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1944 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

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1944 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
100.420Army (ARMY)IND FBSI9–01.0001+42Beat Navy 23–7
200.995Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B109–01.0001+36BYE
301.006Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC7–10.8758+35BYE
401.231Norman NAS (NORMAN NAS)IND FBSI6–01.0001+18BYE
501.302Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC7–0–10.9384+20BYE
601.434Yale (YALE)IND FBSI7–0–10.9384+19BYE
721.539USCPAC7–0–20.8896+12BYE
801.658Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI8–20.80011+24Beat Great Lakes Navy 28–7
961.673Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC8–20.80011+22Beat Georgia 44–0
1001.678Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–1–20.75018+8BYE
11-41.710Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–30.66727+32Lost to Army 7–23
12-11.732Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON8–10.8896+21BYE
13-11.744Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B86–1–10.81310+11BYE
1401.781Michigan (MICHIGAN)B108–20.80011+22BYE
1521.935Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B86–3–10.65031+21Beat Nebraska 31–12
1621.937Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI6–1–20.77814+8Beat North Carolina 26–7
17-42.107Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC7–30.70023+15Lost to Georgia Tech 0–44
1812.159NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON7–20.77814+9BYE
1912.207Indiana (INDIANA)B107–30.70023+14BYE
20-42.263TCUIND SWC7–2–10.75018+15Lost to SMU 6–9
2142.266Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC7–20.77814+14Beat Miami 48–2
2202.301Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI6–10.8579+2BYE
2312.362Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–2–10.68825+9BYE
24-12.385Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI5–30.62532+14BYE
2512.622Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI7–2–10.75018-1BYE
2612.627Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC6–20.75018+2BYE
2712.689Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY6–20.75018+16BYE
2812.726Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI5–2–20.66727+18BYE
2982.793Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–3–20.55642+3Beat Colorado College 27–13
3022.815Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)IND FBSI6–30.66727+3BYE
3122.848Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–30.66727+3BYE
3262.855William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON5–2–10.68825-2Beat Richmond 40–0
3312.891Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC7–20.77814-1BYE
34-32.892Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON5–40.55642+16BYE
3502.905Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B105–3–10.61135+14BYE
3602.921Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–4–10.55046+4BYE
37-163.083Tulane (TULANE)SEC4–30.57138+9Lost to LSU 6–25
38-83.087Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–40.60037+2Lost to Texas 0–6
3933.259Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–40.55642+13Beat Texas A&M 6–0
4003.360West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–3–10.61135-4BYE
41-23.502Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON4–50.44455+5BYE
42-13.562Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI5–40.55642+2BYE
4343.667Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–5–10.50047+4Beat Arkansas Monticello 41–0
44-13.751Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–30.62532+3BYE
4513.901Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)IND FBSI4–2–20.62532-2BYE
46-13.903Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–40.50047-6BYE
47-33.927Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–60.33366+1BYE
4804.071Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–50.44455+2BYE
4904.168Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–30.57138-7BYE
5054.227LSUSEC2–5–10.31371-3Beat Tulane 25–6
51-14.400Purdue (PURDUE)B105–50.50047+3BYE
52-14.564Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–4–10.43859-4BYE
53104.566SMUIND SWC5–50.50047-1Beat TCU 9–6
54-24.633Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–30.57138+2BYE
55-24.664Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI2–4–20.37561-6BYE
56-24.730West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR4–30.57138-7BYE
5704.865Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–30.50047-1BYE
5814.870Rice (RICE)IND SWC5–60.45553-9Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 18–7
59-34.996Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–40.50047-4BYE
60-25.191Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–5–20.40060-3BYE
61-15.197South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–4–20.44455-6BYE
62-15.315Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–5–10.31371-7BYE
6345.328Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR4–70.36462-4Beat South Plains Field 7–6
64-25.364UCLAPAC4–5–10.45054+1BYE
65-15.471Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–6–10.35064-16BYE
66-15.525Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–60.33366-9BYE
6715.772Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–60.25075-4BYE
68-25.867Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–60.33366-4Lost to Denver 13–27
6956.035Idaho State (IDAHO STATE)IND FBSI4–50.44455-7Beat Edmonton Field 7–6
70-16.233Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–4–10.35763-14BYE
7106.253North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–7–10.16780-12Lost to Virginia 7–26
72-26.263California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–6–10.35064-6BYE
7306.560Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–50.28673-6BYE
7416.707Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–5–20.33366-13BYE
75-36.740Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–60.25075-18Lost to Oklahoma 12–31
7636.809Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–7–10.16780-9Beat Virginia Military Institute 8–6
77-16.932Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–60.25075-19BYE
7807.369Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–6–10.18879-9Lost to Tulsa 2–48
7957.439Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI3–60.33366-22Beat Newberry 6–0; Beat HAVANA UNIVERSITY 34–0
80-37.541Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–60.25075-17Lost to William & Mary 0–40
8107.711Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–7–10.16780-22BYE
82-27.781NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–50.28673-9BYE
8308.436Iowa (IOWA)B101–70.12583-19BYE
84-28.491Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–80.11186-22Lost to Maryland 6–8
8509.649New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR1–70.12583-21BYE
86010.237Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–70.12583-13BYE

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