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1944 Week 7 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
140.714Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+5Beat Cornell 16–7
2290.733Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–0–10.75026+1Beat Temple 30–0
3-20.746Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Tulane 26–0
4-20.778Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat North Carolina 28–0
530.797Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Brown 59–7
6240.910Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–0–10.75026+1Beat Utah 28–12
760.936Norman NAS (NORMAN NAS)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1BYE
8-51.024Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.0001+1Beat Iowa 34–0
901.058Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC3–01.0001+2Beat Texas Tech 14–7
10-41.277Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Ole Miss 20–7
1151.294Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON3–01.0001+1Beat Maryland 39–0
12281.391Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–01.0001+1Beat Kansas 27–0
13-61.422Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Dartmouth 20–6
14-31.454Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–01.0001+1Beat Marquette 21–2
15111.492Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–0–10.750260Beat Samford 63–7
16-11.509Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–01.00010Beat Willamette 40–6
1731.517Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–01.00010Beat Doane 59–0
18-41.561TCUIND SWC2–0–10.83323+1Tied Arkansas 6–6
19201.587Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–01.00010Beat Millsaps 56–0
20231.631Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Kentucky 2–0
2111.669William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Hampden Sydney 38–0
22251.675Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Syracuse 26–2
23-191.697Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI2–10.66732+3Lost to Yale 7–16
2411.770California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–0–10.833230Tied USC 6–6
25161.865Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)IND FBSI2–0–10.833230Beat ST. Mary's 18–0
26-51.884SMUIND SWC2–01.00010Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 16–15
2781.931Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–0–10.500440Tied South Carolina 0–0
28101.931Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.000860BYE
29131.953Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–01.00010Beat Fort Benning 7–0
30141.960Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–01.00010Beat Gustavus Adolphus 25–14
31192.048USCPAC1–0–20.667320Tied California 6–6
32302.056Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–10.50044+2Beat Texas A&M 21–14
33252.090Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–10.500440Beat Presbyterian 67–0
34172.137Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Sampson NTS 7–6
35242.227Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–10.66732+2Beat NC State 13–7
3692.249Indiana (INDIANA)B102–10.66732+2BYE
37-272.397Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–1–10.62543+1Lost to Purdue 19–35
38-262.528Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–10.50044+1Lost to Denver 12–28
39142.562Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)IND FBSI3–10.750260Beat Worcester Tech 39–0
40-232.720NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–10.66732+1Lost to Clemson 7–13
41132.854Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–10.66732+1Beat Bethany (WEST VIRGINIA) 50–13
42222.860Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–10.750260Beat Minnesota 28–13
4362.901Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–20.33359+1Lost to Michigan State 0–2
44132.902Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–1–10.50044+1Tied TCU 6–6
45152.972Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–10.667320Beat West Virginia 24–6
46263.222Purdue (PURDUE)B102–10.66732+2Beat Illinois 35–19
47-283.290Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–10.66732-1Lost to Oklahoma 14–21
48203.350West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–10.50044+1Beat New Mexico 19–12
49123.376Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–10.75026-1Beat Franklin & Marshall 16–13
5053.530Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–2–10.375580Lost to Tulsa 0–27
51-53.628Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–10.500440Lost to Holy Cross 0–30
52-283.656Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI1–10.500440Lost to Army 7–59
53-243.674Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–1–10.250680Lost to Pennsylvania 6–20
5494.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–20.333590Lost to Tennessee 7–20
55154.006Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–10.66732-2Beat Jacksonville NAS 27–20
56-194.336Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–10.000730Lost to Notre Dame 0–26
57184.373Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–10.667320Beat LSU 14–13
5884.391North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–30.000730Lost to Georgia Tech 0–28
59254.446Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–10.50044+1Beat Penn State 55–14
60164.616Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–20.33359-1Beat Kansas State 33–0
61-434.738Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON1–20.33359+1Lost to North Carolina PRE Flight 6–13
62-304.777Iowa (IOWA)B100–10.000730Lost to Ohio State 0–34
63-404.806Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50044-1Lost to Navy 14–55
64195.221Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–10.50044+1Beat Richmond 26–20
6545.384West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–20.33359-2Lost to Virginia 6–24
66-145.449Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–20.333590Lost to Great Lakes Navy 0–25
6775.554South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–1–10.500440Tied Miami 0–0
68-35.596Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–20.50044+1Lost to Fort Warren 13–33
6925.950Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–20.33359-1Lost to Michigan 13–28
70-36.239Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–20.00073-1Lost to Columbia 2–26
7186.359Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–30.00073-2Lost to Wisconsin 2–21
72-246.418Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–10.500440Lost to Randolph Field 6–42
73-396.487LSUSEC0–1–10.25068-1Lost to Rice 13–14
74-16.543Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–20.33359-3Lost to Virginia Military Institute 20–26
7527.506Idaho State (IDAHO STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33359-1BYE
7627.561New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR1–30.25068-3Lost to West Texas A&M 12–19
7737.867Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR0–30.00073-1Lost to Oklahoma State 7–14
78-227.867UCLAPAC0–2–10.167720Lost to SAN Diego Navy 12–14
7969.053Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–20.000730Lost to Wake Forest 0–39
8019.825Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI0–20.00073-2Lost to Georgia 0–67
81-4810.901Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–1–10.25068-2Lost to Missouri 0–33
82011.232Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–10.00073-2BYE
83-5512.777Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Rochester 13–20
84-5713.108Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Harvard 0–13
85113.163Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–20.000730BYE
86-5014.543NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–10.000730Lost to Lafayette 0–39

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