1953 season · week 9
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big Ten4
- SEC4
- ACC3
- Other9
- 1–Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 2–MarylandACC—
- 3▲1Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 4▲2OklahomaBig 7—
- 5▲2UCLAPacific—
- 6▲4TexasSouthwest—
- 7▼4IllinoisBig Ten—
- 8NewWisconsinBig Ten—
- 9▲3USCPacific—
- 10▲6RiceSouthwest—
- 11NewAlabamaSEC—
- 12▼7Georgia TechSEC—
- 13–KentuckySEC—
- 14▲6AuburnSEC—
- 15▼1DukeACC—
- 16–StanfordPacific—
- 17▲2Texas TechBorder—
- 18NewSouth CarolinaACC—
- 19▼11West VirginiaSouthern—
- 20NewIowaBig Ten—