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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_college_football_season

Final Stats:

AP Poll Summary
School	Conf	Final
Michigan State	Ind	1
Georgia Tech	SEC	2
Notre Dame	Ind	3
Oklahoma	Big 7	4
Southern California	PCC	5
UCLA	PCC	6
Mississippi	SEC	7
Tennessee	SEC	8
Alabama	SEC	9
Texas	SWC	10
Wisconsin	Western	11
Tulsa	MVC	12
Maryland	Ind	13
Syracuse	Ind	14
Florida	SEC	15
Duke	Southern	16
Ohio State	Western	17
Purdue	Western	18
Princeton	Ind	19
Kentucky	SEC	20
NFL DRAFT
1	1	SFO	Harry Babcock	E	Georgia
1	2	BAL	Billy Vessels	HB	Oklahoma
1	3	WAS	Jack Scarbath	QB	Maryland
1	4	CRD	Johnny Olszewski	FB	California
1	5	PIT	Ted Marchibroda	QB	Detroit Mercy
1	6	CHI	Billy Anderson	DB	Compton CC (CA)
1	7	GNB	Al Carmichael	HB	USC
1	8	NYG	Bobby Marlow	B	Alabama
1	9	RAM	Donn Moomaw	C	UCLA
1	10	SFO	Tom Stolhandske	LB	Texas
1	11	CLE	Doug Atkins HOF	DE	Tennessee
1	12	RAM	Ed Barker	E	Washington St.
1	13	DET	Harley Sewell	G	Texas
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
2	14	BAL	Bernie Flowers	E	Purdue
2	15	CRD	Jim Psaltis	DB	USC
2	16	WAS	Dick Modzelewski	DT	Maryland
2	17	CHI	Zeke Bratkowski	QB	Georgia
2	18	PIT	John Henry Johnson HOF	FB	Arizona St.
2	19	GNB	Gil Reich	B	Army/Kansas
2	20	PHI	Al Conway	B	Army/William Jewell
2	21	SFO	George Morris	C	Georgia Tech
2	22	NYG	Eddie Crowder	QB	Oklahoma
2	23	CLE	Billy Reynolds	HB	Pittsburgh
2	24	RAM	Rudy Bukich	QB	USC
2	25	DET	Gene Gedman	HB	Indiana
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
3	26	BAL	Buck McPhail	FB	Oklahoma
3	27	WAS	Paul Dekker	E	Michigan St.
3	28	CRD	Dale Samuels	QB	Purdue
3	29	PIT	Marv Matuszak	LB	Tulsa
3	30	CHI	Bill Rowekamp	B	Army/Missouri
3	31	GNB	Bill Forester	LB	SMU
3	32	SFO	Bob St. Clair HOF	T	Tulsa
3	33	NYG	Cal Roberts	T	Gustavus Adolphus
3	34	PHI	Don Johnson	HB	California
3	35	CLE	Fred Bruney	DB	Ohio St.
3	36	RAM	Bob Fry	T	Kentucky
3	37	CLE	Gene Donaldson	G	Kentucky
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
4	38	BAL	Tom Catlin	LB	Oklahoma
4	39	CRD	Gerdes (Buck) Martin	E	Georgia Tech
4	40	WAS	Don Boll	T	Nebraska
4	41	CHI	Joe Koch	B	Wake Forest
4	42	PIT	Lloyd Colteryahn	E	Maryland
4	43	GNB	Gib Dawson	HB	Texas
4	44	NYG	Everett Douglas	T	Florida
4	45	PHI	George Mrkonic	T	Kansas
4	46	SFO	Ed Fullerton	DB	Maryland
4	47	CLE	Dick Tamburo	C	Michigan St.
4	48	RAM	Willie Roberts	E	Tulsa
4	49	DET	Charlie Ane	T	USC
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
5	50	BAL	Jack Little	T	Texas A&M
5	51	WAS	Nick Carras	B	Missouri
5	52	CRD	Bill Shalosky	G	Cincinnati
5	53	PIT	Bob Gaona	T	Wake Forest
5	54	CHI	Stan Jones HOF	G	Maryland
5	55	GNB	Roger Zatkoff	LB	Michigan
5	56	PHI	Eddie Bell	DB	Pennsylvania
5	57	SFO	Hal Miller	T	Georgia Tech
5	58	NYG	Buford Long	DB	Florida
5	59	CLE	Bob Van Doren	DE	USC
5	60	RAM	Tom Scott	DE	Virginia
5	61	PHI	Rex Smith	E	Illinois
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
6	62	BAL	Jimmy Sears	DB	USC
6	63	CRD	Tony Curcillo	DB	Ohio St.
