| Oct 9, 1953 | Houston 25, Detroit Mercy 19 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1953 | Miami 39, Clemson 7 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1953 | SMU 20, Missouri 7 | Box score |
| Oct 9, 1953 | 6UCLA 13, Wisconsin 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Alabama 41, Tulsa 13 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Arizona 20, New Mexico 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Arizona State 35, San José State 20 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Army 27, Dartmouth 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 13Mississippi State 21, Auburn 21 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 9Baylor 14, Arkansas 7 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | BYU 20, Idaho 14 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | California 40, 20Pennsylvania 0upset | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 8Duke 20, Purdue 14 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 10Georgia Tech 27, Tulane 13 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Harvard 28, Colgate 26 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Illinois 41, 3Ohio State 20upset | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Indiana 21, Marquette 20 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Kansas 27, Colorado 21 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Kansas State 20, Iowa State 12 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 14LSU 6, Kentucky 6 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 4Maryland 40, Georgia 13 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 5Michigan 14, Iowa 13 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 2Michigan State 26, TCU 19 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Minnesota 30, 18Northwestern 13upset | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Ole Miss 28, Vanderbilt 6 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Montana 22, Denver 13upset | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Navy 26, Cornell 6 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | North Carolina 18, Wake Forest 13 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | NC State 27, Davidson 7 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 16Oklahoma 19, 15Texas 14upset | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Oklahoma State 14, Wichita State 7 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Penn State 35, Boston University 13 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 17Pittsburgh 14, Nebraska 6 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Princeton 9, Rutgers 7 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 11Rice 40, Hardin Simmons 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | South Carolina 27, Furman 13 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Washington 13, 7USC 13 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Stanford 21, Oregon State 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Syracuse 20, Fordham 13 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Texas A&M 27, Texas Tech 14 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Utah 33, Utah State 13 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Virginia 24, George Washington 20 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | VMI 14, The Citadel 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Virginia Tech 21, Richmond 7 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Washington State 7, Oregon 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | 12West Virginia 40, Washington and Lee 14 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Wyoming 21, Colorado State 14 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1953 | Yale 13, Columbia 7 | Box score |
| Oct 11, 1953 | Villanova 15, Boston College 7 | Box score |