Modern Statistical Era. World War II season; schedules, rosters, and participation were affected by wartime conditions.

1944 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

94 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Army FBS · FBS Independents	★	9–0	334.74	435.66	138.34	—
2	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	9–0	285.02	352.08	138.43	—
3	RRandolph Field FBS · FBS Independents	—	12–0	269.83	351.95	115.55	—
4	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	255.81	297.63	177.37	—
5	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	245.79	286.37	153.38	—
6	Michigan FBS · Western	—	8–2	228.92	261.03	150.35	—
7	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–1	228.83	272.13	121.01	▲ 3
8	IIowa Pre-Flight FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–1	226.01	269.68	120.07	▼ 1
9	NNorman Naval Air Station FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–0	220.09	257.17	130.79	▼ 1
10	USC FBS · Pacific	—	8–0–2	197.20	252.66	76.34	▲ 8
11	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	8–3	196.74	219.71	134.44	▼ 2
12	Duke FBS · Southern	—	6–4	192.06	215.62	149.86	—
13	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–2	189.94	230.75	102.48	▲ 4
14	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	7–1–1	187.93	221.51	97.86	▼ 3
15	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	172.69	172.77	155.49	▼ 1
16	Indiana FBS · Western	—	7–3	172.40	191.74	132.33	▼ 3
17	GGreat Lakes Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2–1	171.16	193.68	117.43	▼ 2
18	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	5–3–1	164.31	173.47	143.50	▼ 2
19	MMarch Field FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–3	151.38	162.40	113.21	—
20	SSecond Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–1	147.98	190.40	83.12	—
21	Illinois FBS · Western	—	5–4–1	142.02	137.42	151.71	—
22	Oklahoma FBS · Big 6	—	6–3–1	141.32	150.92	110.18	—
23	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	5–2–2	134.12	147.63	101.19	—
24	Purdue FBS · Western	—	5–5	133.36	130.33	147.00	—
25	Colorado FBS · Mountain State	—	6–2	129.76	152.50	81.16	—
26	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	5–4	128.63	127.09	127.51	—
27	Wake Forest FBS · Southern	—	8–1	121.47	130.00	68.02	▲ 1
28	Iowa State FBS · Big 6	—	6–1–1	121.28	151.46	55.86	▼ 1
29	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	119.71	154.89	67.72	—
30	LSU FBS · SEC	—	2–5–1	115.08	128.61	122.33	—
31	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	7–3	114.73	117.83	88.17	—
32	SSaint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	114.68	135.30	91.19	▲ 1
33	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	112.42	92.21	146.37	▲ 1
34	AAmarillo Field FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	108.60	98.39	113.06	▲ 1
35	Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–2	106.44	122.27	63.54	▲ 1
36	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	3–6	106.39	91.83	155.09	▲ 1
37	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–0	105.54	158.67	40.28	▲ 1
38	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	7–3–1	105.35	103.97	89.48	▼ 6
39	NC State FBS · Southern	—	7–2	103.30	121.17	57.55	▲ 2
40	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	4–3	103.09	85.47	123.11	▼ 1
41	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	103.09	111.75	103.49	▼ 1
42	DDenver FBS · Mountain State	—	4–3–2	99.94	113.00	79.73	▲ 2
43	Coast Guard FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	99.87	92.92	93.69	—
44	Utah FBS · Mountain State	—	5–2–1	98.73	115.85	59.21	▲ 1
45	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	3–6	98.19	114.07	98.56	▼ 3
46	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	7–4	95.91	100.15	83.36	—
47	FFort Warren FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	86.47	75.20	103.12	—
48	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	83.65	76.51	100.94	—
49	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	82.74	100.33	33.33	—
50	Missouri FBS · Big 6	—	3–5–2	82.33	66.36	120.47	—
51	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1	80.79	90.07	39.04	—
52	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	5–3	77.58	66.96	86.23	▲ 1
53	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	4–5–1	76.76	72.56	95.65	▲ 2
54	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	76.23	66.69	103.65	▼ 2
55	Miami (OH) FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▲ 2
56	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▲ 2
57	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▲ 2
58	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	4–5	70.69	57.27	98.63	▼ 4
59	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	2–6	70.46	66.00	107.05	▼ 3
60	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	4–7	70.20	73.76	90.91	▲ 2
61	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	6–2	69.93	51.02	72.38	▼ 1
62	Nebraska FBS · Big 6	—	2–6	69.73	74.49	99.65	▼ 1
63	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	68.37	54.02	71.32	—
64	West Texas FBS · Border	—	4–3	67.01	63.95	71.70	▲ 2
65	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	5–5–1	66.63	31.53	119.20	▲ 2
66	AAlameda Coast Guard FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–2–2	66.36	62.42	70.21	▼ 2
67	Iowa FBS · Western	—	1–7	65.94	28.17	162.40	▼ 2
68	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	5–2–1	65.65	67.81	57.28	—
69	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–4–1	60.85	91.79	45.27	—
70	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–5–1	56.65	28.74	120.03	—
71	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	1–7–1	54.80	18.34	152.11	▲ 1
72	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	4–4	54.13	51.08	69.59	▼ 1
73	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–4–2	52.66	44.43	73.98	—
74	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–2	51.40	44.34	31.39	—
75	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–7	46.54	10.54	138.87	—
76	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	1–7–1	44.99	7.50	131.65	▲ 1
77	Florida FBS · SEC	—	4–3	44.17	29.15	60.42	▼ 1
78	CColorado College FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	43.70	18.81	101.35	—
79	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3	40.28	11.61	60.30	—
80	LLubbock Field FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	39.59	17.91	66.86	—
81	California FBS · Pacific	—	3–6–1	38.71	15.37	95.00	▲ 3
82	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	3–4–2	38.55	33.61	63.24	▼ 1
83	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	37.80	1.00	79.18	▼ 1
84	Nevada FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2	36.73	25.00	63.42	▼ 1
85	Kansas FBS · Big 6	—	3–6–1	29.02	5.05	86.03	—
86	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	26.01	1.00	51.36	—
87	Utah State FBS · Mountain State	—	3–3	25.19	12.42	42.45	—
88	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–5	22.94	1.00	72.18	—
89	Kansas State FBS · Big 6	—	2–5–2	20.61	1.00	71.20	—
90	New Mexico FBS · Border	—	1–7	19.95	1.00	89.68	—
91	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6	19.25	1.00	76.81	—
92	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–7–1	17.83	1.00	80.08	—
93	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	1–7–1	14.94	13.00	64.75	—
94	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–5	13.78	17.00	34.27	—