1954 AP Rankings
| Final Poll For 1954 Season |
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Votes |
| 1954 AP |
| 1 | Ohio State | 9-0-0 | | | 2 | UCLA | 9-0-0 | |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 10-0-0 | | | 4 | Notre Dame | 8-1-0 | |
| 5 | Navy | 7-2-0 | | | 6 | Mississippi | 9-1-0 | |
| 7 | Army | 7-2-0 | | | 8 | Maryland | 7-2-1 | |
| 9 | Wisconsin | 7-2-0 | | | 10 | Arkansas | 8-2-0 | |
| 11 | Miami | 8-1-0 | | | 12 | West Virginia | 8-1-0 | |
| 13 | Auburn | 7-3-0 | | | 14 | Duke | 7-2-1 | |
| 15 | Michigan | 6-3-0 | | | 16 | Virginia Tech | 8-0-1 | |
| 17 | Southern California | 8-3-0 | | | 18 | Baylor | 7-3-0 | |
| 19 | Rice | 7-3-0 | | | 20 | Penn State | 7-2-0 | |
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