1953: Week 1
40 games. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
FBS vs. FBS
| Sep 18, 1953 | San José State 34, Idaho 6 | Box score |
| Sep 18, 1953 | UCLA 41, Oregon State 0 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Baylor 25, California 0 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | BYU 27, Montana 13 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Cincinnati 14, Tulsa 7upset | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Colorado 21, Washington 20 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Duke 20, South Carolina 7 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Georgia 32, Villanova 19 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Georgia Tech 53, Davidson 0 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Kansas State 50, Drake 0 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | LSU 20, Texas 7 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Maryland 20, Missouri 6 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Oklahoma State 20, Hardin Simmons 0 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Oregon 20, Nebraska 12upset | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Pacific 25, Stanford 20 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Rice 20, Florida 16 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | USC 29, Washington State 13 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Texas A&M 7, Kentucky 6upset | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | TCU 13, Kansas 0 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Texas Tech 40, West Texas 14 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Tulane 54, The Citadel 6 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Utah 28, Arizona 7 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Utah State 14, Wichita State 7 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | William & Mary 16, Wake Forest 14 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Wyoming 47, New Mexico State 0 | Box score |
Everyone else
| Sep 18, 1953 | Denver 19, Colorado College 13 | Box score |
| Sep 18, 1953 | Detroit Mercy 33, North Dakota State 6 | Box score |
| Sep 18, 1953 | Furman 33, Newberry 0 | Box score |
| Sep 18, 1953 | Richmond 28, Randolph Macon 0 | Box score |
| Sep 18, 1953 | Southern Miss 25, Alabama 19upset | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Clemson 33, Presbyterian 7 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Iowa State 35, South Dakota 0 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Marquette 46, South Dakota State 13 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Ole Miss 39, Chattanooga 6 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Mississippi State 34, Memphis 6 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | San Diego Navy 19, Arizona State 14upset | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | UTEP 26, Sul Ross State 7 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | VMI 44, Catawba 0 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Virginia Tech 7, Marshall 0 | Box score |
| Sep 19, 1953 | Washington and Lee 47, Shepherd 0 | Box score |