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1945 Week 12 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
100.423Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–0–10.9298+28Beat Michigan 33–7
200.784Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC6–01.0001+21BYE
310.818Army (ARMY)IND FBSI7–01.0001+21Beat Notre Dame 48–0
450.931Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI5–10.83315+16Beat Columbia 32–7
501.129Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC6–01.0001+20Beat Tulsa 12–6
601.164Indiana (INDIANA)B107–0–10.9387+19Beat Minnesota 49–0
731.228Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC6–10.85711+20Beat Ole Miss 34–0
8-51.283LSUSEC5–20.71423+21Lost to Mississippi State 20–27
9-11.432Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI6–01.0001+12Beat Richmond 45–0
1011.450Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI7–01.0001+13Beat Coast Guard 39–6
1171.513Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI5–1–10.78619+13Tied South Carolina 13–13
1231.557ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI7–01.0001+7Beat Fresno State 32–6
1311.580Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B106–10.85711+15Beat Pittsburgh 14–0
1461.626Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC6–20.75021+15Beat Florida 34–0
1511.654Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–20.71423+14Lost to Oklahoma State 6–12
16111.699Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–10.83315+11Beat Temple 27–0
17-101.717Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI6–10.85711+12Lost to Pennsylvania 7–32
1881.852Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–10.8759+13Beat Baylor 21–14
1991.854Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–10.83315+10Beat LSU 27–20
2031.865Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON5–20.71423+11Beat NC State 26–13
21-81.886Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–1–10.78619+10Lost to Army 0–48
22-51.955Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI6–10.85711+9Lost to Penn State 0–27
2311.956Purdue (PURDUE)B107–10.8759+11Beat Miami (OH) 21–7
24-121.981New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR5–10.83315+6Lost to Utah 20–21
25-62.040Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–30.62537+13Lost to Navy 7–33
26-12.194Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–20.75021+12Beat SMU 3–0
27122.301Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY5–20.71423+14Beat Utah State 14–7
28-72.327Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–20.71423+10Lost to Oregon State 6–7
2982.550Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC4–30.57143+7Beat Tulane 41–7
3052.602Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–1–20.60040+3Tied Dartmouth 13–13
31102.662Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC4–2–10.643320Beat Northern Iowa 53–6
32122.707Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON4–2–10.64332+2Beat Virginia Military Institute 38–0
3372.711Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON4–2–10.64332+2Beat Virginia Tech 35–0
34-42.788Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–30.57143+5Lost to Indiana 0–49
35-132.843TCUIND SWC4–30.57143+9Lost to Texas Tech 0–12
3692.862Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–30.62537+3Beat Iowa State 14–7
3762.880ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC5–20.71423-3Beat Fort Riley 14–7
38202.900Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–2–10.58342+4Beat Washington 7–6
3982.993Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–2–10.643320Beat Oregon 20–13
4023.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–3–10.50055+5Beat Wisconsin 28–14
41123.046Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–40.50055+10Beat Boston College 41–0
42103.222Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–30.50055+3Beat Yale 20–7
4363.233USCPAC5–30.62537+6Beat California 14–0
44-63.241Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–20.66729-4Lost to Colorado 7–14
45-163.261Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON4–30.57143+3Lost to Maryland 0–38
46-103.275Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–3–10.56353-1Lost to Texas 14–21
47-143.302William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–30.571430Lost to North Carolina 0–6
48-163.310Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)IND FBSI4–20.66729-2Lost to Harvard 7–28
49-13.456Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–30.57143+2BYE
50183.511North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–30.571430Beat William & Mary 6–0
5133.520Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–30.571430Beat Colgate 20–6
52-13.554UCLAPAC4–20.66729+1BYE
53-223.599Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI4–2–10.64332+5Lost to Great Lakes Navy 7–27
54-203.635Yale (YALE)IND FBSI3–30.50055+1Lost to Brown 7–20
55123.658Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–30.50055-2Beat Northern Colorado 42–13
56133.704Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–30.57143-5Beat Cincinnati 20–0
57163.745Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI3–30.50055-1Beat Vanderbilt 13–6
5853.777Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–30.57143+1Beat Louisiana 52–0
5903.971Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON2–30.40075+1BYE
6044.170South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–2–20.50055-1Tied Miami 13–13
61184.193Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–4–10.43865-3Beat TCU 12–0
62124.207Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–4–10.43865-2Beat Colorado State 35–12
63-174.225Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–3–20.42970-1Lost to Northwestern 14–28
64-24.323Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–3–10.50055-6Lost to Oklahoma 7–14
65234.344Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI3–20.60040+4Beat Merchant Marine 28–7
66214.374Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–40.42970+4Beat New Mexico 21–20
67-104.400California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–4–10.35779-3Lost to USC 0–14
68-184.476Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–50.37577-3Lost to Rice 7–26
69-144.539Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–4–10.43865-7Lost to Georgia 0–34
70-104.609Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–40.33381-5Lost to Cornell 6–20
7164.612Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–40.50055+7Beat Arkansas 26–7
72-164.667Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–3–10.41774-3Lost to Georgia Tech 7–41
73-14.757Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–50.28684-5Lost to Washington State 13–20
7464.776Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–4–10.438650Beat Kansas 26–0
75-104.777NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–50.37577-5Lost to Duke 13–26
7604.931Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC5–40.55654-12Beat Kearney Field 34–6
77-165.006Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–40.42970-7Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 6–13
78-125.050Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–40.42970-7Lost to Tennessee 0–34
79-85.162Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–4–10.43865-7Lost to Marquette 0–26
8055.331NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–30.50055-4Beat Lehigh 19–0
81-65.332Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–60.25089-6Lost to Ohio State 0–14
8225.354Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–4–10.35779-1Beat Iowa 48–7
83-135.389Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–30.40075-6Lost to Villanova 0–41
84-65.615Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI1–4–10.25089-4Tied Princeton 13–13
85-45.902SMUIND SWC2–60.25089-5Lost to Texas A&M 0–3
8665.939Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–50.28684-8Beat Kansas State 24–0
87-16.162Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–40.33381-5Lost to Virginia 0–45
88-56.344Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–50.16794-9Lost to Clemson 0–35
8916.486Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–50.16794-8BYE
9016.564West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR2–50.28684-10BYE
9136.680Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–50.28684-15BYE
92-106.744West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–5–10.31383-18Lost to Kentucky 6–19
9326.900Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–60.25089-10Beat West Virginia 19–6
94-17.219Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–50.28684-12Lost to Denver 12–35
95-67.503Iowa (IOWA)B101–60.14396-10Lost to Illinois 7–48
9618.957Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–60.14396-13Lost to Nebraska 0–24
9718.971Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–60.14396-11Lost to Farragut Navy 6–14
9829.394Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)IND FBSI0–6–10.07199-5Lost to Holy Cross 6–39
9909.467Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI1–40.20093-7BYE
100-49.703Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–6–10.07199-13Lost to Rutgers 14–32

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