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1952 college football rankings

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season1952
preseason_number_1[Michigan State](1952-michigan-state-spartans-football-team)
champions[Michigan State](1952-michigan-state-spartans-football-team)

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

Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

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. |Week1-1 = Michigan State (77) |Week1-2 = Maryland (79) |Week1-3 = Georgia Tech (15) |Week1-4 = Oklahoma (16) |Week1-5 = Illinois (7) |Week1-6 = Tennessee (5) |Week1-7 = Wisconsin (4) |Week1-8 = California (2) |Week1-9 = TCU (1) |Week1-10 = Notre Dame |Week1-11 = Texas |Week1-12 = Penn |Week1-13 = Stanford |Week1-14 = Princeton |Week1-15 = Washington State |Week1-16 = USC (1) |Week1-17 = Kansas (1) |Week1-18 = UCLA |Week1-19 = Duke |Week1-20 = Ohio State |Week2-1 = Michigan State (1–0) (52) |Week2-1-Color = |Week2-2 = Illinois (1–0) (4) |Week2-2-Color = u |Week2-3 = Maryland (2–0) (7) |Week2-3-Color = d |Week2-4 = California (2–0) |Week2-4-Color = u |Week2-5 = Texas (2–0) (5) |Week2-5-Color = u |Week2-6 = Georgia Tech (2–0) |Week2-6-Color = d |Week2-7 = USC (2–0) (5) |Week2-7-Color = u |Week2-8 = Wisconsin (1–0) (1) |Week2-8-Color = d |Week2-9 = Kansas (2–0) |Week2-9-Color = u |Week2-10 = Duke (2–0) |Week2-10-Color = u |Week2-11 = Tennessee (1–0) (2) |Week2-11-Color = d |Week2-12 = Villanova (2–0) (2) |Week2-12-Color = npr |Week2-13 = Princeton (1–0) (1) |Week2-13-Color = u |Week2-14 = UCLA (2–0) |Week2-14-Color = u |Week2-15 = Ohio State (1–0) |Week2-15-Color = u |Week2-16 = Virginia (1–0) (2) |Week2-16-Color = npr |Week2-17 = Rice (1–0) |Week2-17-Color = npr |Week2-18 = Ole Miss (1–0–1) |Week2-18-Color = npr |Week2-19 = Notre Dame (0–0–1) |Week2-19-Color = d |Week2-20 = Oklahoma (0–0–1) |Week2-20-Color = d |Week3-1 = Wisconsin (2–0) (27) |Week3-1-Color = u |Week3-2 = Michigan State (2–0) (24) |Week3-2-Color = d |Week3-3 = California (3–0) (23) |Week3-3-Color = u |Week3-4 = Maryland (3–0) (22) |Week3-4-Color = d |Week3-5 = Georgia Tech (3–0) (12) |Week3-5-Color = u |Week3-6 = Duke (3–0) (12) |Week3-6-Color = u |Week3-7 = USC (3–0) (6) |Week3-7-Color = |Week3-8 = Notre Dame (1–0–1) (3) |Week3-8-Color = u |Week3-9 = Kansas (3–0) (1) |Week3-9-Color = |Week3-10 = Princeton (2–0) (3) |Week3-10-Color = u |Week3-11 = UCLA (3–0) |Week3-11-Color = u |Week3-12 = Oklahoma (1–0–1) (1) |Week3-12-Color = u |Week3-13 = Illinois (1–1) |Week3-13-Color = d |Week3-14 = Villanova (3–0) |Week3-14-Color = d |Week3-15 = Virginia (2–0) (3) |Week3-15-Color = u |Week3-16 = Purdue (1–0–1) |Week3-16-Color = npr |Week3-17 = Navy (2–0) |Week3-17-Color = npr |Week3-18 = Alabama (3–0) |Week3-18-Color = npr |Week3-19 = Georgia (3–0) |Week3-19-Color = npr |Week3-20 = Penn State (2–0–1) (1) |Week3-20-Color = npr |Week4-1 = Michigan State (3–0) (39) |Week4-1-Color = u |Week4-2 = Maryland (4–0) (31) |Week4-2-Color = u |Week4-3 = California (4–0) (21) |Week4-3-Color = |Week4-4 = Georgia Tech (4–0) (4) |Week4-4-Color = u |Week4-5 = Duke (4–0) (9) |Week4-5-Color = u |Week4-6 = Oklahoma (2–0–1) (5) |Week4-6-Color = u |Week4-7 = USC (4–0) (2) |Week4-7-Color = |Week4-8 = Kansas (4–0) (1) |Week4-8-Color = u |Week4-9 = Purdue (2–0–1) |Week4-9-Color = u |Week4-10 = UCLA (4–0) |Week4-10-Color = u |Week4-11 = Virginia (3–0) (7) |Week4-11-Color = u |Week4-12 = Wisconsin (2–1) |Week4-12-Color = d |Week4-13 = Stanford (4–0) |Week4-13-Color = npr |Week4-14 = Penn (2–0–1) |Week4-14-Color = npr |Week4-15 = Villanova (4–0) |Week4-15-Color = d |Week4-16 = Ohio State (2–1) |Week4-16-Color = npr |Week4-17 = Illinois (2–1) |Week4-17-Color = d |Week4-18 = Alabama (4–0) |Week4-18-Color = |Week4-19 = Penn State (3–0–1) |Week4-19-Color = u |Week4-20 = Navy (3–0) |Week4-20-Color = d |Week5-1 = Michigan State (4–0) (49) |Week5-1-Color = |Week5-2 = Maryland (5–0) (36) |Week5-2-Color = |Week5-3 = Oklahoma (3–0–1) (23) |Week5-3-Color = u |Week5-4 = California (5–0) (9) |Week5-4-Color = d |Week5-5 = Georgia Tech (5–0) (5) |Week5-5-Color = d |Week5-6 = Duke (5–0) (5) |Week5-6-Color = d |Week5-7 = USC (5–0) (1) |Week5-7-Color = |Week5-8 = UCLA (5–0) (3) |Week5-8-Color = u |Week5-9 = Virginia (4–0) (5) |Week5-9-Color = u |Week5-10 = Wisconsin (3–1) |Week5-10-Color = u |Week5-11 = Penn (3–0–1) |Week5-11-Color = u |Week5-12 = Villanova (5–0) |Week5-12-Color = u |Week5-13 = Tennessee (3–1) |Week5-13-Color = npr |Week5-14 = Ohio State (3–1) |Week5-14-Color = u |Week5-15 = Kansas (4–1) |Week5-15-Color = d |Week5-16 = Notre Dame (2–1–1) |Week5-16-Color = npr |Week5-17 = Penn State (4–0–1) (2) |Week5-17-Color = u |Week5-18 = Pittsburgh (3–1) |Week5-18-Color = npr |Week5-19 = Michigan (2–2) |Week5-19-Color = npr |Week5-20 = Texas (3–2) |Week5-20-Color = npr |Week6-1 = Michigan State (5–0) (38) |Week6-1-Color = |Week6-2 = Maryland (6–0) (32) |Week6-2-Color = |Week6-3 = Oklahoma (4–0–1) (20) |Week6-3-Color = |Week6-4 = Georgia Tech (6–0) (7) |Week6-4-Color = u |Week6-5 = USC (6–0) (7) |Week6-5-Color = u |Week6-6 = Duke (6–0) (10) |Week6-6-Color = |Week6-7 = UCLA (6–0) (6) |Week6-7-Color = u |Week6-8 = Purdue (3–1–1) (1) |Week6-8-Color = npr |Week6-9 = Kansas (5–1) |Week6-9-Color = u |Week6-10 = Villanova (6–0) |Week6-10-Color = u |Week6-11 = California (5–1) |Week6-11-Color = u |Week6-12 = Tennessee (4–1) |Week6-12-Color = u |Week6-13 = Notre Dame (3–1–1) |Week6-13-Color = u |Week6-14 = Texas (4–2) |Week6-14-Color = u |Week6-15 = Michigan (3–2) |Week6-15-Color = u |Week6-16 = Virginia (4–1) |Week6-16-Color = d |Week6-17 = Penn (3–0–2) |Week6-17-Color = d |Week6-18 = Wisconsin (3–2) |Week6-18-Color = d |Week6-19 = Alabama (5–1) |Week6-19-Color = npr |Week6-20 = Florida (3–2) |Week6-20-Color = npr |Week7-1 = Michigan State (6–0) (33) |Week7-1-Color = |Week7-2 = Maryland (7–0) (35) |Week7-2-Color = |Week7-3 = Georgia Tech (7–0) (27) |Week7-3-Color = u |Week7-4 = Oklahoma (5–0–1) (27) |Week7-4-Color = d |Week7-5 = UCLA (7–0) (11) |Week7-5-Color = u |Week7-6 = USC (6–0) (3) |Week7-6-Color = d |Week7-7 = Kansas (6–1) |Week7-7-Color = u |Week7-8 = Tennessee (5–1) |Week7-8-Color = u |Week7-9 = Purdue (3–2–1) |Week7-9-Color = d |Week7-10 = Notre Dame (4–1–1) |Week7-10-Color = u |Week7-11 = Villanova (6–0–1) |Week7-11-Color = d |Week7-12 = Duke (6–1) |Week7-12-Color = d |Week7-13 = Texas (5–2) |Week7-13-Color = u |Week7-14 = Ole Miss (5–0–2) |Week7-14-Color = npr |Week7-15 = Penn State (5–1–1) |Week7-15-Color = npr |Week7-16 = Alabama (6–1) |Week7-16-Color = u |Week7-17 = Florida (4–2) |Week7-17-Color = u |Week7-18 = Wisconsin (4–2) |Week7-18-Color = |Week7-19 = Princeton (5–1) |Week7-19-Color = npr |Week7-20 = Holy Cross (5–1) |Week7-20-Color = npr |Week8-1 = Michigan State (7–0) (57) |Week8-1-Color = |Week8-2 = Georgia Tech (8–0) (32) |Week8-2-Color = u |Week8-3 = Maryland (7–0) (24) |Week8-3-Color = d |Week8-4 = UCLA (8–0) (15) |Week8-4-Color = u |Week8-5 = USC (7–0) (7) |Week8-5-Color = u |Week8-6 = Notre Dame (5–1–1) (3) |Week8-6-Color = u |Week8-7 = Tennessee (6–1) |Week8-7-Color = u |Week8-8 = Oklahoma (5–1–1) |Week8-8-Color = d |Week8-9 = Texas (6–2) |Week8-9-Color = u |Week8-10 = Purdue (3–2–2) |Week8-10-Color = d |Week8-11 = Ole Miss (6–0–2) |Week8-11-Color = u |Week8-12 = Alabama (7–1) |Week8-12-Color = u |Week8-13 = Syracuse (5–2) |Week8-13-Color = npr |Week8-14 = Pittsburgh (5–2) (1) |Week8-14-Color = npr |Week8-15 = Wisconsin (5–2) |Week8-15-Color = u |Week8-16 = Princeton (6–1) |Week8-16-Color = u |Week8-17 = Washington (6–2) |Week8-17-Color = npr |Week8-18 = Florida (5–2) |Week8-18-Color = d |Week8-19 = Kansas (6–2) |Week8-19-Color = d |Week8-20 = Michigan (4–3) |Week8-20-Color = npr |Week9-1 = Michigan State (8–0) (80) |Week9-1-Color = |Week9-2 = Georgia Tech (9–0) (14) |Week9-2-Color = |Week9-3 = UCLA (8–0) (9) |Week9-3-Color = u |Week9-4 = USC (8–0) (11) |Week9-4-Color = u |Week9-5 = Oklahoma (6–1–1) (1) |Week9-5-Color = u |Week9-6 = Ole Miss (7–0–2) (4) |Week9-6-Color = u |Week9-7 = Tennessee (7–1) (4) |Week9-7-Color = |Week9-8 = Maryland (7–1) |Week9-8-Color = d |Week9-9 = Notre Dame (5–2–1) |Week9-9-Color = d |Week9-10 = Texas (7–2) |Week9-10-Color = d |Week9-11 = Tulsa (6–1–1) (3) |Week9-11-Color = npr |Week9-12 = Michigan (5–3) |Week9-12-Color = u |Week9-13 = Wisconsin (6–2) |Week9-13-Color = u |Week9-14 = Alabama (7–2) |Week9-14-Color = d |Week9-15 = Syracuse (6–2) |Week9-15-Color = d |Week9-16 = Pittsburgh (6–2) (1) |Week9-16-Color = d |Week9-17 = Princeton (7–1) |Week9-17-Color = d |Week9-18 = Kansas (7–2) |Week9-18-Color = u |Week9-19 = Houston (6–2) |Week9-19-Color = npr |Week9-20 = Duke (7–2) |Week9-20-Color = npr |Week10-1 = Michigan State (9–0) (88) |Week10-1-Color = |Week10-2 = USC (9–0) (24) |Week10-2-Color = u |Week10-3 = Georgia Tech (10–0) (20) |Week10-3-Color = d |Week10-4 = Oklahoma (7–1–1) (3) |Week10-4-Color = u |Week10-5 = UCLA (8–1) |Week10-5-Color = d |Week10-6 = Ole Miss (7–0–2) (5) |Week10-6-Color = |Week10-7 = Notre Dame (6–2–1) |Week10-7-Color = u |Week10-8 = Alabama (8–2) (1) |Week10-8-Color = u |Week10-9 = Tennessee (7–1–1) |Week10-9-Color = d |Week10-10 = Texas (7–2) |Week10-10-Color= |Week10-11 = Tulsa (7–1–1) (8) |Week10-11-Color= |Week10-12 = Wisconsin (6–2–1) |Week10-12-Color= u |Week10-13 = Duke (8–2) |Week10-13-Color= u |Week10-14 = Purdue (4–3–2) |Week10-14-Color= npr |Week10-15 = Maryland (7–2) |Week10-15-Color= d |Week10-16 = Syracuse (7–2) |Week10-16-Color= d |Week10-17 = Florida (6–3) |Week10-17-Color= npr |Week10-18 = Princeton (8–1) |Week10-18-Color= d |Week10-19 = Kentucky (5–3–2) |Week10-19-Color= npr |Week10-20 = Virginia (7–2) |Week10-20-Color= npr |Week11-1 = Michigan State (9–0) (207) |Week11-1-Color = nc |Week11-2 = Georgia Tech (11–0) (36) |Week11-2-Color = u |Week11-3 = Notre Dame (7–2–1) (4) |Week11-3-Color = u |Week11-4 = Oklahoma (8–1–1) (14) |Week11-4-Color = |Week11-5 = USC (9–1) (2) |Week11-5-Color = d |Week11-6 = UCLA (8–1) (1) |Week11-6-Color = d |Week11-7 = Ole Miss (8–0–2) (3) |Week11-7-Color = d |Week11-8 = Tennessee (8–1–1) |Week11-8-Color = u |Week11-9 = Alabama (9–2) |Week11-9-Color = d |Week11-10 = Texas (8–2) |Week11-10-Color= |Week11-11 = Wisconsin (6–2–1) |Week11-11-Color= u |Week11-12 = Tulsa (8–1–1) (3) |Week11-12-Color= d |Week11-13 = Maryland (7–2) |Week11-13-Color= u |Week11-14 = Syracuse (7–2) |Week11-14-Color= u |Week11-15 = Florida (6–3) |Week11-15-Color= u |Week11-16 = Duke (8–2) |Week11-16-Color= d |Week11-17 = Ohio State (6–3) |Week11-17-Color= npr |Week11-18 = Purdue (4–3–2) |Week11-18-Color= d |Week11-19 = Princeton (8–1) |Week11-19-Color= d |Week11-20 = Kentucky (5–3–2) |Week11-20-Color= d

