1943 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

December 14, 1943By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1943 Season Tags: • No Comments

1943 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.748	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	5	+30	BYE
2	0	0.815	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	5	+38	BYE
3	0	0.903	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	6–0–1	0.929	3	+18	BYE
4	0	0.932	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	4	+43	BYE
5	1	1.242	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	15	+19	BYE
6	-1	1.262	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+12	BYE
7	0	1.263	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–1	0.889	5	+21	BYE
8	0	1.375	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	9–0	1.000	1	+20	BYE
9	0	1.487	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	9	+15	BYE
10	0	1.500	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–1	0.875	8	+23	BYE
11	0	1.661	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–1–1	0.833	11	+17	BYE
12	0	1.699	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	18	+13	BYE
13	0	1.742	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	7–3	0.700	21	+19	BYE
14	0	1.828	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	22	+17	BYE
15	2	1.833	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–2	0.778	12	+16	BYE
16	0	1.840	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	15	+12	BYE
17	-2	1.847	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	6–2	0.750	15	+14	BYE
18	1	2.080	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	6–1	0.857	9	+4	BYE
19	-1	2.541	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	12	+9	Lost to March Field 10–19
20	0	2.556	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	27	+5	BYE
21	0	2.650	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	5–2	0.714	19	0	BYE
22	0	2.756	USC	PAC	7–2	0.778	12	+18	BYE
23	0	2.856	LSU	SEC	5–3	0.625	24	+10	BYE
24	0	2.965	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	29	+5	BYE
25	0	3.152	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	19	+3	BYE
26	1	3.194	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	27	+7	BYE
27	-1	3.233	Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	23	+5	BYE
28	0	3.269	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	24	-2	BYE
29	0	3.561	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–4–2	0.500	33	+3	BYE
30	0	3.620	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–4	0.600	29	-3	BYE
31	0	3.621	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	24	-1	BYE
32	0	3.845	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–4	0.556	32	+4	BYE
33	0	3.985	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	31	-8	BYE
34	0	4.119	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	40	+5	BYE
35	0	4.641	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	3–3	0.500	33	+7	BYE
36	0	4.659	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–4	0.500	33	0	BYE
37	0	4.779	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	37	-7	BYE
38	0	4.834	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	37	-4	BYE
39	0	5.192	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	42	0	BYE
40	0	5.219	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–5	0.375	45	-10	BYE
41	1	5.325	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–1	0.450	36	-13	BYE
42	1	5.344	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–6	0.333	47	+2	BYE
43	-2	5.350	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–6	0.400	43	-3	BYE
44	0	5.677	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	37	-4	BYE
45	0	5.771	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	43	-8	BYE
46	0	5.930	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	45	-13	BYE
47	0	5.995	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	40	+3	BYE
48	0	6.305	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7	0.300	49	-5	BYE
49	0	6.363	TCU	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	53	-20	BYE
50	0	6.504	SMU	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	58	-13	BYE
51	0	6.588	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	49	-7	BYE
52	0	6.999	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	51	-17	BYE
53	0	7.098	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	53	-8	BYE
54	0	7.144	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	58	-17	BYE
55	0	7.245	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	53	-23	BYE
56	0	7.262	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	47	-15	BYE
57	0	7.268	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	61	-18	BYE
58	0	7.397	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	51	-4	BYE
59	0	7.406	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	53	-20	BYE
60	0	7.692	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	53	-13	BYE
61	0	8.427	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–9	0.100	65	-22	BYE
62	0	9.044	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	60	-18	BYE
63	0	9.146	UCLA	PAC	1–8	0.111	64	-16	BYE
64	0	9.324	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–8	0.000	66	-24	BYE
65	0	9.909	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–7	0.125	62	-22	BYE
66	0	10.366	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	62	-15	BYE
67	0	10.655	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–7	0.000	66	-9	BYE

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