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1945 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Army                        IND   99.52    9- 0-0   0- 0-0   70.63     5      1
   2 Navy                        IND   98.76    7- 1-1   0- 0-0   82.34     1      3
   3 Alabama                     SEC   96.93   10- 0-0   6- 0-0   49.92    36      2
   4 Indiana                     WES   96.76    9- 0-1   5- 0-1   57.18    24      4
   5 Michigan                    WES   95.92    7- 3-0   5- 1-0   80.01     2      6
   6 Oklahoma State              MVC   95.69    9- 0-0   1- 0-0   49.73    38       
   7 Georgia                     SEC   94.07    9- 2-0   4- 2-0   58.00    22     18
   8 Tennessee                   SEC   93.16    8- 1-0   3- 1-0   55.57    26     14
   9 Notre Dame                  IND   91.99    7- 2-1   0- 0-0   58.71    20      9
  10 Ohio State                  WES   91.80    7- 2-0   5- 2-0   64.54    10     12
  11 Duke                        SOU   91.59    6- 2-0   4- 0-0   61.30    15     13
  12 Pennsylvania                IND   90.13    6- 2-0   0- 0-0   59.24    18      8
  13 Louisiana State             SEC   89.45    7- 2-0   5- 2-0   55.61    25     15
  14 Purdue                      WES   87.57    7- 3-0   3- 3-0   63.72    13       
  15 Tulsa                       MVC   81.60    8- 3-0   2- 1-0   45.39    46     17
  16 Texas                       SWC   79.83   10- 1-0   5- 1-0   38.47    64     10
  17 Miami (Florida)             IND   79.79    9- 1-1   0- 0-0   51.04    32       
  18 Wake Forest                 SOU   78.89    5- 3-1   4- 1-1   60.63    16     19
  19 Holy Cross                  IND   78.36    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   41.15    58     16
  20 Northwestern                WES   78.18    4- 4-1   3- 3-1   78.36     3       
  21 Columbia                    IND   76.38    8- 1-0   0- 0-0   38.01    65     20
  22 St. Marys                   IND   75.10    6- 2-0   0- 0-0   29.63    90      7
  23 Temple                      IND   73.79    7- 1-0   0- 0-0   31.20    87       
  24 Wisconsin                   WES   72.74    3- 4-2   2- 3-1   69.86     6       
  25 Clemson                     SOU   72.67    6- 3-1   2- 1-1   45.44    44       
  26 Villanova                   IND   68.66    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   63.76    12       
  27 Mississippi State           SEC   68.65    6- 3-0   2- 3-0   40.90    59       
  28 Penn State                  IND   68.26    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   44.55    48       
  29 New Mexico                  BRD   67.36    6- 1-1   1- 0-1   29.37    91       
  30 William & Mary              SOU   65.48    6- 3-0   4- 2-0   40.42    60       
  31 Great Lakes Navy            IND   64.71    6- 4-1   0- 0-0   51.61    31       
  32 Virginia                    IND   64.29    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   28.26    94       
  33 Texas A&M                   SWC   62.36    6- 4-0   3- 3-0   46.44    42       
  34 Minnesota                   WES   62.28    4- 5-0   1- 5-0   61.62    14       
  35 Georgia Tech                SEC   62.24    4- 6-0   2- 2-0   67.13     7       
  36 Maryland                    SOU   61.75    6- 2-1   3- 2-0   33.49    80       
  37 Illinois                    WES   60.56    2- 6-1   1- 4-1   73.32     4       
  38 Michigan State              IND   59.96    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   55.06    27       
  39 Marquette                   IND   59.43    5- 4-1   0- 0-0   49.25    40       
  40 North Carolina              SOU   58.40    5- 5-0   2- 2-0   58.62    21       
  41 Missouri                    BG6   55.79    6- 4-0   5- 0-0   49.41    39       
  42 Tennessee-Chattanooga       IND   52.75    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   44.53    49       
  43 Detroit Mercy               IND   51.78    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   35.23    75       
  44 Colorado                    MSC   49.82    5- 3-0   3- 1-0   33.92    79       
  45 Southern Methodist          SWC   49.51    5- 6-0   4- 2-0   44.42    50       
  46 Yale                        IND   48.10    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   37.53    66       
  47 Texas Christian             SWC   47.27    5- 5-0   3- 3-0   50.19    34       
  48 Oklahoma                    BG6   47.20    5- 5-0   4- 1-0   45.44    45       
  49 Southern California         PCC   47.04    7- 4-0   5- 1-0   34.02    78     11
  50 Washington State            PCC   45.76    6- 2-1   6- 2-1   21.53    99       
  51 Iowa State                  BG6   45.67    4- 3-1   2- 2-1   36.50    69       
  52 South Carolina              SOU   43.91    2- 4-3   0- 3-2   63.79    11       
  53 Cornell                     IND   43.22    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   39.55    63       
  54 Drake                       MVC   43.03    5- 4-1   1- 2-0   32.39    84       
  55 Baylor                      SWC   42.48    5- 5-1   2- 4-0   41.33    57       
  56 Pittsburgh                  IND   42.32    3- 7-0   0- 0-0   66.02     9       
