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1952 college football rankings

Two human polls comprised the 1952 college football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

Legend

AP Poll

The final AP Poll was released on December 1, at the end of the 1952 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.

Final Coaches Poll

The final UP Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on <br>Michigan State received 32 of the 35 first-place votes; one each went to Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma.

  • <small>Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pacific Coast (later AAWU / Pac-8) conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.</small>
  • <small>The Ivy League has prohibited its members from participating in postseason football since the league was officially formed in 1954.</small>

Litkenhous Ratings

The Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December 1952 provided numerical rankings to over 600 college football programs. The top 150 ranked teams were:

1. Michigan State (9–0) - 115.1<br> 2. Georgia Tech (12–0) - 111.9<br> 3. USC (10–1) - 111.3<br> 4. Oklahoma (8–1–1) - 111.1<br> 5. UCLA (8–1) - 111.0<br> 6. Tennessee (8–2–1) - 109.6<br> 7. Notre Dame (7–2–1) - 105.0<br> 8. Florida (8–3) - 103.4<br> 9. Ole Miss (8–1–2) - 103.1<br> 10. Alabama (10–2) - 102.9<br> 11. California (7–3) - 102.2<br> 12. Maryland (7–2) - 102.2<br> 13. Texas (9–2) - 101.8<br> 14. Wisconsin (6–3–1) - 101.2<br> 15. Ohio State (6–3) - 100.9<br> 16. Duke (8–2) - 100.5<br> 17. Michigan (5–4) - 99.7<br> 18. Purdue (4–3–2) - 99.7<br> 19. Kansas (7–3) - 99.2<br> 20. Mississippi State (5–4) - 96.9<br> 21. Houston (8–2) - 96.1<br> 22. Tulsa (8–2–1) 95.9<br> 23. Washington (7–3) - 95.4<br> 24. Illinois (4–5) - 94.9<br> 25. Colorado (6–2–2) - 94.5<br> 26. Navy (6–2–1) - 93.9<br> 27. Cincinnati (8–1–1) - 93.5<br> 28. TCU (4–4–2) - 93.4<br> 29. Arizona State (6–3) - 92.7<br> 30. Kentucky (5–4–2) - 92.3<br> 31. Georgia (7–4) - 92.0<br> 32. Pittsburgh (6–3) - 92.0<br> 33. SMU (4–5–1) - 92.0<br> 34. Virginia (8–2) - 91.8<br> 35. LSU (3–7) - 91.7<br> 36. Rice (5–5) - 91.6<br> 37. Tulane (5–5) - 91.6<br> 38. Villanova (7–1–1) - 91.3<br> 39. Miami (OH) (7–3) - 90.8<br> 40. Missouri (5–5) - 90.8<br> 41. Minnesota (4–3–2) - 90.2<br> 42. Princeton (8–1) - 90.0<br> 43. East Texas (11–0) - 89.8<br> 44. Texas A&M (3–6–1) - 89.7<br> 45. Nebraska (5–4–1) - 89.2<br> 46. Baylor (4–4–2) - 88.6<br> 47. Stanford (5–5) - 88.0<br> 48. Chattanooga (7–3) - 87.8<br> 49. Pacific (7–3–1) - 87.7<br> 50. Vanderbilt (3–5–2) - 87.5<br> 51. Penn State (7–2–1)<br> 52. Mississippi Southern (10–2)<br> 53. Army (4–4–1)<br> 54. Auburn (2–8)<br> 55. Penn (4–3–2)<br> 56. Arizona (6–4)<br> 57. Oklahoma A&M (3–7)<br> 58. Northwestern (2-6-1)<br> 59. Holy Cross (8–2)<br> 60. Washington State (4–6)<br> 61. Indiana (2–7)<br> 62. Marquette (3–5–1)<br> 63. Syracuse (7–3)<br> 64. Iowa (2–7)<br> 65. Arkansas (2–8)<br> 66. West Virginia (7–2)<br> 67. North Carolina (2–6)<br> 68. San Jose State (6–3)<br> 69. Wake Forest (5–4–1)<br> 70. Yale (7–2)<br> 71. North Texas (7–3)<br> 72. Utah (6–3–1)<br> 73. Fordham (2–5–1)<br> 74. Miami (FL) (4–7)<br> 75. Texas Tech (3–7–1)<br> 76. South Carolina (5–5)<br> 77. William & Mary (4–5)<br> 78. Oregon State (2–7)<br> 79. Clemson (2–6–1)<br> 80. Iowa State (3–6)<br> 81. Hardin–Simmons (5–3–2)<br> 82. Detroit (3–6)<br> 83. Arkansas State (8–3)<br> 84. Santa Clara (2–6–1)<br> 85. Dayton<br> 86. Idaho (4–4–1)<br> 87. Xavier (4–6)<br> 88. Oregon (2–7–1)<br> 89. Bowling Green<br> 90. Colorado A&M (6–4)<br> 91. Compton<br> 92. New Mexico (7–2)<br> 93. Kansas State (1–9)<br> 94. Wyoming (5–4)<br> 95. Lenoir Rhyne<br> 96. Tyler JC<br> 97. Columbia (2–6–1)<br> 98. Abilene Christian (6–3–1)<br> 99. Pasadena JC<br> 100. Boston University (5–4–1)<br> 101. John Carroll<br> 102. West Chester (7–0)<br> 103. Cornell (2–7)<br> 104. Colgate (6–3)<br> 105. Dartmouth (2–7)<br> 106. Ohio (6–2–1)<br> 107. Boston College (4–4–1)<br> 108. Boise JC (8-1)<br> 109. Western Kentucky (9–1)<br> 110. George Washington (6–2–1)<br> 111. BYU (4–6)<br> 112. Texas Western (5–5–1)<br> 113. McNeese (7–3)<br> 114. Wichita (3–6–1)<br> 115. Central Michigan (7–2)<br> 116. Harvard (5–4)<br> 117. Del Mar<br> 118. Tennessee Tech (9–2)<br> 119. Trinity (TX)<br> 120. Heidelberg<br> 121. Furman (6–3–1)<br> 122. Sam Houston (6–4)<br> 123. Louisiana Tech (6–1–2)<br> 124. Southeastern Louisiana<br> 125. Gustavus Adolphus<br> 126. Idaho State (8–0)<br> 127. Bucknell (6–3)<br> 128. Rutgers (4–4–1)<br> 129. Virginia Tech (5–6)<br> 130. Southwestern Louisiana (5–2–2)<br> 131. Southwest Texas (7–2)<br> 132. American International<br> 133. Temple (2–7–1)<br> 134. El Camino<br> 135. Shippensburg<br> 136. Toledo (4–5)<br> 137. Colorado College<br> 138. Western Reserve (5–4)<br> 139. Rhode Island (7–1)<br> 140. East Los Angeles<br> 141. El Dorado<br> 142. Baldwin Wallace<br> 143. Bradley<br> 144. Connecticut (5–3)<br> 145. VMI (3–6–1)<br> 146. The Citadel (3–5–1)<br> 147. Tampa (8–3–1)<br> 148. Utah State (3–7–1)<br> 149. Louisville (3–5)<br> 150. Western Michigan (4–4)<br>

HBCU rankings

The Pittsburgh Courier, a leading African American newspaper, ranked the top 1952 teams from historically black colleges and universities in an era when college football was largely segregated. The rankings were published on December 20:

The Associated Negro Press also published rankings on December 20:

See also

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