1945 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

September 4, 1945By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1945 Season Tags: • No Comments

1945 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	Team	Conf	Record	Place	Game Status
1	17	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	42	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	0	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	45	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	53	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	51	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	25	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	71	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	41	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	30	Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	72	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	27	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	66	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	76	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	40	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	62	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	29	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	33	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	23	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	48	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	18	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	12	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	28	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	35	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	19	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	82	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	10	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	65	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	73	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	47	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	49	LSU	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	85	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	75	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	79	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	11	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	20	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	34	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	67	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	26	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	60	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	9	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	74	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	84	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	81	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	69	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	16	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	80	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	7	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	2	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	14	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	1	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	32	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	22	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	46	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	77	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	50	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	57	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	78	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	52	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	59	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	70	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	24	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	55	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	6	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	38	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	36	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	61	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	37	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	15	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	63	UCLA	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	4	USC	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	21	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	56	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	58	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	13	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	83	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	8	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	43	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	54	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–0	1	Preseason
1	39	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	31	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	64	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	5	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason