1953 season · week 4
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big Ten4
- FBS Independents3
- Pacific3
- Other10
- 1–Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 2–Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 3▲1MarylandACC—
- 4▲2UCLAPacific—
- 5–MichiganBig Ten—
- 6▲4Georgia TechSEC—
- 7▲1DukeACC—
- 8▲1BaylorSouthwest—
- 9NewIllinoisBig Ten—
- 10▲2West VirginiaSouthern—
- 11–RiceSouthwest—
- 12▲4OklahomaBig 7—
- 13▼6USCPacific—
- 14NewNavyFBS Independents—
- 15▲2PittsburghFBS Independents—
- 16NewCaliforniaPacific—
- 17▼14Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 17▲3Southern MissPre-classification Independents—
- 19NewAuburnSEC—
- 20▼7Mississippi StateSEC—