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1945 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.489Army (ARMY)IND FBSI9–01.0001+41Beat Navy 32–13
210.840Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC9–01.0001+36Beat Mississippi State 55–13
3-10.859Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI7–1–10.83312+35Lost to Army 13–32
400.941Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC8–01.0001+37BYE
501.064Indiana (INDIANA)B109–0–10.9504+37BYE
601.104Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC8–10.8896+33Beat Vanderbilt 45–0
721.251Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI8–1–10.85011+31Beat Auburn 33–7
801.336Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC8–20.80013+32Beat Georgia Tech 33–0
911.468Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI6–20.75019+23BYE
10-31.559LSUSEC7–20.77816+29Beat Tulane 33–0
1101.568Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI8–10.8896+19BYE
1201.621Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI8–10.8896+20BYE
1301.623Michigan (MICHIGAN)B107–30.70024+28BYE
1441.642Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC9–10.9005+26Beat Texas A&M 20–10
15-11.708Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC8–20.80013+23Beat Hondo Field 20–18
1601.774Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI7–10.8759+17BYE
1731.880Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B107–20.77816+18BYE
18-11.883Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON6–20.75019+17BYE
1931.886New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR5–1–10.78615+7BYE
2011.916ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI7–10.8759+7BYE
2122.076Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON6–2–10.72222+12Beat South Carolina 19–13
22-32.260Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI7–20.77816+7Lost to North Carolina 18–27
2332.287Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–2–10.72222+10BYE
2432.394Purdue (PURDUE)B107–30.70024+13BYE
25-102.424Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI7–2–10.75019+18Lost to Great Lakes Navy 7–39
2642.471Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC6–30.66727+13BYE
2722.510William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON6–30.66727+8BYE
2872.511USCPAC7–30.70024+18Beat UCLA 26–15
29122.524Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON4–3–10.56343+12Beat Clemson 13–6
30-22.573Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–30.66727+13BYE
31-62.589Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC6–30.66727+7Lost to Alabama 13–55
3252.612Yale (YALE)IND FBSI6–30.66727+7Beat Harvard 28–0
33-92.648Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON6–3–10.65033+6Lost to Wake Forest 6–13
34-32.683Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY5–30.62534+13BYE
35-22.802Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–40.50051+13BYE
36-22.900Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–30.62534+2BYE
37112.943Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI5–30.62534+3Beat Ole Miss 31–6
38-22.987Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI6–30.66727-2BYE
39-72.991Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–40.60040+7Lost to Texas 10–20
40-13.053Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI5–3–10.61139+12BYE
41-13.214Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–4–10.50051+4BYE
4203.243Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–4–10.50051+3BYE
4323.308Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)IND FBSI5–30.62534-4BYE
4433.348Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–3–10.56343-1BYE
45-13.376Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–50.500510BYE
46133.423Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–4–10.50051+3Beat Oregon 13–12
4733.427Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–3–10.56343-3BYE
4833.463Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–40.50051+8BYE
49193.569North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–50.50051+1Beat Virginia 27–18
5033.622Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI5–4–10.55050+7BYE
5133.629Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC4–4–10.50051-7BYE
5203.637Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–4–10.43871+2BYE
53-43.644UCLAPAC5–40.55646+3Lost to USC 15–26
54-163.682TCUIND SWC5–50.50051+6Lost to SMU 0–34
55-123.722Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI5–30.62534+5Lost to Yale 0–28
5603.765Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI5–40.55646-2BYE
5703.868Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON5–40.55646+3BYE
58-33.885Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–4–20.44467+1BYE
59-13.885Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–30.57142-9BYE
60-143.915Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC4–60.400770Lost to Georgia 0–33
61103.931Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–5–10.50051-8Beat Rice 17–14
62-13.964ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC5–40.55646-12BYE
63-33.994Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–50.44467-2BYE
64124.032SMUIND SWC5–60.45562+4Beat TCU 34–0
6544.146California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–5–10.45064-6Beat ST. Mary's PRE Flight 6–0
6614.182Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–3–20.42974-1BYE
67-24.189Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC6–40.60040-10BYE
68-64.299Auburn (AUBURN)SEC5–50.50051-6Lost to Miami 7–33
6914.442Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–4–10.43871-7BYE
7034.521NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–60.33379-7BYE
71-74.631Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–50.44467-7Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 6–31
7234.665Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–5–10.45064-11BYE
73-74.670Rice (RICE)IND SWC5–60.45562+5Lost to Baylor 14–17
74-114.737South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–3–30.43871-3Lost to Maryland 13–19
75-34.747Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–5–20.40077-6BYE
76-24.755Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–60.33379-9Lost to Oregon State 12–13
7704.768Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–50.44467-9BYE
7814.793Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–70.30083-8BYE
79-14.881Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–5–10.45064-9BYE
8025.309Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–40.42974-9BYE
81-15.364Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–60.33379-9Lost to Tennessee 0–45
8215.382Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–70.30083-15BYE
8315.679Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–6–10.27886-6BYE
8415.702Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI1–6–10.18894-12BYE
8515.722Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–60.25089-15BYE
86-55.790Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–6–10.27886-13Lost to LSU 0–33
8706.333NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–40.42974-5BYE
8806.787Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–50.28685-18BYE
8906.820West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR2–60.25089-16BYE
9007.042Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–80.20093-19BYE
9107.056Iowa (IOWA)B102–70.22292-18BYE
9207.182Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–60.14396-17BYE
9307.205Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–5–10.31382-14BYE
9407.240Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–60.25089-17BYE
9507.589West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–6–10.27886-24BYE
9608.503Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–70.12598-19BYE
9708.624Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–70.12598-17BYE
9808.967Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI1–7–10.16795-14BYE
9919.573Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)IND FBSI0–7–10.063100-13BYE
100-110.112Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI1–60.14396-14Lost to Newberry 13–19

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