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

1943 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

83 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	★	9–1	357.84	439.35	187.37	—
2	Michigan FBS · Western	—	8–1	266.40	337.30	143.35	—
3	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	255.83	285.22	163.46	—
4	IIowa Pre-Flight FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–1	249.83	304.85	129.27	—
5	Purdue FBS · Western	—	9–0	245.36	310.23	113.69	—
6	GGreat Lakes Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	238.49	275.07	148.36	—
7	Duke FBS · Southern	—	8–1	230.92	279.52	126.67	—
8	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	6–2	229.73	257.53	171.04	—
9	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	8–3	227.69	253.60	156.44	▲ 1
10	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	216.86	266.04	120.40	▼ 1
11	MMarch Field FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–1	201.73	241.05	124.43	▲ 1
12	CColorado College FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–0	194.03	258.33	78.80	▲ 1
13	DDel Monte Pre-Flight FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	187.10	235.59	87.04	▲ 1
14	PPacific FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	180.61	203.51	120.15	▲ 1
15	USC FBS · Pacific	—	8–2	177.50	205.95	110.49	▲ 6
16	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	1–1	165.74	140.54	189.62	▼ 5
17	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	6–3	165.67	178.39	130.31	▼ 1
18	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–1–1	161.86	196.23	84.69	▼ 1
19	FFort Riley FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–1	155.74	178.76	110.54	▼ 1
20	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–1	155.31	172.29	111.33	▼ 1
21	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	7–1–1	144.12	175.21	70.54	▲ 1
22	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1	137.86	169.13	70.03	▲ 1
23	Indiana FBS · Western	—	4–4–2	129.32	124.73	142.29	▲ 2
24	Oklahoma FBS · Big 6	—	7–2	128.94	138.11	80.71	—
25	AAlameda Coast Guard FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–2–1	127.11	144.27	97.73	▲ 1
26	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	3–6	126.58	106.08	175.22	▲ 1
27	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	3–3	125.47	134.35	113.99	▲ 3
28	SSaint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	124.26	129.39	126.33	▲ 1
29	Colorado FBS · Mountain State	—	5–2	123.29	139.33	89.29	▼ 1
30	GGeorgia Pre-Flight FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–1	119.75	123.60	95.03	▲ 1
31	Miami (OH) FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0–1	115.69	120.00	129.32	▲ 1
32	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	5–4	112.21	84.28	146.48	▲ 1
33	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	111.80	131.14	66.97	▲ 1
34	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	7–2–1	110.61	125.53	63.12	▼ 14
35	LSU FBS · SEC	—	6–3	105.98	107.76	88.40	▲ 18
36	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	99.73	75.80	146.59	—
37	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	97.12	99.30	89.04	—
38	Iowa State FBS · Big 6	—	4–4	94.82	103.76	85.61	—
39	CCamp Grant FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–2	91.76	61.39	166.09	—
40	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	91.65	89.86	88.54	—
41	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	5–2	91.56	109.66	61.57	—
42	New Mexico FBS · Border	—	1–2	90.50	76.29	118.11	▼ 7
43	Illinois FBS · Western	—	3–7	88.98	48.62	175.51	▼ 1
44	Iowa FBS · Western	—	1–6–1	87.71	81.00	141.80	▼ 1
45	Missouri FBS · Big 6	—	3–5	77.35	75.59	99.52	▼ 1
46	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	1–8	72.20	61.79	138.35	▲ 4
47	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▼ 2
48	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▼ 2
49	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▼ 2
50	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▼ 2
51	NNorth Carolina Pre-Flight FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–4–1	69.85	55.41	111.69	▼ 2
52	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	66.68	59.26	71.76	▼ 1
53	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	6–4	66.53	62.46	64.98	▲ 2
54	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–4	65.84	73.42	69.85	▼ 2
55	California FBS · Pacific	—	4–6	64.91	36.41	119.71	▼ 1
56	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	58.96	46.14	71.23	▲ 1
57	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	0–1	58.34	40.00	94.82	▲ 1
58	Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	57.73	46.78	80.84	▲ 1
59	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	2–7	56.22	58.42	86.76	▼ 3
60	SSaint Mary's (CA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–5	55.54	45.00	97.40	—
61	Kansas FBS · Big 6	—	4–5–1	53.93	59.16	58.15	—
62	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5	51.49	15.43	120.79	—
63	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	1–9	48.45	4.62	170.90	—
64	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3	46.54	54.63	37.38	—
65	Wake Forest FBS · Southern	—	4–5	40.48	42.16	47.31	—
66	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–3	40.08	39.24	67.91	—
67	DDenver FBS · Mountain State	—	2–5	35.11	7.07	94.34	—
68	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	3–7	33.82	22.51	81.55	—
69	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–8	29.72	1.00	127.74	▲ 1
70	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	4–6	28.72	12.00	61.53	▼ 1
71	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	4–5	26.87	18.00	42.57	▲ 1
72	Utah FBS · Mountain State	—	0–7	26.81	1.00	106.14	▼ 1
73	NC State FBS · Southern	—	3–6	25.02	5.75	69.53	—
74	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	2–6	23.19	13.28	65.38	—
75	SSan Francisco FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–7	23.06	1.00	99.58	▲ 3
76	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6	22.03	2.14	72.56	▼ 1
77	Nebraska FBS · Big 6	—	2–6	21.74	1.00	86.55	▼ 1
78	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	2–7	18.11	1.00	71.06	▼ 1
79	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	2–6	17.63	1.00	70.43	—
80	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–6	17.04	1.00	84.34	—
81	Nevada FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–1	11.57	14.72	24.93	—
82	Kansas State FBS · Big 6	—	1–7	8.12	1.00	58.71	—
83	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	0–3	-4.52	1.00	17.41	—