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:

Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct ▾	AP High	AP Post
1	Michigan State	Ind	9	0	0	1	1	1
2	Georgia Tech	SEC	12	0	0	1	2	2
3	Southern California	PCC	10	1	0	0.909	2	5
4	UCLA	PCC	8	1	0	0.889	3	6
5	Princeton	Ind	8	1	0	0.889	10	19
6	Oklahoma	Big 7	8	1	1	0.85	3	4
7	Alabama	SEC	10	2	0	0.833	8	9
8	Villanova	Ind	7	1	1	0.833	10
9	Texas	SWC	9	2	0	0.818	5	10
10	Mississippi	SEC	8	1	2	0.818	6	7
11	Duke	Southern	8	2	0	0.8	5	16
12	Virginia	Ind	8	2	0	0.8	9
13	Houston	MVC	8	2	0	0.8	19
14	Holy Cross	Ind	8	2	0	0.8	20
15	Maryland	Ind	7	2	0	0.778	2	13
16	West Virginia	Southern	7	2	0	0.778
17	New Mexico	Skyline	7	2	0	0.778
18	Yale	Ind	7	2	0	0.778
19	Tennessee	SEC	8	2	1	0.773	6	8
20	Tulsa	MVC	8	2	1	0.773	11	12
21	Notre Dame	Ind	7	2	1	0.75	3	3
22	Penn State	Ind	7	2	1	0.75	15
23	Florida	SEC	8	3	0	0.727	15	15
24	Navy	Ind	6	2	1	0.722	17
25	George Washington	Southern	6	2	1	0.722
26	California	PCC	7	3	0	0.7	3
27	Kansas	Big 7	7	3	0	0.7	7
28	Syracuse	Ind	7	3	0	0.7	13	14
29	Washington	PCC	7	3	0	0.7	17
30	Colorado	Big 7	6	2	2	0.7
31	Pacific	Ind	7	3	1	0.682
32	Ohio State	Western	6	3	0	0.667	14	17
33	Pittsburgh	Ind	6	3	0	0.667	14
34	San Jose State	Ind	6	3	0	0.667
35	Colgate	Ind	6	3	0	0.667
36	Arizona State	BIAA	6	3	0	0.667
37	Wisconsin	Western	6	3	1	0.65	1	11
38	Furman	Southern	6	3	1	0.65
39	Utah	Skyline	6	3	1	0.65
40	Georgia	SEC	7	4	0	0.636	19
41	Colorado State	Skyline	6	4	0	0.6
42	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA	5	3	2	0.6
43	Arizona	BIAA	6	4	0	0.6
44	Purdue	Western	4	3	2	0.556	8	18
45	Pennsylvania	Ind	4	3	2	0.556	11
46	Michigan	Western	5	4	0	0.556	12
47	Minnesota	Western	4	3	2	0.556
48	Wyoming	Skyline	5	4	0	0.556
49	Mississippi State	SEC	5	4	0	0.556
50	Harvard	Ind	5	4	0	0.556
51	Wake Forest	Southern	5	4	1	0.55
52	Boston University	Ind	5	4	1	0.55
53	Nebraska	Big 7	5	4	1	0.55
54	Kentucky	SEC	5	4	2	0.545	19	20
55	Texas Christian	SWC	4	4	2	0.5	9
56	Stanford	PCC	5	5	0	0.5	13
57	Rice	SWC	5	5	0	0.5	17
58	Baylor	SWC	4	4	2	0.5
59	South Carolina	Southern	5	5	0	0.5
60	Tulane	SEC	5	5	0	0.5
61	Idaho	PCC	4	4	1	0.5
62	Rutgers	Ind	4	4	1	0.5
63	Boston College	Ind	4	4	1	0.5
64	Army	Ind	4	4	1	0.5
65	Texas-El Paso	BIAA	5	5	1	0.5
66	Missouri	Big 7	5	5	0	0.5
67	Virginia Tech	Southern	5	6	0	0.455
68	Southern Methodist	SWC	4	5	1	0.45
69	Illinois	Western	4	5	0	0.444	2
70	William & Mary	Southern	4	5	0	0.444
71	Northern Arizona	BIAA	3	4	0	0.429
72	Washington State	PCC	4	6	0	0.4	15
73	Brigham Young	Skyline	4	6	0	0.4
74	Vanderbilt	SEC	3	5	2	0.4
75	Citadel	Southern	3	5	1	0.389
76	Marquette	Ind	3	5	1	0.389
77	Miami (FL)	Ind	4	7	0	0.364
78	Texas A&M	SWC	3	6	1	0.35
79	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	3	6	1	0.35
80	Wichita State	MVC	3	6	1	0.35
81	Detroit Mercy	MVC	3	6	0	0.333
82	West Texas A&M	BIAA	3	6	0	0.333
83	Iowa State	Big 7	3	6	0	0.333
84	Utah State	Skyline	3	7	1	0.318
85	Texas Tech	BIAA	3	7	1	0.318
86	New York University	Ind	2	5	1	0.313
87	Fordham	Ind	2	5	1	0.313
88	North Carolina State	Southern	3	7	0	0.3
89	Washington & Lee	Southern	3	7	0	0.3
90	Denver	Skyline	3	7	0	0.3
91	Louisiana State	SEC	3	7	0	0.3
92	Oklahoma State	MVC	3	7	0	0.3
93	Northwestern	Western	2	6	1	0.278
94	Santa Clara	Ind	2	6	1	0.278
95	Columbia	Ind	2	6	1	0.278
96	Clemson	Ind	2	6	1	0.278
97	New Mexico State	BIAA	2	6	1	0.278
98	North Carolina	Southern	2	6	0	0.25
99	Montana	Skyline	2	7	1	0.25
100	Oregon	PCC	2	7	1	0.25
101	Temple	Ind	2	7	1	0.25
102	Indiana	Western	2	7	0	0.222
103	Iowa	Western	2	7	0	0.222
104	Davidson	Southern	2	7	0	0.222
105	Oregon State	PCC	2	7	0	0.222
106	Drake	Ind	2	7	0	0.222
107	Dartmouth	Ind	2	7	0	0.222
108	Cornell	Ind	2	7	0	0.222
109	Brown	Ind	2	7	0	0.222
110	Arkansas	SWC	2	8	0	0.2
111	Auburn	SEC	2	8	0	0.2
112	Richmond	Southern	1	9	0	0.1
113	Kansas State	Big 7	1	9	0	0.1
Most Points per game: 41
Oklahoma
Fewest Points allowed per game: 4
Southern California
Notable NFL players drafted in 1953:
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	CarAV ▾	College/Univ
7	79	GNB	Jim Ringo HOF	C	77	Syracuse
1	11	CLE	Doug Atkins HOF	DE	71	Tennessee
22	265	DET	Pete Retzlaff	E	59	South Dakota St.
7	85	DET	Joe Schmidt HOF	LB	53	Pittsburgh
27	321	NYG	Rosey Brown HOF	T	50	Morgan St.
3	31	GNB	Bill Forester	LB	48	SMU
2	18	PIT	John Henry Johnson HOF	FB	41	Arizona St.
9	99	CRD	Ed Husmann	DT	41	Nebraska
2	16	WAS	Dick Modzelewski	DT	39	Maryland
5	54	CHI	Stan Jones HOF	G	39	Maryland
13	155	CLE	Galen Fiss	LB	39	Kansas