1942

1943 Rankings
​Final

1944

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(9-1-0)		0.9111	Independent
2	Navy	(8-1-0)		0.7573	Independent
3	Purdue	(9-0-0)		0.7519	Big Ten
4	Duke	(8-1-0)		0.6926	Southern
5	Iowa Pre-Flight	(9-1-0)		0.6670	Military Teams
6	Michigan	(8-1-0)		0.6408	Big Ten
7	Great Lakes Navy	(10-2-0)		0.5946	Military Teams
8	Northwestern	(6-2-0)		0.5728	Big Ten
9	Pacific	(7-2-0)		0.5389	Independent
10	Del Monte Pre-Flight	(7-1-0)		0.5380	Military Teams
11	Georgia Tech	(8-3-0)		0.5326	Southeastern
12	Dartmouth	(6-1-0)		0.5223	Independent
13	March Field	(9-1-0)		0.4990	Military Teams
14	Southern California	(8-2-0)		0.4926	Pacific Coast
15	Colorado College	(7-0-0)		0.4800	Independent
16	North Carolina	(6-3-0)		0.4546	Southern
17	Pennsylvania	(6-2-1)		0.4431	Independent
18	Army	(7-2-1)		0.4419	Independent
19	Washington	(1-1-0)		0.4280	Pacific Coast
20	Tulsa	(6-1-1)		0.3942	Missouri Valley
21	Holy Cross	(6-2-0)		0.3838	Independent
22	Georgia Pre-Flight	(5-1-0)		0.3759	Military Teams
23	Fort Riley	(6-2-1)		0.3540	Military Teams
24	Oklahoma	(7-2-0)		0.3518	Big Six
25	Richmond	(6-1-0)		0.3423	Southern
26	Texas	(7-1-1)		0.3412	Southwest
27	Alameda Coast Guard	(4-2-1)		0.3128	Military Teams
28	Minnesota	(5-4-0)		0.2990	Big Ten
29	Texas A&M	(7-2-1)		0.2957	Southwest
30	Penn State	(5-3-1)		0.2930	Independent
31	Cornell	(6-4-0)		0.2841	Independent
32	Colorado	(5-2-0)		0.2534	Mountain States
33	Louisiana State	(6-3-0)		0.2415	Southeastern
34	Colgate	(5-3-1)		0.2374	Independent
35	St. Mary's Pre-Flight	(3-4-1)		0.2365	Military Teams
36	Indiana	(4-4-2)		0.2286	Big Ten
37	Ohio State	(3-6-0)		0.1957	Big Ten
38	Camp Grant	(2-6-2)		0.1923	Military Teams
39	Brown	(5-3-0)		0.1878	Independent
40	South Carolina	(5-2-0)		0.1802	Southern
41	Marquette	(3-4-1)		0.1788	Independent
42	Villanova	(5-3-0)		0.1279	Independent
43	California	(4-6-0)		0.1157	Pacific Coast
44	Illinois	(3-7-0)		0.0975	Big Ten
45	Virginia	(3-4-1)		0.0930	Independent
46	Georgia	(6-4-0)		0.0928	Southeastern
47	Missouri	(3-5-0)		0.0715	Big Six
48	Iowa State	(4-4-0)		0.0516	Big Six
49	West Virginia	(4-3-0)		0.0410	Independent
50	North Carolina Pre-Flight	(2-4-1)		0.0407	Military Teams
51	Yale	(4-5-0)		0.0309	Independent
52	Pittsburgh	(3-5-0)		0.0107	Independent
53	Tulane	(3-3-0)		0.0073	Southeastern
54	Kansas	(4-5-1)		0.0011	Big Six
55	Wake Forest	(4-5-0)		-0.0166	Southern
56	Iowa	(1-6-1)		-0.0202	Big Ten
57	St. Mary's	(2-5-0)		-0.0649	Independent
58	Wisconsin	(1-9-0)		-0.1583	Big Ten
59	Texas Tech	(4-6-0)		-0.1725	Independent
60	UCLA	(1-8-0)		-0.1808	Pacific Coast
61	Temple	(2-6-0)		-0.1865	Independent
62	Maryland	(4-5-0)		-0.1939	Southern
63	Oklahoma State	(3-4-0)		-0.2120	Missouri Valley
64	Southern Methodist	(2-7-0)		-0.2266	Southwest
65	Clemson	(2-6-0)		-0.2463	Southern
66	North Carolina State	(3-6-0)		-0.2674	Southern
67	Denver	(2-5-0)		-0.2706	Mountain States
68	Rice	(3-7-0)		-0.2763	Southwest
69	Princeton	(1-6-0)		-0.2886	Independent
70	Arkansas	(2-7-0)		-0.2902	Southwest
71	Texas Christian	(2-6-0)		-0.3018	Southwest
72	Nebraska	(2-6-0)		-0.3087	Big Six
73	San Francisco	(1-7-0)		-0.3793	Independent
74	Virginia Military Institute	(2-6-0)		-0.3833	Southern
75	Columbia	(0-8-0)		-0.4099	Independent
76	Kansas State	(1-7-0)		-0.5223	Big Six
77	Utah	(0-7-0)		-0.5660	Mountain States
78	Davidson	(0-3-0)		-0.9057	Southern

Average Ratings by Conference (1943)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Military Teams		0.3811
2	Big Ten		0.2898
3	Southeastern		0.2185
4	Pacific Coast		0.2139
5	Independent		0.1859
6	Missouri Valley		0.0911
7	Southern		-0.0344
8	Big Six		-0.0592
9	Southwest		-0.0763
10	Mountain States		-0.1944