1945 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 25, 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	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	7	-0.044	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 76–0
2	76	0.033	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wichita State 61–0
3	16	0.131	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Carolina 60–0
4	81	0.359	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Coast Guard 39–0
5	35	0.414	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 34–0
6	78	0.566	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Bucknell 19–7
7	63	0.588	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 18–0
8	18	0.599	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 23–6
9	18	0.632	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Michigan 13–7
10	31	0.632	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kentucky 21–7
11	0	0.653	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Denver 12–0
12	2	0.653	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Syracuse 26–14
13	37	0.653	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa State 18–6
14	54	0.708	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 20–13
15	65	0.708	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 13–6
16	46	0.773	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marquette 14–13
17	-16	0.990	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
18	-15	0.990	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
19	-14	0.990	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
20	-14	0.990	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
21	-12	0.990	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
22	-10	0.990	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
23	-10	0.990	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
24	-9	0.990	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
25	-8	0.990	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
26	-8	0.990	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
27	-5	0.990	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
28	-5	0.990	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
29	-5	0.990	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
30	-5	0.990	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
31	-3	0.990	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
32	-1	0.990	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
33	0	0.990	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
34	0	0.990	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
35	1	0.990	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
36	1	0.990	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
37	1	0.990	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
38	1	0.990	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
39	3	0.990	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
40	4	0.990	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
41	4	0.990	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
42	5	0.990	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
43	8	0.990	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
44	8	0.990	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
45	9	0.990	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
46	9	0.990	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
47	9	0.990	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
48	9	0.990	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
49	9	0.990	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
50	11	0.990	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
51	13	0.990	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
52	15	0.990	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
53	18	0.990	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
54	18	0.990	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
55	18	0.990	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
56	21	0.990	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
57	24	0.990	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
58	24	0.990	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
59	24	0.990	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
60	27	0.990	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
61	27	0.990	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
62	27	0.990	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
63	27	0.990	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
64	28	0.990	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
65	28	0.990	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	32	0	Tied Great Lakes Navy 0–0
66	28	0.990	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	52	0	BYE
67	30	1.056	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 32–0
68	-22	1.351	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern NEW Mexico 78–0
69	-34	1.406	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Purdue 13–14
70	-5	1.645	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lackland Field 51–0
71	-50	1.666	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Murray State 49–0
72	-65	1.691	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to ST. Mary's 13–20
73	6	1.691	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to USC 6–13
74	-70	1.786	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 38–0
75	11	1.797	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Emory & Henry 37–0
76	-27	1.819	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Milligan 47–12
77	14	1.819	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Otterbein 42–7
78	-3	1.830	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ellington Field 34–0
79	-59	1.884	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Camp Blanding 31–2
80	-64	1.929	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Colorado College 0–12
81	-52	1.929	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Northwestern 6–18
82	-13	1.929	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Cornell 14–26
83	-51	2.024	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Ole Miss 7–21
84	-31	2.037	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hondo Field 21–6
85	-9	2.124	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 7–0
86	-84	2.135	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Barksdale Field 12–6
87	-39	2.135	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Camp LEE 6–0
88	-14	2.135	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bergstrom Field 13–7
89	-30	2.166	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Illinois 6–23
90	-60	2.214	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to TCU 0–18
91	7	2.879	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–1	0.500	32	0	Lost to Indiana 7–13
92	4	2.908	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	32	0	Lost to Baylor 0–32
93	-50	2.974	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Minnesota 0–34
94	5	3.094	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	32	0	Lost to Villanova 7–19
95	0	3.283	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	32	0	Lost to Tulsa 0–61
96	-30	4.210	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Duke 0–60
97	-37	4.970	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Clemson 0–76
98	2	7.228	Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	37	0	Lost to Virginia 0–39
99	-89	11.149	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Fort Warren 0–6
100	-37	11.481	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Corpus Christi NAS 13–26