1953 Polls

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National Champion: Maryland (AP, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: John Lattner (Notre Dame)

AP Preseason #1: Notre Dame ▪ AP Final #1: Maryland

AP Polls

Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
1	Preseason	1	Notre Dame	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	2	Michigan State	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	3	Georgia Tech	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	4	UCLA	NA	—	PCC
1	Preseason	5	Alabama	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	6	Oklahoma	NA	—	Big 7
1	Preseason	7	Ohio State	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	8	Southern California	NA	—	PCC
1	Preseason	9	Maryland	NA	—	ACC
1	Preseason	10	Duke	NA	—	ACC
1	Preseason	11	Texas	NA	—	SWC
1	Preseason	12	Rice	NA	—	SWC
1	Preseason	13	Navy	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	14	California	NA	—	PCC
1	Preseason	15	Florida	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	16	West Virginia	NA	—	Southern
1	Preseason	17	Pittsburgh	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	17	Tennessee	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	19	Princeton	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	20	Baylor	NA	—	SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
2	1953-09-28	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
2	1953-09-28	2	Michigan State	2	NC	Big Ten
2	1953-09-28	3	Maryland	9	6	ACC
2	1953-09-28	4	Michigan			Big Ten
2	1953-09-28	5	UCLA	4	1	PCC
2	1953-09-28	6	Ohio State	7	1	Big Ten
2	1953-09-28	7	Southern California	8	1	PCC
2	1953-09-28	8	Oklahoma	6	2	Big 7
2	1953-09-28	9	Georgia Tech	3	6	SEC
2	1953-09-28	10	Baylor	20	10	SWC
2	1953-09-28	11	Mississippi State			SEC
2	1953-09-28	12	Duke	10	2	ACC
2	1953-09-28	13	West Virginia	16	3	Southern
2	1953-09-28	14	Rice	12	2	SWC
2	1953-09-28	15	Mississippi			SEC
2	1953-09-28	16	Wisconsin			Big Ten
2	1953-09-28	17	Texas	11	6	SWC
2	1953-09-28	18	Georgia			SEC
2	1953-09-28	19	Louisiana State			SEC
2	1953-09-28	20	Holy Cross			Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
3	1953-10-05	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
3	1953-10-05	2	Michigan State	2	NC	Big Ten
3	1953-10-05	3	Ohio State	6	3	Big Ten
3	1953-10-05	4	Maryland	3	1	ACC
3	1953-10-05	5	Michigan	4	1	Big Ten
3	1953-10-05	6	UCLA	5	1	PCC
3	1953-10-05	7	Southern California	7	NC	PCC
3	1953-10-05	8	Duke	12	4	ACC
3	1953-10-05	9	Baylor	10	1	SWC
3	1953-10-05	10	Georgia Tech	9	1	SEC
3	1953-10-05	11	Rice	14	3	SWC
3	1953-10-05	12	West Virginia	13	1	Southern
3	1953-10-05	13	Mississippi State	11	2	SEC
3	1953-10-05	14	Louisiana State	19	5	SEC
3	1953-10-05	15	Texas	17	2	SWC
3	1953-10-05	16	Oklahoma	8	8	Big 7
3	1953-10-05	17	Pittsburgh			Ind
3	1953-10-05	18	Northwestern			Big Ten
3	1953-10-05	19	Holy Cross	20	1	Ind
3	1953-10-05	20	Pennsylvania			Ind
3	1953-10-05	20	Southern Mississippi
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
4	1953-10-12	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