Final Coaches Poll

The final UP Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on {{nowrap|December 2.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-JBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HfgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1918%2C4453330 |work=Bend Bulletin |location=Oregon

Michigan State received 32 of the 35 first-place votes; one each went to Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma.

RankingTeamConferenceBowl
1[Michigan State](1952-michigan-state-spartans-football-team)Independent*none*
2[Georgia Tech](1952-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-football-team)SEC**Won** [Sugar](1953-sugar-bowl), 24–7
3[Notre Dame](1952-notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-team)Independent*none*
4[Oklahoma](1952-oklahoma-sooners-football-team)Big Seven
[USC](1952-usc-trojans-football-team)Pacific Coast**Won** [Rose](1953-rose-bowl), 7–0
6[UCLA](1952-ucla-bruins-football-team)Pacific Coast*none*
7[Ole Miss](1952-ole-miss-rebels-football-team)SECLost [Sugar](1953-sugar-bowl), 7–24
8[Tennessee](1952-tennessee-volunteers-football-team)SECLost [Cotton](1953-cotton-bowl-classic), 0–16
9[Alabama](1952-alabama-crimson-tide-football-team)SEC**Won** [Orange](1953-orange-bowl), 61–6
10[Wisconsin](1952-wisconsin-badgers-football-team)Big TenLost [Rose](1953-rose-bowl), 0–7
11[Texas](1952-texas-longhorns-football-team)Southwest**Won** [Cotton](1953-cotton-bowl-classic), 16–0
12[Purdue](1952-purdue-boilermakers-football-team)Big Ten*none*
13[Maryland](1952-maryland-terrapins-football-team)Southern
14PrincetonIndependent
15[Ohio State](1952-ohio-state-buckeyes-football-team)Big Ten
[Pittsburgh](1952-pittsburgh-panthers-football-team)Independent
17[Navy](1952-navy-midshipmen-football-team)Independent
18[Duke](1952-duke-blue-devils-football-team)Southern
19[Houston](1952-houston-cougars-football-team)MVC
[Kentucky](1952-kentucky-wildcats-football-team)SEC
  • 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.
  • The Ivy League has prohibited its members from participating in postseason football since the league was officially formed in 1954.

