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1944 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.420Army (ARMY)IND FBSI9–01.0001+42BYE
200.995Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B109–01.0001+36BYE
301.006Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC7–10.8758+35BYE
401.231Norman NAS (NORMAN NAS)IND FBSI6–01.0001+18BYE
501.302Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC7–0–10.9384+20BYE
601.431Yale (YALE)IND FBSI7–0–10.9384+19BYE
701.543USCPAC7–0–20.8896+12BYE
801.655Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI8–20.80011+24BYE
901.670Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC8–20.80011+22BYE
1001.678Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–1–20.75018+8BYE
1101.715Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–30.66727+32BYE
1201.725Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON8–10.8896+21BYE
1301.744Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B86–1–10.81310+11BYE
1401.781Michigan (MICHIGAN)B108–20.80011+22BYE
1501.915Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B86–3–10.65031+22BYE
1601.932Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI6–1–20.77814+8BYE
1702.107Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC7–30.70023+15BYE
1802.159NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON7–20.77814+9BYE
1902.203Indiana (INDIANA)B107–30.70023+14BYE
2002.246TCUIND SWC7–2–10.75018+16BYE
2102.266Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC7–20.77814+14BYE
2202.291Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI6–10.8579+2BYE
2302.362Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–2–10.68825+9BYE
2402.404Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI5–30.62533+14BYE
2502.622Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI7–2–10.75018-1BYE
2602.627Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC6–20.75018+2BYE
2702.684Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY6–20.75018+16BYE
2802.726Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI5–2–20.66727+18BYE
2902.786Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–3–20.55642+3BYE
3002.815Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)IND FBSI6–30.66727+3BYE
3102.848Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–30.66727+3BYE
3202.862William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON5–2–10.68825-2BYE
3352.870Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC7–40.63632+3Beat Miami 70–14
34-12.891Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC7–20.77814-1BYE
35-12.892Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON5–40.55642+16BYE
3602.909Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–4–10.55046+4BYE
37-22.919Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B105–3–10.61136+14BYE
38-13.083Tulane (TULANE)SEC4–30.57138+9BYE
3903.235Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–40.55642+14BYE
4003.379West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–3–10.61136-4BYE
4103.502Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON4–50.44455+5BYE
4203.568Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI5–40.55642+2BYE
4303.644Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–5–10.50047+5BYE
4403.770Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–30.62533+3BYE
4503.901Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)IND FBSI4–2–20.62533-2BYE
4603.903Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–40.50047-6BYE
4703.935Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–60.33366+1BYE
4804.078Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–50.44455+2BYE
4904.160Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–30.57138-7BYE
5004.181LSUSEC2–5–10.31371-3BYE
5104.383Purdue (PURDUE)B105–50.50047+3BYE
5214.542SMUIND SWC5–50.50047-1BYE
53-14.564Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–4–10.43859-4BYE
5404.633Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–30.57138+2BYE
5504.677Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI2–4–20.37561-6BYE
5604.723West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR4–30.57138-7BYE
5714.846Rice (RICE)IND SWC5–60.45553-9BYE
58-14.865Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–30.50047-1BYE
5904.996Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–40.50047-4BYE
6015.188South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–4–20.44455-6BYE
61-15.200Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–5–20.40060-3BYE
6215.295Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR4–70.36462-4BYE
63-15.327Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–5–10.31371-7BYE
6405.364UCLAPAC4–5–10.45054+1BYE
6505.471Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–6–10.35064-16BYE
6605.510Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–60.33366-9BYE
6705.772Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–60.25075-4BYE
6805.859Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–60.33366-4BYE
6906.035Idaho State (IDAHO STATE)IND FBSI4–50.44455-7BYE
7016.217North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–7–10.16779-12BYE
71-16.233Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–4–10.35763-14BYE
7206.271California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–6–10.35064-6BYE
7306.560Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–50.28673-6BYE
7406.707Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–5–20.33366-13BYE
7506.740Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–60.25075-18BYE
7606.774Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–7–10.16779-9BYE
7706.942Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–60.25075-19BYE
7817.439Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI3–60.33366-23BYE
7917.541Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–60.25075-17BYE
80-27.668Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–7–10.16779-13Lost to Texas A&M 14–70
8107.676Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–7–10.16779-22BYE
8207.781NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–50.28673-9BYE
8308.413Iowa (IOWA)B101–70.12583-19BYE
8408.480Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–80.11186-22BYE
8509.613New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR1–70.12583-21BYE
86010.201Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–70.12583-13BYE

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