—
- 10▼1Georgia TechSEC—
- 11▲3RiceSouthwest—
- 12▲1West VirginiaSouthern—
- 13▼2Mississippi StateSEC—
- 14▲5LSUSEC—
- 15▲2TexasSouthwest—
- 16▼8OklahomaBig 7—
- 17NewPittsburghFBS Independents—
- 18NewNorthwesternBig Ten—
- 19▲1Holy CrossFBS Independents—
- 20NewSouthern MissPre-classification Independents—
- 20NewPennsylvaniaFBS Independents—