4	1953-10-12	2	Michigan State	2	NC	Big Ten
4	1953-10-12	3	Maryland	4	1	ACC
4	1953-10-12	4	UCLA	6	2	PCC
4	1953-10-12	5	Michigan	5	NC	Big Ten
4	1953-10-12	6	Georgia Tech	10	4	SEC
4	1953-10-12	7	Duke	8	1	ACC
4	1953-10-12	8	Baylor	9	1	SWC
4	1953-10-12	9	Illinois			Big Ten
4	1953-10-12	10	West Virginia	12	2	Southern
4	1953-10-12	11	Rice	11	NC	SWC
4	1953-10-12	12	Oklahoma	16	4	Big 7
4	1953-10-12	13	Southern California	7	6	PCC
4	1953-10-12	14	Navy			Ind
4	1953-10-12	15	Pittsburgh	17	2	Ind
4	1953-10-12	16	California			PCC
4	1953-10-12	17	Ohio State	3	14	Big Ten
4	1953-10-12	17	Southern Mississippi	20	3
4	1953-10-12	19	Auburn			SEC
4	1953-10-12	20	Mississippi State	13	7	SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
5	1953-10-19	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
5	1953-10-19	2	Michigan State	2	NC	Big Ten
5	1953-10-19	3	Maryland	3	NC	ACC
5	1953-10-19	4	Georgia Tech	6	2	SEC
5	1953-10-19	5	Michigan	5	NC	Big Ten
5	1953-10-19	6	Baylor	8	2	SWC
5	1953-10-19	7	Illinois	9	2	Big Ten
5	1953-10-19	8	West Virginia	10	2	Southern
5	1953-10-19	9	Oklahoma	12	3	Big 7
5	1953-10-19	10	Navy	14	4	Ind
5	1953-10-19	11	Southern California	13	2	PCC
5	1953-10-19	12	UCLA	4	8	PCC
5	1953-10-19	13	Southern Methodist			SWC
5	1953-10-19	14	Louisiana State			SEC
5	1953-10-19	15	Texas A&M			SWC
5	1953-10-19	16	Kentucky			SEC
5	1953-10-19	16	Duke	7	9	ACC
5	1953-10-19	18	Pittsburgh	15	3	Ind
5	1953-10-19	19	Southern Mississippi	17	2
5	1953-10-19	20	Stanford			PCC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
6	1953-10-26	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
6	1953-10-26	2	Maryland	3	1	ACC
6	1953-10-26	3	Baylor	6	3	SWC
6	1953-10-26	4	Illinois	7	3	Big Ten
6	1953-10-26	5	West Virginia	8	3	Southern
6	1953-10-26	6	Michigan State	2	4	Big Ten
6	1953-10-26	7	Southern California	11	4	PCC
6	1953-10-26	8	Georgia Tech	4	4	SEC
6	1953-10-26	9	Oklahoma	9	NC	Big 7
6	1953-10-26	10	UCLA	12	2	PCC
6	1953-10-26	11	Southern Methodist	13	2	SWC
6	1953-10-26	12	Rice			SWC
6	1953-10-26	13	Duke	16	3	ACC
6	1953-10-26	14	Minnesota			Big Ten
6	1953-10-26	15	Army			Ind
6	1953-10-26	16	Michigan	5	11	Big Ten
6	1953-10-26	17	Stanford	20	3	PCC
6	1953-10-26	18	Mississippi			SEC
6	1953-10-26	19	Kentucky	16	3	SEC
6	1953-10-26	20	Navy	10	10	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
7	1953-11-02	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
7	1953-11-02	2	Maryland	2	NC	ACC
7	1953-11-02	3	Baylor	3	NC	SWC
7	1953-11-02	4	Illinois	4	NC	Big Ten
7	1953-11-02	5	Michigan State	6	1	Big Ten
7	1953-11-02	6	Georgia Tech	8	2	SEC
7	1953-11-02	7	West Virginia	5	2	Southern
7	1953-11-02	8	Oklahoma	9	1	Big 7
7	1953-11-02	9	UCLA	10	1	PCC
7	1953-11-02	10	Duke	13	3	ACC
7	1953-11-02	11	Stanford	17	6	PCC
7	1953-11-02	12	Mississippi	18	6	SEC
7	1953-11-02	13	Minnesota	14	1	Big Ten
7	1953-11-02	14	Kentucky	19	5	SEC
7	1953-11-02	15	Auburn			SEC
7	1953-11-02	16	Ohio State			Big Ten
7	1953-11-02	17	Southern California	7	10	PCC
7	1953-11-02	17	Michigan	16	1	Big Ten
7	1953-11-02	19	Texas			SWC
