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1953 Independent Year Summary

Record: 120-114-21, .512 W-L% (8th of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -2.31 (8th of 11), SOS: -2.96 (8th of 11)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Navy, Notre Dame, Pitt and Princeton)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Army and Notre Dame)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Notre Dame	9	0	1	.950					31.7	13.9	24.36	9.06	1	1	2
Army	7	1	1	.833					23.3	9.0	8.90	-2.88		14	14
Harvard	6	2	0	.750					18.3	9.8	-5.43	-12.93
Penn State	6	3	0	.667					23.0	16.4	9.59	4.03
Yale	5	2	2	.667					13.7	9.9	-6.06	-10.28
Marquette	6	3	1	.650					19.6	10.8	8.70	1.30
Boston College	5	3	1	.611					15.2	15.4	-2.55	-3.78
Boston University	5	3	1	.611					24.9	15.0	1.93	-4.96
Syracuse	5	3	1	.611					21.9	11.0	7.65	-0.24
Cornell	4	3	2	.556					14.2	16.9	-2.83	-0.94
Navy	4	3	2	.556					20.7	11.0	3.96	0.40	13	10
Princeton	5	4	0	.556					16.0	22.7	-10.37	-8.37	19	19
Drake	4	4	0	.500					13.9	21.9	-13.76	-9.51
Holy Cross	5	5	0	.500					13.4	8.9	-2.09	-4.69		19
Pacific	4	4	2	.500					19.1	17.2	-2.70	-3.60
San Jose State	4	4	1	.500					17.3	24.4	-7.73	-4.73
Colgate	3	4	2	.444					16.3	17.9	-9.30	-7.19
Columbia	4	5	0	.444					13.8	17.0	-8.94	-6.17
Fordham	4	5	0	.444					19.6	14.2	2.36	-2.20
Miami (FL)	4	5	0	.444					17.2	15.2	3.57	2.34
Villanova	4	6	0	.400					13.2	21.5	-6.16	0.84
Brown	3	5	1	.389					14.9	14.1	-12.32	-11.21
Pennsylvania	3	5	1	.389					10.7	16.9	4.56	8.45		20
Pitt	3	5	1	.389					15.9	15.3	3.76	4.65	17	15
North Texas	3	6	1	.350					16.7	16.7	-7.75	-6.55
Rutgers	2	6	0	.250					15.8	27.0	-17.14	-6.89
Dartmouth	2	7	0	.222					16.9	24.3	-9.68	-3.57
Virginia	1	8	0	.111					8.3	26.9	-19.19	-3.42