1944 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 17, 1944By 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	1	0.367	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	19	+5	Beat Villanova 26–0
2	2	0.657	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Auburn 27–0
3	2	0.666	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Pittsburgh 69–7
4	-3	0.716	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Columbia 27–10
5	-2	0.792	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Dartmouth 64–0
6	2	1.075	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Wisconsin 20–7
7	3	1.172	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Florida 40–0
8	5	1.201	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat William & Mary 46–0
9	2	1.226	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Virginia Military Institute 38–7
10	-3	1.252	Norman NAS (NORMAN NAS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Arkansas 27–7
11	-2	1.378	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	BYE
12	4	1.457	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Whitman 71–0
13	4	1.488	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kansas 25–0
14	1	1.498	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	19	0	Beat Millsaps 55–0
15	-3	1.572	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Tech 34–7
16	3	1.669	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas Monticello 49–20
17	3	1.682	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kansas State 45–6
18	10	1.694	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho Marines 40–0
19	-1	1.713	TCU	IND SWC	2–0–1	0.833	19	+1	BYE
20	4	1.770	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–0–1	0.875	18	+1	Beat Pacific 14–0
21	4	1.865	Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	2–0–2	0.750	24	0	Tied March Field 20–20
22	14	1.875	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–1	0.750	24	+3	Beat Nebraska 54–0
23	12	1.936	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	31	+4	BYE
24	3	1.954	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	45	0	BYE
25	5	1.956	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washburn 26–6
26	7	2.011	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Beat Kentucky 13–12
27	4	2.086	USC	PAC	2–0–2	0.750	24	0	Beat ST. Mary's PRE Flight 6–0
28	9	2.266	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–1–1	0.700	30	+1	Beat Iowa 40–6
29	13	2.379	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–1	0.800	22	+3	Beat Northwestern 27–0
30	26	2.407	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	45	+2	Beat Rice 21–0
31	8	2.408	Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	22	0	Beat Rensselaer 38–6
32	-10	2.535	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Lost to Yale 10–27
33	-19	2.585	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Lost to Ohio State 7–20
34	6	2.610	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	24	+1	Beat Catawba 12–7
35	10	2.836	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	42	0	Tied North Carolina PRE Flight 13–13
36	-13	2.846	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	45	+3	Lost to Colgate 7–14
37	26	2.892	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Beat Bucknell 20–6
38	-17	2.915	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	31	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–46
39	12	2.926	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	0	Beat NEW York University 25–0
40	-6	3.061	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	24	0	Lost to Holy Cross 0–26
41	-12	3.096	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–27
42	17	3.163	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	+3	Beat Duke 7–0
43	4	3.178	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	24	-2	Beat LSU 7–0
44	-12	3.364	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	62	+2	Lost to Texas 0–20
45	-4	3.660	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	45	+1	Lost to Army 7–69
46	6	3.678	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	45	0	BYE
47	-3	3.739	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–2–1	0.375	59	+1	Lost to Norman NAS 7–27
48	-42	3.872	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–1–1	0.500	45	-1	Lost to Colorado College 12–20
49	-6	3.892	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–3	0.250	71	0	Lost to Georgia 12–13
50	0	4.012	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–3–1	0.300	70	0	Lost to Iowa State 0–25
51	21	4.134	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Beat Oklahoma 20–0
52	-3	4.288	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	43	-3	Lost to Penn State 6–20
53	-27	4.534	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	31	0	Lost to Randolph Field 0–41
54	14	4.561	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	43	+2	Beat Denver 20–12
55	0	4.584	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–2	0.500	45	-2	Lost to Tennessee 0–40
56	13	4.605	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–2	0.500	45	0	Beat Missouri 39–27
57	-3	4.615	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–2	0.333	62	-1	BYE
58	0	4.642	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	71	0	Beat Cherry Point Marines 20–14
59	-13	4.818	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–2	0.500	45	+4	Lost to Iowa PRE Flight 6–13
60	23	4.981	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	45	+2	Beat Cornell 14–7
61	0	5.222	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	71	+1	Lost to Navy 0–7
62	2	5.226	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	62	+2	Lost to Wake Forest 7–38
63	-10	5.467	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	79	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–64
64	14	5.516	UCLA	PAC	1–2–1	0.375	59	0	Beat ST. Mary's 39–0
65	9	5.533	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	45	-5	Beat Hampden Sydney 18–0
66	1	5.577	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	45	0	BYE
67	-10	5.595	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	45	-1	Lost to Tulane 0–21
68	-3	5.667	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	59	-3	Tied Maryland 6–6
69	15	5.899	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat City College OF NEW York 33–0
70	0	5.999	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	62	-3	Beat Lafayette 32–7
71	-33	6.088	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	62	-2	Lost to Colorado 0–26
72	-1	6.154	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	71	-4	Beat Lawrence 45–0
73	-13	6.191	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	71	-4	Lost to Minnesota 27–39
74	6	6.332	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	62	-2	Beat Newberry 20–6
75	-27	6.397	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	62	+1	Lost to Amarillo Field 7–38
76	-14	6.570	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–2	0.000	83	-1	Lost to Illinois 6–40
77	-11	6.740	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–3	0.250	71	-2	Lost to Michigan 0–27
78	-1	7.218	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–4	0.000	83	-1	Lost to Tulsa 7–34
79	-6	7.343	LSU	SEC	0–2–1	0.167	79	-3	Lost to Texas A&M 0–7
80	5	7.441	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	62	+1	Beat Utah 26–0
81	0	9.053	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–2–1	0.167	79	-3	Lost to Michigan State 6–45
82	-3	9.467	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–2–1	0.167	79	0	Tied West Virginia 6–6
83	-1	9.687	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	83	-3	Lost to Indiana 0–54
84	-8	9.696	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–4	0.200	78	-4	Lost to Second AIR Force (COLORADO) 6–89
85	-10	9.845	Idaho State (IDAHO STATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	71	-2	Lost to Fort Warren 0–66
86	0	11.480	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	83	-1	Lost to Temple 0–25