Sep 18 1952* (pre-season) - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95991295/1952-09-18-coaches-poll-pre-season/ 1. Michigan State (11) 2. Maryland (13) 3. Georgia Tech (1) 4. Oklahoma (5) 5. California 6. Illinois (1) 7. Wisconsin 8. Tennessee (1) 9. Notre Dame (1) 10. Texas (1) 11. Texas Christian 12. Kansas T-13. Pennsylvania -- . Southern California 15. UCLA 16. Purdue 17. Washington State 18. Princeton 19. Duke T-20. Syracuse -- . Virginia Others Receiving Votes: Kentucky, Arizona State, Holy Cross, Clemson, Tulsa, Alabama, Mississippi, Ohio State, Louisiana State, Rice, Wyoming * One coach declined to vote in the pre-season, so there are only 34 first-place votes this week Sep 22 1952 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95994332/1952-09-23-coaches-poll/ 1. Michigan State (14) 2. Georgia Tech (6) 3. Maryland (8) 4. California (1) 5. Oklahoma (2) 6. Illinois 7. Texas (1) 8. Southern California (1) 9. Kansas (2) 10. Wisconsin T-11. Notre Dame -- . Tennessee 13. Villanova 14. Duke 15. Pennsylvania 16. Michigan 17. Purdue T-18. Clemson -- . Stanford T-20. Ohio State -- . Penn State -- . Princeton -- . Rice -- . UCLA Others Receiving Votes: Washington, Holy Cross, Nebraska, Virginia, Tulsa, Alabama, Oregon State, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas Christian Sep 30 1952 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95995446/1952-09-30-coaches-poll/ 1. Michigan State (23) 2. California (1) 3. Texas (1) 4. Illinois (3) 5. Maryland (4) 6. Southern California 7. Georgia Tech 8. Wisconsin (1) 9. Kansas 10. Oklahoma 11. Tennessee (1) 12. Duke (1) T-13. Ohio State -- . Princeton 15. Villanova 16. UCLA 17. Pennsylvania 18. Notre Dame 19. Virginia 20. Georgia Others Receiving Votes: Washington, Colorado, Arizona State, Alabama, Kentucky, Rice, Navy, Holy Cross, Purdue, Tulsa Oct 7 1952 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95996633/1952-10-07-coaches-poll/ 1. Michigan State (11) 2. California (9) 3. Wisconsin (6) 4. Maryland (4) 5. Georgia Tech (3) 6. Southern California 7. Oklahoma 8. Duke 9. Notre Dame 10. Kansas (1) 11. UCLA 12. Princeton 13. Georgia 14. Texas 15. Pennsylvania 16. Purdue 17. Alabama (1) 18. Illinois T-19. Virginia -- . Baylor Others Receiving Votes: Navy, Stanford, Villanova, Nebraska, Holy Cross, Rice Oct 14 1952 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95997370/1952-10-14-coaches-poll/ 1. Michigan State (14) 2. California (8) 3. Maryland (6) 4. Georgia Tech (3) 5. Oklahoma (3) 6. Kansas 7. Southern California 8. Duke 9. Purdue (1) 10. UCLA 11. Pennsylvania 12. Ohio State 13. Illinois 14. Wisconsin T-15. Navy -- . Villanova 17. Virginia 18. Stanford 19. Alabama 20. Pittsburgh Others Receiving Votes: Baylor, Princeton, Notre Dame, Louisiana State, Army Oct 21 1952 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95998198/1952-10-21-coaches-poll/ 1. Michitan State (19) 2. Maryland (5) 3. California (4) 4. Oklahoma (4) 5. Georgia Tech (3) 6. Southern California 7. Duke 8. UCLA 9. Wisconsin 10. Ohio State 11. Notre Dame 12. Pennsylvania 13. Villanova 14. Texas 15. Virginia T-16. Kansas -- . Tennessee 18. Pittsburgh 19. Penn State T-20. Minnessota -- . Illinois Others Receiving Votes: Princeton, Purdue, Holy Cross, Michigan, Stanford, Maylor, Georgia, Mississippi Oct 28 1952 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95999283/1952-10-28-coaches-poll/ 1. Michigan State (19) 2. Maryland (6) 3. Southern California (3) 4. Oklahoma (2) 5. Georgia Tech (2) 6. UCLA (2) 7. Duke 8. Purdue (1) 9. California 10. Kansas 11. Notre Dame 12. Pennsylvania 13. Villanova 14. Michigan 15. Tennessee 16. Texas T-17. Princeton -- . Wisconsin 19. Baylor T-20. Illinois -- . Pittsburgh -- . Washington Others Receiving Votes: Navy, Penn State, Virginia Nov 4 1952 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96000963/1952-11-04-coaches-poll/ 1. Michigan State (17) 2. Maryland (9) 3. UCLA (2) 4. Georgia Tech (6) 5. Oklahoma (1) 6. Southern California 7. Kansas 8. Notre Dame 9. Purdue 10. Tennessee 11. Duke 12. Texas 13. Villanova 14. Penn State 15. Princeton T-16. California -- . Wisconsin 18. Missisppi T-19. Alabama -- . Illinois Others Receiving Votes: Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Washington Nov 11 1952 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96001724/1952-11-11-coaches-poll/ 1. Michigan State (18) 2. Georgia Tech (5) 3. Maryland (5) 4. UCLA (4) 5. Southern California (2) 6. Notre Dame (1) 7. Oklahoma 8. Tennessee 9. Purdue 10. Texas 11. Wisconsin 12. Mississippi T-13. Alabama -- . Pittsburgh 15. Princeton 16. Duke 17. Kansas 18. Villanova T-19. Illinois -- . Navy Others Receiving Votes: Washington, California, Michigan, Florida Nov 18 1952 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96002424/1952-11-18-coaches-poll/ 1. Michigan State (29) 2. Southern California (1) 3. UCLA (2) 4. Georgia Tech (2) 5. Oklahoma (1) 6. Maryland 7. Tennessee 8. Mississippi 9. Texas 10. Notre Dame 11. Wisconsin 12. Pittsburgh 13. Michigan T-14. Alabama -- . Princeton 16. Purdue 17. Army 18. Navy 19. Houston T-20. Duke -- . Kentucky Others Receiving Votes: Kansas Nov 25 1952 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96003345/1952-11-25-coaches-poll/ 1. Michigan State (27) 2. Southern California (5) 3. Georgia Tech (3) 4. UCLA 5. Oklahoma 6. Notre Dame 7. Mississippi 8. Tennessee 9. Alabama 10. Texas 11. Wisconsin 12. Maryland 13. Purdue T-14. Ohio State -- . Duke 16. Princeton 17. Florida 18. Pittsburgh T-19. Navy -- . Houston Others Receiving Votes: Kentucky, Tulsa, Syracuse, Penn State, Pennsylvania, California, Minnesota, Villanova Dec 2 1952 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96009623/1952-12-02-coaches-poll/ 1. Michigan State (32) 2. Georgia Tech (1) 3. Notre Dame (1) T-4. Oklahoma (1) - . Southern California 6. UCLA 7. Mississippi 8. Tennessee 9. Alabama 10. Wisconsin 11. Texas 12. Purdue 13. Maryland 14. Princeton T-15. Ohio State -- . Pittsburgh 17. Navy 18. Duke T-19. Houston -- . Kentucky Others Receiving Votes: Pennsylvania, Florida, Tulsa, Illinois