  57 Utah                        MSC   42.03    4- 4-0   3- 2-0   43.93    52       
  58 Auburn                      SEC   41.97    5- 5-0   2- 3-0   39.81    62       
  59 Washington                  PCC   40.50    6- 3-0   6- 3-0   27.51    95       
  60 Denver                      MSC   40.20    4- 5-1   4- 1-0   44.61    47       
  61 Colgate                     IND   39.98    3- 4-1   0- 0-0   42.12    55       
  62 North Carolina State        SOU   38.81    3- 6-0   2- 4-0   57.80    23       
  63 Utah State                  MSC   38.25    4- 3-0   1- 3-0   24.53    98       
  64 Brown                       IND   37.87    3- 4-1   0- 0-0   47.61    41       
  65 St. Louis                   MVC   37.75    5- 4-0   0- 1-0   31.50    86       
  66 Merchant Marine             IND   37.24    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   25.58    96       
  67 Virginia Military Institute SOU   36.98    5- 4-0   3- 2-0   33.48    81       
  68 Texas Tech                  BRD   35.90    3- 5-2   1- 0-1   53.61    29       
  69 Mississippi                 SEC   35.82    4- 5-0   3- 3-0   46.34    43       
  70 Rice                        SWC   34.19    5- 6-0   3- 3-0   43.44    54       
  71 Dartmouth                   IND   32.86    1- 6-1   0- 0-0   59.18    19       
  72 Colorado College            IND   31.80    4- 3-1   0- 0-0   31.55    85       
  73 UCLA                        PCC   31.55    5- 4-0   2- 3-0   29.31    92       
  74 Florida                     SEC   31.28    4- 5-1   1- 3-1   33.13    82       
  75 Arkansas                    SWC   28.74    3- 7-0   1- 5-0   53.86    28       
  76 Nebraska                    BG6   27.99    4- 5-0   2- 3-0   41.44    56       
  77 Wichita State               MVC   27.37    6- 4-0   1- 1-0   21.38   100       
  78 Harvard                     IND   27.37    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   20.96   101       
  79 Princeton                   IND   26.96    2- 3-2   0- 0-0   43.61    53       
  80 Kansas                      BG6   26.05    4- 5-1   1- 3-1   36.47    70       
  81 Iowa                        WES   25.50    2- 7-0   1- 5-0   66.84     8       
  82 Vanderbilt                  SEC   23.75    3- 6-0   2- 4-0   51.74    30       
  83 California                  PCC   23.21    4- 5-1   2- 4-1   35.69    74       
  84 Oregon State                PCC   22.52    4- 4-1   4- 4-0   30.03    89       
  85 Tulane                      SEC   22.49    2- 6-1   1- 3-1   60.22    17       
  86 Virginia Tech               SOU   20.60    2- 6-0   2- 5-0   50.66    33       
  87 Kentucky                    SEC   19.41    2- 8-0   0- 5-0   49.90    37       
  88 Oregon                      PCC   18.55    3- 6-0   3- 6-0   30.67    88       
  89 Syracuse                    IND   18.30    1- 6-0   0- 0-0   50.09    35       
  90 West Virginia               IND   16.11    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   34.39    77       
  91 Boston College              IND   15.69    3- 4-0   0- 0-0   35.73    72       
  92 West Texas A&M              BRD   15.44    2- 6-0   0- 2-0   36.10    71       
  93 Bucknell                    IND   13.38    2- 5-0   0- 0-0   44.40    51       
  94 Colorado State              MSC   10.02    2- 5-1   0- 4-0   28.97    93       
  95 Minor Teams                        9.89   31-**-2   0- 0-0   40.38    61       
  96 New York University         IND    8.18    3- 4-0   0- 0-0   19.85   102       
  97 Richmond                    SOU    6.91    2- 6-0   0- 4-0   34.85    76       
  98 Coast Guard                 IND    4.91    0- 7-1   0- 0-0   35.71    73       
  99 Lafayette                   IND    4.69    1- 7-1   0- 0-0   33.04    83       
 100 Kansas State                BG6    3.85    1- 7-0   0- 5-0   37.42    67       
 101 Presbyterian                IND    3.73    1- 6-0   0- 0-0   36.63    68       
 102 Idaho                       PCC    3.70    1- 7-0   0- 5-0   25.34    97       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Western            WES     9   74.59   25.44    45- 34- 5    19-  8- 1  Indiana                 4   96.76
Missouri Valley    MVC     5   57.09   43.40    33- 15- 1    28- 10- 1  Oklahoma State          6   95.69
Southeastern       SEC    12   56.60   45.67    64- 49- 2    33- 18- 0  Alabama                 3   96.93
Southern           SOU    11   52.36   47.64    48- 44- 6    22- 18- 2  Duke                   11   91.59
Southwest          SWC     7   49.20   48.71    39- 34- 1    18- 13- 1  Texas                  16   79.83
Independent        IND    35   48.75   51.66   160-123-15   160-123-15  Army                    1   99.52
Border             BRD     3   39.57   63.00    11- 12- 3     9- 10- 1  New Mexico             29   67.36
Mountain States    MSC     5   36.06   63.60    19- 20- 2     8-  9- 2  Colorado               44   49.82
Big 6              BG6     6   34.42   66.00    24- 29- 2    10- 15- 0  Missouri               41   55.79
Pacific Coast      PCC     8   29.10   73.50    36- 35- 3     8-  7- 1  Southern California    49   47.04

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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