Record: 35-41-6, .463 W-L% (9th of 10) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 9.33 (2nd of 10) ▪ SOS: 9.91 (1st of 10)
Conference Champion: Purdue and Wisconsin
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Illinois, Ohio State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin)
| Overall | Conference | Pts/G | SRS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| Wisconsin | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 22.8 | 15.0 | 16.75 | 9.15 | |
| Purdue | 4 | 3 | 2 | .556 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 20.9 | 16.8 | 15.29 | 11.73 | |
| Ohio State | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 21.9 | 13.2 | 16.77 | 8.10 | |
| Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 23.0 | 14.9 | 13.71 | 8.71 | |
| Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 2 | .556 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .667 | 14.6 | 19.0 | 8.44 | 10.77 | |
| Illinois | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 21.6 | 19.4 | 9.95 | 9.39 | |
| Northwestern | 2 | 6 | 1 | .278 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 18.4 | 28.0 | 1.88 | 10.32 | |
| Iowa | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 13.4 | 24.4 | 1.29 | 11.17 | |
| Indiana | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 15.9 | 24.9 | -0.09 | 9.80 | |
| School | Pre | 9/29 | 10/6 | 10/13 | 10/22 | 10/27 | 11/3 | 11/10 | 11/17 | 11/24 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 7 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Ohio State | 20 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 17 | ||||||
| Purdue | 16 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| Illinois | 5 | 2 | 13 | 17 | |||||||
| Michigan | 19 | 15 | 20 | 12 |
| Date | Bowl | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-01-01 | Rose Bowl | Southern California | 7 | Wisconsin | 0 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) |