Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/1945 season inventory

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This is an inventory of season articles covering the 1945 college football season. As of June 18, 2022, we have articles on 133 of the 375 college football teams that fielded a team during the 1945 season. The geographic and conference architecture is taken from the 1946 NCAA Football Guide. Articles in need of work should be listed in italics.

Warning: The fact that a team is included in this inventory does not mean that a stand-alone season is warranted. Before creating any stand-alone season article, it is important to verify in advance that there is sufficient WP:SIGCOV in independent, reliable sources to pass WP:GNG.

Overall[edit]

New England[edit]

(11/19)

Middle Atlantic[edit]

(19/40)

Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association[edit]

  1. 1945 Army Cadets football team (9–0) (AP No. 1)
  2. 1945 Columbia Lions football team (8–1) (AP No. 20)
  3. 1945 Temple Owls football team (7–1)
  4. 1945 Penn Quakers football team (6–2) (AP No. 8)
  5. 1945 Rutgers Queensmen football team (5–2)
  6. 1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team (5–3)
  7. 1945 Cornell Big Red football team (5–4)
  8. 1945 Villanova Wildcats football team (4–4)
  9. 1945 Colgate Red Raiders football team (3–4–1)
  10. 1945 Princeton Tigers football team (2–3–2)
  11. 1945 NYU Violets football team (3–4)
  12. 1945 Lehigh Engineers football team (2–4)
  13. 1945 Pittsburgh Panthers football team (3–7)
  14. 1945 Bucknell Bison football team (2–5)
  15. 1945 West Virginia Mountaineers football team (2–6–1)
  16. 1945 Lafayette Leopards football team (1–7–1)
  17. 1945 Syracuse Orangemen football team (1–6)

Middle Atlantic States independents[edit]

  1. Franklin & Marshall
  2. 1945 West Chester Golden Rams football team
  3. 1945 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
  4. Rennselaer Polytechnic
  5. Fairmont
  6. 1945 Merchant Marine Mariners football team (Kings Point)
  7. 1945 Swarthmore Garnet Tide football team
  8. Scranton
  9. Brooklyn College
  10. Rochester
  11. Ursinus
  12. 1945 Drexel Dragons football team (2–5)
  13. Haverford
  14. West Virginia Tech
  15. Washington & Jefferson
  16. Pennsylvania Military
  17. Muhlenberg
  18. 1945 CCNY Beavers football team (0–8)

Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference[edit]

  1. Lock Haven
  2. Slippery Rock
  3. Bloomsburg
  4. Indiana
  5. East Stroudsburg

The Middle West[edit]

(24/91)

Big Ten[edit]

  1. 1945 Big Ten Conference football season
  2. 1945 All-Big Ten Conference football team
  3. 1945 Indiana Hoosiers football team (9–0–1) (AP No. 4)
  4. 1945 Michigan Wolverines football team (7–3) (AP No. 6)
  5. 1945 Ohio State Buckeyes football team (7–2) (AP No. 12)
  6. 1945 Purdue Boilermakers football team (7–3)
  7. 1945 Northwestern Wildcats football team (4–4–1)
  8. 1945 Wisconsin Badgers football team (3–4–2)
  9. 1945 Illinois Fighting Illini football team (2–6–1)
  10. 1945 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team (4–5)
  11. 1945 Iowa Hawkeyes football team (2–7)

Major Midwestern independents[edit]

  1. 1945 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team (7–2–1) (AP No. 9)
  2. 1945 Detroit Titans football team (6–3)
  3. 1945 Michigan State Spartans football team (5–3–1)
  4. 1945 Marquette Hilltoppers football team (5–4–1)

Ohio Athletic Conference[edit]

  1. Oberlin
  2. Capital
  3. Baldwin-Wallace
  4. Muskingum
  5. Ashland
  6. Otterbein
  7. Wittenberg
  8. Denison
  9. Case
  10. Heidelberg
  11. Ohio Northern
  12. Wooster
  13. Kenyon

Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[edit]

  1. 1945 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team (4–3)
  2. 1945 Southern Illinois Maroons football team (4–1–2)
  3. 1945 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team (4–3)
  4. Eastern Illinois
  5. Western Illinois

Indiana Intercollegiate Conference[edit]

  1. Valparaiso
  2. DePauw
  3. 1946 Ball State Cardinals football team (4–1–1)
  4. Butler
  5. Earlham
  6. Wabash
  7. Central (Indiana) Normal
  8. Indiana State
  9. Manchester
  10. Franklin

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[edit]

  1. 1945 Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties football team
  2. St. Thomas
  3. Macalester
  4. St. Olaf
  5. St. John's
  6. Concordia (MN)
  7. Augsburg
  8. St. Mary's (MN)

Additional Midwest independents[edit]

