1944

1945 Rankings
​Final

1946

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Army	(9-0-0)		0.9879	Independent
2	Navy	(7-1-1)		0.8638	Independent
3	Alabama	(10-0-0)		0.8178	Southeastern
4	Indiana	(9-0-1)		0.7441	Big Ten
5	Oklahoma State	(9-0-0)		0.7345	Missouri Valley
6	Tennessee	(8-1-0)		0.6935	Southeastern
7	Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.6688	Big Ten
8	Georgia	(9-2-0)		0.6395	Southeastern
9	Miami (Florida)	(9-1-1)		0.6167	Independent
10	Duke	(6-2-0)		0.6028	Southern
11	Louisiana State	(7-2-0)		0.6005	Southeastern
12	Ohio State	(7-2-0)		0.5879	Big Ten
13	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.5732	Southwest
14	Pennsylvania	(6-2-0)		0.5424	Independent
15	Notre Dame	(7-2-1)		0.5161	Independent
16	Purdue	(7-3-0)		0.5159	Big Ten
17	Wake Forest	(5-3-1)		0.5013	Southern
18	Washington	(6-3-0)		0.4974	Pacific Coast
19	Washington State	(6-2-1)		0.4784	Pacific Coast
20	Columbia	(8-1-0)		0.4712	Independent
21	Holy Cross	(8-2-0)		0.4659	Independent
22	Temple	(7-1-0)		0.4349	Independent
23	St. Mary's	(6-2-0)		0.4082	Independent
24	Tulsa	(8-3-0)		0.4081	Missouri Valley
25	Northwestern	(4-4-1)		0.4032	Big Ten
26	Virginia	(7-2-0)		0.3870	Independent
27	Clemson	(6-3-1)		0.3831	Southern
28	Mississippi State	(6-3-0)		0.3564	Southeastern
29	William & Mary	(6-3-0)		0.3555	Southern
30	Texas A&M	(6-4-0)		0.3407	Southwest
31	North Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.3286	Southern
32	Southern California	(7-4-0)		0.3197	Pacific Coast
33	New Mexico	(6-1-1)		0.3155	Border
34	Maryland	(6-2-1)		0.3099	Southern
35	Villanova	(4-4-0)		0.2971	Independent
36	Michigan State	(5-3-1)		0.2952	Independent
37	Penn State	(5-3-0)		0.2821	Independent
38	Missouri	(6-4-0)		0.2771	Big Six
39	South Carolina	(2-4-3)		0.2769	Southern
40	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(5-3-0)		0.2607	Independent
41	UCLA	(5-4-0)		0.2583	Pacific Coast
42	Wisconsin	(3-4-2)		0.2424	Big Ten
43	California	(4-5-1)		0.2416	Pacific Coast
44	Georgia Tech	(4-6-0)		0.2310	Southeastern
45	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.2276	Independent
46	Minnesota	(4-5-0)		0.2219	Big Ten
47	Marquette	(5-4-1)		0.2182	Independent
48	Oregon State	(4-4-1)		0.2155	Pacific Coast
49	Oregon	(3-6-0)		0.2112	Pacific Coast
50	Colorado	(5-3-0)		0.2103	Mountain States
51	Oklahoma	(5-5-0)		0.2057	Big Six
52	Great Lakes Navy	(6-4-1)		0.1925	Independent
53	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-0)		0.1834	Independent
54	Texas Christian	(5-5-0)		0.1734	Southwest
55	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.1618	Independent
56	Southern Methodist	(5-6-0)		0.1471	Southwest
57	Virginia Military Institute	(5-4-0)		0.1449	Southern
58	Illinois	(2-6-1)		0.1444	Big Ten
59	North Carolina State	(3-6-0)		0.1441	Southern
60	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.1423	Southwest
61	Iowa State	(4-3-1)		0.1369	Big Six
62	Baylor	(5-5-1)		0.1280	Southwest
63	Texas Tech	(3-5-2)		0.1191	Independent
64	Merchant Marine	(5-3-0)		0.0987	Independent
65	Drake	(5-4-1)		0.0943	Missouri Valley
66	Auburn	(5-5-0)		0.0922	Southeastern
67	Brown	(3-4-1)		0.0812	Independent
68	Pittsburgh	(3-7-0)		0.0809	Independent
69	Utah State	(4-3-0)		0.0580	Mountain States
70	Mississippi	(4-5-0)		0.0543	Southeastern
71	Denver	(4-5-1)		0.0481	Mountain States
72	Harvard	(5-3-0)		0.0480	Independent
73	Utah	(4-4-0)		0.0460	Mountain States
74	Vanderbilt	(3-6-0)		0.0175	Southeastern
75	Princeton	(2-3-2)		0.0154	Independent
76	Colorado College	(4-3-1)		0.0128	Independent
77	Colgate	(3-4-1)		0.0124	Independent
78	Wichita State	(6-4-0)		-0.0069	Missouri Valley
79	Boston College	(3-4-0)		-0.0127	Independent
80	Virginia Tech	(2-6-0)		-0.0174	Southern
81	St. Louis	(5-4-0)		-0.0229	Missouri Valley
82	Arkansas	(3-7-0)		-0.0267	Southwest
83	Florida	(4-5-1)		-0.0399	Southeastern
84	Nebraska	(4-5-0)		-0.0529	Big Six
85	Tulane	(2-6-1)		-0.0582	Southeastern
86	Dartmouth	(1-6-1)		-0.0629	Independent
87	Bucknell	(2-5-0)		-0.0670	Independent
88	Iowa	(2-7-0)		-0.0780	Big Ten
89	Syracuse	(1-6-0)		-0.0801	Independent
90	Kansas	(4-5-1)		-0.0892	Big Six
91	Kentucky	(2-8-0)		-0.1116	Southeastern
92	New York University	(3-4-0)		-0.1477	Independent
93	West Texas A&M	(2-6-0)		-0.1891	Border
94	West Virginia	(2-6-1)		-0.2560	Independent
95	Presbyterian	(1-6-0)		-0.2887	Independent
96	Idaho	(1-7-0)		-0.3032	Pacific Coast
97	Richmond	(2-6-0)		-0.3520	Southern
98	Colorado State	(2-5-1)		-0.4429	Mountain States
99	Coast Guard	(0-7-1)		-0.5344	Independent
100	Lafayette	(1-7-1)		-0.5722	Independent
101	Kansas State	(1-7-0)		-0.6563	Big Six
102	Montana	(0-2-0)		-0.7241	Pacific Coast

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.3834
2	Southeastern	0.2744
3	Southern	0.2434
4	Missouri Valley	0.2414
5	Southwest	0.2111
6	Independent	0.1739
7	Pacific Coast	0.1328
8	Border	0.0632
9	Mountain States	-0.0161
10	Big Six	-0.0298