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The 1954 college football season was the 86th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. It saw three major college teams finish unbeaten and untied:

1954 college football season
Preseason AP No. 1Notre Dame[1]
Number of bowls7
Champion(s)Ohio State (AP)
UCLA (Coaches, FWAA)
HeismanAlan Ameche (fullback, Wisconsin)
← 1953 · football seasons · 1955 →

Wisconsin fullback Alan Ameche won the Heisman Trophy, and Navy end Ron Beagle won the Maxwell Award. Individual statistical leaders in major college football included Arizona tailback Art Luppino with 1,359 rushing yards and 166 points scored, Oregon quarterback George Shaw with 1,536 yards of total offense, California quarterback Paul Larson with 1,537 passing yards, and California end Jim Hanifan with 44 receptions.

Small college teams with perfect seasons included Omaha (10–0 Tangerine Bowl champion), Juniata (three consecutive undefeated seasons), Trinity (CT) (consecutive perfect seasons), and Whitworth (part of a 21-game winning streak).

Conference and program changes

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School 1953 Conference 1954 Conference
Virginia Cavaliers Independent ACC
DePauw Tigers Independent ICC

September

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In the preseason poll released on September 13, 1954, No. 1 Notre Dame had the most points, although No. 2 Oklahoma had more first place votes (74 vs. 52). Rounding out the Top Five were defending champion No. 3 Maryland, No. 4 Texas and No. 5 Illinois. As the regular season progressed, a new poll would be issued on the Monday following the weekend's games.

September 18, No. 2 Oklahoma won at No. 12 California 27–13, and No. 3 Maryland won at Kentucky, 20–0. Notre Dame and Texas, No. 1 and No. 4, were preparing to meet at South Bend to open their seasons. Oklahoma replaced Notre Dame as No. 1 in the first regular poll. No. 7 Georgia Tech, which beat Tulane 28–0 in Atlanta, replaced Illinois in the Top Five. Defying high expectations, the Illini would lose their opener to Penn State, 14–12, and finish the season with a 1–8–0 record. The next poll: No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Maryland, No. 4 Texas, and No. 5 Georgia Tech.

September 25 No. 2 Notre Dame hosted No. 4 Texas and won 21–0. No. 1 Oklahoma beat No. 20 Texas Christian (TCU) 21–16. No. 3 Maryland was idle, and No. 5 Georgia Tech lost to Florida, 13–12. Notre Dame took back over the top spot from O.U., and Texas, Maryland and Georgia Tech were replaced by No. 8 UCLA (32–7 over Kansas), No. 10 Wisconsin (52–14 over Marquette) and No. 11 Iowa (14–10 over No. 7 Michigan State). The poll: No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Iowa, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Wisconsin.

October

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In a Friday game, No. 4 UCLA beat No. 6 Maryland 12–7. The next day, October 2, No. 1 Notre Dame was upset by No. 19 Purdue, 27–14. No. 2 Oklahoma which was idle, moved to the top as Notre Dame dropped to eighth. No. 3 Iowa defeated visiting Montana, 48–6, and No. 5 Wisconsin beat No. 13 Michigan State 6–0. The next poll: No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Wisconsin, No. 4 Iowa, and No. 5 Purdue.

October 9 No. 1 Oklahoma won its annual game in Dallas against No. 15 Texas, 14–7. No. 2 UCLA edged Washington 21–20. No. 3 Wisconsin beat No. 11 Rice 13–7. No. 4 Iowa lost to unranked Michigan, 14–13, and No. 5 Purdue was tied by No. 6 Duke, 13–13. No. 10 Ohio State, which had won at Illinois 40–7, entered the Top Five: No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Wisconsin, No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Ohio State, and No. 5 Purdue.

October 16 No. 2 Wisconsin hosted No. 5 Purdue and won 20–6. No. 1 Oklahoma visited Kansas and annihilated it, 65–0, while No. 3 UCLA went one better in beating Stanford 72–0. No. 4 Ohio State beat No. 13 Iowa 20–14. No. 7 Ole Miss, which had beaten Tulane 34–7, entered the Top Five: No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Wisconsin, No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Ohio State, and No. 5 Mississippi.

October 23 No. 2 Wisconsin faced its second high-ranked opponent in a week, visiting Big Ten rival and No. 4 Ohio State. OSU won, 31–14, to take the No. 1 spot. No. 1 Oklahoma beat Kansas State 21–0, and No. 3 UCLA beat Oregon State 61–0. No. 5 Mississippi lost to No. 7 Arkansas at Little Rock, 6–0. No. 9 Army, which had won 67–12 at Columbia, moved up. The next poll: No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Arkansas, and No. 5 Army.