  1. Superior Teachers
  2. Monmouth
  3. 1945 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team (5–0–1)
  4. 1945 Central Michigan Chippewas football team (6–1)
  5. St. John's Mil
  6. Northwestern College
  7. Hamline
  8. Ripon
  9. Wright City College
  10. Culver Military
  11. 1945 Miami Redskins football team (7–2)
  12. Illinois Wesleyan
  13. Knox
  14. Milwaukee Teachers
  15. Lawrence
  16. 1945 Western Michigan Broncos football team (4–3)
  17. 1945 Bowling Green Falcons football team (4–3)
  18. 1945 Cincinnati Bearcats football team (4–4)
  19. North Central
  20. River Falls Teachers
  21. La Crosse Teachers
  22. Ohio Wesleyan
  23. 1945 Ohio Bobcats football team (3–4)
  24. Wheaton
  25. Bemidji Teachers
  26. Carthage
  27. Stout Institute
  28. Beloit
  29. Eau Claire Teachers
  30. Stevens Point Teachers
  31. Rio Grande
  32. 1945 Wayne Tartars football team (2–5–1)
  33. Carroll (WI)
  34. Augustana (IL)
  35. Concordia Teachers (IL)
  36. Alma
  37. Albion
  38. Whitewater Teachers
  39. Oshkosh Teachers
  40. Bluffton
  41. Elmhurst
  42. Hillsdale

The South[edit]

(29/54)

Southeastern Conference[edit]

  1. 1945 All-SEC football team
  2. 1945 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (10–0) (AP No. 2)
  3. 1945 Tennessee Volunteers football team (8–1) (AP No. 14)
  4. 1945 LSU Tigers football team (7–2) (AP No. 15)
  5. 1945 Georgia Bulldogs football team (9–2) (AP No. 18)
  6. 1945 Ole Miss Rebels football team (4–5)
  7. 1945 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team (4–6)
  8. 1945 Mississippi State Maroons football team (6–3)
  9. 1945 Auburn Tigers football team (5–5)
  10. 1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football team (3–6)
  11. 1945 Florida Gators football team (4–5–1)
  12. 1945 Tulane Green Wave football team (2–6–1)
  13. 1945 Kentucky Wildcats football team (2–8)

Southern Conference[edit]

  1. 1945 All-Southern Conference football team
  2. 1945 Duke Blue Devils football team (6–2) (AP No. 13)
  3. 1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team (5–3–1) (AP No. 19)
  4. 1945 William & Mary Indians football team (6–3)
  5. 1945 Clemson Tigers football team (6–3–1)
  6. 1945 Maryland Terrapins football team (6–2–1)
  7. 1945 VMI Keydets football team (5–4)
  8. 1945 North Carolina Tar Heels football team (5–4)
  9. 1945 NC State Wolfpack football team (3–6)
  10. 1945 VPI Gobblers football team (2–6)
  11. 1945 South Carolina Gamecocks football team (2–4–3)
  12. 1945 Richmond Spiders football team (2–6)

Major Southern independents[edit]

  1. 1945 Miami Hurricanes football team (9–1–1)
  2. 1945 Navy Midshipmen football team (7–1–1) (AP No. 3)
  3. 1945 Virginia Cavaliers football team (7–2)

Additional Southern independents[edit]

  1. Hinds Junior College
  2. Newberry
  3. Mars Hill
  4. LSU-Monroe
  5. 1945 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays football team
  6. Murray State
  7. Marion Institute
  8. 1945 Chattanooga Moccasins football team (5–3)
  9. Eastern (Kentucky) State
  10. 1945 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
  11. Milligan
  12. Hampden Sydney
  13. Randolph Macon
  14. McNeese Junior College
  15. Northwestern Louisiana
  16. Emory & Henry
  17. 1946 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team
  18. 1945 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
  19. Tennessee Tech
  20. Louisiana College
  21. Howard College
  22. Brevard Junior College

North Carolina State Intercollegiate Conference[edit]

  1. High Point
  2. 1945 Catawba Indians football team
  3. 1945 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
  4. Guilford

Missouri Valley[edit]

(14/57)

Big Six[edit]

  1. 1945 All-Big Six Conference football team
  2. 1945 Missouri Tigers football team (6–4)
  3. 1945 Oklahoma Sooners football team (5–5)
  4. 1945 Iowa State Cyclones football team (4–3–1)
  5. 1945 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team (4–5)
  6. 1945 Kansas Jayhawks football team (4–5–1)
  7. 1945 Kansas State Wildcats football team (1–7)

Missouri Valley Conference[edit]

  1. 1945 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team (AP No. 5)
  2. 1945 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team (AP No. 17)
  3. 1945 Wichita Shockers football team
  4. 1945 Drake Bulldogs football team
  5. 1945 Saint Louis Billikens football team

Iowa Intercollegiate Conference[edit]

