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1944 Week 5 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
1160.076Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Richmond 61–7
2430.316Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat West Texas A&M 41–6
360.329Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Presbyterian 34–0
490.341Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Syracuse 39–6
5200.506Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–01.00010Beat Ole Miss 27–7
6500.544TCUIND SWC1–01.0001+1Beat Kansas 7–0
7410.594Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat West Virginia 26–13
8630.670Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat North Carolina 7–0
9-60.746Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Missouri 7–6
10680.866Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–01.0001+1Beat Indiana 26–18
11-100.966Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–00.000460BYE
12-100.966Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)IND FBSI0–0–10.500250Tied Fleet City 7–7
13-90.966Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
14-90.966Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.000460BYE
15-90.966Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
16-90.966Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
17-70.966Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
18-60.966Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
19-50.966Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
20-50.966Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–00.000460BYE
21-50.966Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC0–00.000460BYE
22-30.966Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–00.000460BYE
23-30.966Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC0–00.000460BYE
24-30.966Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
25-30.966Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.000460BYE
26-30.966Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.000460BYE
27-30.966Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.000460BYE
28-20.966LSUSEC0–00.000460BYE
29-10.966Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–00.000460BYE
30-10.966Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
31-10.966Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
3210.966Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.000460BYE
3320.966Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
3420.966Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.000460BYE
3520.966NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
3620.966Norman NAS (NORMAN NAS)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
3750.966Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
3850.966Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.000460BYE
3950.966Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.000460BYE
4060.966Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
4160.966Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
42110.966SMUIND SWC0–00.000460BYE
43140.966Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
44140.966Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.000460BYE
45140.966Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.000460BYE
46160.966Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–00.000460BYE
47170.966UCLAPAC0–0–10.500250Tied USC 13–13
48170.966USCPAC0–0–10.500250Tied UCLA 13–13
49170.966Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.000460BYE
50170.966Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.000460BYE
51190.966Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–00.000460BYE
52230.966William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–00.000460BYE
53230.966Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.000460BYE
54230.966Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–00.000460BYE
55171.302Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–01.00010Beat Willamette 71–0
56271.359Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–01.00010Beat Marquette 14–0
57-231.384Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–10.000330Lost to Arkansas 6–7
58-171.416Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.00010Beat Depauw 62–0
59-81.479Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Galveston Field 57–0
60-61.593South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Newberry 48–0
6121.682Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Texas Arlington 47–6
62-21.707Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Bryan Field 39–0
63-241.715North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–10.000330Lost to Wake Forest 0–7
6451.732Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Hampden Sydney 37–0
65161.783Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Tufts 40–7
66-481.821Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Mayport NAS 36–6
67-591.897California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–01.00010Beat ST. Mary's 31–7
68-281.947NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Milligan 27–7
69132.004Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Muhlenberg 14–0
7042.046West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–10.000330Lost to Pittsburgh 13–26
71-442.101Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–10.000330Lost to Michigan 0–14
72-42.124Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Scranton 13–7
7362.149Indiana (INDIANA)B101–10.500250Lost to Illinois 18–26
74-422.432Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–10.000330Lost to Kentucky 7–27
7552.489Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–10.500250Lost to TCU 0–7
76-213.149Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–10.000330Lost to Cornell 6–39
77-283.205Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI0–10.000330Lost to Clemson 0–34
78-53.260West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–10.000330Lost to Oklahoma State 6–41
79-274.308Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–10.000330Lost to Duke 7–61
8055.138Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–10.500250Beat Washburn 67–0
8135.544New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR1–10.500250Beat Northern Arizona 47–14
8246.032Idaho State (IDAHO STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500250Beat Idaho Marines 27–0
83-7210.874Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–10.000330Lost to Fort Warren 6–7
84-5311.149Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–10.000330Lost to Iowa PRE Flight 13–19
85-3511.315Purdue (PURDUE)B100–10.000330Lost to Great Lakes Navy 18–27
86-2511.591Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR0–10.000330Lost to Lubbock Field 13–27

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