1944 NCAA football rankings

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1944 NCAA football rankings
Season
1944
Bowl season1944–45 bowl games
End of season championsArmy
NCAA football rankings
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One human poll comprised the

Coaches' Poll
. The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  National champion
(#–#)
   Win–loss record
(Italics)
   Number of first place votes
т
 Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

The final AP Poll was released on December 4, at the end of the 1944 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.

Week 1
Oct 9
Mississippi State (4–0) т
  • Tennessee (3–0–1) т
    		• Oklahoma A&M (5–0) тDuke (2–4)Yale (6–0)North Carolina Pre-Flight (6–2–1)Second Air Force (8–2–1)Second Air Force (8–2–1)20.
    Week 1
    Oct 9[1]    		Week 2
    Oct 16[2]    		Week 3
    Oct 23[3]    		Week 4
    Oct 30[4]    		Week 5
    Nov 6[5]    		Week 6
    Nov 13[6]    		Week 7
    Nov 20[7]    		Week 8
    Nov 27[8]    		Week 9 (Final)
    Dec 4[9]
    Dropped:
    • Illinois
    • Wake Forest
    • Wisconsin
    		Dropped:
    • California
    • Michigan
    • USC
    		Dropped:
    • Second Air Force
    • 3rd Air Force
    • Penn
    • Purdue
    • Tulsa
    		Dropped:
    • Alabama
    • Indiana
    • Oklahoma A&M
    		Dropped:
    • Illinois
    • Wake Forest
    		Dropped:
    • Mississippi State
    • Purdue
    • Yale
    		Dropped:
    • Georgia Tech
    • North Carolina Pre-Flight
    		Dropped:
    • Alabama
    • Camp Peary
    • Oklahoma A&M
    • Yale

    Litkenhous Ratings

    The final Litkenhous Ratings released in December 1944 provided numerical rankings to more than 300 college and military football programs.[10][11] The top 100 ranked teams were:

    1. Army (9–0)
    2. Randolph Field (11–0)
    3. Ohio State (9–0)
    4. Navy (6–3)
    5. Notre Dame (8–2)
    6. Second Air Force (10–4–1)
    7. Michigan (8–2)
    8. Iowa Pre-Flight (10–1)
    9. Georgia Tech (8–3)
    10. Indiana (7–3)
    11. Great Lakes Navy (9–2–1)
    12. Purdue (5–5)
    13. Illinois (5–4–1)
    14. Duke (6–4)
    15. Minnesota (5–3–1)
    16. Fourth Air Force (7–2–2)
    17. Lincoln Army Air Field (6–1)
    18. Tulsa (8–2)
    19. Alabama (5–2–2)
    20. Fort Warren (5–4–1)
    21. Colorado (6–2)
    22. Norman NAS (6–0)
    23. El Toro Marines (8–1)
    24. Penn (5–3)
    25. USC (8–0–2)
    26. Fort Pierce Amphibs (9–0)
    27. Third Air Force (8–3)
    28. Bainbridge NTS (10–0)
    29. Tennessee (7–1–1)
    30. Wisconsin (3–6)
    31. Mississippi State (6–2)
    32. Oklahoma A&M (8–1)
    33. LSU (2–5–1)
    34. Northwestern (1–7–1)
    35. Georgia (7–3)
    36. Bunker Hill NAS (6–1)
    37. Amarillo AAF (5–3)
    38. Texas (5–4)
    39. Camp Peary (5–2)
    40.

    North Carolina Pre-Flight
    (6–2–1)
    41. Tulane (4–3)
    42. Texas A&M (7–4)
    43. Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (4–4)
    44. Wake Forest (8–1)
    45. Washington (5–3)
    46. Georgia Pre-Flight (4–5)
    47. UCLA (4–5–1)
    48. Oklahoma (6–3–1)
    49. San Diego NTS
    50. Ottumwa NAS
    51. Berkeley CGS
    52. Marquette
    53. Camp Shoemaker
    54. Fleet City
    55. Auburn
    56. Alameda Coast Guard
    57. Jacksonville NAS
    58. Virginia
    59. Utah
    60. Arkansas
    61. Denver
    62. Kentucky
    63. Rice
    64. Yale
    65. TCU
    66. NC State
    67. Kessler Field
    68. Colorado College
    69. Clemson
    70. Fort Benning Fourth
    71. Missouri
    72. Iowa
    73. Michigan State
    74. Coast Guard Academy
    75. Iowa State
    76. California
    77. SMU
    78. North Carolina
    79. Maxwell Field
    80. Pittsburgh
    81. Brown
    82. Southwestern (TX)
    83. Cornell
    84. Lubbock American Air Force
    85. Ole Miss
    86. Maryville
    87. Penn State
    88. Denison
    89. William & Mary
    90. Navy PT School
    91. Western Michigan
    92. Colorado Amphibs
    93. South Carolina
    94. Arkansas Aggies
    95. San Francisco Coast Guard
    96. Texas Tech
    97. Peru Navy
    98. Dartmouth
    99. Holy Cross
    100. Fort Benning Third

    References

    1. ^ "October 9, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
    2. ^ "October 16, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
    3. ^ "October 23, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
    4. ^ "October 30, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
    5. ^ "November 6, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
    6. ^ "November 13, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
    7. ^ "November 20, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
    8. ^ "November 27, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
    9. ^ "1944 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
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