October 30 No. 1 Ohio State won at Northwestern, 14–7. No. 2 Oklahoma won 13–6 at Colorado. No. 3 UCLA won at California 27–6 and was given top billing in the next poll. No. 4 Arkansas won 14–7 at Texas A&M. No. 5 Army, which got to stay home, edged Virginia 21–20. No. 6 Notre Dame, which beat No. 15 Navy 6–0 in Baltimore, moved up. The next poll: No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Arkansas, and No. 5 Notre Dame.

November

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November 6 No. 1 UCLA won at Oregon 41–0. No. 2 Ohio State beat visiting No. 20 Pittsburgh, 26–0. No. 3 Oklahoma won at Iowa State 40–0. No. 4 Arkansas, playing at Little Rock, beat No. 15 Rice 28–15, and No. 5 Notre Dame won at Penn, 42–7. The top five remained the same.

November 13 No. 1 UCLA had the week off, while No. 2 Ohio State won at Purdue 28–6 and got back the top rung. No. 3 Oklahoma beat Missouri 34–13. No. 4 Arkansas lost to No. 19 SMU, 21–14. No. 5 Notre Dame beat North Carolina, 42–13. No. 6 Army, which at won at Penn 35–0, came back to the Top Five: No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Notre Dame, and No. 5 Army.

November 20 No. 1 Ohio State beat No. 12 Michigan 21–7. In Los Angeles, No. 2 UCLA beat its crosstown rival, No. 7 USC, 34–0. No. 3 Oklahoma beat Nebraska 55–7. No. 4 Notre Dame won at No. 19 Iowa 34–18. No. 5 Army had the day off, preparing for the Army-Navy game. The top five remained the same.

November 27 No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 UCLA had finished their seasons, both of them undefeated and untied. No. 3 Oklahoma also finished with a perfect record, winning its annual season-closer at Oklahoma A&M 14–0. No. 4 Notre Dame beat No. 17 USC 23–17. In Philadelphia, No. 5 Army was beaten by No. 6 Navy, 27–20. The AP's final top five were No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Notre Dame, and No. 5 Navy, although the Coaches Poll selected UCLA as its top team. Under normal circumstances the Buckeyes and Bruins would have met in the Rose Bowl for a national championship showdown, but the Pacific Coast Conference's short-lived "no-repeat" rule forced UCLA to stay home because they had played in the previous year's Rose Bowl.[2] Instead, Ohio State matched up with No. 17 USC, whom they defeated 20–7.

Conference standings

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Major conference standings

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For this article, major conferences defined as those including at least one state flagship public university and the Ivy League.

1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.14Duke $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
    No.8Maryland 4 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
    North Carolina 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
    South Carolina 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
    Clemson 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
    Wake Forest 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
    Virginia 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    NC State 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from AP Poll[3]
    1954 Big Seven Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.3Oklahoma $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
    Nebraska 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
    Colorado 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
    Missouri 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
    Kansas State 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
    Iowa State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Kansas 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from AP Poll
    1954 Big Ten Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.1Ohio State $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
    No.9Wisconsin 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    No.15Michigan 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Minnesota 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Iowa 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Purdue 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
    Indiana 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Michigan State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Northwestern 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Illinois 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from AP Poll
    1954 Border Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Texas Tech $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
    Arizona State 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
    Texas Western 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
    Arizona 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
    Hardin–Simmons 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    West Texas State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    New Mexico A&M 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Far Western Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    San Francisco State $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
    Chico State 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Humboldt State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
    Nevada 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
    Cal Aggies 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
    Sacramento State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Second San Francisco State vs. Nevada game did not count in conference standings
    • 1954 Ivy League football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Yale 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
    Cornell 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Brown 2 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
    Harvard 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
    Princeton 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
    Dartmouth 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Columbia 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    Penn 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
    • The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.
    1954 Mid-American Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Miami (OH) $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
    Kent State 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
    Ohio 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Toledo 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
    Western Michigan 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Western Reserve 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
    Marshall 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Bowling Green 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Middle Three Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Lehigh + 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Rutgers + 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Lafayette + 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 5 – 2
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1954 North Central Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    South Dakota State + 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Morningside + 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    South Dakota 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    North Dakota 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Iowa State Teachers 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    North Dakota State 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
    Augustana (SD) 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1954 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.2UCLA $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
    No.17USC ^ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
    Oregon 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
    California 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
    Washington State 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Stanford 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Idaho 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Washington 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
    Oregon State 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    UCLA won rivalry game over USC,
    but no-repeat rule was in effect
    • Rankings from AP Poll
    1954 Skyline Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.18Denver $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
    Wyoming 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
    Utah State 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    New Mexico 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
    Utah 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
    Colorado A&M 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
    Montana 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    BYU 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from Coaches Poll
    1954 Southeastern Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.6Ole Miss $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
    Georgia Tech 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
    Florida 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
    Kentucky 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
    Georgia 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
    No.13Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
    Mississippi State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
    Alabama 3 – 3 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
    LSU 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
    Tulane 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 3
    Vanderbilt 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Tennessee 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from AP Poll
    1954 Southern Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.12West Virginia $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
    Furman 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
    No.16VPI 3 – 0 – 1 8 – 0 – 1
    Davidson 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    VMI 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Richmond 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    William & Mary 1 – 2 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
    George Washington 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
    The Citadel 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from AP Poll
    1954 Southwest Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.10Arkansas $ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
    SMU 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
    No.19Rice 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
    No.18Baylor 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
    Texas 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
    TCU 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Texas A&M 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from AP Poll
    1954 Yankee Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    New Hampshire $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
    Rhode Island 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Maine 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
    Vermont 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 1
    UMass 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    Connecticut 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion

    Independents

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    1954 Eastern college football independents records
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    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Hobart   –   8 – 0 – 0
    Juniata   –   8 – 0 – 0
    Pennsylvania Military   –   7 – 0 – 0
    Trinity (CT)   –   7 – 0 – 0
    Worcester Tech   –   6 – 0 – 0
    Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 0 – 1
    Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 0
    Boston University   –   7 – 2 – 0
    Hofstra   –   7 – 2 – 0
    No.20Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 0
    Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
    Brown   –   6 – 2 – 1
    Drexel   –   5 – 2 – 0
    Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
    Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 2
    Princeton   –   5 – 3 – 1
    Yale   –   5 – 3 – 1
    Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
    Harvard   –   4 – 3 – 1
    Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
    Pittsburgh   –   4 – 5 – 0
    Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 0
    Temple   –   3 – 5 – 0
    Dartmouth   –   3 – 6 – 0
    Holy Cross   –   3 – 7 – 0
    Buffalo   –   2 – 7 – 0
    Fordham   –   1 – 7 – 1
    Columbia   –   1 – 8 – 0
    Villanova   –   1 – 9 – 0
    Penn   –   0 – 9 – 0
    Rankings from AP Poll
    1954 Midwestern college football independents records
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Omaha   –   10 – 0 – 0
    No.4Notre Dame   –   9 – 1 – 0
    Wabash   –   7 – 1 – 1
    Cincinnati   –   8 – 2 – 0
    Youngstown   –   7 – 2 – 0
    Washington University   –   6 – 3 – 0
    Carthage   –   5 – 3 – 0
    Dayton   –   5 – 5 – 0
    Marquette   –   3 – 5 – 1
    Wayne   –   3 – 5 – 1
    John Carroll   –   3 – 5 – 0
    Rose Poly   –   2 – 5 – 0
    Drake   –   2 – 7 – 0
    Xavier   –   2 – 8 – 0
    Baldwin–Wallace   –   1 – 8 – 0
    Rankings from AP Poll
    1954 Southern college football independents records
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.9Miami (FL)   –   8 – 1 – 0
    Delaware   –   8 – 2 – 0
    No.5Navy   –   8 – 2 – 0
    Tampa   –   8 – 2 – 0
    Florida State   –   8 – 4 – 0
    Abilene Christian   –   6 – 3 – 1
    Chattanooga   –   6 – 4 – 0
    Mississippi Southern   –   6 – 4 – 0
    Memphis State   –   3 – 4 – 3
    Louisville   –   3 – 6 – 0
    Arkansas State   –   1 – 8 – 0
    Sewanee   –   0 – 8 – 0
    Rankings from AP Poll
    1954 Western college football independents records
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Pepperdine   –   6 – 2 – 0
    San Jose State   –   7 – 3 – 0
    Pacific (CA)   –   4 – 5 – 0
    Hawaii   –   4 – 4 – 0
    La Verne   –   2 – 6 – 0
    Cal Poly San Dimas   –   1 – 8 – 0

