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1945 College Football School Ratings

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Champions: Army (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Doc Blanchard (Army)

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

101 Schools

101 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Army	Ind	1	9	0	0	19.77	13.58	33.35	63.64	-14.25
2	Navy	Ind	3	7	1	1	14.62	14.30	28.92	46.30	-18.29
3	Alabama	SEC	2	10	0	0	16.61	6.90	23.51	55.43	-4.91
4	Michigan	Western	6	7	3	0	10.66	11.90	22.57	41.11	-13.11
5	Pennsylvania	Ind	8	6	2	0	9.21	12.69	21.91	48.43	-7.89
6	Indiana	Western	4	9	0	1	10.34	10.77	21.11	43.18	-9.01
7	Notre Dame	Ind	9	7	2	1	9.40	9.36	18.76	44.25	-6.21
8	Oklahoma State	MVC	5	9	0	0	12.41	6.25	18.66	44.91	-4.46
9	Georgia	SEC	18	9	2	0	10.39	8.23	18.61	44.15	-6.71
10	Tennessee	SEC	14	8	1	0	8.52	10.07	18.59	39.62	-7.98
11	Ohio State	Western	12	7	2	0	8.20	9.70	17.90	39.17	-8.30
12	LSU	SEC	15	7	2	0	10.73	6.84	17.57	41.77	-6.22
13	Columbia	Ind	20	8	1	0	13.53	0.37	13.90	41.45	1.05
14	Purdue	Western		7	3	0	7.75	6.06	13.81	36.17	-4.27
15	Duke	Southern	13	6	2	0	7.84	5.49	13.32	46.80	-3.77
16	Miami (FL)	Ind		9	1	1	8.30	4.79	13.09	33.17	-3.57
17	Tulsa	MVC	17	8	3	0	5.43	6.60	12.03	36.72	-5.02
18	Holy Cross	Ind	16	8	2	0	5.33	6.39	11.72	33.14	-3.63
19	Northwestern	Western		4	4	1	7.64	3.48	11.13	35.67	-3.90
20	Wisconsin	Western		3	4	2	4.12	6.21	10.33	32.31	-4.87
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Texas	SWC	10	10	1	0	6.07	3.58	9.65	33.91	-0.10
22	Wake Forest	Southern	19	5	3	1	6.07	2.66	8.73	33.06	-0.83
23	Penn State	Ind		5	3	0	5.06	3.46	8.52	36.12	-0.32
24	Illinois	Western		2	6	1	0.09	8.10	8.19	29.68	-8.07
25	Clemson	Southern		6	3	1	0.83	6.78	7.60	31.63	-4.67
26	Virginia	Ind		7	2	0	5.85	1.21	7.06	37.81	1.76
27	Minnesota	Western		4	5	0	4.16	2.89	7.05	34.54	1.45
28	Mississippi State	SEC		6	3	0	3.59	3.25	6.84	34.03	-0.11
29	Georgia Tech	SEC		4	6	0	3.36	3.24	6.61	33.91	-2.65
30	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind	7	6	2	0	4.08	2.53	6.61	39.66	1.37
31	Great Lakes Navy	Ind		6	4	1	4.83	1.18	6.01	33.24	2.75
32	Villanova	Ind		4	4	0	-0.71	6.59	5.87	27.54	1.20
33	Temple	Ind		7	1	0	1.43	4.35	5.78	35.58	-1.44
34	Michigan State	Ind		5	3	1	0.76	4.44	5.20	27.78	0.02
35	Marquette	Ind		5	4	1	7.18	-2.06	5.12	35.42	4.02
36	William & Mary	Southern		6	3	0	2.57	1.84	4.41	30.49	1.93
37	New Mexico	BIAA		6	1	1	1.51	2.78	4.29	34.89	0.62
38	Texas A&M	SWC		6	4	0	1.36	2.67	4.02	28.66	-0.23
39	Maryland	Southern		6	2	1	3.53	-0.03	3.50	32.72	2.43
40	Missouri	Big 6		6	4	0	3.21	-0.07	3.15	29.01	5.22
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	North Carolina	Southern		5	5	0	-0.11	3.19	3.08	25.46	-1.47
42	Yale	Ind		6	3	0	1.45	1.49	2.93	28.60	1.76
43	SMU	SWC		5	6	0	-0.67	3.46	2.79	28.83	-0.77
44	Oklahoma	Big 6		5	5	0	0.31	2.20	2.51	26.35	3.24
45	Iowa State	Big 6		4	3	1	1.62	0.78	2.40	27.27	3.20
46	Detroit Mercy	Ind		6	3	0	2.05	0.21	2.26	28.64	4.38
47	Pitt	Ind		3	7	0	-1.77	3.85	2.08	26.37	-3.55
48	Chattanooga	Ind		5	3	0	2.83	-1.08	1.75	29.19	6.04
49	South Carolina	Southern		2	4	3	-1.98	3.71	1.73	24.87	4.27
