1944 NCAA football rankings
| 1944 NCAA football rankings | |
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| Season | 1944 |
| Bowl season | |
| End of season champions | Army |
One human poll comprised the 1944 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and 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[]
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| Not ranked previous week | ||
| National champion | ||
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Win–loss record | |
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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[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] | ||
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| 1. | Notre Dame (2–0) (34) | Notre Dame (3–0) (59.67) | Notre Dame (4–0) (40) | Army (5–0) (41) | Army (6–0) (58) | Army (7–0) (77) | Army (8–0) (65.33) | Army (8–0) (55.33) | Army (9–0) (95) | 1. |
| 2. | North Carolina Pre-Flight (3–0) (24) | Army (3–0) (11.67) | Army (4–0) (30) | Notre Dame (5–0) (15) | Ohio State (6–0) (18) | Randolph Field (7–0) (15) | Navy (6–2) (5) | Navy (6–2) (1) | Ohio State (9–0) (5) | 2. |
| 3. | Army (2–0) (3) | Randolph Field (3–0) (21.58) | Randolph Field (4–0) (23) | Ohio State (5–0) (17) | Navy (4–2) (1) | Navy (5–2) (5) | Ohio State (8–0) (5) | Ohio State (9–0) (18) т | Randolph Field (9–0) (17) | 3. |
| 4. | Randolph Field (2–0) (22) | Ohio State (3–0) (4) | Ohio State (4–0) (14) | Randolph Field (5–0) (18) | Randolph Field (6–0) (18) | Ohio State (7–0) (3) | Randolph Field (8–0) (11.33) | Randolph Field (9–0) (5.33) т | Navy (6–3) | 4. |
| 5. | Great Lakes Navy (2–0) (3) | Iowa Pre-Flight (4–1) (0.25) | Georgia Tech (4–0) | Georgia Tech (5–0) (1) | Notre Dame (5–1) | Michigan (7–1) | Bainbridge NTS (8–0) (4.33) | Bainbridge NTS (9–0) (11.33) | Bainbridge NTS (10–0) (3) | 5. |
| 6. | Navy (2–0) | Great Lakes Navy (3–0) (1) | Iowa Pre-Flight (5–1) | Navy (3–2) (1) | Bainbridge NTS (6–0) (6) | Bainbridge NTS (7–0) (4) | Michigan (8–1) | Iowa Pre-Flight (10–1) (1) | Iowa Pre-Flight (10–1) (1) | 6. |
| 7. | Purdue (2–1) (2) | Penn (3–0) (3) | Penn (3–0) т | Iowa Pre-Flight (6–1) | Iowa Pre-Flight (7–1) | Iowa Pre-Flight (8–1) | Iowa Pre-Flight (9–1) (2) | USC (7–0–2) | USC (7–0–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Ohio State (2–0) (2) | Georgia Tech (3–0) | Tulsa (4–0) т | North Carolina Pre-Flight (5–0–1) | Michigan (6–1) | March Field (6–0–1) (2) | USC (6–0–2) (1) | Michigan (8–2) | Michigan (8–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Penn (2–0) | Navy (2–1) | North Carolina Pre-Flight (4–0–1) | Illinois (4–2–1) | March Field (5–0–1) (3) | Georgia Tech (6–1) | March Field (7–0–1) (3) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Notre Dame (8–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Georgia Tech (2–0) | North Carolina Pre-Flight (3–0–1) | Purdue (3–2) | Michigan (5–1) | Illinois (4–2–1) | Duke (3–4) | Georgia Tech (7–1) | Tennessee (7–0–1) | March Field (7–0–2) | 10. |
| 11. | Iowa Pre-Flight (3–1) (1) | Purdue (2–2) | March Field (3–0–1) | March Field (4–0–1) (6) | USC (5–0–2) | Notre Dame (5–2) | Duke (4–4) (1) | Duke (5–4) | Duke (6–4) | 11. |
| 12. | Michigan (3–1) | California (3–0–1) (1) | Navy (2–2) | Bainbridge NTS (5–0) (2) | Wake Forest (7–0) (1) | USC (5–0–2) | Great Lakes Navy (7–1) | Great Lakes Navy (8–1) | Tennessee (7–0–1) | 12. |
| 13. | Tulsa (2–0) | Tulsa (3–0) | Bainbridge NTS (4–0) (2) | USC (4–0–2) | Georgia Tech (5–1) | Great Lakes Navy (6–1) | Alabama (4–1–2) | Norman NAS (6–0) | Georgia Tech (8–2) т | 13. |
| 14. | Illinois (2–0) | March Field (2–0–1) (1) | Illinois (4–1–1) | Great Lakes Navy (4–1) | Great Lakes Navy (5–1) | Purdue (5–3) | Camp Peary (6–1) | March Field (7–0–2) | Norman NAS (6–0) т | 14. |
| 15. | Second Air Force (3–1) т | Michigan (4–1) т | Second Air Force (5–1) | Indiana (5–1) | Norman NAS (5–0) | El Toro Marines (5–1) | Tennessee (6–0–1) | Oklahoma A&M (7–1) | Illinois (5–4–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Tennessee (2–0) (1) т | USC (2–0–2) т | Great Lakes Navy (3–1) | Tennessee (4–0–1) | North Carolina Pre-Flight (5–1–1) | Mississippi State (6–0) | El Toro Marines (6–1) | Alabama (5–1–2) | El Toro Marines (7–1) | 16. |
| 17. | Wake Forest (3–0) | Tennessee (3–0) | Indiana (4–1) | Wake Forest (6–0) | El Toro Marines (4–1) | Tennessee (5–0–1) | Norman NAS (6–0) | Camp Peary (6–2) | Great Lakes Navy (8–2) | 17. |
| 18. | Bainbridge NTS (2–0) | Bainbridge NTS (3–0) (2) | Wake Forest (5–0) | Mississippi State (4–0) | Tennessee (5–0–1) | Norman NAS (6–0) т | Notre Dame (6–2) | El Toro Marines (7–1) т | Fort Pierce (8–0) | 18. |
| 19. | Indiana (2–1) т | Second Air Force (4–1) (0.25) | 3rd Air Force (4–0) т | Alabama (3–0–2) т | Mississippi State (5–0) | North Carolina Pre-Flight (6–1–1) т | Second Air Force (8–2) | Yale (7–0–1) т | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (4–4) | 19. |
| 20. | Wisconsin (2–0) т | Indiana (3–1) |
| Oklahoma A&M (5–0) т | Duke (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] | ||
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References[]
- ^ "October 9, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 16, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 23, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "October 30, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 6, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 13, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 20, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "November 27, 1944 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
Categories:
- 1944 college football season
- College football rankings