    Minor conferences

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    Conference Champion(s) Record
    California Collegiate Athletic Association Fresno State Normal 4–0
    Central Church College Conference Concordia (NE) 3–0
    Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association North Carolina College 6–0–1
    Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Kansas State Teachers–Hays
    Washburn     		4–1
    College Conference of Illinois Millikin
    Wheaton (IL)     		5–1
    Evergreen Conference Whitworth 6–0
    Far Western Conference San Francisco State 5–0
    Frontier Conference Carroll (MT) 4–0
    Gulf Coast Conference Trinity (TX) 2–0
    Indiana Collegiate Conference Valparaiso 5–1
    Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Luther 6–0
    Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference College of Emporia 7–0
    Lone Star Conference East Texas State Teachers
    Southwest Texas State Teachers     		5–0–1
    Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hillsdale 6–0
    Mid-American Conference Miami (OH) 4–0
    Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Carleton 8–0
    Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gustavus Adolphus 6–0
    Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Northeast Missouri State 5–0
    Nebraska College Conference Hastings 7–0
    New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference Panhandle A&M 5–0
    North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Morningside
    South Dakota State College     		5–1
    North Dakota College Athletic Conference Minot State Teachers
    Valley City State     		6–0
    Ohio Athletic Conference Heidelberg 5–0–1
    Ohio Valley Conference Eastern Kentucky State 5–0
    Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Central State College (OK)
    Southwestern State College (OK)     		4–1
    Oregon Collegiate Conference Unknown —
    Pacific Northwest Conference College of Idaho
    Lewis & Clark
    Willamette     		4–1
    Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Stroudsburg State Teachers
    Shippensburg State Teachers     		4–1
    5–1
    Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Western State 7–1
    South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Southern State Teachers (USD–Springfield) 6–1
    Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pomona-Pitzer 4–0
    Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Florida A&M 4–0
    Southwestern Athletic Conference Prairie View A&M College 6–0
    State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota St. Cloud State Teachers 4–0
    Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference Howard Payne 2–0
    Wisconsin State College Conference Wisconsin State–La Crosse 4–0–1