6	64	RAM	Paul Miller	DE	LSU
6	65	CHI	Art DeCarlo	DB	Georgia
6	66	PIT	Tom Barton	G	Clemson
6	67	GNB	Bob Kennedy	G	Wisconsin
6	68	CHI	Kline Gilbert	T	Mississippi
6	69	NYG	Bob Peviani	LB	USC
6	70	CRD	Tom Higgins	T	North Carolina
6	71	CLE	Don Steinbrunner	T	Washington St.
6	72	RAM	Howie Waugh	B	Tulsa
6	73	DET	Ollie Spencer	T	Kansas
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
7	74	BAL	Bill Athey	G	Baylor
7	75	CHI	Bucky McElroy	HB	Southern Miss
7	76	PHI	Jack Erickson	T	Army/Beloit
7	77	PIT	John Alderton	DE	Maryland
7	78	CHI	Don Bingham	HB	Sul Ross St.
7	79	GNB	Jim Ringo HOF	C	Syracuse
7	80	NYG	Don Branby	E	Colorado
7	81	PHI	Ray Malavasi	G	Army/Mississippi
7	82	SFO	Paul Carr	DB	Houston
7	83	CLE	Gene Filipski	HB	Villanova
7	84	RAM	Bobby Reynolds	B	Nebraska
7	85	DET	Joe Schmidt HOF	LB	Pittsburgh
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
8	86	BAL	Jim Prewett	T	Tulsa
8	87	CRD	Jerry Watford	G	Alabama
8	88	WAS	Lew Weidensaul	E	Maryland
8	89	CHI	John Kreamcheck	DT	William & Mary
8	90	PIT	Lowell Perry	E	Michigan
8	91	GNB	Lauren Hargrove	B	Georgia
8	92	PHI	Jess Richardson	DT	Alabama
8	93	SFO	Doug Hogland	G	Oregon St.
8	94	NYG	Don Beck	B	Army/Notre Dame
8	95	CLE	Carlton Massey	DE	Texas
8	96	RAM	Bob Morgan	DT	Maryland
8	97	DET	Lew Carpenter	HB	Arkansas
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
9	98	BAL	Bob Blair	E	TCU
9	99	CRD	Ed Husmann	DT	Nebraska
9	100	CRD	Avatus Stone	HB	Syracuse
9	101	PIT	Pat Sarnese	T	Temple
9	102	CHI	Bruno Ashley	T	Texas A&M-Commerce
9	103	GNB	Floyd Harrawood	T	Tulsa
9	104	SFO	Hal Ledyard	QB	Tenn-Chattanooga
9	105	NYG	Jim Gray	B	Panola JC
9	106	PHI	Roger French	E	Minnesota
9	107	CLE	Bob McNamara	DB	Minnesota
9	108	RAM	Brad Myers	B	Bucknell
9	109	DET	Carlton McCormack	C	TCU
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
10	110	BAL	John Cole	B	Arkansas
10	111	CRD	Charley Berndt	T	Wisconsin
10	112	NYG	Darrow Cooper	E	Texas A&M
10	113	CHI	Jimmy Moore	B	Florida A&M
10	114	PIT	Frank Holohan	T	Tennessee
10	115	GNB	Vic Rimkus	G	Holy Cross
10	116	NYG	Charlie Maloy	QB	Holy Cross
10	117	PHI	Tom Brookshier	DB	Colorado
10	118	SFO	Pete Brown	C	Georgia Tech
10	119	CLE	Elmo Natali	B
10	120	RAM	Mick Lakos	B	Vanderbilt
10	121	DET	Dreher Gaskin	E	Clemson
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
11	122	BAL	Gene Rossi	B	Cincinnati
11	123	WAS	Alex Webster	HB	North Carolina St.
11	124	CRD	Ed Woodsum	E	Yale
11	125	CHI	Ralph Charney	B	Kentucky
11	126	CHI	Jim Slowey	C
11	127	GNB	Joe Johnson	HB	Boston Col.
11	128	PHI	Bob Pollard	B	Penn St.
11	129	SFO	Al Charlton	B	Washington St.
11	130	NYG	Jim Ruehl	C	Ohio St.
11	131	CLE	Dick Hilinski	T	Ohio St.
11	132	RAM	Jim Bailey	B	Miami (OH)
11	133	DET	Elmer Messenger	G	Washington St.
