1944 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 2, 1945By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1944 Season Tags: • No Comments

1944 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	0.403	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+43	BYE
2	1	0.880	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	8–1	0.889	6	+43	Beat TCU 34–0
3	-1	0.992	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–0	1.000	1	+36	BYE
4	0	1.222	Norman NAS (NORMAN NAS)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+19	BYE
5	2	1.335	USC	PAC	8–0–2	0.900	5	+19	Beat Tennessee 25–0
6	0	1.434	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	4	+19	BYE
7	-2	1.601	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	7–1–1	0.833	9	+20	Lost to USC 0–25
8	0	1.672	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	11	+24	BYE
9	3	1.686	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	6	+21	BYE
10	1	1.729	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	26	+32	BYE
11	2	1.740	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–1–1	0.813	10	+11	BYE
12	2	1.766	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–2	0.800	11	+22	BYE
13	-4	1.892	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	8–3	0.727	20	+20	Lost to Tulsa 12–26
14	2	1.927	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–1–2	0.778	14	+8	BYE
15	0	1.955	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–3–1	0.650	31	+22	BYE
16	5	1.969	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	8–2	0.800	11	+22	Beat Georgia Tech 26–12
17	1	2.131	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	7–2	0.778	14	+9	BYE
18	-8	2.155	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–2–2	0.667	26	+4	Lost to Duke 26–29
19	-2	2.160	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	7–3	0.700	21	+14	BYE
20	-1	2.186	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	7–3	0.700	21	+14	BYE
21	1	2.291	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	8	+2	BYE
22	1	2.315	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	5–2–1	0.688	23	+9	BYE
23	1	2.362	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	33	+15	BYE
24	11	2.560	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	38	+21	Beat Alabama 29–26
25	-5	2.576	TCU	IND SWC	7–3–1	0.682	25	+15	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–34
26	-1	2.611	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	17	-1	BYE
27	-1	2.627	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–2	0.750	17	+1	BYE
28	-1	2.630	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	6–2	0.750	17	+16	BYE
29	-1	2.698	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	26	+18	BYE
30	-1	2.752	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–3–2	0.556	43	+3	BYE
31	-1	2.804	Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	26	+3	BYE
32	0	2.821	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–2–1	0.688	23	-2	BYE
33	-2	2.843	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	26	+3	BYE
34	0	2.875	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	14	-1	BYE
35	2	2.906	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	36	+14	BYE
36	0	2.911	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–4–1	0.550	46	+4	BYE
37	-4	2.917	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	32	+2	BYE
38	0	3.151	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	4–3	0.571	39	+8	BYE
39	0	3.301	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	43	+13	BYE
40	0	3.379	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	36	-4	BYE
41	1	3.583	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	43	+2	BYE
42	-1	3.591	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	55	+3	BYE
43	0	3.613	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5–1	0.500	47	+5	BYE
44	0	3.770	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–3	0.625	33	+3	BYE
45	0	3.901	Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	4–2–2	0.625	33	-2	BYE
46	0	3.934	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–4	0.500	47	-7	BYE
47	1	4.071	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	55	+2	BYE
48	-1	4.096	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–6	0.333	66	-2	BYE
49	0	4.229	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–3	0.571	39	-8	BYE
50	0	4.309	LSU	SEC	2–5–1	0.313	71	-5	BYE
51	0	4.376	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–5	0.500	47	+3	BYE
52	1	4.564	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	59	-4	BYE
53	-1	4.605	SMU	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	47	-1	BYE
54	0	4.637	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	39	+2	BYE
55	1	4.727	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	4–3	0.571	39	-7	BYE
56	-1	4.741	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–4–2	0.375	61	-7	BYE
57	1	4.854	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	47	-1	BYE
58	-1	4.911	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	53	-10	BYE
59	0	4.973	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	47	-4	BYE
60	0	5.129	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–4–2	0.444	55	-6	BYE
61	0	5.200	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–5–2	0.400	60	-3	BYE
62	0	5.322	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	4–7	0.364	62	-5	BYE
63	0	5.327	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	71	-7	BYE
64	0	5.364	UCLA	PAC	4–5–1	0.450	54	+1	BYE
65	1	5.493	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–6	0.333	66	-9	BYE
66	-1	5.514	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–6–1	0.350	64	-17	BYE
67	1	5.807	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	66	-4	BYE
68	-1	5.879	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–6	0.250	75	-6	BYE
69	0	6.005	Idaho State (IDAHO STATE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	55	-7	BYE
70	0	6.229	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–7–1	0.167	79	-13	BYE
71	0	6.259	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	63	-14	BYE
72	0	6.271	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	64	-6	BYE
73	0	6.548	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	73	-6	BYE
74	0	6.707	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–5–2	0.333	66	-13	BYE
75	0	6.730	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	75	-18	BYE
76	0	6.774	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–7–1	0.167	79	-9	BYE
77	0	6.953	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	75	-19	BYE
78	0	7.431	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	66	-23	BYE
79	0	7.457	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	75	-17	BYE
80	0	7.607	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	79	-13	BYE
81	0	7.652	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–7–1	0.167	79	-22	BYE
82	0	7.781	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	73	-9	BYE
83	0	8.413	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–7	0.125	83	-19	BYE
84	0	8.436	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–8	0.111	86	-22	BYE
85	0	9.601	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–7	0.125	83	-21	BYE
86	0	10.189	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	83	-13	BYE