1944

1945 Rankings
​Final

1946

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Army	(9-0-0)		0.9923	Independent
2	Navy	(7-1-1)		0.8668	Independent
3	Alabama	(10-0-0)		0.8179	Southeastern
4	Indiana	(9-0-1)		0.7465	Big Ten
5	Oklahoma State	(9-0-0)		0.7226	Missouri Valley
6	Tennessee	(8-1-0)		0.6896	Southeastern
7	Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.6499	Big Ten
8	Georgia	(9-2-0)		0.6387	Southeastern
9	Miami (Florida)	(9-1-1)		0.6325	Independent
10	Duke	(6-2-0)		0.6036	Southern
11	Ohio State	(7-2-0)		0.5758	Big Ten
12	Louisiana State	(7-2-0)		0.5690	Southeastern
13	Pennsylvania	(6-2-0)		0.5616	Independent
14	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.5500	Southwest
15	Wake Forest	(5-3-1)		0.5264	Southern
16	Columbia	(8-1-0)		0.4971	Independent
17	Purdue	(7-3-0)		0.4944	Big Ten
18	Holy Cross	(8-2-0)		0.4819	Independent
19	Notre Dame	(7-2-1)		0.4588	Independent
20	Washington	(6-3-0)		0.4119	Pacific Coast
21	Washington State	(6-2-1)		0.4082	Pacific Coast
22	Temple	(7-1-0)		0.4060	Independent
23	Tulsa	(8-3-0)		0.4009	Missouri Valley
24	Clemson	(6-3-1)		0.3833	Southern
25	Virginia	(7-2-0)		0.3727	Independent
26	St. Mary's	(6-2-0)		0.3597	Independent
27	Northwestern	(4-4-1)		0.3532	Big Ten
28	New Mexico	(6-1-1)		0.3142	Border
29	William & Mary	(6-3-0)		0.3108	Southern
30	Mississippi State	(6-3-0)		0.3023	Southeastern
31	North Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.2979	Southern
32	Texas A&M	(6-4-0)		0.2803	Southwest
33	Maryland	(6-2-1)		0.2635	Southern
34	Villanova	(4-4-0)		0.2630	Independent
35	South Carolina	(2-4-3)		0.2538	Southern
36	Michigan State	(5-3-1)		0.2279	Independent
37	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(5-3-0)		0.2178	Independent
37=	Missouri	(6-4-0)		0.2178	Big Six
39	Penn State	(5-3-0)		0.2159	Independent
40	Wisconsin	(3-4-2)		0.2062	Big Ten
41	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.2045	Independent
42	Southern California	(7-4-0)		0.1836	Pacific Coast
43	Georgia Tech	(4-6-0)		0.1741	Southeastern
44	Marquette	(5-4-1)		0.1551	Independent
45	Minnesota	(4-5-0)		0.1537	Big Ten
46	Oklahoma	(5-5-0)		0.1498	Big Six
47	Colorado	(5-3-0)		0.1410	Mountain States
48	UCLA	(5-4-0)		0.1343	Pacific Coast
49	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.1277	Independent
50	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-0)		0.1255	Independent
51	California	(4-5-1)		0.1195	Pacific Coast
52	Oregon State	(4-4-1)		0.1089	Pacific Coast
53	Iowa State	(4-3-1)		0.1082	Big Six
54	Oregon	(3-6-0)		0.1008	Pacific Coast
55	Illinois	(2-6-1)		0.0888	Big Ten
56	North Carolina State	(3-6-0)		0.0832	Southern
57	Great Lakes Navy	(6-4-1)		0.0473	Independent
58	Drake	(5-4-1)		0.0457	Missouri Valley
59	Virginia Military Institute	(5-4-0)		0.0417	Southern
60	Texas Tech	(3-5-2)		0.0313	Border
61	Brown	(3-4-1)		0.0309	Independent
62	Southern Methodist	(5-6-0)		0.0230	Southwest
63	Baylor	(5-5-1)		0.0204	Southwest
64	Texas Christian	(5-5-0)		0.0130	Southwest
65	Auburn	(5-5-0)		0.0041	Southeastern
66	Princeton	(2-3-2)		0.0013	Independent
67	Merchant Marine	(5-3-0)		0.0008	Independent
68	Rice	(5-6-0)		-0.0078	Southwest
69	Pittsburgh	(3-7-0)		-0.0135	Independent
70	Denver	(4-5-1)		-0.0350	Mountain States
71	Colgate	(3-4-1)		-0.0471	Independent
72	Colorado College	(4-3-1)		-0.0583	Independent
73	Harvard	(5-3-0)		-0.0713	Independent
74	Utah State	(4-3-0)		-0.0742	Mountain States
75	Vanderbilt	(3-6-0)		-0.0988	Southeastern
76	Dartmouth	(1-6-1)		-0.1073	Independent
77	Utah	(4-4-0)		-0.1081	Mountain States
78	Mississippi	(4-5-0)		-0.1112	Southeastern
79	Wichita State	(6-4-0)		-0.1456	Missouri Valley
80	Virginia Tech	(2-6-0)		-0.1491	Southern
81	St. Louis	(5-4-0)		-0.1525	Missouri Valley
82	Boston College	(3-4-0)		-0.1549	Independent
83	Florida	(4-5-1)		-0.1705	Southeastern
84	Syracuse	(1-6-0)		-0.1868	Independent
85	Nebraska	(4-5-0)		-0.1937	Big Six
86	Tulane	(2-6-1)		-0.2156	Southeastern
87	Arkansas	(3-7-0)		-0.2311	Southwest
88	Bucknell	(2-5-0)		-0.2331	Independent
89	Iowa	(2-7-0)		-0.2460	Big Ten
90	Kansas	(4-5-1)		-0.2580	Big Six
91	Kentucky	(2-8-0)		-0.2661	Southeastern
92	New York University	(3-4-0)		-0.3667	Independent
93	West Texas A&M	(2-6-0)		-0.3753	Border
94	West Virginia	(2-6-1)		-0.4781	Independent
95	Presbyterian	(1-6-0)		-0.5795	Independent
96	Idaho	(1-7-0)		-0.5882	Pacific Coast
97	Richmond	(2-6-0)		-0.6709	Southern
98	Colorado State	(2-5-1)		-0.7822	Mountain States
99	Coast Guard	(0-7-1)		-0.8171	Independent
100	Lafayette	(1-7-1)		-0.9087	Independent
101	Kansas State	(1-7-0)		-1.1006	Big Six
102	Montana	(0-2-0)		-1.3479	Pacific Coast

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.3358
2	Southeastern	0.1945
3	Southern	0.1767
4	Missouri Valley	0.1742
5	Southwest	0.0925
6	Independent	0.0921
7	Border	-0.0100
8	Pacific Coast	-0.0521
9	Mountain States	-0.1717
10	Big Six	-0.1794