1952 College Football School Ratings

1951 CFB School Ratings 1953 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Michigan State (AP, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Billy Vessels (Oklahoma)

AP Preseason #1: Michigan State

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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.

113 Schools

113 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	Michigan State	Ind	1	9	0	0	13.63	12.02	25.65	49.38	-5.99
2	Oklahoma	Big 7	4	8	1	1	19.92	5.71	25.63	58.43	-0.90
3	USC	PCC	5	10	1	0	5.45	18.61	24.06	37.65	-12.75
4	UCLA	PCC	6	8	1	0	8.84	15.05	23.88	41.32	-10.31
5	Georgia Tech	SEC	2	12	0	0	9.12	14.15	23.27	42.13	-9.21
6	Notre Dame	Ind	3	7	2	1	7.92	13.11	21.03	37.64	-9.73
7	Texas	SWC	10	9	2	0	11.66	7.38	19.04	42.46	-2.62
8	California	PCC		7	3	0	10.33	7.67	18.00	41.51	-2.23
9	Maryland	Ind	13	7	2	0	8.32	9.48	17.80	40.24	-4.14
10	Ohio State	Western	17	6	3	0	7.07	9.70	16.77	36.84	-4.44
11	Wisconsin	Western	11	6	3	1	10.13	6.62	16.75	40.00	-1.39
12	Tennessee	SEC	8	8	2	1	3.32	12.78	16.10	36.87	-7.38
13	Alabama	SEC	9	10	2	0	9.13	6.27	15.40	39.86	-0.89
14	Purdue	Western	18	4	3	2	9.63	5.66	15.29	39.91	-0.90
15	Florida	SEC	15	8	3	0	9.11	5.41	14.52	41.22	-0.95
16	Navy	Ind		6	2	1	1.89	12.49	14.38	31.97	-5.78
17	Ole Miss	SEC	7	8	1	2	5.53	8.74	14.27	37.40	-3.61
18	Duke	Southern	16	8	2	0	3.60	10.59	14.19	35.92	-4.99
19	Michigan	Western		5	4	0	6.05	7.66	13.71	38.61	-2.39
20	Washington	PCC		7	3	0	9.82	3.14	12.96	41.17	4.42
				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	Kansas	Big 7		7	3	0	6.45	5.83	12.29	37.86	-2.94
22	Houston	MVC		8	2	0	0.75	11.14	11.89	29.31	-5.74
23	Princeton	Ind	19	8	1	0	5.48	6.10	11.58	40.24	1.32
24	Pitt	Ind		6	3	0	6.10	4.47	10.57	35.15	1.54
25	Illinois	Western		4	5	0	7.04	2.91	9.95	37.41	1.59
26	Colorado	Big 7		6	2	2	6.29	3.20	9.49	38.45	0.69
27	Missouri	Big 7		5	5	0	2.83	6.43	9.26	31.98	-1.62
28	Penn State	Ind		7	2	1	2.49	6.38	8.87	29.84	0.43
29	Minnesota	Western		4	3	2	2.22	6.21	8.44	31.04	-0.28
30	Virginia	Ind		8	2	0	1.68	6.58	8.26	35.00	1.24
31	Texas Christian	SWC		4	4	2	-2.15	10.28	8.14	29.65	-4.60
32	Georgia	SEC		7	4	0	6.08	1.80	7.88	36.40	4.37
33	SMU	SWC		4	5	1	2.14	5.63	7.78	32.29	-0.71
34	Army	Ind		4	4	1	4.16	3.51	7.67	33.18	4.31
35	Stanford	PCC		5	5	0	6.89	0.56	7.45	34.99	6.31
36	Mississippi State	SEC		5	4	0	10.22	-3.01	7.21	39.47	8.15
37	Nebraska	Big 7		5	4	1	1.04	6.07	7.11	31.36	-1.52
38	Tulsa	MVC	12	8	2	1	9.06	-2.02	7.03	39.83	8.13
39	Pennsylvania	Ind		4	3	2	0.76	6.15	6.91	29.12	-0.95
40	West Virginia	Southern		7	2	0	4.84	1.75	6.59	31.79	7.09
				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	Rice	SWC		5	5	0	2.41	4.07	6.48	31.87	0.91
42	Tulane	SEC		5	5	0	2.52	3.79	6.31	33.51	1.00
43	Baylor	SWC		4	4	2	5.89	0.36	6.25	34.43	4.35
44	Yale	Ind		7	2	0	4.55	1.11	5.66	34.72	6.39
45	Villanova	Ind		7	1	1	2.26	2.65	4.91	31.79	6.17
46	Texas A&M	SWC		3	6	1	1.83	2.95	4.79	31.72	2.92
47	LSU	SEC		3	7	0	2.98	1.74	4.72	33.28	2.91
48	Syracuse	Ind	14	7	3	0	4.30	0.09	4.40	31.37	10.72
49	Arizona State	BIAA		6	3	0	2.75	1.38	4.13	33.60	5.36
50	Kentucky	SEC	20	5	4	2	0.24	3.46	3.70	29.14	1.81
51	Washington State	PCC		4	6	0	3.81	-0.25	3.57	32.59	6.09
52	Wake Forest	Southern		5	4	1	-0.20	2.60	2.40	26.87	3.65
53	Pacific	Ind		7	3	1	3.52	-1.23	2.29	34.45	8.50
54	San Jose State	Ind		6	3	0	5.27	-3.04	2.23	35.30	9.80
55	Holy Cross	Ind		8	2	0	-1.56	3.62	2.07	28.13	4.00
56	Vanderbilt	SEC		3	5	2	-1.84	3.86	2.02	30.27	3.50
57	Northwestern	Western		2	6	1	8.03	-6.15	1.88	36.95	11.31
