1953 College Football School Ratings

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Heisman Memorial Trophy: Johnny Lattner (Notre Dame)

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

110 Schools

110 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Notre Dame	Ind	2	9	0	1	19.99	4.37	24.36	51.05	-1.09
2	Michigan State	Big Ten	3	9	1	0	13.40	8.34	21.74	42.32	-3.73
3	Maryland	ACC	1	10	1	0	7.69	13.62	21.30	40.54	-9.06
4	Illinois	Big Ten	7	7	1	1	14.10	7.07	21.17	42.78	-2.23
5	Oklahoma	Big 7	4	9	1	1	8.91	12.01	20.92	43.06	-7.40
6	Wisconsin	Big Ten	15	6	2	1	10.10	10.26	20.36	38.34	-6.35
7	Rice	SWC	6	9	2	0	11.49	8.27	19.76	43.70	-3.62
8	Iowa	Big Ten	9	5	3	1	6.91	11.68	18.58	37.48	-8.17
9	UCLA	PCC	5	8	2	0	7.00	11.17	18.17	36.86	-6.20
10	Texas Tech	BIAA	12	11	1	0	14.16	2.52	16.68	47.58	3.53
11	Michigan	Big Ten	20	6	3	0	3.91	11.09	15.00	34.48	-6.34
12	Texas	SWC	11	7	3	0	7.46	7.40	14.86	36.15	-3.77
13	Ohio State	Big Ten		6	3	0	10.25	4.28	14.53	37.74	0.32
14	Ole Miss	SEC		7	2	1	6.22	7.42	13.64	37.09	-1.59
15	Georgia Tech	SEC	8	9	2	1	3.56	8.96	12.52	35.57	-4.78
16	Minnesota	Big Ten		4	4	1	6.62	5.75	12.37	35.25	-0.97
17	Kentucky	SEC	16	7	2	1	5.85	5.84	11.69	33.94	-2.52
18	Baylor	SWC		7	3	0	8.27	3.28	11.54	37.80	1.28
19	USC	PCC		6	3	1	5.80	5.26	11.06	33.79	0.80
20	Mississippi State	SEC		5	2	3	4.22	6.70	10.92	32.99	-2.82
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Stanford	PCC	19	6	3	1	7.81	3.09	10.90	37.01	2.22
22	SMU	SWC		5	5	0	2.70	8.02	10.72	31.20	-4.39
23	Auburn	SEC	17	7	3	1	7.34	2.24	9.59	38.38	1.66
24	Penn State	Ind		6	3	0	8.32	1.27	9.59	36.66	2.83
25	Duke	ACC	18	7	2	1	4.29	5.12	9.41	34.09	-2.12
26	California	PCC		4	4	2	7.37	1.71	9.08	36.49	4.07
27	Army	Ind	14	7	1	1	3.84	5.07	8.90	33.26	-0.33
28	Missouri	Big 7		6	4	0	1.49	7.29	8.78	29.14	-3.27
29	Marquette	Ind		6	3	1	3.36	5.34	8.70	30.91	-1.16
30	Oklahoma State	MVC		7	3	0	4.23	3.95	8.18	31.16	0.75
31	LSU	SEC		5	3	3	4.16	3.63	7.79	33.58	0.33
32	Syracuse	Ind		5	3	1	2.47	5.18	7.65	32.42	-0.13
33	Kansas State	Big 7		6	3	1	1.74	5.53	7.27	32.01	-0.18
34	Purdue	Big Ten		2	7	0	-0.67	7.85	7.19	29.06	-2.52
35	Utah	Skyline		8	2	0	7.47	-0.38	7.09	34.15	6.78
36	West Virginia	Southern	10	8	2	0	9.09	-2.41	6.68	39.61	8.09
37	Texas Christian	SWC		3	7	0	-0.30	6.46	6.16	27.95	-1.89
38	Colorado	Big 7		6	4	0	7.26	-1.32	5.94	33.63	5.98
39	Tennessee	SEC		6	4	1	2.93	2.86	5.79	34.63	2.22
40	Arkansas	SWC		3	7	0	-0.35	5.90	5.56	28.57	0.10
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Houston	MVC		4	4	1	6.07	-0.76	5.31	34.24	4.57
42	Texas A&M	SWC		4	5	1	1.73	3.26	4.99	29.63	0.80
43	Alabama	SEC	13	6	3	3	-0.41	5.33	4.92	27.40	-1.23
44	Northwestern	Big Ten		3	6	0	5.98	-1.07	4.90	35.30	5.91
45	Florida	SEC		3	5	2	-1.18	5.75	4.57	32.45	-2.72
46	Pennsylvania	Ind		3	5	1	-1.82	6.38	4.56	25.60	-0.56
47	Detroit Mercy	MVC		6	4	0	1.58	2.62	4.20	32.40	3.45
48	Navy	Ind		4	3	2	-2.88	6.84	3.96	30.88	-0.44
49	Pitt	Ind		3	5	1	-1.56	5.31	3.76	27.50	-1.20
50	Miami (FL)	Ind		4	5	0	1.37	2.20	3.57	30.72	2.67
51	South Carolina	ACC		7	3	0	-1.05	4.60	3.55	28.15	0.72
52	Washington	PCC		3	6	1	2.44	0.03	2.47	29.92	7.58
53	Wyoming	Skyline		5	4	1	-1.10	3.49	2.38	27.72	1.85
54	Oregon	PCC		4	5	1	-6.67	9.03	2.37	19.44	-3.26
55	Fordham	Ind		4	5	0	1.37	0.99	2.36	29.52	4.31
56	Boston University	Ind		5	3	1	4.20	-2.27	1.93	33.44	8.19
