1943

1944 Rankings
​Final

1945

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Army	(9-0-0)		0.8680	Independent
2	Ohio State	(9-0-0)		0.8195	Big Ten
3	Notre Dame	(8-2-0)		0.6580	Independent
4	Michigan	(8-2-0)		0.6493	Big Ten
5	Iowa Pre-Flight	(10-1-0)		0.6459	Military Teams
6	Oklahoma State	(8-1-0)		0.6385	Missouri Valley
7	Randolph Field	(12-0-0)		0.6100	Military Teams
8	Georgia Tech	(8-3-0)		0.5737	Southeastern
9	Navy	(6-3-0)		0.5636	Independent
10	Wake Forest	(8-1-0)		0.5511	Southern
11	Tennessee	(7-1-1)		0.5324	Southeastern
12	Yale	(7-0-1)		0.5217	Independent
13	Tulsa	(8-2-0)		0.4890	Missouri Valley
14	Indiana	(7-3-0)		0.4797	Big Ten
15	Southern California	(8-0-2)		0.4584	Pacific Coast
16	Texas	(5-4-0)		0.4386	Southwest
17	Duke	(6-4-0)		0.4251	Southern
18	Georgia	(7-3-0)		0.4234	Southeastern
19	Great Lakes Navy	(9-2-1)		0.4145	Military Teams
20	Texas Christian	(7-3-1)		0.4137	Southwest
21	Alabama	(5-2-2)		0.4068	Southeastern
22	Pennsylvania	(5-3-0)		0.3967	Independent
23	Minnesota	(5-3-1)		0.3921	Big Ten
24	Texas A&M	(7-4-0)		0.3720	Southwest
25	Tulane	(4-3-0)		0.3710	Southeastern
26	Iowa State	(6-1-1)		0.3668	Big Six
27	North Carolina State	(7-2-0)		0.3647	Southern
28	Illinois	(5-4-1)		0.3559	Big Ten
29	Michigan State	(6-1-0)		0.3536	Independent
30	Mississippi State	(6-2-0)		0.3464	Southeastern
31	Virginia	(6-1-2)		0.3401	Independent
32	Oklahoma	(6-3-1)		0.3288	Big Six
33	Purdue	(5-5-0)		0.3176	Big Ten
34	Colorado	(6-2-0)		0.3157	Mountain States
35	Louisiana State	(2-5-1)		0.3062	Southeastern
36	Second Air Force	(9-4-1)		0.2880	Military Teams
37	March Field	(7-2-2)		0.2845	Military Teams
38	Coast Guard	(6-3-0)		0.2822	Independent
39	Clemson	(4-5-0)		0.2461	Southern
40	Penn State	(6-3-0)		0.2426	Independent
41	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.2369	Southwest
42	Southern Methodist	(5-5-0)		0.2327	Southwest
43	Denver	(4-3-2)		0.2227	Mountain States
44	Utah	(5-2-1)		0.2223	Mountain States
45	Drake	(7-2-0)		0.2204	Missouri Valley
46	Missouri	(3-5-2)		0.2117	Big Six
47	Holy Cross	(5-2-2)		0.2022	Independent
48	Arkansas	(5-5-1)		0.2011	Southwest
49	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.1966	Independent
50	William & Mary	(5-2-1)		0.1904	Southern
51	Bucknell	(7-2-1)		0.1869	Independent
52	Pittsburgh	(4-5-0)		0.1822	Independent
53	Washington	(5-2-0)		0.1698	Pacific Coast
54	Auburn	(4-4-0)		0.1557	Southeastern
55	Amarillo Field	(5-3-0)		0.1496	Military Teams
56	Fort Warren	(5-4-1)		0.1452	Military Teams
57	Kentucky	(3-6-0)		0.1274	Southeastern
58	West Virginia	(5-3-1)		0.1245	Independent
59	Wisconsin	(3-6-0)		0.1238	Big Ten
60	Brown	(3-4-1)		0.1044	Independent
61	Dartmouth	(2-5-1)		0.1041	Independent
62	Southwestern (Texas)	(2-5-0)		0.0813	Independent
63	St. Mary's Pre-Flight	(4-4-0)		0.0783	Military Teams
64	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.0680	Independent
65	Alameda Coast Guard	(4-2-2)		0.0600	Military Teams
66	UCLA	(4-5-1)		0.0484	Pacific Coast
67	Florida	(4-3-0)		0.0389	Southeastern
68	South Carolina	(3-4-2)		0.0233	Southern
69	Temple	(2-4-2)		0.0029	Independent
70	North Carolina	(1-7-1)		-0.0043	Southern
71	Kansas	(3-6-1)		-0.0129	Big Six
72	Northwestern	(1-7-1)		-0.0215	Big Ten
73	West Texas A&M	(4-3-0)		-0.0246	Border
74	Mississippi	(2-6-0)		-0.0544	Southeastern
75	Utah State	(3-3-0)		-0.0587	Mountain States
76	Idaho State	(4-5-0)		-0.1070	Independent
77	Lubbock Field	(5-4-0)		-0.1095	Military Teams
78	Colorado College	(3-6-0)		-0.1216	Independent
79	Villanova	(4-4-0)		-0.1240	Independent
80	Iowa	(1-7-0)		-0.1349	Big Ten
81	Colgate	(2-5-0)		-0.1414	Independent
82	Nebraska	(2-6-0)		-0.1452	Big Six
83	Maryland	(1-7-1)		-0.1578	Southern
84	Boston College	(4-3-0)		-0.1762	Independent
85	Marquette	(1-7-0)		-0.1765	Independent
86	California	(3-6-1)		-0.1845	Pacific Coast
87	Kansas State	(2-5-2)		-0.1867	Big Six
88	Columbia	(2-6-0)		-0.2196	Independent
89	Syracuse	(2-4-1)		-0.2445	Independent
90	Virginia Military Institute	(1-8-0)		-0.3027	Southern
91	Presbyterian	(3-6-0)		-0.3075	Independent
92	Richmond	(2-6-0)		-0.3349	Southern
93	Miami (Florida)	(1-7-1)		-0.3484	Independent
94	New Mexico	(1-7-0)		-0.4134	Border
95	New York University	(2-5-0)		-0.6470	Independent
96	Northern Arizona	(0-1-0)		-1.0967	Border

Average Ratings by Conference (1944)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Missouri Valley		0.4493
2	Big Ten		0.3313
3	Southwest		0.3158
4	Southeastern		0.2934
5	Military Teams		0.2567
6	Mountain States		0.1755
7	Pacific Coast		0.1230
8	Southern		0.1001
9	Independent		0.0955
10	Big Six		0.0938
11	Border		-0.5116