50	Cornell	Ind		5	4	0	3.83	-2.19	1.63	31.39	7.17
51	Colorado	MSAC		5	3	0	-3.50	5.04	1.54	22.44	-3.25
52	Drake	MVC		5	4	1	1.94	-0.46	1.48	28.90	3.21
53	North Carolina State	Southern		3	6	0	1.01	-0.85	0.16	28.48	1.32
54	Denver	MSAC		4	5	1	4.51	-4.42	0.09	31.71	5.60
55	Baylor	SWC		5	5	1	-0.07	-0.25	-0.32	27.45	3.78
56	Brown	Ind		3	4	1	-0.71	0.34	-0.37	27.38	4.17
57	Auburn	SEC		5	5	0	-2.43	1.65	-0.78	27.25	3.02
58	Utah	MSAC		4	4	0	3.43	-4.55	-1.11	29.07	7.78
59	USC	PCC	11	7	4	0	1.23	-2.51	-1.28	29.66	5.05
60	Dartmouth	Ind		1	6	1	-5.51	4.07	-1.44	21.63	-2.67
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Texas Christian	SWC		5	5	0	-1.61	-0.15	-1.75	22.90	3.62
62	Rice	SWC		5	6	0	-1.82	-0.21	-2.03	23.33	3.75
63	Washington State	PCC		6	2	1	-1.98	-0.32	-2.29	26.19	3.46
64	Colorado College	Ind		4	3	1	-1.65	-1.02	-2.67	25.08	4.58
65	Utah State	MSAC		4	3	0	-1.69	-1.06	-2.75	30.36	7.76
66	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		5	4	0	-1.54	-1.35	-2.89	25.22	6.45
67	Florida	SEC		4	5	1	-5.48	2.55	-2.94	21.58	1.89
68	UCLA	PCC		5	4	0	-4.79	1.83	-2.96	23.25	1.21
69	Wichita State	MVC		6	4	0	-1.91	-1.07	-2.98	24.90	10.12
70	Texas Tech	BIAA		3	5	2	-6.65	3.11	-3.54	19.70	1.17
71	Colgate	Ind		3	4	1	-3.99	0.28	-3.71	27.24	2.50
72	Washington	PCC		6	3	0	-7.23	3.37	-3.86	19.13	-1.24
73	Tulane	SEC		2	6	1	1.22	-5.28	-4.06	27.96	7.57
74	Vanderbilt	SEC		3	6	0	-5.02	0.68	-4.34	21.11	9.34
75	Harvard	Ind		5	3	0	-3.57	-1.16	-4.73	24.02	6.00
76	Princeton	Ind		2	3	2	-3.96	-0.83	-4.79	21.69	3.29
77	Nebraska	Big 6		4	5	0	-2.69	-2.91	-5.60	24.58	11.46
78	California	PCC		4	5	1	-5.99	0.35	-5.64	19.87	1.87
79	Merchant Marine	Ind		5	3	0	0.23	-6.19	-5.96	26.83	10.77
80	Ole Miss	SEC		4	5	0	-1.11	-4.88	-5.99	23.35	8.46
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Saint Louis	MVC		5	4	0	-4.42	-1.69	-6.10	27.87	8.51
82	Iowa	Western		2	7	0	0.46	-6.62	-6.16	25.63	17.16
83	Kansas	Big 6		4	5	1	-3.68	-2.91	-6.59	21.39	7.96
84	Arkansas	SWC		3	7	0	-1.58	-5.11	-6.69	24.85	9.58
85	Kentucky	SEC		2	8	0	-3.53	-3.19	-6.72	21.75	7.48
86	Virginia Tech	Southern		2	6	0	-5.58	-1.30	-6.88	22.74	5.84
87	Syracuse	Ind		1	6	0	-7.38	-0.24	-7.62	19.93	0.15
88	West Virginia	Ind		2	6	1	-5.24	-2.74	-7.98	23.48	5.41
89	Oregon	PCC		3	6	0	-2.29	-6.18	-8.47	24.50	8.43
90	Oregon State	PCC		4	4	1	-5.49	-3.68	-9.17	20.56	8.13
91	Boston College	Ind		3	4	0	-4.74	-4.72	-9.46	19.09	17.16
92	Bucknell	Ind		2	5	0	-4.15	-5.36	-9.51	21.00	17.10
93	West Texas State	BIAA		2	6	0	-4.13	-5.89	-10.02	23.89	10.08
94	New York University	Ind		3	4	0	-9.54	-3.96	-13.51	15.05	14.65
95	Colorado State	MSAC		2	5	1	-7.28	-6.57	-13.85	18.46	15.00
96	Richmond	Southern		2	6	0	-7.61	-8.36	-15.97	18.62	18.43
97	Lafayette	Ind		1	7	1	-10.61	-8.86	-19.47	13.52	14.69
98	Presbyterian	Ind		1	6	0	-7.95	-12.02	-19.97	15.87	34.39
99	Coast Guard	Ind		0	7	1	-11.62	-8.92	-20.54	12.74	17.23
100	Idaho	PCC		1	7	0	-10.42	-10.58	-21.00	16.97	17.40
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Kansas State	Big 6		1	7	0	-6.65	-15.22	-21.87	17.41	23.84

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