58	Oklahoma State	MVC		3	7	0	-1.73	3.60	1.88	27.22	1.56
59	Iowa	Western		2	7	0	0.86	0.42	1.29	31.12	6.43
60	Arizona	BIAA		6	4	0	1.30	-0.53	0.77	35.93	7.70
				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	William & Mary	Southern		4	5	0	6.85	-6.10	0.76	33.71	13.94
62	Auburn	SEC		2	8	0	-1.01	1.59	0.58	30.15	3.67
63	Utah	Skyline		6	3	1	-1.58	1.81	0.23	26.68	4.98
64	South Carolina	Southern		5	5	0	-0.46	0.38	-0.08	28.47	6.33
65	Indiana	Western		2	7	0	1.68	-1.78	-0.09	31.82	6.81
66	Arkansas	SWC		2	8	0	5.72	-6.66	-0.95	34.75	12.84
67	Marquette	Ind		3	5	1	2.60	-3.76	-1.16	30.66	10.61
68	Colorado State	Skyline		6	4	0	-3.77	2.51	-1.26	25.35	8.92
69	Colgate	Ind		6	3	0	-1.86	0.34	-1.52	26.05	6.86
70	North Carolina	Southern		2	6	0	3.23	-4.76	-1.54	32.79	10.50
71	Oregon State	PCC		2	7	0	2.68	-4.67	-1.99	30.78	12.82
72	New Mexico	Skyline		7	2	0	-8.43	5.98	-2.45	16.45	1.25
73	Iowa State	Big 7		3	6	0	-3.64	1.11	-2.53	29.63	8.16
74	Idaho	PCC		4	4	1	-1.69	-1.11	-2.80	27.68	8.59
75	Oregon	PCC		2	7	1	-3.13	0.23	-2.90	24.61	8.39
76	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		5	3	2	0.94	-5.09	-4.15	27.09	11.44
77	Clemson	Ind		2	6	1	-5.23	0.91	-4.32	25.12	6.96
78	Santa Clara	Ind		2	6	1	-6.53	1.51	-5.02	22.10	5.20
79	George Washington	Southern		6	2	1	-4.19	-0.97	-5.15	21.04	13.03
80	Miami (FL)	Ind		4	7	0	-6.61	1.39	-5.22	24.89	6.84
				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	Columbia	Ind		2	6	1	-2.52	-3.14	-5.67	25.09	9.55
82	Wyoming	Skyline		5	4	0	-5.78	0.10	-5.68	21.16	7.95
83	Harvard	Ind		5	4	0	1.60	-7.88	-6.28	29.67	15.66
84	Texas Tech	BIAA		3	7	1	-1.32	-5.29	-6.61	28.78	11.82
85	Dartmouth	Ind		2	7	0	-3.91	-2.74	-6.65	23.94	10.45
86	Rutgers	Ind		4	4	1	0.13	-7.02	-6.89	26.14	15.74
87	Cornell	Ind		2	7	0	-6.21	-0.70	-6.91	21.78	8.66
88	Furman	Southern		6	3	1	-5.70	-2.03	-7.72	21.08	11.41
89	Detroit Mercy	MVC		3	6	0	0.49	-8.68	-8.19	31.28	17.49
90	Fordham	Ind		2	5	1	-4.49	-3.85	-8.34	24.33	10.47
91	The Citadel	Southern		3	5	1	-6.74	-2.05	-8.79	20.02	14.25
92	Boston University	Ind		5	4	1	-4.84	-4.10	-8.94	20.34	13.76
93	Virginia Tech	Southern		5	6	0	-7.68	-2.12	-9.80	17.27	13.12
94	UTEP	BIAA		5	5	1	-3.05	-6.94	-9.99	24.45	17.03
95	Boston College	Ind		4	4	1	-9.88	-1.47	-11.35	14.77	8.50
96	Kansas State	Big 7		1	9	0	-7.80	-4.06	-11.86	20.86	11.25
97	BYU	Skyline		4	6	0	-2.64	-10.01	-12.64	23.20	19.30
98	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		3	6	1	-1.80	-10.93	-12.73	22.96	21.06
99	Temple	Ind		2	7	1	-7.45	-6.26	-13.72	19.18	16.19
100	Washington & Lee	Southern		3	7	0	-2.14	-11.92	-14.06	22.00	27.04
				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	Brown	Ind		2	7	0	-9.58	-4.77	-14.36	17.49	15.25
102	North Carolina State	Southern		3	7	0	-10.66	-3.94	-14.61	15.94	24.36
103	Utah State	Skyline		3	7	1	-8.28	-6.76	-15.04	17.43	14.86
104	Montana	Skyline		2	7	1	-9.89	-5.58	-15.47	16.67	15.54
105	Denver	Skyline		3	7	0	-7.45	-8.10	-15.55	18.54	17.38
106	Wichita State	MVC		3	6	1	-8.78	-7.74	-16.52	17.35	19.56
107	New York University	Ind		2	5	1	-12.59	-7.48	-20.07	12.89	20.25
108	West Texas State	BIAA		3	6	0	-9.48	-10.64	-20.12	17.35	22.68
109	Northern Arizona	BIAA		3	4	0	-12.26	-8.26	-20.52	11.95	17.62
110	Davidson	Southern		2	7	0	-5.32	-16.13	-21.45	16.98	24.97
111	Richmond	Southern		1	9	0	-9.73	-13.30	-23.03	15.63	25.65
112	New Mexico State	BIAA		2	6	1	-9.58	-13.59	-23.17	15.83	26.66
113	Drake	Ind		2	7	0	-9.85	-15.20	-25.05	15.02	30.72

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