1944

1945 Rankings
​Final

1946

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Army	(9-0-0)		0.9377	Independent
2	Navy	(7-1-1)		0.8157	Independent
3	Alabama	(10-0-0)		0.7634	Southeastern
4	Indiana	(9-0-1)		0.7013	Big Ten
5	Oklahoma State	(9-0-0)		0.6868	Missouri Valley
6	Tennessee	(8-1-0)		0.6472	Southeastern
7	Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.6358	Big Ten
8	Georgia	(9-2-0)		0.6046	Southeastern
9	Miami (Florida)	(9-1-1)		0.5902	Independent
10	Duke	(6-2-0)		0.5646	Southern
11	Ohio State	(7-2-0)		0.5618	Big Ten
12	Pennsylvania	(6-2-0)		0.5473	Independent
13	Louisiana State	(7-2-0)		0.5431	Southeastern
14	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.5343	Southwest
15	Purdue	(7-3-0)		0.4977	Big Ten
16	Wake Forest	(5-3-1)		0.4918	Southern
17	Columbia	(8-1-0)		0.4865	Independent
18	Notre Dame	(7-2-1)		0.4736	Independent
19	Holy Cross	(8-2-0)		0.4644	Independent
20	Washington	(6-3-0)		0.4370	Pacific Coast
21	Washington State	(6-2-1)		0.4361	Pacific Coast
22	Temple	(7-1-0)		0.4075	Independent
23	Tulsa	(8-3-0)		0.3899	Missouri Valley
24	Northwestern	(4-4-1)		0.3838	Big Ten
25	New Mexico	(6-1-1)		0.3618	Border
26	Clemson	(6-3-1)		0.3606	Southern
27	St. Mary's	(6-2-0)		0.3591	Independent
28	Virginia	(7-2-0)		0.3582	Independent
29	Maryland	(6-2-1)		0.3303	Southern
30	William & Mary	(6-3-0)		0.3263	Southern
31	Mississippi State	(6-3-0)		0.3218	Southeastern
32	North Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.3059	Southern
33	Texas A&M	(6-4-0)		0.3029	Southwest
34	Michigan State	(5-3-1)		0.2971	Independent
35	Villanova	(4-4-0)		0.2888	Independent
36	Wisconsin	(3-4-2)		0.2776	Big Ten
37	Missouri	(6-4-0)		0.2712	Big Six
38	Southern California	(7-4-0)		0.2666	Pacific Coast
39	Penn State	(5-3-0)		0.2659	Independent
40	South Carolina	(2-4-3)		0.2524	Southern
40=	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.2524	Independent
42	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(5-3-0)		0.2378	Independent
43	Oregon State	(4-4-1)		0.2366	Pacific Coast
44	Marquette	(5-4-1)		0.2225	Independent
45	Minnesota	(4-5-0)		0.2184	Big Ten
46	Colorado	(5-3-0)		0.2177	Mountain States
47	Georgia Tech	(4-6-0)		0.2101	Southeastern
48	UCLA	(5-4-0)		0.2042	Pacific Coast
49	Great Lakes Navy	(6-4-1)		0.2036	Independent
50	Oklahoma	(5-5-0)		0.1978	Big Six
51	Iowa State	(4-3-1)		0.1947	Big Six
52	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.1880	Independent
53	California	(4-5-1)		0.1861	Pacific Coast
54	Detroit Mercy	(6-3-0)		0.1837	Independent
55	Oregon	(3-6-0)		0.1732	Pacific Coast
56	Illinois	(2-6-1)		0.1502	Big Ten
57	Texas Christian	(5-5-0)		0.1410	Southwest
58	Brown	(3-4-1)		0.1384	Independent
59	Texas Tech	(3-5-2)		0.1345	Independent
60	Drake	(5-4-1)		0.1312	Missouri Valley
61	Virginia Military Institute	(5-4-0)		0.1290	Southern
62	North Carolina State	(3-6-0)		0.1285	Southern
63	Baylor	(5-5-1)		0.1243	Southwest
64	Southern Methodist	(5-6-0)		0.1207	Southwest
65	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.1180	Southwest
66	Colorado College	(4-3-1)		0.1037	Independent
67	Princeton	(2-3-2)		0.1026	Independent
68	Denver	(4-5-1)		0.0975	Mountain States
69	Merchant Marine	(5-3-0)		0.0939	Independent
70	Auburn	(5-5-0)		0.0810	Southeastern
71	Pittsburgh	(3-7-0)		0.0768	Independent
72	Utah	(4-4-0)		0.0664	Mountain States
73	Colgate	(3-4-1)		0.0604	Independent
74	Harvard	(5-3-0)		0.0574	Independent
75	Mississippi	(4-5-0)		0.0301	Southeastern
76	Dartmouth	(1-6-1)		0.0219	Independent
77	Vanderbilt	(3-6-0)		0.0031	Southeastern
78	Wichita State	(6-4-0)		0.0028	Missouri Valley
79	St. Louis	(5-4-0)		-0.0025	Missouri Valley
80	Utah State	(4-3-0)		-0.0076	Mountain States
81	Florida	(4-5-1)		-0.0110	Southeastern
82	Virginia Tech	(2-6-0)		-0.0211	Southern
83	Nebraska	(4-5-0)		-0.0334	Big Six
84	Tulane	(2-6-1)		-0.0383	Southeastern
85	Kansas	(4-5-1)		-0.0469	Big Six
86	Arkansas	(3-7-0)		-0.0562	Southwest
87	Iowa	(2-7-0)		-0.0598	Big Ten
88	Boston College	(3-4-0)		-0.0889	Independent
89	Kentucky	(2-8-0)		-0.1093	Southeastern
90	West Texas A&M	(2-6-0)		-0.1568	Border
91	Syracuse	(1-6-0)		-0.1575	Independent
92	Bucknell	(2-5-0)		-0.1657	Independent
93	West Virginia	(2-6-1)		-0.2384	Independent
94	New York University	(3-4-0)		-0.2577	Independent
95	Idaho	(1-7-0)		-0.3025	Pacific Coast
96	Richmond	(2-6-0)		-0.3447	Southern
97	Colorado State	(2-5-1)		-0.3642	Mountain States
98	Coast Guard	(0-7-1)		-0.4161	Independent
99	Presbyterian	(1-6-0)		-0.4236	Independent
100	Lafayette	(1-7-1)		-0.4857	Independent
101	Kansas State	(1-7-0)		-0.5891	Big Six
102	Montana	(0-2-0)		-0.9444	Pacific Coast

Average Ratings by Conference (1945)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Ten		0.3741
2	Southeastern		0.2538
3	Missouri Valley		0.2416
4	Southern		0.2294
5	Southwest		0.1836
6	Independent		0.1704
7	Border		0.1025
8	Pacific Coast		0.0770
9	Mountain States		0.0020
10	Big Six		-0.0010