1945 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 27, 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	0.562	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+33	BYE
2	0	0.610	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	5	+35	BYE
3	0	0.882	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–0	1.000	1	+27	Beat Pensacola NAS 55–6
4	1	0.973	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	8–0	1.000	1	+35	Beat Oklahoma 47–0
5	1	1.076	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	9–0–1	0.950	4	+36	Beat Purdue 26–0
6	-2	1.175	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	7–1	0.875	9	+27	Beat Kentucky 14–0
7	0	1.320	LSU	SEC	6–2	0.750	19	+27	BYE
8	0	1.332	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	7–2	0.778	16	+26	BYE
9	0	1.350	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	13	+25	Beat Michigan State 21–7
10	0	1.459	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	19	+23	Beat Cornell 59–6
11	4	1.586	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+18	Beat Boston College 46–0
12	0	1.641	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+19	Beat Dartmouth 21–0
13	6	1.647	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–3	0.700	26	+29	Beat Ohio State 7–3
14	-1	1.660	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	16	+22	Beat Arkansas 45–13
15	5	1.731	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	13	+18	Beat Tulane 32–6
16	1	1.769	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+17	BYE
17	1	1.772	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	6–2	0.750	19	+16	Beat North Carolina 14–7
18	-2	1.788	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–1	0.889	6	+19	BYE
19	-8	1.883	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+12	Lost to Maryland 13–19
20	-6	1.908	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–2	0.778	16	+18	Lost to Michigan 3–7
21	1	1.924	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+6	BYE
22	1	1.926	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	5–1–1	0.786	15	+7	Tied Texas Tech 6–6
23	9	2.162	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	5–2–1	0.688	28	+10	Beat Virginia 19–13
24	4	2.229	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	23	+9	Beat Georgia Tech 21–7
25	-4	2.243	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–2	0.750	19	+8	Lost to Ole Miss 6–7
26	3	2.426	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	6–2–1	0.722	23	+9	Beat Washington 7–0
27	0	2.451	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	7–3	0.700	26	+13	Lost to Indiana 0–26
28	7	2.643	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	29	+12	Beat Kansas 33–12
29	7	2.651	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	29	+7	Beat Richmond 33–0
30	-4	2.720	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–3	0.667	29	+11	Lost to Washington State 0–7
31	-6	2.721	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	5–3	0.625	35	+13	Lost to Denver 8–14
32	-2	2.782	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–3	0.667	29	+8	BYE
33	-2	2.787	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	52	+14	BYE
34	-10	2.866	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	35	+3	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–7
35	8	2.943	USC	PAC	6–3	0.667	29	+10	Beat Oregon State 34–7
36	2	2.990	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	29	-1	Beat Wayne State 33–13
37	11	3.097	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	35	+2	Beat Princeton 20–14
38	6	3.116	TCU	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	46	+11	Beat Rice 14–13
39	-5	3.119	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	40	+12	Lost to Miami 7–21
40	12	3.212	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	52	+5	Beat Illinois 13–7
41	-1	3.235	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	3–3–1	0.500	52	+5	Tied South Carolina 13–13
42	20	3.268	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–4–1	0.500	52	+3	Beat Colorado 14–8
43	14	3.297	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	25	+8	Beat Boston University 60–0
44	-3	3.306	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	52	+2	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–47
45	11	3.308	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	35	-3	Beat Brooklyn 58–6
46	-9	3.359	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	4–5	0.444	65	+4	Lost to Clemson 7–21
47	2	3.388	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	44	-1	Tied Colorado State 7–7
48	3	3.400	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	42	-1	BYE
49	-16	3.435	UCLA	PAC	5–3	0.625	35	+5	Lost to California 0–6
50	5	3.448	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–3–1	0.563	44	-3	BYE
51	20	3.515	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	4–4	0.500	52	+8	Beat Utah State 24–6
52	2	3.586	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	70	+2	Tied Colgate 6–6
53	13	3.638	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	51	+7	Beat ST. Louis 40–6
54	-12	3.682	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–4–1	0.500	52	-7	Lost to Wichita State 13–19
55	14	3.806	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–4–2	0.444	65	+2	Beat Minnesota 26–12
56	-11	3.809	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	46	-2	Lost to Pennsylvania 6–59
57	8	3.878	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	46	+4	Beat Virginia Tech 7–0
58	-12	3.906	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–3	0.571	42	-9	Lost to Utah 6–24
59	-20	3.959	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	70	0	Lost to USC 7–34
60	-10	3.971	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–5	0.444	65	-2	Lost to Wisconsin 12–26
61	-8	3.997	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	46	-12	Lost to Marquette 6–40
62	2	4.014	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–4	0.556	46	-3	Beat Louisiana Tech 29–0
63	0	4.083	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–2–3	0.500	52	-1	Tied Wake Forest 13–13
64	13	4.117	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–4	0.500	52	-4	Beat Mississippi State 7–6
65	9	4.210	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	41	-10	Beat Drake 19–13
66	-7	4.244	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	52	+10	Lost to TCU 13–14
67	-20	4.268	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–3–2	0.429	73	-1	Lost to Yale 14–20
68	-8	4.313	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	65	-5	Lost to Duke 7–14
69	9	4.405	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–5–1	0.389	78	-4	Beat UCLA 6–0
70	-2	4.437	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	70	-7	Tied Brown 6–6
71	-13	4.459	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	62	-11	Lost to SMU 0–34
72	0	4.554	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–5–2	0.400	76	-4	Tied New Mexico 6–6
73	0	4.567	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	81	-5	BYE
74	-7	4.576	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–5	0.375	79	-5	BYE
75	-5	4.610	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–1	0.450	62	-10	Lost to Missouri 12–33
76	4	4.660	SMU	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	76	0	Beat Baylor 34–0
77	2	4.721	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	65	-9	Beat Iowa 13–6
78	-17	4.757	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–5–1	0.450	62	-7	Lost to U.s. Amphibians 0–12
79	6	4.785	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	84	-7	Beat Penn State 7–0
80	2	5.220	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–5	0.375	79	-7	BYE
81	-5	5.277	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–5–1	0.313	82	-7	Lost to Notre Dame 6–32
82	-7	5.288	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	73	-9	Lost to Holy Cross 0–46
83	-2	5.317	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	84	-13	Lost to Tulsa 13–45
84	-1	5.678	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–6–1	0.278	87	-5	Lost to Northwestern 7–13
85	1	5.743	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	94	-11	Lost to Columbia 0–21
86	-2	5.798	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	89	-14	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–7
87	0	6.295	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	73	-5	BYE
88	1	6.797	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	86	-18	BYE
89	1	6.973	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	2–6	0.250	89	-16	BYE
90	3	6.988	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–8	0.200	93	-17	Lost to Tennessee 0–14
91	-3	6.991	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–7	0.222	92	-17	Lost to Nebraska 6–13
92	-1	7.222	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	97	-17	BYE
93	1	7.235	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–5–1	0.313	82	-14	Tied Colorado College 7–7
94	-2	7.276	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	89	-16	Lost to William & Mary 0–33
95	0	7.552	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	87	-23	BYE
96	1	8.502	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–7	0.125	98	-19	BYE
97	-1	8.791	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–7	0.125	98	-16	BYE
98	2	8.957	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	95	-14	Beat Lehigh 7–0
99	-1	9.342	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	95	-12	BYE
100	-1	9.451	Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	0–7–1	0.063	100	-11	BYE