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1945 Week 6 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
1390.643Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Villanova 49–0
210.948Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON2–01.0001+1Beat Bogue Field 76–0
3101.046Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–0–10.75049+1Tied Indiana 7–7
431.051TCUIND SWC2–01.0001+3Beat Baylor 7–6
541.067Indiana (INDIANA)B101–0–10.75049+2Tied Northwestern 7–7
6-41.084Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–01.0001+2Beat West Texas A&M 32–0
7-31.095Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat NC State 26–6
8351.100Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Illinois 7–0
9181.111Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–01.0001+1Beat North Carolina 20–14
10391.111Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Brown 50–0
11341.122Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–01.0001+1Beat Arkansas 19–14
12221.198LSUSEC1–01.00010Beat Rice 42–0
13311.209Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Missouri 47–6
14381.220ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Truman State 96–6
15-101.285Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–01.00010BYE
16551.312Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Clemson 20–0
17-21.318USCPAC2–01.0001+1Beat California 13–2
18451.318Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–01.00010Beat Idaho 43–12
19461.361Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–0–10.750490Beat Marquette 40–13
2031.372Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 40–14
21161.438Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 27–7
22561.449Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Texas Tech 16–6
23561.459Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Ole Miss 26–13
24-121.498Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Bucknell 19–8
25371.503Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–01.00010Beat Oregon 20–6
2661.514Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–01.0001+1Beat Wichita State 13–6
27481.541Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Richmond 40–6
28401.563New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR2–01.00010Beat Lubbock Field 39–0
2901.579Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Dartmouth 13–6
3051.612Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Guilford 60–6
31221.645Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Syracuse 7–6
32221.645Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–01.00010Beat Wake Forest 7–6
33-121.677Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Rochester 48–0
34241.710Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat Idaho Marines 45–0
35491.737Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–01.00010Beat Nebraska 20–0
36-221.748ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Stockton Army Airfield 26–0
37111.764Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Muhlenberg 47–7
38-161.841Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat Northern Colorado 33–0
39-231.846Purdue (PURDUE)B102–01.00010Beat Great Lakes Navy 20–6
40-221.851Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Louisville Field 32–0
41-161.851Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Alma 32–0
42-141.861Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.000960BYE
43-11.861NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.000960BYE
4431.861Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–0–10.500540Tied Camp Beale 14–14
4551.861Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI0–00.000960BYE
46101.861Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–00.000960BYE
47131.861Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–00.000960BYE
48-91.862Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–01.00010Beat Louisiana 31–0
49-231.906Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Kearney Field 40–13
50381.917Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.00010Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 46–0
51-341.971Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Keesler Field 21–0
52141.982Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Tufts 27–7
53-342.058Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Squantum NAS 13–0
54102.058William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Catawba 19–6
5542.069Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–01.00010Beat Tennessee Tech 12–0
56-202.124Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Rensselaer 26–19
57-262.189Iowa (IOWA)B101–01.00010Beat Berg Field 14–13
58-572.253Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–10.500540Lost to Georgia 0–20
59-512.263Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–10.50054+1Lost to Notre Dame 0–7
60-502.380Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–10.50054+1Lost to Florida 13–26
6162.598Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–10.66752+1Lost to TCU 6–7
62292.717Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–10.667520Beat Michigan State 40–0
63-22.832Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON0–10.000780Lost to Tennessee 6–7
64183.093Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–20.000780Lost to Temple 6–7
65-413.117Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–10.000780Lost to Holy Cross 6–13
66243.145Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–10.500540Beat Denver 20–19
6753.212California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–20.000780Lost to USC 2–13
68283.229South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–10.500540Beat Presbyterian 40–0
69123.261Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–10.500540Beat Northern Iowa 48–13
70-643.351Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–10.50054+1Lost to Navy 0–49
7153.368NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–10.500540Lost to Virginia 6–26
72-33.450Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–20.000780Lost to Wisconsin 13–40
73-273.450Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–10.000780Lost to Washington 6–20
74123.523Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–10.500540Lost to Oklahoma State 14–19
75123.536North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–10.500540Lost to Georgia Tech 14–20
76-33.550UCLAPAC1–10.500540Beat SAN Diego Navy 20–14
7783.577Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR1–10.500540Lost to Texas A&M 6–16
78-373.735Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–10.000780Lost to Oklahoma 0–20
79-243.735Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI0–10.000780Lost to Miami 7–27
8093.777Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–10.500540Beat West Virginia 20–0
81-484.020Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–10.000780Lost to Columbia 14–40
82134.028Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–20.333740Lost to Kansas State 6–13
83-534.257Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–10.000780Lost to Washington State 12–43
84-734.360Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–10.50054-1Lost to Colorado 0–13
85-344.400Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–10.000780Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–40
8674.566Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–20.000780Lost to Ohio State 6–47
87-104.785West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–10.50054-1Lost to Pittsburgh 0–20
88114.972Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–10.50054+1Beat Colorado College 13–0
89-65.060Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–10.50054-1Beat Cincinnati 13–7
9045.083Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI1–20.33374-1Lost to Cornell 8–19
9115.116West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–20.33374-1Lost to Tulsa 0–32
92-725.160Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–10.000780Lost to Pennsylvania 0–50
93-235.778SMUIND SWC1–10.500540Lost to Corpus Christi NAS 7–22
94-205.831Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–10.500540Lost to Maxwell Field 0–7
95-158.131Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–20.00078-2Lost to Kansas 19–20
9628.653Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)IND FBSI0–2–10.167770Tied Scranton 0–0
9738.844Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–20.000780Lost to LSU 0–42
98-609.533Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–10.00078-1Lost to Michigan 0–40
99-210.578Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI0–20.00078-2Lost to South Carolina 0–40
100-4313.192Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–10.000780Lost to Nevada 14–33

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