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1945 college football season

1945 Big 6 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Missouri $ 5 0 0     6 4 0
Oklahoma 4 1 0     5 5 0
Iowa State 2 2 1     4 3 1
Nebraska 2 3 0     4 5 0
Kansas 1 3 1     4 5 1
Kansas State 0 5 0     1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1945 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Indiana $ 5 0 1     9 0 1
#6 Michigan 5 1 0     7 3 0
#12 Ohio State 5 2 0     7 2 0
Northwestern 3 3 1     4 4 1
Purdue 3 3 0     7 3 0
Wisconsin 2 3 1     3 4 2
Illinois 1 4 1     2 6 1
Minnesota 1 5 0     4 5 0
Iowa 1 5 0     2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1945 MSC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Colorado 3 1 0     5 3 0
Utah 3 2 0     4 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1945 New England Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Connecticut $   2 0         7 1  
Rhode Island $   1 0         2 1  
Maine   0 3         0 4  
  • $ – Conference champion
1945 PCC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#11 USC $ 5 1 0     7 4 0
Washington State 6 2 1     6 2 1
Washington 6 3 0     6 3 0
Oregon State 4 4 0     4 4 1
UCLA 2 3 0     5 4 0
California 2 4 1     4 5 1
Oregon 3 6 0     3 6 0
Idaho 1 5 0     1 7 0
Montana 0 1 0     1 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1945 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Alabama $ 6 0 0     10 0 0
#14 Tennessee 3 1 0     8 1 0
#15 LSU 5 2 0     7 2 0
#18 Georgia 4 2 0     9 2 0
Ole Miss 3 3 0     4 5 0
Georgia Tech 2 2 0     4 6 0
Mississippi State 2 3 0     6 3 0
Auburn 2 3 0     5 5 0
Vanderbilt 2 4 0     3 6 0
Florida 1 3 1     4 5 1
Tulane 1 3 1     2 6 1
Kentucky 0 5 0     2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1945 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#13 Duke $ 4 0 0     6 2 0
#19 Wake Forest 4 1 1     5 3 1
William & Mary 4 2 0     6 3 0
Clemson 2 1 1     6 3 1
Maryland 3 2 0     6 2 1
VMI 3 2 0     5 4 0
North Carolina 2 2 0     5 4 0
NC State 2 4 0     3 6 0
VPI 2 5 0     2 6 0
South Carolina 0 3 2     2 4 3
Richmond 0 4 0     2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1945 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#10 Texas $ 5 1 0     10 1 0
SMU 4 2 0     5 6 0
Texas A&M 3 3 0     6 4 0
TCU 3 3 0     5 5 0
Rice 3 3 0     5 6 0
Baylor 2 4 0     5 5 1
Arkansas 1 5 0     3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 NCAA football season finished with the undefeated United States Military Academy, more popularly known as "Army", being the unanimous choice for the nation's number one team by the 116 voters in the Associated Press writers’ poll. The runner up was the undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide, followed by the United States Naval Academy, more popularly known as "Navy". In 2016, the American Football Coaches Association retroactively named Oklahoma State Cowboys national champion for 1945.

During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of the Associated Press poll of sportswriters (the UPI Coaches Poll would not start until 1950). The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions.

Several new bowl games would debut at the end of the 1945 season, among them the Gator Bowl.

The Associated Press did not poll the writers until the third week of the season. Among the teams that had been ranked highest at the end of 1944, the two service academies—Army and Navy, as well as Ohio State, USC and Michigan. Among the service teams that had ranked high in 1944, Randolph Field, Bainbridge Naval, and Iowa Pre-flight no longer played against college teams. Some service teams still remained in place, even after the end of World War II.

On September 15, Michigan beat Great Lakes Navy, 27-2. On September 22, Michigan lost to Indiana, 13-7. Minnesota beat Missouri, 34-0. In a Friday night game in Los Angeles, USC beat UCLA 13-6. September 29 Notre Dame beat Illinois 7-0, Army beat Louisville Field, 32-0, and Navy beat Villanova 49-0. USC won at California, 13-2, and Ohio State won at Missouri 47-6.

On October 6, Army beat Wake Forest, 54-0 and Navy beat Duke, 21-0. Ohio State beat Iowa 42-0. Minnesota won at Nebraska 61-7. Notre Dame won at Georgia Tech, 40-7. UCLA beat St. Mary's Pre-Flight, 26-14.


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