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1944 Week 12 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
100.513Army (ARMY)IND FBSI7–01.0001+23Beat Notre Dame 59–0
221.170Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B107–01.0001+17Beat Pittsburgh 54–19
3-11.226Norman NAS (NORMAN NAS)IND FBSI6–01.0001+14Beat Lubbock Field 42–0
441.232Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC6–10.85710+21Beat Texas 13–8
511.295Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–0–10.9177+12BYE
6-11.359Yale (YALE)IND FBSI6–01.0001+14Beat Brown 13–0
741.547Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC6–01.0001+6Beat Auburn 26–21
8101.556Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–20.71418+20Beat Cornell 48–0
941.560Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–10.85710+12Beat Tulane 34–7
10-11.577Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–2–10.64332+14Tied Missouri 21–21
11-11.651USCPAC5–0–20.85710+5BYE
1231.661Michigan (MICHIGAN)B107–10.8758+15Beat Illinois 14–0
13-101.763Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–20.71418+12Lost to Army 0–59
14-71.774Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON7–10.8758+13Lost to Duke 0–34
1571.877Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–1–10.78614+6Beat Richmond 39–0
1601.888Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC7–01.00010Beat Missouri Valley 31–0
1732.026Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–1–10.78614+4Beat Nebraska 19–6
1812.094Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI4–1–20.71418+14Beat Colgate 19–13
1942.112TCUIND SWC5–1–10.78614+8Beat Texas Tech 14–0
2042.119Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–1–20.71418+1Beat Ole Miss 34–6
2172.172Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–20.71418+6Beat Florida 38–12
2232.194Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–20.71418+6Beat Temple 7–6
2382.246Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–20.66728+6Beat Columbia 35–7
2422.338NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON6–20.75017+5Beat Miami 28–7
2542.382Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI6–10.857100Beat Maryland 33–0
2662.543West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–2–10.68826+2Beat Lehigh 71–0
2732.576Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON4–30.57141+9Beat Virginia Military Institute 57–12
2872.599Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–2–20.57141+3Beat New Mexico 41–6
29-172.711Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–20.71418+3Lost to March Field 0–28
30-132.736Indiana (INDIANA)B105–30.62534+4Lost to Minnesota 14–19
3132.752Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–20.71418+5Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 51–6
32-182.792Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–20.60038+6Lost to Georgia Tech 7–34
33-122.809Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–3–10.56348+3Lost to Michigan 0–14
3432.852Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)IND FBSI6–30.66728+1Beat Dartmouth 19–0
3542.985Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI5–2–10.68826-4Beat City College OF NEW York 78–0
3672.999Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–2–10.64332+3Beat Colorado College 21–6
3743.077Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–30.62534-1Beat SMU 39–6
3823.171Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–3–10.56348+8Beat Rice 12–7
39143.171Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON3–40.42957+11Beat Wake Forest 34–0
40-133.247Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–30.57141+3Lost to Navy 0–48
4193.447Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY4–20.66728+8Beat Peru State 40–12
4223.559William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–2–10.58340-4Tied North Carolina 0–0
4363.586Purdue (PURDUE)B105–30.62534+9Beat Northwestern 27–7
44-83.588Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–30.57141+5Lost to Oklahoma State 8–13
45113.703Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–3–10.50050+7Beat Indiana 19–14
46-83.717Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–30.50050-2Lost to Mississippi State 21–26
47-143.841Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)IND FBSI4–2–20.62534-1Lost to ST. Mary's PRE Flight 13–32
48124.156South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–2–20.57141-1Beat Presbyterian 28–7
49-34.251Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–40.429570Lost to Ohio State 19–54
5094.285Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–20.66728+2Beat Brooklyn 24–21
51-64.351Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–30.57141-8Lost to Georgia 12–38
52124.360Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–20.600380Beat Idaho State 8–7
5324.362LSUSEC1–4–10.25070-2BYE
54-64.407Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI2–3–20.42957-4Lost to Penn State 6–7
5534.493Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–50.28667-2BYE
56-94.541Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–4–10.43854-7Lost to Kansas State 14–18
57-154.706Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–30.57141-1Lost to Atlantic City NAS 6–25
58-74.708Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–30.40062+3Lost to Holy Cross 13–19
59-74.939Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–40.50050-4Lost to Arkansas 7–12
6014.987Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–4–20.37563-3Tied Oklahoma 21–21
6155.047Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–40.42957-2Beat Iowa 26–7
62-85.257California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–4–10.43854-5Lost to UCLA 0–7
63-15.392Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–40.429570Lost to Utah 6–21
64-75.450Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–40.33365-7Lost to Pennsylvania 7–35
6505.503North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–4–10.25070-4Tied William & Mary 0–0
6655.542West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR3–30.50050-6Beat Abilene Christian 41–6
6775.729Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–4–10.35764-5Beat Kansas 18–14
68-55.747Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI1–4–10.25070-6Lost to Coast Guard 0–19
6935.807UCLAPAC3–4–10.43854+3Beat California 7–0
7005.934Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI1–4–10.25070-7Lost to Yale 0–13
71-36.015Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR2–60.250700Lost to TCU 0–14
72-57.149Iowa (IOWA)B101–50.16777-12Lost to Wisconsin 7–26
7327.207Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–4–10.25070-11BYE
74-57.223SMUIND SWC2–50.28667-12Lost to Texas A&M 6–39
7517.224Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–40.33365-11Lost to Virginia 0–39
7617.270Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–60.14381-7Lost to Alabama 6–34
77-47.370Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–5–10.21476-11Lost to Purdue 7–27
7827.688Idaho State (IDAHO STATE)IND FBSI2–50.28667-6Lost to Utah State 7–8
7907.733Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–6–10.07186-7Lost to Michigan State 0–33
80-27.824Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–60.14381-10Lost to Clemson 12–57
8118.098Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–50.16777-14Lost to Iowa State 6–19
8218.900Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI1–50.16777-10Lost to South Carolina 7–28
83-28.928NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–50.16777-7Lost to Swarthmore 0–21
8409.218Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–4–10.10085-6Lost to NC State 7–28
8509.382Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–60.14381-8BYE
8609.729New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR1–60.14381-11Lost to Denver 6–41

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