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October 9, 1944 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < N/A Notre Dame (34) Ind 2-0 822 W 26-0 H Tulane
2 < N/A North Carolina Pre-Flight (24) Ind 3-0 608  
3 < N/A Army (3) Ind 2-0 575  
4 < N/A Randolph Field (22) Ind 2-0 510  
5 < N/A Great Lakes Naval (3) Ind 2-0 450  
6 < N/A Navy Ind 2-0 369  
7 < N/A Purdue (2) Big Ten 2-1 346  
8 < N/A Ohio State (2) Big Ten 2-0 296  
9 < N/A Penn Ind 2-0 275  
10 < N/A Georgia Tech SEC 2-0 194  
11 < N/A Iowa Pre-Flight (1) Ind 3-1 152  
12 < N/A Michigan Big Ten 3-1 53  
13 < N/A Tulsa MVC 2-0 52 W 27-0 H Kansas
14 < N/A Illinois Big Ten 2-0 35  
15 < N/A 2nd Air Force Ind 3-1 34  
15 < N/A Tennessee (1) SEC 2-0 34  
17 < N/A Wake Forest Southern 3-0 31 W 39-0 H Maryland
18 < N/A Bainbridge Naval Ind 2-0 26  
19 < N/A Indiana Big Ten 2-1 24 DNP
19 < N/A Wisconsin Big Ten 2-0 24  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 10 7.4 3821
Big Ten 6 13.2 778
SEC 2 12.5 228
MVC 1 13.0 52
Southern 1 17.0 31

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.