Rank | Team | Conf | Record | SRS | SOS | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | IND | 4-0 | 1 | 3 | 0.89569 |
| 2 | Randolph Field | IND | 5-0 | 14 | 4 | 0.84156 |
| 3 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 4-0 | 9 | 2 | 0.83750 |
| 4 | Army | IND | 4-0 | 7 | 10 | 0.83499 |
| 5 | Ohio State | Western | 4-0 | 16 | 5 | 0.81096 |
| 6 | Second Air Force | IND | 4-0 | 18 | 13 | 0.80049 |
| 7 | Iowa Pre-Flight | IND | 5-1 | 3 | 8 | 0.79976 |
| 8 | Norman Naval Air Station | IND | 3-0 | 22 | 1 | 0.79637 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | Southern | 5-0 | 34 | 11 | 0.79076 |
| 10 | Mississippi State | SEC | 4-0 | 15 | 35 | 0.78721 |
| 11 | Tulsa | MVC | 4-0 | 17 | 31 | 0.78494 |
| 12 | Michigan State | IND | 4-0 | 21 | 22 | 0.78360 |
| 13 | Michigan | Western | 4-1 | 2 | 19 | 0.77693 |
| 14 | Yale | IND | 3-0 | 36 | 7 | 0.75852 |
| 15 | Tennessee | SEC | 3-0-1 | 13 | 39 | 0.74439 |
| 16 | Great Lakes Navy | IND | 4-1-1 | 5 | 15 | 0.74204 |
| 17 | Oklahoma State | MVC | 4-0 | 54 | 16 | 0.73396 |
| 18 | Texas | Southwest | 3-1 | 8 | 9 | 0.72253 |
| 19 | Indiana | Western | 4-1 | 19 | 30 | 0.71094 |
| 20 | USC | Pacific | 3-0-2 | 26 | 26 | 0.70216 |
| 21 | Illinois | Western | 4-1-1 | 23 | 18 | 0.69639 |
| 22 | Amarillo Field | IND | 4-1 | 40 | 24 | 0.68504 |
| 23 | Georgia | SEC | 3-1 | 24 | 20 | 0.68067 |
| 24 | Alabama | SEC | 2-0-2 | 12 | 60 | 0.68042 |
| 25 | TCU | Southwest | 3-0-1 | 63 | 21 | 0.67043 |
| 26 | Holy Cross | IND | 2-0-2 | 31 | 33 | 0.66185 |
| 27 | Alameda Coast Guard | IND | 3-0-2 | 46 | 49 | 0.66028 |
| 28 | William & Mary | Southern | 3-1 | 27 | 49 | 0.66022 |
| 29 | Purdue | Western | 3-2 | 6 | 25 | 0.66021 |
| 30 | Drake | MVC | 4-0 | 84 | 49 | 0.65941 |
| 31 | Penn State | IND | 3-1 | 35 | 29 | 0.65810 |
| 32 | March Field | IND | 3-1-1 | 20 | 49 | 0.65412 |
| 33 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 3-0-1 | 71 | 45 | 0.64479 |
| 34 | Washington | Pacific | 4-1 | 45 | 77 | 0.64388 |
| 35 | Navy | IND | 2-2 | 4 | 6 | 0.64356 |
| 36 | Tulane | SEC | 2-1 | 32 | 12 | 0.63916 |
| 37 | Villanova | IND | 4-1 | 48 | 81 | 0.63171 |
| 38 | Clemson | Southern | 3-1 | 60 | 14 | 0.63096 |
| 39 | California | Pacific | 3-1-1 | 51 | 17 | 0.62565 |
| 40 | Boston College | IND | 2-1 | 28 | 43 | 0.62272 |
| 41 | Fort Warren | IND | 4-2 | 64 | 23 | 0.59292 |
| 42 | Cornell | IND | 3-2 | 39 | 58 | 0.57809 |
| 43 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 3-2 | 38 | 67 | 0.57546 |
| 44 | Columbia | IND | 2-1 | 65 | 44 | 0.56444 |
| 45 | NC State | Southern | 3-2 | 58 | 41 | 0.55822 |
| 46 | Auburn | SEC | 2-2 | 29 | 54 | 0.55762 |
| 47 | Minnesota | Western | 2-2 | 30 | 47 | 0.55582 |