    Minor conference standings

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    1954 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
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    Fresno State $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
    Cal Poly 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
    San Diego State 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Santa Barbara 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Los Angeles State 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Central Church College Conference football standings
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    Concordia (NE) $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
    Tarkio 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
    Westmar 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    Dana 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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    No.5North Carolina College $ 6 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
    No.6Maryland State 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
    No.8Virginia State 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    No.10Bluefield State 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
    No.18St. Augustine's 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Delaware State 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
    No.12Virginia Union 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    No.23Morgan State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Hampton 4 – 5 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
    Lincoln (PA) 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
    No.24North Carolina A&T 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Winston-Salem State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    Johnson C. Smith 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 5 – 2
    West Virginia State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Fayetteville State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Saint Paul's (VA) 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    Howard 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
    Shaw 0 – 6 – 1 0 – 7 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from Associated Negro Press[4]
    1954 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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    Fort Hays State + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Washburn + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Pittsburg State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    St. Benedict's 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
    Emporia State 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Southwestern (KS) 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1954 College Conference of Illinois football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Wheaton (IL) + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Millikin + 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    Illinois Wesleyan 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    Lake Forest 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    Augustana (IL) 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    North Central (IL) 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    Elmhurst 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1954 Evergreen Conference football standings
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    Whitworth $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
    Puget Sound 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Pacific Lutheran 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    Western Washington 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    Central Washington 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    Eastern Washington 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    UBC 0 – 6 – 0 ? – ? – ?
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Gulf Coast Conference football standings
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    Trinity (TX) $ 2 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
    North Texas State 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Midwestern (TX) 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Gulf States Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Southeastern Louisiana $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
    Northwestern State 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Louisiana Tech 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Southwestern Louisiana 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Louisiana College 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
    McNeese State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
    Northeast Louisiana State 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Hoosier Conference football standings
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    Indiana Central $ 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Taylor 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Hanover 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Franklin (IN) 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
    Anderson (IN) 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Manchester (IN) 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Earlham 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Valparaiso $ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
    Ball State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Evansville 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Butler 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    Saint Joseph's (IN) 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Indiana State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    DePauw 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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    Michigan State Normal + 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
    Central Michigan + 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
    Western Illinois 3 – 1 – 2 6 – 1 – 3
    Illinois State Normal 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
    Eastern Illinois 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
    Southern Illinois 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Northern Illinois State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1954 Iowa Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Luther $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
    Wartburg 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
    Dubuque 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
    Iowa Wesleyan 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    Buena Vista 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
    Parsons 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
    Central (IA) 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    Simpson 0 – 4 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
    Upper Iowa 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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    College of Emporia $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
    Ottawa 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
    Kansas Wesleyan 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
    Bethel (KS) 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
    McPherson 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Baker 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Bethany (KS) 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
    Friends 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Lone Star Conference football standings
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    Southwest Texas State + 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
    East Texas State + 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
    Stephen F. Austin 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Sam Houston State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
    Texas A&I 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
    Sul Ross 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
    Lamar Tech 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1954 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Hampden–Sydney $ 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    Randolph–Macon 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Western Maryland 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    Bridgewater 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
    Johns Hopkins 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    Gallaudet 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 5 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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    Hillsdale $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
    Kalamazoo 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Albion 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    Hope 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    Alma 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
    Adrian 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Olivet 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Mid-Ohio League football standings
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    Ashland $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
    Findlay 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
    Wilmington (OH) 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
    Bluffton 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    Defiance 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    Ohio Northern 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.1Tennessee A&I $ 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
    No.22Grambling 1 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
    No.13Texas Southern 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 2
    No.16Lincoln (MO) 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
    No.19Central State (OH) 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    No.20Kentucky State 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    Jackson 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from Associated Negro Press[5]
    1954 Midwest Conference football standings
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    Carleton $ 8 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
    Lawrence 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    St. Olaf 5 – 1 – 2 5 – 1 – 2
    Coe 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
    Grinnell 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 4 – 2
    Ripon 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 4 – 2
    Cornell (IA) 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
    Monmouth (IL) 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    Knox 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Gustavus Adolphus $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Concordia (MN) 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
    Saint John's (MN) 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Minnesota–Duluth 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    St. Thomas (MN) 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    Hamline 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
    Macalester 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    Augsburg 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
    Saint Mary's (MN) 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Minnesota Teachers College Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    St. Cloud State $ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    Winona State 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
    Moorhead State 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
    Mankato State 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Bemidji State 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Missouri Valley + 2 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
    William Jewell + 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 2
    Tarkio 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
    Central (MO) 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Culver–Stockton 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1954 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    NE Missouri State $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
    SE Missouri State 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Missouri–Rolla 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    Central Missouri State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    NW Missouri State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    SW Missouri State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
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    Wichita $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
    Houston 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
    Oklahoma A&M 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Detroit 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Tulsa 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Montana Collegiate Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Carroll (MT) $ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
    Western Montana 3 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ?
    Rocky Mountain 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
    Eastern Montana 1 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ?
    Montana Mines 0 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ?
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Nebraska College Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Hastings $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
    Peru State 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Kearney State 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
    Midland 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    Wayne State (NE) 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Doane 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Nebraska Wesleyan 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
    Chadron State 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • Doane forfeited a conference win over Midland.
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    1954 New Mexico Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Panhandle A&M $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Adams State 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    New Mexico Highlands 2 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
    New Mexico Western 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    New Mexico Military 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
    Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Valley City State + 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
    Minot State + 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
    Jamestown 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Wahpeton Science 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
    Dickinson State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
    Ellendale 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 3 – 1
    Mayville State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
    Bottineau 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
    Bismarck JC 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
  • Valley City State beat Jamestown on November 4 in a non-conference game.
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    1954 North State Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Appalachian State $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
    Elon 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
    East Carolina 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
    Western Carolina 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
    Catawba 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
    Guilford 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
    Lenoir Rhyne 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Northwest Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Lewis & Clark + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
    College of Idaho + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Willamette + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Whitman 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    Pacific (OR) 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
    Linfield 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1954 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Heidelberg $ 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
    Muskingum 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
    Denison 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
    Ohio Wesleyan 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Capital 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Wooster 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Wittenberg 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Akron 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    Oberlin 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
    Otterbein 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    Marietta 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
    Hiram 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
    Mount Union 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Kenyon 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
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    Eastern Kentucky $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
    Western Kentucky 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
    Murray State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Middle Tennessee 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
    Tennessee Tech 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
    Morehead State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    SW Oklahoma State + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
    Central State (OK) + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
    East Central 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    SE Oklahoma State 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
    Northeastern State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
    NW Oklahoma State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1954 Oregon Collegiate Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Oregon Tech + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
    Oregon College + 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    Portland State 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    Southern Oregon 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
    Eastern Oregon 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1954 Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Bloomsburg + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    East Stroudsburg + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    West Chester + 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Shippensburg 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
    Clarion 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
    California (PA) 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
    Lock Haven 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
    Indiana (PA) 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    Mansfield 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
    Millersville 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    Slippery Rock 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
    Edinboro 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
    Kutztown 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
    Cheyney 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
  • Conference standings were based on the Saylor system of ratings.
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    1954 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
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    Montana State $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
    Western State (CO) 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
    Idaho State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    Colorado Mines 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    Colorado State–Greeley 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
    Colorado College 0 – 7 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Southern State + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
    Northern State + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    Huron 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Dakota Wesleyan 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    South Dakota Mines 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    Black Hills 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    Yankton 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    Sioux Falls 1 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
    General Beadle 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1954 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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    Pomona-Claremont $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
    Redlands 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
    Occidental 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
    Whittier 1 – 2 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
    Caltech 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • Pomona-Claremont played Redlands, Occidental, and Caltech each twice; each game counted as one-half in the standings.
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    1954 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
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    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.3Prairie View A&M $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
    No.4Southern 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
    Langston 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
    Texas College 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Wiley 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
    Arkansas AM&N 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 2
    Bishop 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from Associated Negro Press[6]
    1954 Texas Conference football standings
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    Howard Payne $ 2 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
    McMurry 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
    Eastern New Mexico 0 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 Virginia Little Seven Conference football standings
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    Emory and Henry $ 2 – 0 – 0 4 – 3 – 3
    Hampden–Sydney 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    Randolph–Macon 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
    Bridgewater 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1954 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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    Morris Harvey $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
    Concord 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
    [[{{{school}}}|West Virginia Tech]] 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
    [[{{{school}}}|Shepherd]] 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
    [[{{{school}}}|Potomac State]] 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
    [[{{{school}}}|West Liberty State]] 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
    [[{{{school}}}|Glenville State]] 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
    [[{{{school}}}|Fairmont State]] 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    [[{{{school}}}|West Virginia Wesleyan]] 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
    [[{{{school}}}|Salem]] 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
    [[{{{school}}}|Bethany (WV)]] * 1 – 0 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Conference standings based on power ratings
    • 1954 Wisconsin State College Conference football standings
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    [[{{{school}}}|La Crosse State]] $ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
    [[{{{school}}}|Platteville State]] 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 1 – 2
    [[{{{school}}}|Eau Claire State]] 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    [[{{{school}}}|Stevens Point State]] 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
    [[{{{school}}}|River Falls State]] 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
    [[{{{school}}}|Milwaukee State]] 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
    [[{{{school}}}|Oshkosh State]] 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 2 – 2
    [[{{{school}}}|Stout Institute]] 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
    [[{{{school}}}|Superior State]] 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
    [[{{{school}}}|Whitewater State]] 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion

    Rankings

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    Final AP Poll

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    AP ranked Ohio State as No. 1, while the UPI coaches' poll gave the top spot to UCLA. Both wire services' rankings were made at the end of the regular season, and were unaffected by the postseason bowl games. Ohio State and UCLA had two common opponents in 1954; Cal and USC. Ohio State defeated Cal 21–13 and USC 20–7, while UCLA defeated Cal 27–6 and USC 34–0.

    Ranking Team Record Conference
    1 Ohio State 9–0–0 Big 10
    2 UCLA 9–0–0 PCC
    3 Oklahoma 10–0–0 Big 7
    4 Notre Dame 8–1–0 Indep.
    5 Navy 7–2–0 Indep.
    6 Mississippi 9–1–0 SEC
    7 Army 7–2–0 Indep.
    8 Maryland 7–2–1 ACC
    9 Wisconsin 7–2–0 Big 10
    10 Arkansas 8–2–0 SWC
    11 Miami (Florida) 8–1–0 Indep.
    12 West Virginia 8–1–0 Southern
    13 Auburn 7–3–0 SEC
    14 Duke 7–2–1 ACC
    15 Michigan 6–3–0 Big 10
    16 Virginia Tech 8–0–1 Southern
    17 USC 8–3–0 PCC
    18 Baylor 7–3–0 SWC
    19 Rice 7–3–0 SWC
    20 Penn State 7–2–0 Indep.

    Final Coaches Poll

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    The United Press International poll, taken from a panel of 35 coaches, had UCLA as the number one team beginning with the poll released on October 26. A rival to the AP poll, the UPI prefaced its release with the statement, "The men who know the game the best, the coaches themselves, voted UCLA to the top spot by the slender margin of seven points over Ohio State, the perfect record champions of the Big 10 Conference," [7] The UPI poll was a Top Ten, with a first place vote by a coach being worth 10 points, second worth 9 points, etc. With 350 being the maximum number of points, and 315 being the total for 35 second place votes, the panel was split on whether UCLA or Ohio State was the best team in the nation. The UPI Top Ten [8] Ohio State and UCLA had two common opponents in 1954; Cal and USC. Ohio State defeated Cal 21–13 and USC 20–7, while UCLA defeated Cal 27–6 and USC 34–0.

    Ranking Team
    1 UCLA
    2 Ohio State
    3 Oklahoma
    4 Notre Dame
    5 Navy
    6 Mississippi
    7 Army
    8 Arkansas
    9 Miami (Fla.)
    10 Wisconsin
    11 (t) USC
    11 (t) Maryland
    11 (t) Georgia Tech
    14 Duke
    15 Michigan
    16 Penn State
    17 SMU
    18 Denver
    19 Rice
    20 Minnesota

    Undefeated seasons

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    Team Record Notes
    1954 Ohio State Buckeyes football team 10–0 AP national champion
    1954 UCLA Bruins football team 9–0 UP national champion
    1954 Oklahoma Sooners football team 10–0 Big 7 champion, AP No. 3
    1954 VPI Gobblers football team 8–0–1 AP No. 16
    1954 Omaha Indians football team 10–0 Tangerine Bowl champion
    1954 Trinity Tigers football team 9–0 Gulf Coast champion
    1954 Juniata Indians football team 8–0 Part of seven-year run from 1953 to 1959 during which Juniata compiled a record of 50–2–2, including five undefeated seasons
    1954 Whitworth Pirates football team 8–0 Evergreen champion, 21-game winning streak
    1954 Worcester Tech Engineers football team 6–0