7	1953-11-02	20	Alabama			SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
8	1953-11-09	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
8	1953-11-09	2	Maryland	2	NC	ACC
8	1953-11-09	3	Illinois	4	1	Big Ten
8	1953-11-09	4	Michigan State	5	1	Big Ten
8	1953-11-09	5	Georgia Tech	6	1	SEC
8	1953-11-09	6	Oklahoma	8	2	Big 7
8	1953-11-09	7	UCLA	9	2	PCC
8	1953-11-09	8	West Virginia	7	1	Southern
8	1953-11-09	9	Baylor	3	6	SWC
8	1953-11-09	10	Texas	19	9	SWC
8	1953-11-09	11	Mississippi	12	1	SEC
8	1953-11-09	12	Southern California	17	5	PCC
8	1953-11-09	13	Kentucky	14	1	SEC
8	1953-11-09	14	Duke	10	4	ACC
8	1953-11-09	15	Minnesota	13	2	Big Ten
8	1953-11-09	16	Rice			SWC
8	1953-11-09	16	Stanford	11	5	PCC
8	1953-11-09	18	Tennessee			SEC
8	1953-11-09	19	Texas Tech			BIAA
8	1953-11-09	20	Auburn	15	5	SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
9	1953-11-16	1	Notre Dame	1	NC	Ind
9	1953-11-16	2	Maryland	2	NC	ACC
9	1953-11-16	3	Michigan State	4	1	Big Ten
9	1953-11-16	4	Oklahoma	6	2	Big 7
9	1953-11-16	5	UCLA	7	2	PCC
9	1953-11-16	6	Texas	10	4	SWC
9	1953-11-16	7	Illinois	3	4	Big Ten
9	1953-11-16	8	Wisconsin			Big Ten
9	1953-11-16	9	Southern California	12	3	PCC
9	1953-11-16	10	Rice	16	6	SWC
9	1953-11-16	11	Alabama			SEC
9	1953-11-16	12	Georgia Tech	5	7	SEC
9	1953-11-16	13	Kentucky	13	NC	SEC
9	1953-11-16	14	Auburn	20	6	SEC
9	1953-11-16	15	Duke	14	1	ACC
9	1953-11-16	16	Stanford	16	NC	PCC
9	1953-11-16	17	Texas Tech	19	2	BIAA
9	1953-11-16	18	South Carolina			ACC
9	1953-11-16	19	West Virginia	8	11	Southern
9	1953-11-16	20	Iowa			Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
10	1953-11-23	1	Maryland	2	1	ACC
10	1953-11-23	2	Notre Dame	1	1	Ind
10	1953-11-23	3	Michigan State	3	NC	Big Ten
10	1953-11-23	4	Oklahoma	4	NC	Big 7
10	1953-11-23	5	UCLA	5	NC	PCC
10	1953-11-23	6	Illinois	7	1	Big Ten
10	1953-11-23	7	Texas	6	1	SWC
10	1953-11-23	8	Rice	10	2	SWC
10	1953-11-23	9	Iowa	20	11	Big Ten
10	1953-11-23	10	Georgia Tech	12	2	SEC
10	1953-11-23	11	West Virginia	19	8	Southern
10	1953-11-23	12	Wisconsin	8	4	Big Ten
10	1953-11-23	13	Kentucky	13	NC	SEC
10	1953-11-23	14	Texas Tech	17	3	BIAA
10	1953-11-23	15	South Carolina	18	3	ACC
10	1953-11-23	16	Auburn	14	2	SEC
10	1953-11-23	17	Baylor			SWC
10	1953-11-23	18	Army			Ind
10	1953-11-23	19	Stanford	16	3	PCC
10	1953-11-23	20	Southern California	9	11	PCC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
11	Final	1	Maryland	1	NC	ACC
11	Final	2	Notre Dame	2	NC	Ind
11	Final	3	Michigan State	3	NC	Big Ten
11	Final	4	Oklahoma	4	NC	Big 7
11	Final	5	UCLA	5	NC	PCC
11	Final	6	Rice	8	2	SWC
11	Final	7	Illinois	6	1	Big Ten
11	Final	8	Georgia Tech	10	2	SEC
11	Final	9	Iowa	9	NC	Big Ten
11	Final	10	West Virginia	11	1	Southern
11	Final	11	Texas	7	4	SWC
11	Final	12	Texas Tech	14	2	BIAA
11	Final	13	Alabama			SEC
11	Final	14	Army	18	4	Ind
11	Final	15	Wisconsin	12	3	Big Ten
11	Final	16	Kentucky	13	3	SEC
11	Final	17	Auburn	16	1	SEC
11	Final	18	Duke			ACC
11	Final	19	Stanford	19	NC	PCC
11	Final	20	Michigan			Big Ten

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