1953 season · week 5
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big Ten3
- FBS Independents3
- Pacific3
- Other11
- 1–Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 2–Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 3–MarylandACC—
- 4▲2Georgia TechSEC—
- 5–MichiganBig Ten—
- 6▲2BaylorSouthwest—
- 7▲2IllinoisBig Ten—
- 8▲2West VirginiaSouthern—
- 9▲3OklahomaBig 7—
- 10▲4NavyFBS Independents—
- 11▲2USCPacific—
- 12▼8UCLAPacific—
- 13NewSMUSouthwest—
- 14NewLSUSEC—
- 15NewTexas A&MSouthwest—
- 16NewKentuckySEC—
- 16▼9DukeACC—
- 18▼3PittsburghFBS Independents—
- 19▼2Southern MissPre-classification Independents—
- 20NewStanfordPacific—