    Other undefeated teams: Ashland, Carleton, Carnegie Tech, Hastings (NE), Hobart, Luther, Pennsylvania Military, Pomona, Southeastern Louisiana, Trinity (CT), Western Colorado, Worcester Tech

    Bowl games

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    Major bowls

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    Bowl game Winning team Losing team
    Rose Bowl No. 1 Ohio State 20 No. 17 USC 7
    Sugar Bowl No. 5 Navy 21 No. 6 Ole Miss 0
    Cotton Bowl Georgia Tech 14 No. 10 Arkansas 6
    Orange Bowl No. 14 Duke 34 Nebraska 7
    No. 2 UCLA (9–0) and No. 3 Oklahoma (10–0) were idle in bowl season due to conference "no-repeat" rules.

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    Bowl game Winning team Losing team
    Gator Bowl No. 13 Auburn 33 No. 18 Baylor 13
    Refrigerator Bowl Delaware 19 Kent State 7
    Tangerine Bowl Omaha 7 Eastern Kentucky 6

    Heisman Trophy voting

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    The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player

    Player School Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total
    Alan Ameche Wisconsin FB 214 157 112 1,068
    Kurt Burris Oklahoma C 180 111 76 838
    Howard Cassady Ohio State HB 137 139 121 810
    Ralph Guglielmi Notre Dame QB 112 128 99 691
    Paul Larson California QB 50 42 37 271
    Dicky Moegle Rice HB 36 53 44 258
    Jack Ellena UCLA OT 23 40 44 193
    George Shaw Oregon QB 32 33 20 182
    Pete Vann Army QB 20 22 30 134
    Bob McNamara Minnesota HB 16 15 26 104

    Source: [9][10]

    Statistical leaders

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    Individual

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    Total offense

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    The following players were the individual leaders in total offense among major college football players during the 1954 season:
    1. George Shaw, Oregon, 1,536 yards
    2. Paul Larson, California, 1,485 yards
    3. Len Dawson, Purdue, 1,384 yards
    4. Art Luppino, Arizona, 1,359 yards
    5. Gary Glick, Colorado A&M, 1,269 yards
    6. Ralph Guglielmi, Notre Dame, 1,257 yards
    7. Bobby Freeman, Auburn, 1,132 yards
    8. Pete Vann, Army, 1,097 yards
    9. Lenny Moore, Penn State, 1,082 yards
    10. Eagle Day, Ole Miss, 1,051 yards
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    Passing

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    The following players were the individual leaders in pass completions among major college football players during the 1954 season:
    1. Paul Larson, California, 125 of 195 (64.1%), 1,537 yards, 8 interceptions, 10 touchdowns
    2. George Shaw, Oregon, 91 of 196 (56.5%), 1,358 yards, 11 interceptions, 10 touchdowns
    3. Len Dawson, Purdue, 87 of 167 (52.1%), 1,464 yards, 8 interceptions, 15 touchdowns
    4. John Brodie, Stanford, 81 of 163 (49.7%), 937 yards, 16 interceptions, 2 touchdowns
    5. Ken Ford, Hardin-Simmons, 78 of 146 (53.4%), 948 yards, 9 interceptions, 7 touchdowns
    6. Bill Beagle, Dartmouth, 76 of 145 (52.4%), 867 yards, 10 interceptions, 5 touchdowns
    7. David Dungan, Utah, 74 of 128 (57.8%), 862 yards, 4 interceptions, 5 touchdowns
    8. Jack Stephans, Holy Cross, 73 of 149 (49.0%), 800 yards, 11 interceptions, 8 touchdowns
    9. Mackie Prickett, South Carolina, 68 of 116 (58.6%), 682 yards, 9 interceptions, 1 touchdown
    9. Ralph Guglielmi, Notre Dame, 68 of 127 (53.4%), 1,162 yards, 7 interceptions, 6 touchdowns
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    Rushing

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    The following players were the individual leaders in rushing yards among major college football players during the 1954 season:
    1. Art Luppino, Arizona, 1,359 yards on 179 carries (7.59 average)
    2. Lenny Moore, Penn State, 1,082 yards on 136 yards (7.96 average)
    3. Tommy Bell, Army, 1,020 yards on 96 carries (10.62 average)
    4. Sam Pino, Boston University, 933 yards on 154 carries (6.06 average) 5. Dicky Moegle, Rice, 905 yards on 144 carries (6.28 average)
    6. Dick Imer, Montana, 889 yards on 111 carries (8.01 average)
    7. Joe Childress, Auburn, 836 yards on 148 carries (5.65 average)
    8. John Bayuk, Colorado, 824 yards on 145 carries (5.68 average)
    9. Fred Mahaffey, Denver, 813 yards on 143 carries (5.69 average)
    10. Tom Tracy, Tennessee, 794 yards on 116 carries (6.84 average)
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    Receiving