| 48 | Rice | Southwest | 3-2 | 61 | 40 | 0.55519 |
| 49 | Coast Guard | IND | 4-2 | 80 | 55 | 0.54865 |
| 50 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 2-2 | 44 | 34 | 0.54726 |
| 51 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-2 | 49 | 32 | 0.53439 |
| 52 | Temple | IND | 2-1-1 | 67 | 80 | 0.52971 |
| 53 | Brown | IND | 1-1-1 | 50 | 38 | 0.52720 |
| 54 | Virginia | IND | 2-1-1 | 73 | 76 | 0.51637 |
| 55 | Colgate | IND | 1-2 | 25 | 42 | 0.50630 |
| 56 | Colorado | MSC | 2-2 | 69 | 36 | 0.50387 |
| 57 | Lubbock Field | IND | 3-2 | 82 | 64 | 0.50038 |
| 58 | Bucknell | IND | 3-2 | 79 | 87 | 0.48369 |
| 59 | Duke | Southern | 1-3 | 11 | 59 | 0.48111 |
| 60 | Kentucky | SEC | 2-3 | 52 | 56 | 0.47241 |
| 61 | Pittsburgh | IND | 2-3 | 55 | 46 | 0.47081 |
| 62 | SMU | Southwest | 2-2 | 74 | 70 | 0.46887 |
| 63 | Florida | SEC | 2-2 | 66 | 91 | 0.45930 |
| 64 | West Virginia | IND | 2-2-1 | 70 | 90 | 0.45406 |
| 65 | Syracuse | IND | 1-2-1 | 47 | 86 | 0.44711 |
| 66 | North Carolina | Southern | 1-3 | 43 | 37 | 0.44676 |
| 67 | Northwestern | Western | 1-4 | 10 | 71 | 0.44449 |
| 68 | Dartmouth | IND | 0-2-1 | 33 | 27 | 0.44353 |
| 69 | Colorado College | IND | 3-4 | 78 | 57 | 0.44303 |
| 70 | Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight | IND | 1-3 | 42 | 48 | 0.44023 |
| 71 | South Carolina | Southern | 1-2-1 | 68 | 65 | 0.43911 |
| 72 | Miami | IND | 0-1-1 | 57 | 62 | 0.42640 |
| 73 | Richmond | Southern | 2-2 | 81 | 94 | 0.42287 |
| 74 | Utah State | MSC | 1-1 | 93 | 49 | 0.42023 |
| 75 | Utah | MSC | 2-2 | 87 | 83 | 0.42012 |
| 76 | Missouri | Big 6 | 1-3-1 | 59 | 63 | 0.41319 |
| 77 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-3-1 | 75 | 28 | 0.41045 |
| 78 | UCLA | Pacific | 1-3-1 | 62 | 68 | 0.40888 |
| 79 | Kansas | Big 6 | 2-3-1 | 83 | 72 | 0.40543 |
| 80 | Marquette | IND | 1-4 | 41 | 79 | 0.39126 |
| 81 | Ole Miss | SEC | 1-3 | 56 | 78 | 0.39094 |
| 82 | West Texas A&M | Border | 1-2 | 85 | 61 | 0.38949 |
| 83 | Denver | MSC | 1-2-1 | 86 | 69 | 0.38278 |
| 84 | LSU | SEC | 0-3-1 | 37 | 82 | 0.36785 |
| 85 | VMI | Southern | 1-3 | 77 | 74 | 0.36518 |
| 86 | Iowa | Western | 0-3 | 53 | 66 | 0.32359 |
| 87 | Presbyterian | IND | 1-3 | 91 | 73 | 0.32358 |
| 88 | Maryland | Southern | 0-3-1 | 72 | 75 | 0.32150 |
| 89 | New Mexico | Border | 1-4 | 89 | 88 | 0.27760 |
| 90 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 0-3-1 | 92 | 85 | 0.25747 |
| 91 | Texas Tech | Border | 0-5 | 76 | 84 | 0.24083 |
| 92 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 0-3 | 90 | 89 | 0.22339 |
| 93 | New York University | IND | 0-3 | 88 | 92 | 0.22030 |
| 94 | Idaho State | IND | 1-4 | 94 | 93 | 0.17511 |