  1. Central (Iowa)
  2. Iowa Wesleyan
  3. Wartburg
  4. Dubuque
  5. Simpson
  6. Luther
  7. Upper Iowa
  8. Parsons

Nebraska College Athletic Conference[edit]

  1. Nebraska Wesleyan
  2. Doane
  3. Hastings
  4. Midland

Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association[edit]

  1. Springfield Teachers
  2. Kirksville Teachers
  3. Warrensburg Teachers
  4. Maryville Teachers
  5. Missouri Mines

Missouri Valley independents[edit]

  1. Minot Teachers
  2. Kearney Teachers (NE)
  3. Wayne Teachers (NE)
  4. Cornell College
  5. Peru Teachers (NE)
  6. Ada Teachers (OK)
  7. Loras
  8. Dakota Wesleyan
  9. Washburn
  10. Jamestown
  11. Iowa State Teachers
  12. Morningside
  13. Pittburg Teachers (KS)
  14. Coe
  15. North Dakota Science
  16. Yankton
  17. Dickinson Teachers (ND)
  18. 1945 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
  19. North Dakota N&I
  20. 1945 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team
  21. 1945 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
  22. Rockhurst
  23. Augustana (SD)
  24. Grinnell
  25. Northeast Oklahoma Aggie
  26. Chadron Teachers (NE)
  27. Aberdeen Teachers (SD)
  28. 1945 South Dakota Coyotes football team

Southwest[edit]

(12/22)

Rocky Mountain[edit]

(5/7)

Pacific Coast[edit]

(16/41)

Pacific Coast Conference[edit]

  1. 1945 All-Pacific Coast football team
  2. 1945 USC Trojans football team (AP No. 11)
  3. 1945 Washington State Cougars football team
  4. 1945 Washington Huskies football team
  5. 1945 Oregon State Beavers football team
  6. 1945 UCLA Bruins football team
  7. 1945 California Golden Bears football team
  8. 1945 Oregon Webfoots football team
  9. 1945 Idaho Vandals football team
  10. 1945 Montana Grizzlies football team

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[edit]

  1. 1945 Redlands Bulldogs football team
  2. Caltech
  3. Occidental
  4. Pomona

Northern California Junior College Conference[edit]

  1. Santa Rosa Junior College
  2. Placer Junior College
  3. Menlo Junior College
  4. Martin Junior College

Pacific Coast independents[edit]

  1. 1945 Saint Mary's Gaels football team (AP No. 7)
  2. Santa Ana Junior College
  3. Compton College
  4. Modesto Junior College
  5. Long Beach Junior College
  6. 1945 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
  7. Los Angeles City College
  8. San Francisco Junior College
  9. 1945 San Jose State Spartans football team
  10. 1945 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
  11. Riverside Junior College
  12. Pasadena Junior College
  13. Santa Monica Junior College
  14. Chaffey Junior College
  15. Fullerton Junior College
  16. 1945 San Diego State Aztecs football team
  17. Sacramento Junior College
  18. 1945 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
  19. Glendale Junior College
  20. San Bernardino Junior College
  21. Salinas Junior College
  22. 1945 Pacific Tigers football team
  23. 1945 San Francisco State Gators football team

HBCUs[edit]

(3/44)

Southwestern Athletic Conference[edit]

  1. 1945 Wiley Wildcats football team
  2. 1945 Southern Jaguars football team
  3. 1945 Texas College Steers football team
  4. Langston
  5. Sam Huston
  6. 1945 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team
  7. Arkansas AM&N

Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association[edit]

  1. 1945 Virginia State Trojans football team
  2. 1945 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team
  3. 1945 North Carolina College Eagles football team
  4. 1945 Morgan State Bears football team
  5. Virginia Union
  6. 1945 Howard Bison football team
  7. Johnson C. Smith
  8. 1945 Delaware State Hornets football team
  9. 1945 Lincoln Lions football team
  10. North Carolina A&T
  11. Hampton Institute
  12. Bluefield State
  13. Shaw

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[edit]

  1. 1945 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
  2. 1945 Allen Yellow Jackets football team
  3. Clark
  4. Morris Brown
  5. 1945 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team
  6. Knoxville
  7. Alabama State Teachers
  8. Morehouse

Midwestern Association[edit]

  1. 1945 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team
  2. 1945 Wilberforce Green Wave football team
  3. 1945 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team
  4. 1945 Lincoln Blue Tigers football team

Independents[edit]

  1. Florida N&I
  2. Lane
  3. Bethune-Cookman
  4. Alabama A&M
  5. Morris
  6. Swift Junior College
  7. Tillotson
  8. Paine
  9. Philander Smith
  10. Winston-Salem Teachers
  11. Benedict
  12. Alcorn A&M

Military service teams[edit]

  1. 1945 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team
  2. 1945 Keesler Field Fliers football team
  3. 1945 Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings football team