1943

1944 Rankings
​Final

1945

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Army	(9-0-0)		0.9237	Independent
2	Ohio State	(9-0-0)		0.8951	Big Ten
3	Notre Dame	(8-2-0)		0.7046	Independent
4	Michigan	(8-2-0)		0.6994	Big Ten
5	Iowa Pre-Flight	(10-1-0)		0.6919	Military Teams
6	Randolph Field	(12-0-0)		0.6395	Military Teams
7	Georgia Tech	(8-3-0)		0.5985	Southeastern
8	Oklahoma State	(8-1-0)		0.5845	Missouri Valley
9	Wake Forest	(8-1-0)		0.5641	Southern
10	Navy	(6-3-0)		0.5577	Independent
11	Yale	(7-0-1)		0.5558	Independent
12	Tennessee	(7-1-1)		0.5536	Southeastern
13	Indiana	(7-3-0)		0.5114	Big Ten
14	Tulsa	(8-2-0)		0.5112	Missouri Valley
15	Great Lakes Navy	(9-2-1)		0.4508	Military Teams
16	Georgia	(7-3-0)		0.4375	Southeastern
17	Alabama	(5-2-2)		0.4363	Southeastern
18	Texas	(5-4-0)		0.4230	Southwest
19	Duke	(6-4-0)		0.4063	Southern
20	Southern California	(8-0-2)		0.4037	Pacific Coast
21	Pennsylvania	(5-3-0)		0.3906	Independent
22	Minnesota	(5-3-1)		0.3840	Big Ten
23	Texas Christian	(7-3-1)		0.3773	Southwest
24	Illinois	(5-4-1)		0.3747	Big Ten
25	North Carolina State	(7-2-0)		0.3633	Southern
26	Iowa State	(6-1-1)		0.3628	Big Six
27	Texas A&M	(7-4-0)		0.3621	Southwest
28	Michigan State	(6-1-0)		0.3578	Independent
29	Tulane	(4-3-0)		0.3532	Southeastern
30	Mississippi State	(6-2-0)		0.3479	Southeastern
31	Purdue	(5-5-0)		0.3317	Big Ten
32	Louisiana State	(2-5-1)		0.3006	Southeastern
33	Virginia	(6-1-2)		0.2862	Independent
34	Colorado	(6-2-0)		0.2610	Mountain States
35	Coast Guard	(6-3-0)		0.2594	Independent
36	Second Air Force	(9-4-1)		0.2479	Military Teams
37	Oklahoma	(6-3-1)		0.2410	Big Six
38	March Field	(7-2-2)		0.2283	Military Teams
39	Clemson	(4-5-0)		0.2137	Southern
40	Drake	(7-2-0)		0.1971	Missouri Valley
41	Penn State	(6-3-0)		0.1953	Independent
42	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.1732	Southwest
43	Southern Methodist	(5-5-0)		0.1518	Southwest
44	Missouri	(3-5-2)		0.1498	Big Six
45	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.1443	Independent
46	Washington	(5-2-0)		0.1429	Pacific Coast
47	Utah	(5-2-1)		0.1358	Mountain States
48	Denver	(4-3-2)		0.1299	Mountain States
49	Auburn	(4-4-0)		0.1229	Southeastern
50	Pittsburgh	(4-5-0)		0.1226	Independent
51	William & Mary	(5-2-1)		0.1178	Southern
52	Bucknell	(7-2-1)		0.1076	Independent
53	Arkansas	(5-5-1)		0.0921	Southwest
54	Wisconsin	(3-6-0)		0.0846	Big Ten
55	Holy Cross	(5-2-2)		0.0840	Independent
56	Kentucky	(3-6-0)		0.0752	Southeastern
57	Southwestern (Texas)	(2-5-0)		0.0663	Independent
58	Amarillo Field	(5-3-0)		0.0509	Military Teams
59	Dartmouth	(2-5-1)		0.0177	Independent
60	Fort Warren	(5-4-1)		0.0167	Military Teams
61	Brown	(3-4-1)		0.0165	Independent
62	Florida	(4-3-0)		0.0127	Southeastern
63	West Virginia	(5-3-1)		-0.0233	Independent
64	St. Mary's Pre-Flight	(4-4-0)		-0.0408	Military Teams
65	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		-0.0434	Border
66	UCLA	(4-5-1)		-0.0789	Pacific Coast
67	Northwestern	(1-7-1)		-0.0957	Big Ten
68	West Texas A&M	(4-3-0)		-0.1137	Border
69	Alameda Coast Guard	(4-2-2)		-0.1240	Military Teams
70	North Carolina	(1-7-1)		-0.1354	Southern
71	Utah State	(3-3-0)		-0.1443	Mountain States
72	Kansas	(3-6-1)		-0.1706	Big Six
73	South Carolina	(3-4-2)		-0.1907	Southern
74	Temple	(2-4-2)		-0.2105	Independent
75	Mississippi	(2-6-0)		-0.2201	Southeastern
76	Colgate	(2-5-0)		-0.2273	Independent
77	Iowa	(1-7-0)		-0.2887	Big Ten
78	Boston College	(4-3-0)		-0.3033	Independent
79	Idaho State	(4-5-0)		-0.3356	Independent
80	Marquette	(1-7-0)		-0.3369	Independent
81	Colorado College	(3-6-0)		-0.3525	Independent
82	Villanova	(4-4-0)		-0.3531	Independent
83	Nebraska	(2-6-0)		-0.3653	Big Six
84	Lubbock Field	(5-4-0)		-0.3663	Military Teams
85	Maryland	(1-7-1)		-0.3791	Southern
86	Syracuse	(2-4-1)		-0.3852	Independent
87	Columbia	(2-6-0)		-0.4210	Independent
88	California	(3-6-1)		-0.4548	Pacific Coast
89	Kansas State	(2-5-2)		-0.5574	Big Six
90	Virginia Military Institute	(1-8-0)		-0.5782	Southern
91	Presbyterian	(3-6-0)		-0.6253	Independent
92	Richmond	(2-6-0)		-0.6716	Southern
93	Miami (Florida)	(1-7-1)		-0.7003	Independent
94	New Mexico	(1-7-0)		-0.7824	Border
95	New York University	(2-5-0)		-0.9206	Independent
96	Northern Arizona	(0-1-0)		-1.5475	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Missouri Valley	0.4309
2	Big Ten	0.3218
3	Southeastern	0.2744
4	Southwest	0.2632
5	Military Teams	0.1795
6	Mountain States	0.0956
7	Pacific Coast	0.0032
8	Independent	-0.0140
9	Southern	-0.0290
10	Big Six	-0.0566
11	Border	-0.6218