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    The following players were the individual leaders in receptions among major college football players during the 1954 season:
    1. Jim Hanifan, California, 44 receptions, 569 yards, 7 touchdowns
    2. John Stewart, Stanford, 36 receptions, 577 yards, 2 touchdowns
    3. Jim Carmichael, California, 33 receptions, 420 yards, 2 touchdowns
    4. Carl Brazell, South Carolina, 29 receptions, 241 yards, 1 touchdown
    5. Jerry Mertens, Drake, 28 receptions, 495 yards, 4 touchdowns
    5. Jim Pyburn, Auburn, 28 reception, 460 yards, 4 touchdowns
    7. Andy Nacrelli, Fordham, 25 receptions, 493 yards, 2 touchdowns
    7. Max Pierce, Utah, 25 receptions, 457 yards, 3 touchdowns
    7. Larry Ross, Denver, 25 receptions, 378 yards, 4 touchdowns
    7. Robert H. Dee, Holy Cross, 25 receptions, 236 yards, 2 touchdowns
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    Scoring

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    The following players were the individual leaders in scoring among major college football players during the 1954 season:
    1. Art Luppino, Arizona, 166 points (24 TD, 22 PAT)
    2. Buddy Leake, Oklahoma, 79 points (9 TD, 25 PAT)
    3. Tommy Bell, Army, 78 points (13 TD)
    3. Lenny Moore,Penn State, 78 points (13 TD)
    5. Fred Mahaffey, Denver, 73 points (12 TD, 1 PAT)
    6. Dicky Moegle, Rice, 72 points (12 TD)
    7. Harold "Rusty" Fairly, Denver, 70 points (9 TD, 16 PAT)
    8. Carroll Hardy, Colorado, 68 points (9 TD, 14 PAT)
    9. Bob Davenport, UCLA, 66 points (11 TD)
    9. John Bayuk, Colorado, 66 points (11 TD)
    9. Joe Miller, Cincinnati, 66 points (11 TD)
    9. Bob McNamara, Minnesota, 66 points (11 TD)
    9. Dick James, Oregon, 66 points (11 TD)
    9. Earl Smith Jr., Iowa, 66 points (11 TD)
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    Team

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    Total offense

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    The following teams were the leaders in total offense in major college football during the 1954 season:
    1. Army, 448.7 yards per game
    2. Texas Tech, 422.3 yards per game
    3. Arizona, 402.0 yards per game
    4. Navy, 393.8 yards per game
    5. Ole Miss, 386.8 yards per game
    6. Notre Dame, 385.3 yards per game
    7. Oklahoma, 382.7 yards per game
    8. Denver, 371.8 yards per game
    9. Boston University, 367.1 yards per game
    10. UCLA, 366.6 yards per game
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    Total defense

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    The following teams were the leaders in total defense in major college football during the 1954 season:
    1. Ole Miss, 172.3 yards per game
    2. Richmond, 174.4 yards per game
    3. Clemson, 176.1 yards per game
    4. Boston College, 184.6 yards per game
    5. Oklahoma, 186.3 yards per game
    6. West Virginia, 186.7 yards per game
    7. Denver, 188.6 yards per game
    8. UCLA, 189.8 yards per game
    9. Navy, 190.4 yards per game
    10. Cincinnati, 198.4 yards per game
    [17]

    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ "1954 Preseason AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  • ^ a b "Missing Memories : '54 Bruins Might Have Been Best Ever, but They Didn't Reach the Rose Bowl - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. November 14, 1994.
  • ^ "1954 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  • ^ "Pigskin Huddle". Baltimore Afro-American. December 25, 1954. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Pigskin Huddle". Baltimore Afro-American. December 25, 1954. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Pigskin Huddle". Baltimore Afro-American. December 25, 1954. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "UP Names UCLA Top In Nation", Aiken (S.C.) Standard and Review, November 30, 1954, p5
  • ^ "UCLA Edges Buckeyes In Last UP Grid Poll," The Vidette-Messenger (Valparaison, IN), December 1, 1954, p6
  • ^ "Ameche gets grid award". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. December 1, 1954. p. 29.
  • ^ "Wisconsin's Ameche wins grid award". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. December 1, 1954. p. 46.
  • ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1955. p. 63.
  • ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1955. p. 65.
  • ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1955. p. 63.
  • ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1955. p. 65.
  • ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1955. p. 64.
  • ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1955. p. 67.
  • ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1955. p. 68.

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