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Top 25 College Football Games of 1952

Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games
25
Top score
72/100
Overtime
0

National ranking

The season's top 25

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

  1. 1952Week 10

    Alabama at Georgia Tech

    Alabama 3, Georgia Tech 7

    No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech · 4-point margin

    Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    72

    Game score

  2. 1952Week 8

    Michigan State at Purdue

    Michigan State 14, Purdue 7

    No. 1 Michigan State vs. No. 10 Purdue · 7-point margin

    Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    69

    Game score

  3. 1952Week 9

    Oklahoma at Notre Dame

    Oklahoma 21, Notre Dame 27

    No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Notre Dame · 6-point margin

    Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    67

    Game score

  4. 1952PostseasonNeutral site

    Wisconsin vs. USC

    Wisconsin 0, USC 7

    No. 12 Wisconsin vs. No. 2 USC · 7-point margin

    Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    66

    Game score

  5. 1952Week 10

    Notre Dame at Michigan State

    Notre Dame 3, Michigan State 21

    No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 1 Michigan State · 18-point margin

    Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15

    61

    Game score

  6. 1952PostseasonNeutral site

    Ole Miss vs. Georgia Tech

    Ole Miss 7, Georgia Tech 24

    No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech · 17-point margin

    Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15

    61

    Game score

  7. 1952Week 10

    Maryland at Ole Miss

    Maryland 14, Ole Miss 21

    No. 15 Maryland vs. No. 6 Ole Miss · 7-point margin

    Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    59

    Game score

  8. 1952PostseasonNeutral site

    Tulsa vs. Florida

    Tulsa 13, Florida 14

    No. 11 Tulsa vs. No. 17 Florida · 1-point margin

    Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    58

    Game score

  9. 1952Week 4

    Michigan State at Oregon State

    Michigan State 17, Oregon State 14

    No. 1 Michigan State vs. Unranked Oregon State · 3-point margin

    Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

  10. 1952Week 9

    Ole Miss at Houston

    Ole Miss 6, Houston 0

    No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 19 Houston · 6-point margin

    Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    56

    Game score

  11. 1952Week 4

    Purdue at Ohio State

    Purdue 21, Ohio State 14

    No. 9 Purdue vs. No. 16 Ohio State · 7-point margin

    Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  12. 1952Week 2

    Maryland at Missouri

    Maryland 13, Missouri 10

    No. 3 Maryland vs. Unranked Missouri · 3-point margin

    Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  13. 1952Week 6

    Notre Dame at Purdue

    Notre Dame 26, Purdue 14

    No. 13 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 Purdue · 12-point margin

    Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  14. 1952Week 5

    Wisconsin at Ohio State

    Wisconsin 14, Ohio State 23

    No. 10 Wisconsin vs. No. 14 Ohio State · 9-point margin

    Ranking 28/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  15. 1952Week 6

    Oklahoma at Kansas

    Oklahoma 42, Kansas 20

    No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Kansas · 22-point margin

    Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 13/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  16. 1952Week 3

    Florida at Georgia Tech

    Florida 14, Georgia Tech 17

    Unranked Florida vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech · 3-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  17. 1952Week 3

    Pennsylvania at Notre Dame

    Pennsylvania 7, Notre Dame 7

    Unranked Pennsylvania vs. No. 8 Notre Dame · 0-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  18. 1952PostseasonNeutral site

    Tennessee vs. Texas

    Tennessee 0, Texas 16

    No. 9 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Texas · 16-point margin

    Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  19. 1952Week 7

    UCLA at Wisconsin

    UCLA 20, Wisconsin 7

    No. 5 UCLA vs. No. 18 Wisconsin · 13-point margin

    Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  20. 1952Week 3

    Maryland at Auburn

    Maryland 13, Auburn 7

    No. 4 Maryland vs. Unranked Auburn · 6-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  21. 1952Week 3

    Penn State at Purdue

    Penn State 20, Purdue 20

    No. 20 Penn State vs. No. 16 Purdue · 0-point margin

    Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    51

    Game score

  22. 1952Week 5

    Pittsburgh at Notre Dame

    Pittsburgh 22, Notre Dame 19

    No. 18 Pittsburgh vs. No. 16 Notre Dame · 3-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  23. 1952Week 4

    Tennessee at Duke

    Tennessee 0, Duke 7

    Unranked Tennessee vs. No. 5 Duke · 7-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

  24. 1952Week 9

    Texas at Baylor

    Texas 35, Baylor 33

    No. 10 Texas vs. Unranked Baylor · 2-point margin

    Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

  25. 1952Week 3

    Colorado at Oklahoma

    Colorado 21, Oklahoma 21

    Unranked Colorado vs. No. 12 Oklahoma · 0-point margin

    Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15

    49

    Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.