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
12	134	BAL	Kaye Vaughan	G	Tulsa
12	135	CRD	Chuck Spaulding	B	Wyoming
12	136	WAS	Buzz Nutter	C	Virginia Tech
12	137	CHI	Jim Lawrence	T	Duke
12	138	PIT	Jerry Robertson	B	Kansas
12	139	GNB	Dick Curran	B	Arizona St.
12	140	SFO	Carson (Red) Leach	G	Duke
12	141	NYG	Joe Matesic	T	Arizona St.
12	142	PHI	George Porter	T	San Jose St.
12	143	CLE	Elmer Willhoite	G	USC
12	144	RAM	Chuck Doud	G	UCLA
12	145	DET	Larry Spencer	B	Wake Forest
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
13	146	BAL	Bobby Moorhead	B	Georgia Tech
13	147	CRD	Frank McPhee	DB	Princeton
13	148	CRD	Ronnie Morris	B	Tulsa
13	149	PIT	Leo Davis	E	Bradley
13	150	CHI	Larry Strickland	C	North Texas
13	151	GNB	Bob Orders	C	Army/West Virginia
13	152	NYG	Jack McShulski	E	Army/Kansas St.
13	153	PHI	Ray Westort	G	Utah
13	154	SFO	Bill Earley	B	Washington
13	155	CLE	Galen Fiss	LB	Kansas
13	156	RAM	Andy Matto	T	Cincinnati
13	157	DET	Bob Thomas	E	Washington & Lee
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
14	158	BAL	Frank Continetti	G	George Washington
14	159	CRD	Dick Sprague	B	Washington
14	160	WAS	Ed Timmerman	B	Michigan St.
14	161	CHI	Harland Carl	HB	Wisconsin
14	162	PIT	Charley Montgomery	T	Mississippi
14	163	GNB	Charley Wrenn	T	TCU
14	164	PHI	Roy Bailey	B	Tulane
14	165	SFO	Tom Fletcher	B	Arizona St.
14	166	NYG	J.L. Hall	B	Florida
14	167	CLE	Gern Nagler	E	Santa Clara
14	168	RAM	Frank James	G	Houston
14	169	DET	Jack Barger	T	New Mexico
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
15	170	BAL	Buddy Sutton	B	Arkansas
15	171	WAS	Dave Suminski	G	Wisconsin
15	172	CRD	Nick Chickillo	LB	Miami (FL)
15	173	PIT	Bob O'Neil	G	Notre Dame
15	174	CHI	Ralph Jecha	G	Northwestern
15	175	GNB	Gene Helwig	B	Tulsa
15	176	SFO	Charley Genthner	T	Texas
15	177	NYG	Dick Bowman	G	Oklahoma
15	178	PHI	Willie Irvin	DE	Florida A&M
15	179	CLE	John Carson	E	Georgia
15	180	RAM	Tom Carroll	B	Oklahoma
15	181	DET	Ted Topor	LB	Michigan
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
16	182	BAL	Jim Currin	E	Dayton
16	183	CRD	Jimmy Lear	B	Mississippi
16	184	WAS	Jim Slay	E	Mississippi
16	185	CHI	Johnny Hatley	G	Sul Ross St.
16	186	PIT	John Zachary	B	Miami (OH)
16	187	GNB	John Hlay	B	Ohio St.
16	188	NYG	Bill Skyinskus	G	Syracuse
16	189	PHI	Bud Wallace	B	North Carolina
16	190	SFO	Fred Durig	E	Bowling Green
16	191	CLE	Eric Kuykendall	B	Illinois
16	192	RAM	Ben DeLoe	T	Mississippi St.
16	193	DET	Bob Volonnino	G	Army/Villanova
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
17	194	BAL	George Rambour	T	Dartmouth
17	195	WAS	Bob Haner	B	Villanova
17	196	CRD	Earl Heninger	B	Purdue
17	197	PIT	Reed Quinn	B	Florida
17	198	CHI	Bob Beal	E	California
17	199	GNB	Bill Georges	E	Texas
17	200	PHI	Tony Rados	B	Penn St.
17	201	SFO	Hugh Latham	T	San Diego St.
17	202	NYG	Don Rhoden	C	Rice
17	203	CLE	George Bean	B	Utah
17	204	RAM	Harland Svare	LB	Washington St.
17	205	DET	Ray Green	T	Duke
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
18	206	BAL	LeRoy Labat	B	LSU
18	207	CRD	Joe Yukica	E	Penn St.
18	208	WAS	Jim Turner	B	Texas Tech
18	209	CHI	Jim Shirley	B	Clemson
18	210	PIT	Carl Holben	T	Duke
18	211	GNB	Jim Philbee	B	Bradley
18	212	SFO	Stan Wacholz	E	San Jose St.
