The 1952 NCAA football season ended with the unbeaten Michigan State Spartans (9-0-0 record) and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (12-0-0 record) each claiming the national championship according to different polls. Michigan State finished first according to two of the "wire service" (AP and UP) polls which also both placed Georgia Tech second. Georgia Tech was first in the (Hearst chain) International News Service poll. UP and INS merged in 1958 to form UPI. Although the Spartans would become members of the Big Ten conference for football in 1950, full participation would not come until 1953, and under the terms of their entry into the conference, they were not allowed to participate in postseason play. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, won the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day in New Orleans. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_college_football_season.

Final Stats:

Rank	Team	Coach	First NFL Player drafted that played
1	Michigan State	Biggie Munn	E Paul Dekker picked 27th by WAS
2	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd	C George Morris picked 21st by SFO
3	Notre Dame	Frank Leahy	G Bob O'Neil picked 173rd by PIT
4	Oklahoma	Bud Wilkinson	HB Billy Vessels picked 2nd by BAL
5	Southern California	Jess Hill	HB Al Carmichael picked 7th by GNB
6	UCLA	Red Sanders	G Jack Ellena picked 228th by RAM
7	Mississippi	John Vaught	T Kline Gilbert picked 68th by CHI
8	Tennessee	Bob Neyland	DE Doug Atkins picked 11th by CLE
9	Alabama	Red Drew	G Jerry Watford picked 87th by CRD
10	Texas	Edwin Price	LB Tom Stolhandske picked 10th by SFO
11	Wisconsin	Ivy Williamson	HB Harland Carl picked 161st by CHI
12	Tulsa	John Brothers	LB Marv Matuszak picked 29th by PIT
13	Maryland	Jim Tatum	QB Jack Scarbath picked 3rd by WAS
14	Syracuse	Ben Schwartzwalder	C Jim Ringo picked 79th by GNB
15	Florida	Bob Woodruff	T Everett Douglas picked 44th by NYG
16	Duke	Bill Murray	C Lou Tepe picked 354th by PIT
17	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	DB Fred Bruney picked 35th by CLE
18	Purdue	Stuart Holcomb	E Bernie Flowers picked 14th by BAL
19	Princeton	Charles Caldwell	DB Frank McPhee picked 147th by CRD
20	Kentucky	Bear Bryant	T Bob Fry picked 36th by RAM