57	Indiana	Big Ten		2	7	0	3.70	-1.93	1.76	31.74	7.88
58	Arizona	BIAA		4	5	1	2.10	-0.65	1.46	31.78	6.79
59	UTEP	BIAA		8	2	0	3.22	-2.49	0.72	28.70	8.30
60	Kansas	Big 7		2	8	0	-2.83	3.54	0.71	25.45	3.20
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Nebraska	Big 7		3	6	1	0.73	-0.05	0.68	28.44	4.66
62	Utah State	Skyline		8	3	0	-1.89	1.05	-0.84	25.82	5.52
63	Colorado State	Skyline		4	5	0	0.11	-1.33	-1.22	26.61	6.18
64	New Mexico	Skyline		5	3	1	-3.50	1.50	-2.00	21.92	4.72
65	Holy Cross	Ind		5	5	0	-7.45	5.36	-2.09	21.13	0.35
66	Wichita State	MVC		4	4	1	-3.58	1.48	-2.10	26.71	4.74
67	Boston College	Ind		5	3	1	-1.90	-0.66	-2.55	25.37	7.80
68	North Carolina	ACC		4	6	0	-0.95	-1.68	-2.62	27.92	6.14
69	Pacific	Ind		4	4	2	-0.90	-1.80	-2.70	25.69	7.50
70	Clemson	ACC		3	5	1	-0.23	-2.56	-2.79	27.10	8.32
71	Cornell	Ind		4	3	2	-1.32	-1.51	-2.83	24.89	6.81
72	Washington State	PCC		4	6	0	2.68	-5.58	-2.91	29.58	14.77
73	Furman	Southern		7	2	0	-5.65	1.42	-4.23	21.25	7.63
74	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		6	5	0	-2.45	-2.37	-4.82	23.77	10.23
75	Georgia	SEC		3	8	0	0.52	-5.91	-5.39	28.82	9.51
76	Harvard	Ind		6	2	0	-5.61	0.17	-5.43	20.38	6.87
77	Iowa State	Big 7		2	7	0	-3.05	-2.66	-5.71	25.68	11.38
78	Oregon State	PCC		3	6	0	-9.10	3.08	-6.02	17.87	6.91
79	Yale	Ind		5	2	2	-8.76	2.70	-6.06	17.86	5.53
80	George Washington	Southern		5	4	0	-3.54	-2.60	-6.14	21.59	8.05
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Villanova	Ind		4	6	0	-2.38	-3.78	-6.16	25.08	9.68
82	Vanderbilt	SEC		3	7	0	-1.50	-5.07	-6.57	26.52	13.59
83	Tulane	SEC		1	8	1	-3.50	-3.85	-7.34	26.68	8.37
84	Arizona State	BIAA		4	5	1	-1.00	-6.40	-7.40	25.25	13.30
85	San Jose State	Ind		4	4	1	-0.58	-7.15	-7.73	25.44	16.97
86	North Texas	Ind		3	6	1	-5.46	-2.29	-7.75	22.27	9.67
87	Tulsa	MVC		3	7	0	-2.67	-5.39	-8.06	23.78	13.48
88	Denver	Skyline		3	5	2	-3.46	-4.73	-8.19	23.16	11.77
89	Columbia	Ind		4	5	0	-5.22	-3.72	-8.94	20.75	10.05
90	Colgate	Ind		3	4	2	-2.67	-6.63	-9.30	23.92	12.44
91	Virginia Tech	Southern		5	5	0	-8.65	-0.68	-9.33	16.11	7.16
92	Wake Forest	ACC		3	6	1	-6.03	-3.44	-9.47	20.39	8.83
93	Dartmouth	Ind		2	7	0	-0.24	-9.44	-9.68	27.51	17.53
94	Princeton	Ind		5	4	0	-2.39	-7.98	-10.37	22.53	17.44
95	Richmond	Southern		5	3	1	-8.36	-2.63	-10.99	16.81	10.56
96	Washington & Lee	Southern		4	6	0	-3.55	-7.54	-11.09	25.40	18.72
97	BYU	Skyline		2	7	1	-2.40	-8.83	-11.23	24.04	14.97
98	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		5	5	0	-6.53	-5.18	-11.71	20.27	17.08
99	William & Mary	Southern		5	4	1	-6.07	-5.74	-11.82	17.97	14.40
100	Brown	Ind		3	5	1	-7.65	-4.67	-12.32	19.28	11.26
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Montana	Skyline		3	5	0	-0.54	-12.83	-13.37	25.51	20.21
102	Drake	Ind		4	4	0	-6.60	-7.16	-13.76	18.98	17.01
103	Rutgers	Ind		2	6	0	-3.55	-13.59	-17.14	22.58	20.90
104	North Carolina State	ACC		1	9	0	-10.80	-7.71	-18.51	16.31	18.64
105	Idaho	PCC		1	8	0	-11.54	-7.50	-19.04	14.43	15.67
106	Virginia	Ind		1	8	0	-8.46	-10.73	-19.19	17.91	18.77
107	New Mexico State	BIAA		2	7	0	-12.80	-7.37	-20.17	13.37	26.42
108	West Texas State	BIAA		1	8	1	-8.12	-12.16	-20.28	16.80	20.31
109	The Citadel	Southern		2	7	0	-10.43	-11.36	-21.78	15.46	24.20
110	Davidson	Southern		0	9	0	-13.84	-16.11	-29.94	11.05	28.92

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