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

1945 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

98 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Army FBS · FBS Independents	★	9–0	357.69	457.48	192.09	—
2	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	297.82	354.29	183.78	—
3	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	10–0	269.04	340.49	122.01	▲ 1
4	Indiana FBS · Western	—	9–0–1	260.17	323.35	131.74	▼ 1
5	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	9–0	258.18	318.05	114.01	▲ 1
6	Michigan FBS · Western	—	7–3	248.02	261.23	198.11	▼ 1
7	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	240.53	277.20	157.42	—
8	LSU FBS · SEC	—	7–2	228.74	283.04	122.74	—
9	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	9–2	214.41	241.65	133.29	▲ 5
10	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–1–1	213.35	259.68	104.91	▲ 3
11	GGreat Lakes Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	202.17	251.83	145.29	▼ 1
12	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	7–2	201.38	241.65	128.61	▼ 1
13	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	197.40	213.43	147.77	▼ 1
14	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–3	193.33	231.08	113.52	▼ 5
15	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	8–1	190.23	220.11	109.35	—
16	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	10–1	187.26	221.40	94.11	▲ 2
17	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	182.43	223.37	86.31	—
18	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	182.37	218.43	98.55	▼ 2
19	Purdue FBS · Western	—	7–3	172.32	168.05	156.76	—
20	Duke FBS · Southern	—	6–2	160.07	155.33	146.52	—
21	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	159.26	205.83	60.63	—
22	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	4–4–1	154.27	154.63	162.74	—
23	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	146.64	157.65	125.76	▲ 1
24	SSaint Mary's (CA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	144.85	170.57	97.43	▼ 1
25	New Mexico FBS · Border	—	6–1–1	143.80	173.40	80.06	▲ 5
26	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	142.84	175.89	114.06	—
27	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	141.53	121.32	161.07	▼ 2
28	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	6–4	134.30	146.61	111.22	▼ 1
29	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	6–3	132.20	141.45	102.62	▼ 1
30	USC FBS · Pacific	—	7–4	128.35	129.50	107.94	▼ 1
31	Utah FBS · Mountain State	—	4–4	126.39	139.65	109.05	—
32	Colorado FBS · Mountain State	—	5–3	121.99	138.77	86.93	—
33	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	3–4–2	120.87	108.57	153.77	—
34	Wake Forest FBS · Southern	—	5–3–1	119.39	110.01	124.49	—
35	Miami (OH) FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	117.37	77.30	192.83	▲ 1
36	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	6–2–1	112.58	146.97	51.89	▲ 1
37	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	5–5	111.56	120.33	111.34	▲ 1
38	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	6–3–1	110.63	119.93	94.90	▲ 2
39	Missouri FBS · Big 6	—	6–4	109.11	101.99	107.35	▼ 4
40	Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	108.34	127.34	55.44	▲ 1
41	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	6–3	106.09	113.92	77.85	▲ 1
42	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	6–2–1	105.94	118.75	65.97	▲ 1
43	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	4–6	105.42	87.26	147.12	▲ 1
44	DDenver FBS · Mountain State	—	4–5–1	101.15	107.43	99.88	▼ 5
45	California FBS · Pacific	—	4–5–1	100.72	112.61	99.23	—
46	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	99.03	101.05	99.43	—
47	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	98.01	92.65	113.01	—
48	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	3–5–2	97.68	86.58	128.58	—
49	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	96.72	93.55	115.24	—
50	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	95.99	88.77	136.82	—
51	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	4–5	95.36	64.04	151.04	—
52	Oklahoma FBS · Big 6	—	5–5	94.94	93.58	103.09	—
53	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	93.33	111.31	62.81	—
54	Illinois FBS · Western	—	2–6–1	93.24	58.71	172.07	—
55	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	5–5–1	88.50	86.23	100.59	—
56	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	83.22	61.83	117.37	▲ 6
57	Nebraska FBS · Big 6	—	4–5	82.64	91.32	86.80	—
58	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	82.47	59.24	104.36	▲ 1
59	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–3–2	82.37	72.84	107.60	▲ 1
60	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	6–3	82.19	76.43	74.29	▲ 1
61	Nevada FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–3	81.32	44.78	141.32	▼ 5
62	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	5–4	80.90	65.92	99.36	▼ 4
63	Ohio FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–0	78.98	120.20	20.55	—
64	Iowa State FBS · Big 6	—	4–3–1	75.86	82.20	69.87	—
65	NC State FBS · Southern	—	3–6	75.10	74.82	101.48	—
66	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	5–5	72.39	67.97	88.32	▲ 2
67	CColorado College FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3–1	72.36	69.39	72.07	▼ 1
68	Arizona FBS · Border	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▼ 1
69	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	69.87	66.79	66.11	—
70	Iowa FBS · Western	—	2–7	68.32	49.26	137.68	▲ 1
71	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4	68.20	82.88	43.82	▼ 1
72	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	4–4–1	66.05	61.23	78.06	—
73	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	4–5	59.16	47.49	92.92	—
74	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	2–6–1	54.76	27.94	123.59	▲ 2
75	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	54.06	35.12	91.68	—
76	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–4–1	53.25	43.68	64.89	▲ 1
77	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	3–6	53.24	48.21	84.32	▲ 1
78	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	2–4–3	51.48	9.84	123.80	▼ 4
79	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–6–1	48.05	8.20	139.52	—
80	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	3–7	41.65	1.00	124.20	—
81	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	3–6	38.64	1.00	111.53	—
82	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	2–8	37.93	20.40	107.36	▲ 2
83	Merchant Marine FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	37.17	20.88	46.11	—
84	Utah State FBS · Mountain State	—	4–3	36.46	17.75	55.18	▼ 2
85	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–5	34.79	21.53	84.29	—
86	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4	33.28	17.38	69.89	—
87	SSaint Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–4	32.95	6.36	58.15	▲ 1
88	West Texas FBS · Border	—	2–6	31.65	13.26	85.76	▲ 1
89	Kansas FBS · Big 6	—	4–5–1	31.57	9.09	76.10	▼ 2
90	Colorado State FBS · Mountain State	—	2–5–1	28.38	13.60	72.77	—
91	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–6	26.95	13.14	89.75	—
92	Florida FBS · SEC	—	4–5–1	25.95	1.00	73.17	▲ 1
93	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	2–6	24.85	1.00	86.51	▼ 1
94	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–1	20.55	1.00	68.55	—
95	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4	19.18	1.00	43.05	▲ 1
96	Coast Guard FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–7–1	18.91	1.00	88.47	▼ 1
97	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2	17.93	1.00	56.40	—
98	Kansas State FBS · Big 6	—	1–7	15.02	1.00	76.63	—