1943

1944 Rankings
​Final

1945

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Army	(9-0-0)		0.9107	Independent
2	Ohio State	(9-0-0)		0.8680	Big Ten
3	Oklahoma State	(8-1-0)		0.7053	Missouri Valley
4	Notre Dame	(8-2-0)		0.7022	Independent
5	Michigan	(8-2-0)		0.6842	Big Ten
6	Iowa Pre-Flight	(10-1-0)		0.6788	Military Teams
7	Randolph Field	(12-0-0)		0.6589	Military Teams
8	Georgia Tech	(8-3-0)		0.6144	Southeastern
9	Navy	(6-3-0)		0.5899	Independent
10	Tennessee	(7-1-1)		0.5698	Southeastern
11	Wake Forest	(8-1-0)		0.5660	Southern
12	Tulsa	(8-2-0)		0.5567	Missouri Valley
13	Yale	(7-0-1)		0.5313	Independent
14	Indiana	(7-3-0)		0.5094	Big Ten
15	Texas	(5-4-0)		0.5003	Southwest
16	Georgia	(7-3-0)		0.4631	Southeastern
17	Alabama	(5-2-2)		0.4573	Southeastern
18	Texas Christian	(7-3-1)		0.4565	Southwest
19	Duke	(6-4-0)		0.4430	Southern
20	Great Lakes Navy	(9-2-1)		0.4384	Military Teams
21	Texas A&M	(7-4-0)		0.4297	Southwest
22	Southern California	(8-0-2)		0.4224	Pacific Coast
23	Pennsylvania	(5-3-0)		0.4134	Independent
24	Tulane	(4-3-0)		0.4065	Southeastern
25	Mississippi State	(6-2-0)		0.3923	Southeastern
26	Illinois	(5-4-1)		0.3816	Big Ten
27	Minnesota	(5-3-1)		0.3798	Big Ten
28	Iowa State	(6-1-1)		0.3714	Big Six
29	North Carolina State	(7-2-0)		0.3676	Southern
30	Michigan State	(6-1-0)		0.3652	Independent
31	Louisiana State	(2-5-1)		0.3516	Southeastern
32	Oklahoma	(6-3-1)		0.3436	Big Six
33	Purdue	(5-5-0)		0.3370	Big Ten
34	Colorado	(6-2-0)		0.3141	Mountain States
35	Second Air Force	(9-4-1)		0.2928	Military Teams
36	Coast Guard	(6-3-0)		0.2868	Independent
37	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.2847	Southwest
38	Virginia	(6-1-2)		0.2842	Independent
39	Southern Methodist	(5-5-0)		0.2816	Southwest
40	March Field	(7-2-2)		0.2617	Military Teams
41	Clemson	(4-5-0)		0.2552	Southern
42	Arkansas	(5-5-1)		0.2486	Southwest
43	Penn State	(6-3-0)		0.2476	Independent
44	Drake	(7-2-0)		0.2299	Missouri Valley
45	Missouri	(3-5-2)		0.2109	Big Six
46	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.2050	Independent
47	Washington	(5-2-0)		0.1998	Pacific Coast
48	Utah	(5-2-1)		0.1979	Mountain States
49	Pittsburgh	(4-5-0)		0.1860	Independent
50	Auburn	(4-4-0)		0.1747	Southeastern
51	Denver	(4-3-2)		0.1725	Mountain States
52	Amarillo Field	(5-3-0)		0.1702	Military Teams
53	Southwestern (Texas)	(2-5-0)		0.1582	Independent
54	Bucknell	(7-2-1)		0.1519	Independent
55	William & Mary	(5-2-1)		0.1459	Southern
56	Kentucky	(3-6-0)		0.1416	Southeastern
57	Holy Cross	(5-2-2)		0.1405	Independent
58	Wisconsin	(3-6-0)		0.1228	Big Ten
59	Florida	(4-3-0)		0.1127	Southeastern
60	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.1033	Independent
61	Fort Warren	(5-4-1)		0.0860	Military Teams
62	West Texas A&M	(4-3-0)		0.0764	Border
62=	Brown	(3-4-1)		0.0764	Independent
64	Dartmouth	(2-5-1)		0.0723	Independent
65	St. Mary's Pre-Flight	(4-4-0)		0.0700	Military Teams
66	West Virginia	(5-3-1)		0.0600	Independent
67	UCLA	(4-5-1)		0.0359	Pacific Coast
68	Utah State	(3-3-0)		0.0039	Mountain States
69	Northwestern	(1-7-1)		-0.0293	Big Ten
70	Mississippi	(2-6-0)		-0.0317	Southeastern
71	Kansas	(3-6-1)		-0.0344	Big Six
72	Alameda Coast Guard	(4-2-2)		-0.0345	Military Teams
73	Colgate	(2-5-0)		-0.0524	Independent
74	North Carolina	(1-7-1)		-0.0564	Southern
75	Boston College	(4-3-0)		-0.0866	Independent
76	Lubbock Field	(5-4-0)		-0.0893	Military Teams
77	Temple	(2-4-2)		-0.1122	Independent
78	South Carolina	(3-4-2)		-0.1175	Southern
79	Idaho State	(4-5-0)		-0.1300	Independent
80	Iowa	(1-7-0)		-0.1438	Big Ten
81	Villanova	(4-4-0)		-0.1470	Independent
82	Colorado College	(3-6-0)		-0.1534	Independent
83	Nebraska	(2-6-0)		-0.1630	Big Six
84	Syracuse	(2-4-1)		-0.1831	Independent
85	Marquette	(1-7-0)		-0.1970	Independent
86	California	(3-6-1)		-0.2055	Pacific Coast
87	Maryland	(1-7-1)		-0.2236	Southern
88	Columbia	(2-6-0)		-0.2352	Independent
89	Presbyterian	(3-6-0)		-0.3335	Independent
90	Kansas State	(2-5-2)		-0.3369	Big Six
91	Virginia Military Institute	(1-8-0)		-0.3487	Southern
92	Richmond	(2-6-0)		-0.3869	Southern
93	Miami (Florida)	(1-7-1)		-0.4052	Independent
94	New Mexico	(1-7-0)		-0.4308	Border
95	New York University	(2-5-0)		-0.4935	Independent
96	Northern Arizona	(0-1-0)		-0.8582	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Missouri Valley	0.4973
2	Southwest	0.3669
3	Big Ten	0.3455
4	Southeastern	0.3320
5	Military Teams	0.2533
6	Mountain States	0.1721
7	Pacific Coast	0.1131
8	Independent	0.0985
9	Big Six	0.0653
10	Southern	0.0644
11	Border	-0.4042