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Top 25 College Football Games of 1954

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
76/100
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. 1954Week 4

    Purdue at Duke

    Purdue 13, Duke 13

    No. 5 Purdue vs. No. 6 Duke · 0-point margin

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

    76

    Game score

  2. 1954Week 3

    Maryland at UCLA

    Maryland 7, UCLA 12

    No. 6 Maryland vs. No. 4 UCLA · 5-point margin

    Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    72

    Game score

  3. 1954Week 11

    Army at Navy

    Army 20, Navy 27

    No. 5 Army vs. No. 6 Navy · 7-point margin

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

    69

    Game score

  4. 1954Week 6

    Ole Miss at Arkansas

    Ole Miss 0, Arkansas 6

    No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 7 Arkansas · 6-point margin

    Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    69

    Game score

  5. 1954Week 4

    Rice at Wisconsin

    Rice 7, Wisconsin 13

    No. 11 Rice vs. No. 3 Wisconsin · 6-point margin

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

    67

    Game score

  6. 1954Week 5

    Purdue at Wisconsin

    Purdue 6, Wisconsin 20

    No. 5 Purdue vs. No. 2 Wisconsin · 14-point margin

    Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15

    66

    Game score

  7. 1954Week 6

    Wisconsin at Ohio State

    Wisconsin 14, Ohio State 31

    No. 2 Wisconsin vs. No. 4 Ohio State · 17-point margin

    Ranking 46/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15

    64

    Game score

  8. 1954Week 4

    Texas at Oklahoma

    Texas 7, Oklahoma 14

    No. 15 Texas vs. No. 1 Oklahoma · 7-point margin

    Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    64

    Game score

  9. 1954Week 5

    Iowa at Ohio State

    Iowa 14, Ohio State 20

    No. 13 Iowa vs. No. 4 Ohio State · 6-point margin

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

    64

    Game score

  10. 1954Week 2

    Michigan State at Iowa

    Michigan State 10, Iowa 14

    No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 12 Iowa · 4-point margin

    Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    64

    Game score

  11. 1954Week 3

    Wisconsin at Michigan State

    Wisconsin 6, Michigan State 0

    No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 Michigan State · 6-point margin

    Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    63

    Game score

  12. 1954Week 9

    Iowa at Minnesota

    Iowa 20, Minnesota 22

    No. 9 Iowa vs. No. 13 Minnesota · 2-point margin

    Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    63

    Game score

  13. 1954Week 2

    TCU at Oklahoma

    TCU 16, Oklahoma 21

    No. 20 TCU vs. No. 1 Oklahoma · 5-point margin

    Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    61

    Game score

  14. 1954Week 2

    Texas at Notre Dame

    Texas 0, Notre Dame 21

    No. 4 Texas vs. No. 2 Notre Dame · 21-point margin

    Ranking 46/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15

    60

    Game score

  15. 1954Week 10

    Michigan at Ohio State

    Michigan 7, Ohio State 21

    No. 12 Michigan vs. No. 1 Ohio State · 14-point margin

    Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15

    60

    Game score

  16. 1954Week 11

    USC at Notre Dame

    USC 17, Notre Dame 23

    No. 17 USC vs. No. 4 Notre Dame · 6-point margin

    Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    60

    Game score

  17. 1954Week 7

    Notre Dame at Navy

    Notre Dame 6, Navy 0

    No. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. 15 Navy · 6-point margin

    Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    60

    Game score

  18. 1954Week 5

    West Virginia at Penn State

    West Virginia 19, Penn State 14

    No. 14 West Virginia vs. No. 9 Penn State · 5-point margin

    Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    59

    Game score

  19. 1954Week 4

    UCLA at Washington

    UCLA 21, Washington 20

    No. 2 UCLA vs. Unranked Washington · 1-point margin

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

    58

    Game score

  20. 1954Week 9

    SMU at Arkansas

    SMU 21, Arkansas 14

    No. 19 SMU vs. No. 4 Arkansas · 7-point margin

    Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    57

    Game score

  21. 1954PostseasonNeutral site

    Ohio State vs. USC

    Ohio State 20, USC 7

    No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 17 USC · 13-point margin

    Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15

    56

    Game score

  22. 1954Week 8

    Purdue at Iowa

    Purdue 14, Iowa 25

    No. 8 Purdue vs. No. 12 Iowa · 11-point margin

    Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15

    56

    Game score

  23. 1954Week 4

    Iowa at Michigan

    Iowa 13, Michigan 14

    No. 4 Iowa vs. Unranked Michigan · 1-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    56

    Game score

  24. 1954Week 8

    Rice at Arkansas

    Rice 15, Arkansas 28

    No. 15 Rice vs. No. 4 Arkansas · 13-point margin

    Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    Game score

  25. 1954Week 7

    Virginia at Army

    Virginia 20, Army 21

    Unranked Virginia vs. No. 5 Army · 1-point margin

    Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    55

    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.