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

  2. Georgia Tech (12–0) - 111.9

  3. USC (10–1) - 111.3

  4. Oklahoma (8–1–1) - 111.1

  5. UCLA (8–1) - 111.0

  6. Tennessee (8–2–1) - 109.6

  7. Notre Dame (7–2–1) - 105.0

  8. Florida (8–3) - 103.4

  9. Ole Miss (8–1–2) - 103.1

  10. Alabama (10–2) - 102.9

  11. California (7–3) - 102.2

  12. Maryland (7–2) - 102.2

  13. Texas (9–2) - 101.8

  14. Wisconsin (6–3–1) - 101.2

  15. Ohio State (6–3) - 100.9

  16. Duke (8–2) - 100.5

  17. Michigan (5–4) - 99.7

  18. Purdue (4–3–2) - 99.7

  19. Kansas (7–3) - 99.2

  20. Mississippi State (5–4) - 96.9

  21. Houston (8–2) - 96.1

  22. Tulsa (8–2–1) 95.9

  23. Washington (7–3) - 95.4

  24. Illinois (4–5) - 94.9

  25. Colorado (6–2–2) - 94.5

  26. Navy (6–2–1) - 93.9

  27. Cincinnati (8–1–1) - 93.5

  28. TCU (4–4–2) - 93.4

  29. Arizona State (6–3) - 92.7

  30. Kentucky (5–4–2) - 92.3

  31. Georgia (7–4) - 92.0

  32. Pittsburgh (6–3) - 92.0

  33. SMU (4–5–1) - 92.0

  34. Virginia (8–2) - 91.8

  35. LSU (3–7) - 91.7

  36. Rice (5–5) - 91.6

  37. Tulane (5–5) - 91.6

  38. Villanova (7–1–1) - 91.3

  39. Miami (OH) (7–3) - 90.8

  40. Missouri (5–5) - 90.8

  41. Minnesota (4–3–2) - 90.2

  42. Princeton (8–1) - 90.0

  43. East Texas (11–0) - 89.8

  44. Texas A&M (3–6–1) - 89.7

  45. Nebraska (5–4–1) - 89.2

  46. Baylor (4–4–2) - 88.6

  47. Stanford (5–5) - 88.0

  48. Chattanooga (7–3) - 87.8

  49. Pacific (7–3–1) - 87.7

  50. Vanderbilt (3–5–2) - 87.5

  51. Penn State (7–2–1)

  52. Mississippi Southern (10–2)

  53. Army (4–4–1)

  54. Auburn (2–8)

  55. Penn (4–3–2)

  56. Arizona (6–4)

  57. Oklahoma A&M (3–7)

  58. Northwestern (2-6-1)

  59. Holy Cross (8–2)

  60. Washington State (4–6)

  61. Indiana (2–7)

  62. Marquette (3–5–1)

  63. Syracuse (7–3)

  64. Iowa (2–7)

  65. Arkansas (2–8)

  66. West Virginia (7–2)

  67. North Carolina (2–6)

  68. San Jose State (6–3)

  69. Wake Forest (5–4–1)

  70. Yale (7–2)

  71. North Texas (7–3)

  72. Utah (6–3–1)

  73. Fordham (2–5–1)

  74. Miami (FL) (4–7)

  75. Texas Tech (3–7–1)

  76. South Carolina (5–5)

  77. William & Mary (4–5)

  78. Oregon State (2–7)

  79. Clemson (2–6–1)

  80. Iowa State (3–6)

  81. Hardin–Simmons (5–3–2)

  82. Detroit (3–6)

  83. Arkansas State (8–3)

  84. Santa Clara (2–6–1)

  85. Dayton

  86. Idaho (4–4–1)

  87. Xavier (4–6)

  88. Oregon (2–7–1)

  89. Bowling Green

  90. Colorado A&M (6–4)

  91. Compton

  92. New Mexico (7–2)

  93. Kansas State (1–9)

  94. Wyoming (5–4)

  95. Lenoir Rhyne

  96. Tyler JC

  97. Columbia (2–6–1)

  98. Abilene Christian (6–3–1)

  99. Pasadena JC

  100. Boston University (5–4–1)

  101. John Carroll

