1953 season · week 7
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big Ten5
- SEC5
- Pacific3
- Other7
- 1–Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 2–MarylandACC—
- 3–BaylorSouthwest—
- 4–IllinoisBig Ten—
- 5▲1Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 6▲2Georgia TechSEC—
- 7▼2West VirginiaSouthern—
- 8▲1OklahomaBig 7—
- 9▲1UCLAPacific—
- 10▲3DukeACC—
- 11▲6StanfordPacific—
- 12▲6Ole MissSEC—
- 13▲1MinnesotaBig Ten—
- 14▲5KentuckySEC—
- 15NewAuburnSEC—
- 16NewOhio StateBig Ten—
- 17▼10USCPacific—
- 17▼1MichiganBig Ten—
- 19NewTexasSouthwest—
- 20NewAlabamaSEC—