1943 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 4, 1944By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1943 Season Tags: • No Comments

1943 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	0.709	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	4	+31	BYE
2	0	0.785	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	4	+39	BYE
3	1	0.899	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	3	+44	BYE
4	3	1.241	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–1	0.889	4	+21	BYE
5	0	1.246	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	14	+19	BYE
6	-3	1.269	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	6–1–1	0.813	10	+15	Lost to Georgia Tech 18–20
7	-1	1.271	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+12	BYE
8	0	1.375	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	9–0	1.000	1	+20	BYE
9	0	1.451	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	7	+15	BYE
10	0	1.503	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–1–1	0.833	9	+23	Tied Randolph Field 7–7
11	2	1.524	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	8–3	0.727	18	+26	Beat Tulsa 20–18
12	0	1.679	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	19	+13	BYE
13	1	1.813	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	22	+17	BYE
14	3	1.833	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	6–2	0.750	14	+14	BYE
15	1	1.845	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	14	+12	BYE
16	-1	1.869	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–2	0.778	12	+15	BYE
17	-6	1.961	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–2–1	0.750	14	+15	Lost to LSU 14–19
18	0	2.038	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	6–1	0.857	7	+4	BYE
19	4	2.478	LSU	SEC	6–3	0.667	22	+16	Beat Texas A&M 19–14
20	-1	2.535	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	12	+9	BYE
21	-1	2.572	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	27	+5	BYE
22	0	2.644	USC	PAC	8–2	0.800	11	+18	Beat Washington 29–0
23	-2	2.672	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	5–2	0.714	20	0	BYE
24	0	2.957	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	29	+5	BYE
25	0	3.174	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	20	+3	BYE
26	0	3.226	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	27	+7	BYE
27	0	3.233	Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	24	+5	BYE
28	0	3.302	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	25	-2	BYE
29	0	3.551	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–4–2	0.500	33	+3	BYE
30	0	3.579	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–4	0.600	29	-3	BYE
31	0	3.645	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	25	-1	BYE
32	0	3.837	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–4	0.556	32	+4	BYE
33	0	3.995	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	31	-8	BYE
34	0	4.082	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	40	+5	BYE
35	0	4.590	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	3–3	0.500	33	+8	BYE
36	0	4.659	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–4	0.500	33	0	BYE
37	0	4.769	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	37	-7	BYE
38	0	4.843	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	37	-4	BYE
39	1	5.219	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–5	0.375	45	-10	BYE
40	-1	5.279	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	42	-1	BYE
41	0	5.325	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–1	0.450	36	-13	BYE
42	1	5.332	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–6	0.400	43	-3	BYE
43	-1	5.333	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–6	0.333	47	+2	BYE
44	0	5.686	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	37	-4	BYE
45	0	5.871	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	43	-10	BYE
46	0	5.930	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	45	-13	BYE
47	0	5.995	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	40	+3	BYE
48	0	6.284	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7	0.300	49	-5	BYE
49	0	6.377	TCU	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	53	-21	BYE
50	1	6.598	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	49	-8	BYE
51	-1	6.628	SMU	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	58	-15	BYE
52	0	6.999	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	51	-17	BYE
53	0	7.125	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	53	-8	BYE
54	1	7.218	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	53	-23	BYE
55	1	7.251	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	47	-15	BYE
56	1	7.268	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	61	-18	BYE
57	-3	7.268	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	58	-19	BYE
58	0	7.397	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	51	-4	BYE
59	0	7.406	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	53	-20	BYE
60	0	7.678	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	53	-13	BYE
61	0	8.402	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–9	0.100	65	-22	BYE
62	0	9.044	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	60	-18	BYE
63	0	9.118	UCLA	PAC	1–8	0.111	64	-16	BYE
64	0	9.288	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–8	0.000	66	-24	BYE
65	0	9.909	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–7	0.125	62	-22	BYE
66	0	10.351	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	62	-15	BYE
67	0	10.836	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–7	0.000	66	-10	BYE

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