18	213	NYG	Phil Suwall	B	West. Maryland
18	214	PHI	Marv Trauth	T	Mississippi
18	215	CLE	Dick Batten	T	Pacific
18	216	RAM	Lew Jones	T	Wabash
18	217	DET	Ed Mioduszewski	QB	William & Mary
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
19	218	BAL	Bill Powell	B	California
19	219	WAS	Tom Flyzik	T	George Washington
19	220	CRD	Tom Donahue	C	Wake Forest
19	221	PIT	Jim Williams	B	Louisville
19	222	CHI	Bill Byrus	T	Iowa St.
19	223	GNB	Bill Lucky	T	Baylor
19	224	NYG	Hal Lehman	T	Southern Miss
19	225	PHI	Pete Bachouros	B	lllinois
19	226	SFO	King DuClos	T	Texas-El Paso
19	227	CLE	Tom Cain	G	Colorado
19	228	RAM	Jack Ellena	G	UCLA
19	229	DET	Paul Held	QB	San Jose St.
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
20	230	BAL	Pete Russo	T	Indiana
20	231	CRD	Len D'Errico	G	Boston Univ.
20	232	WAS	Bill Link	G	Wake Forest
20	233	CHI	Tom Mahin	T	Purdue
20	234	PIT	Will Lee Hayley	E	Auburn
20	235	GNB	John Harville	B	TCU
20	236	PHI	Rollie Arns	C	Iowa St.
20	237	SFO	Ray Huizinga	T	Northwestern
20	238	NYG	Dick Christiansen	E	Arizona
20	239	CLE	Chuck Noll HOF	LB	Dayton
20	240	RAM	Bob Morford	B	Col. of Idaho
20	241	DET	Gerry Hart	T	Army/Mississippi
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
21	242	BAL	Frank Kirby	T	Bucknell
21	243	WAS	Jim Dublinski	C	Utah
21	244	CRD	Joe Curtis	E	Alabama
21	245	PIT	Don Earley	G	South Carolina
21	246	CHI	Wayne Martin	E	TCU
21	247	GNB	Bob Conway	B	Alabama
21	248	SFO	Ken Bahnsen	FB	North Texas
21	249	NYG	Gene Bullard	T	Louisiana Col.
21	250	PHI	Hal Brooks	T	Washington & Lee
21	251	CLE	Bill Crockett	G	Rice
21	252	RAM	Dick Gordon	T	Toledo
21	253	DET	Bob Tata	B	Virginia
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
22	254	BAL	Merlin Gish	C	Kansas
22	255	CRD	Hal Lokovsek	T	Washington St.
22	256	WAS	Ed Pucci	G	USC
22	257	CHI	Wayne Wood	T	Memphis
22	258	PIT	Ed O'Connor	T	Maryland
22	259	GNB	Bill Turnbeaugh	T	Auburn
22	260	NYG	Mike Kelly	E	Florida
22	261	PHI	Laurie LeClaire	B	Michigan
22	262	SFO	Laverne Robbins	G	Midwestern State (TX)
22	263	CLE	Byrd Looper	B	Duke
22	264	RAM	George Porter	T	Texas St.
22	265	DET	Pete Retzlaff	E	South Dakota St.
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
23	266	BAL	Mike Housepian	G	Tulane
23	267	WAS	Ed Bierne	E	Detroit Mercy
23	268	CRD	Jim Root	QB	Miami (OH)
23	269	PIT	Ray Correll	G	Kentucky
23	270	CHI	Jim Mask	E	Mississippi
23	271	GNB	Bill Murray	E	American Int.
23	272	PHI	Jeff Knox	E	Georgia Tech
23	273	SFO	Travis Hunt	T	Alabama
23	274	NYG	Ted Kukowski	C	Navy/Syracuse
23	275	CLE	Ronnie Kent	B	Tulane
23	276	RAM	Larry Willoughby	B	Fresno St.
23	277	DET	Carl Karilivacz	DB	Syracuse
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
24	278	BAL	Monte Brethauer	DB	Oregon
24	279	CRD	Brad Glass	G	Princeton
24	280	WAS	Stan Butterworth	B	Bucknell
24	281	CHI	Paul Hatcher	C	Arkansas City JC
24	282	PIT	Bob Schneidenbach	B	Miami (FL)
24	283	GNB	Jim Haslam	T	Tennessee
24	284	SFO	Ed Morgan	B	Tennessee
24	285	NYG	Charley Kubes	G	Minnesota
24	286	PHI	Eli Romero	B	Wichita St.