  102. West Chester (7–0)

  103. Cornell (2–7)

  104. Colgate (6–3)

  105. Dartmouth (2–7)

  106. Ohio (6–2–1)

  107. Boston College (4–4–1)

  108. Boise JC (8-1)

  109. Western Kentucky (9–1)

  110. George Washington (6–2–1)

  111. BYU (4–6)

  112. Texas Western (5–5–1)

  113. McNeese (7–3)

  114. Wichita (3–6–1)

  115. Central Michigan (7–2)

  116. Harvard (5–4)

  117. Del Mar

  118. Tennessee Tech (9–2)

  119. Trinity (TX)

  120. Heidelberg

  121. Furman (6–3–1)

  122. Sam Houston (6–4)

  123. Louisiana Tech (6–1–2)

  124. Southeastern Louisiana

  125. Gustavus Adolphus

  126. Idaho State (8–0)

  127. Bucknell (6–3)

  128. Rutgers (4–4–1)

  129. Virginia Tech (5–6)

  130. Southwestern Louisiana (5–2–2)

  131. Southwest Texas (7–2)

  132. American International

  133. Temple (2–7–1)

  134. El Camino

  135. Shippensburg

  136. Toledo (4–5)

  137. Colorado College

  138. Western Reserve (5–4)

  139. Rhode Island (7–1)

  140. East Los Angeles

  141. El Dorado

  142. Baldwin Wallace

  143. Bradley

  144. Connecticut (5–3)

  145. VMI (3–6–1)

  146. The Citadel (3–5–1)

  147. Tampa (8–3–1)

  148. Utah State (3–7–1)

  149. Louisville (3–5)

  150. Western Michigan (4–4)

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:

    1. Florida A&M (8–2)
    1. Lincoln (MO) (7–0–1)
    1. Texas Southern (9–0–1)
    1. Virginia State (8–1)
    1. Prairie View A&M (7–2)
    1. Tennessee A&I (8–2)
    1. Morris Brown (6–3)
    1. Bethune-Cookman (7–1)
    1. Maryland State (9–1)
    1. Southern (9–2)
    1. North Carolina A&T (6–4)
    1. Grambling (7–3–1)
    1. Texas College (4–3–1)
    1. Central State (4–4)
    1. South Carolina State (6–2)
    1. Morris College (6–1)
    1. Howard (6–2–1)
    1. Allen (5–5)
    1. North Carolina College (4–4)
    1. Morgan State (4–4–1)
    1. Hampton (4–5)
    1. Alcorn (5–5)
    1. Kentucky State (4–6–1)
    1. Fisk (6–2)
    1. Albany State (7–2)
    1. Wiley (4–5)
    1. Xavier (LA) (4–5)
    1. Johnson C. Smith (5–2)
    1. St. Augustine's (5–2)
    1. Lane (6–2)
    1. Fort Valley State (5–4–1)
    1. West Virginia State (6–4)
    1. Winston-Salem State (4–4)
    1. Lincoln (PA) (5–3–1)
    1. Elizabeth City (6–2)
    1. Fayetteville State

References

References

  1. (December 2, 1952). "Michigan State tops press poll; jackets second". Eugene Register-Guard.
  2. (October 19, 1952). "Michigan State Tops Litratings; Tech Is Runnerup". The Nashville Banner.
  3. (December 20, 1952). "Florida A. & M. Declared 1952 Nat'l Grid Champs". The Pittsburgh Courier.
  4. (December 20, 1952). "Press Syndicate Rates Fla. Top Eleven; Va. State 4th". Baltimore Afro-American (p. 17).
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