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1944 Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

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
100.000Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–00.00010BYE
2-10.000Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
3-20.000Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.00010BYE
4-30.000Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
5-40.000Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.00010BYE
6-50.000Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
7-60.000Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
8-70.000Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
9-80.000California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00010BYE
10-90.000Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON0–00.00010BYE
11-100.000Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
12-110.000Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
13-120.000Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010BYE
14-130.000Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
15-140.000Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
16-150.000Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
17-160.000Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
18-170.000Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–00.00010BYE
19-180.000Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC0–00.00010BYE
20-190.000Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON0–00.00010BYE
21-200.000Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–00.00010BYE
22-210.000Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–00.00010BYE
23-220.000Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC0–00.00010BYE
24-230.000Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
25-240.000Idaho State (IDAHO STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
26-250.000Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00010BYE
27-260.000Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00010BYE
28-270.000Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00010BYE
29-280.000Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00010BYE
30-290.000Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00010BYE
31-300.000Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00010BYE
32-310.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–00.00010BYE
33-320.000LSUSEC0–00.00010BYE
34-330.000Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
35-340.000Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–00.00010BYE
36-350.000Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
37-360.000Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00010BYE
38-370.000Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
39-380.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00010BYE
40-390.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–00.00010BYE
41-400.000Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.00010BYE
42-410.000Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00010BYE
43-420.000Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
44-430.000Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00010BYE
45-440.000New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR0–00.00010BYE
46-450.000NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
47-460.000Norman NAS (NORMAN NAS)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
48-470.000North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010BYE
49-480.000NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00010BYE
50-490.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00010BYE
51-500.000Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
52-510.000Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00010BYE
53-520.000Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.00010BYE
54-530.000Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC0–00.00010BYE
55-540.000Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
56-550.000Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
57-560.000Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
58-570.000Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
59-580.000Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00010BYE
60-590.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00010BYE
61-600.000Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–00.00010BYE
62-610.000SMUIND SWC0–00.00010BYE
63-620.000South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010BYE
64-630.000Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
65-640.000TCUIND SWC0–00.00010BYE
66-650.000Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
67-660.000Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.00010BYE
68-670.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.00010BYE
69-680.000Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00010BYE
70-690.000Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR0–00.00010BYE
71-700.000Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–00.00010BYE
72-710.000Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–00.00010BYE
73-720.000UCLAPAC0–00.00010BYE
74-730.000USCPAC0–00.00010BYE
75-740.000Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.00010BYE
76-750.000Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010BYE
77-760.000Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
78-770.000Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
79-780.000Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–00.00010BYE
80-790.000Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON0–00.00010BYE
81-800.000Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00010BYE
82-810.000West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–00.00010BYE
83-820.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE
84-830.000William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–00.00010BYE
85-840.000Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00010BYE
86-850.000Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–00.00010BYE

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