1953 season · week 8
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- SEC5
- Big Ten3
- Pacific3
- Other9
- 1–Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 2–MarylandACC—
- 3▲1IllinoisBig Ten—
- 4▲1Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 5▲1Georgia TechSEC—
- 6▲2OklahomaBig 7—
- 7▲2UCLAPacific—
- 8▼1West VirginiaSouthern—
- 9▼6BaylorSouthwest—
- 10▲9TexasSouthwest—
- 11▲1Ole MissSEC—
- 12▲5USCPacific—
- 13▲1KentuckySEC—
- 14▼4DukeACC—
- 15▼2MinnesotaBig Ten—
- 16NewRiceSouthwest—
- 16▼5StanfordPacific—
- 18NewTennesseeSEC—
- 19NewTexas TechBorder—
- 20▼5AuburnSEC—