1945 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 16, 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	0	0.457	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Penn State 28–0
2	3	0.972	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Kentucky 48–6
3	4	1.006	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat North Carolina 49–0
4	-2	1.013	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Wisconsin 12–0
5	12	1.020	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat South Carolina 55–0
6	-3	1.046	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	BYE
7	1	1.097	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Texas Tech 18–7
8	-2	1.104	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Dartmouth 34–0
9	3	1.133	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 30–0
10	16	1.154	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Detroit Mercy 41–6
11	14	1.289	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Merchant Marine 22–6
12	-8	1.314	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–0–1	0.875	24	+4	Beat Nebraska 54–14
13	0	1.340	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Villanova 26–7
14	-5	1.347	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat SMU 26–12
15	6	1.361	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Michigan 28–7
16	3	1.372	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Bucknell 64–0
17	-7	1.387	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Fort Warren 14–0
18	2	1.423	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Yale 27–13
19	5	1.498	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Colorado College 6–4
20	7	1.533	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Iowa 40–0
21	7	1.563	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Oklahoma 12–7
22	26	1.586	LSU	SEC	2–1	0.667	34	+4	Beat Texas A&M 31–12
23	13	1.611	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	34	+3	Beat ST. Louis 21–0
24	5	1.692	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	BYE
25	6	1.707	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Pacific 61–0
26	4	1.786	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana 44–13
27	-4	1.893	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	25	+2	Beat Wake Forest 26–19
28	6	1.960	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	53	0	BYE
29	14	1.985	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	+2	BYE
30	8	1.992	TCU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	34	+3	BYE
31	-17	2.082	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	34	+2	Lost to Navy 0–28
32	1	2.285	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–2	0.600	52	+3	Lost to Army 7–28
33	6	2.318	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	25	+1	Beat Pensacola NAS 7–6
34	19	2.349	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	25	+2	Beat Arkansas 23–13
35	-24	2.399	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–1–1	0.625	50	+2	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–7
36	1	2.405	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–1	0.750	25	+2	Beat Louisiana Tech 26–21
37	8	2.430	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	25	+1	Beat NC State 21–14
38	3	2.433	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	2–1	0.667	34	+2	Beat Samford 43–0
39	-21	2.443	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	34	0	Lost to Washington 0–6
40	-25	2.497	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	25	+2	Lost to LSU 12–31
41	33	2.537	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–1	0.667	34	+1	Beat Florida 7–0
42	2	2.665	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–2	0.333	70	+2	BYE
43	8	2.681	UCLA	PAC	3–1	0.750	25	0	Beat California 13–0
44	24	2.866	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–1	0.667	34	0	Beat Washington State 6–0
45	14	2.877	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	34	0	Beat South Dakota State 34–0
46	19	2.886	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	34	0	Beat Virginia Tech 38–0
47	-15	2.906	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	34	0	Lost to Mississippi State 6–41
48	10	2.930	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	25	+3	Beat Colorado State 21–6
49	6	2.962	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	34	-1	Beat Lafayette 47–0
50	-28	2.962	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	34	-1	Lost to Miami 0–21
51	-9	2.994	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	53	+1	Lost to Baylor 13–23
52	-36	2.998	USC	PAC	3–1	0.750	25	+4	Lost to SAN Diego Navy 6–33
53	-4	3.103	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–2–1	0.375	68	+1	Lost to Ohio State 0–12
54	-14	3.127	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	34	0	Lost to Maryland 6–22
55	14	3.169	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	34	+1	Beat Pittsburgh 12–7
56	14	3.193	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–1–1	0.625	50	0	Beat Washburn 34–0
57	9	3.246	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	53	+2	Beat Iowa State 13–7
58	6	3.265	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	78	+2	Beat West Virginia 12–0
59	-3	3.337	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	53	0	Lost to New Mexico 4–6
60	-8	3.376	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	53	+2	Lost to Holy Cross 7–26
61	-15	3.524	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	53	-1	Lost to Texas 7–12
62	-12	3.686	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–3	0.250	78	0	Lost to UCLA 0–13
63	18	3.754	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	34	-1	Beat NEW York University 28–0
64	14	3.841	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1–1	0.500	53	0	Beat Oregon 19–6
65	-3	3.845	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	70	0	Lost to Columbia 13–27
66	-19	3.853	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	53	0	Lost to Michigan State 7–12
67	-4	4.037	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	53	-1	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–49
68	-7	4.051	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	92	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–34
69	-15	4.067	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	53	-1	BYE
70	-10	4.109	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	53	-1	Lost to Alabama 0–55
71	-4	4.554	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–2	0.333	70	0	Lost to Purdue 0–40
72	-1	4.626	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–3	0.250	78	-1	Lost to Tulsa 7–18
73	3	4.702	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	78	-2	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 14–21
74	6	4.807	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	70	-1	Lost to Tennessee 0–30
75	0	4.954	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	92	-1	Lost to Duke 19–26
76	-19	4.963	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	53	-5	Lost to Syracuse 0–12
77	6	5.262	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–3	0.250	78	-2	Lost to Georgia 6–48
78	10	5.295	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	78	-3	Beat Kansas State 55–13
79	-7	5.304	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	70	-2	Lost to Oregon State 6–19
80	9	5.306	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–3	0.250	78	-3	Beat Utah 21–7
81	6	5.659	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	92	-1	BYE
82	4	5.776	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–2	0.333	70	0	BYE
83	-6	5.795	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–2–1	0.375	68	-3	Lost to Missouri 7–13
84	10	5.810	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–3	0.400	67	-2	Beat Central Missouri State 25–0
85	-6	6.096	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–4	0.200	88	-1	Lost to Amarillo Field 12–21
86	14	6.099	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	53	0	Beat Rochester 21–13
87	-5	6.350	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	88	-4	Lost to Temple 0–64
88	7	6.387	SMU	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	78	-2	Lost to Oklahoma State 12–26
89	-16	6.515	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	90	-1	Lost to Colgate 0–47
90	0	6.665	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	92	-2	Lost to Indiana 14–54
91	0	6.827	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	70	-1	Lost to Colorado 6–21
92	-7	6.848	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	92	-1	Lost to Boston College 0–28
93	-9	7.462	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	70	-1	Lost to Marquette 13–55
94	5	8.283	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	78	-1	Beat Tulane 13–7
95	-2	8.487	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	92	-3	Lost to William & Mary 0–38
96	2	10.150	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	92	-4	Lost to Denver 7–21
97	-1	10.467	Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	0–3–1	0.125	91	0	Lost to Rensselaer 7–18
98	-6	10.594	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–3	0.000	92	-3	Lost to Farragut Navy 7–18
99	-64	10.721	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	78	-3	Lost to Rice 7–13
100	-3	11.244	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	92	-3	Lost to Fort Bragg 0–39