24	287	CLE	John Labenda	T	Wittenberg
24	288	RAM	Marlow Gudmundson	B	North Dakota St.
24	289	DET	Truett Grant	T	Duke
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
25	290	BAL	Joe Szombathy	E	Syracuse
25	291	WAS	Art Hurd	G	Maryland
25	292	CRD	Haywood Sullivan	B	Florida
25	293	PIT	Vic Hampel	E	Houston
25	294	CHI	Clyde Pickard	G	Wake Forest
25	295	GNB	Ike Jones	E	UCLA
25	296	NYG	Dan Drake	B	Rice
25	297	PHI	John Michels	G	Tennessee
25	298	SFO	Ernie Stockert	E	UCLA
25	299	CLE	Jim Ellis	B	Michigan St.
25	300	RAM	Ed Clemens	C	Dayton
25	301	DET	Marv Brown	HB	Texas A&M-Commerce
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
26	302	BAL	Scott Prescott	C	Minnesota
26	303	CRD	Don Ringe	T	Idaho
26	304	WAS	Walt Ashcraft	T	USC
26	305	CHI	Bob Evans	T	Pennsylvania
26	306	PIT	Jack McClairen	E	Bethune-Cookman
26	307	GNB	George Bozanic	B	USC
26	308	PHI	Harvey Achziger	T	Colorado St.
26	309	SFO	Harley Cooper	B	Arizona St.
26	310	NYG	Bill Wetzel	B	Syracuse
26	311	CLE	Charley Hoag	B	Kansas
26	312	RAM	Louie Yourkowski	T	Washington
26	313	DET	Jim Dooley	C	Penn St.
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
27	314	BAL	Ray Graves	B	Texas A&M
27	315	WAS	John Zanetti	T	John Carroll
27	316	CRD	C.O. Brocato	C	Baylor
27	317	PIT	Jack Delaney	B	Cincinnati
27	318	CHI	Marvin Wahlin	B	Arizona St.
27	319	GNB	Jim McConaughey	E	Houston
27	320	SFO	Ralph McLeod	E	LSU
27	321	NYG	Rosey Brown HOF	T	Morgan St.
27	322	PHI	Earl Hersh	B	West Chester
27	323	CLE	Jack Sisco	C	Baylor
27	324	RAM	Lou Welsh	C	USC
27	325	DET	Jackie Parker	B	Mississippi St.
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
28	326	BAL	Joe Sabol	B	UCLA
28	327	CRD	Mike Prokopiak	B	New Mexico
28	328	WAS	Bob Buckley	B	USC
28	329	CHI	Jim Caldwell	T	Tennessee St.
28	330	PIT	Joe Cimini	T	Mississippi St.
28	331	GNB	Zack Jordan	B	Colorado
28	332	NYG	Joe Ramona	G	Santa Clara
28	333	PHI	Joe Gratson	B	Penn St.
28	334	SFO	Tom Novikoff	B	Oregon
28	335	CLE	Ray Verkerk	T	North Texas
28	336	RAM	Jim Murray	T	Montana
28	337	DET	Laurin Pepper	B	Southern Miss
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
29	338	BAL	Jack Alessandrini	G	Notre Dame
29	339	WAS	Pat Shires	B	Tennessee
29	340	CRD	Earl Wrightenberry	T	Clemson
29	341	PIT	Art Massaro	B	Washington & Jefferson
29	342	CHI	Jack Lewis	E	Wake Forest
29	343	GNB	Henry O'Brien	G	Boston Col.
29	344	PHI	Ralph Paolone	B	Kentucky
29	345	SFO	Don Stillwell	E	USC
29	346	NYG	Bob Griffis	G	Furman
29	347	CLE	Clell Hobson	B	Alabama
29	348	RAM	Ray Lewis	E	Boise JC
29	349	DET	Harley Rector	T
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
30	350	BAL	Tom Roche	T	Northwestern
30	351	CRD	Bill Gaudreau	B	Notre Dame
30	352	WAS	Bob Mathias	B	Stanford
30	353	CHI	Bill Brehany	QB	VMI
30	354	PIT	Lou Tepe	C	Duke
30	355	GNB	Al Barry	G	USC
30	356	NYG	Stavros Canakes	G	Minnesota
30	357	PHI	Chuck Hren	B	Northwestern
30	358	CLE	Andy Myers	G	Tennessee
30	359	RAM	Fritz Phren	B	Col. of the Ozarks
30	360	DET	Hal Maus	E	Montana