Rank | Team | Conf | Record | SRS | SOS | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | IND | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0.88000 |
| 2 | Randolph Field | IND | 4-0 | 13 | 6 | 0.82626 |
| 3 | Army | IND | 3-0 | 5 | 10 | 0.81987 |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 3-0 | 12 | 2 | 0.80986 |
| 5 | Great Lakes Navy | IND | 4-0-1 | 4 | 12 | 0.80512 |
| 6 | Second Air Force | IND | 3-0 | 19 | 5 | 0.78732 |
| 7 | Wake Forest | Southern | 4-0 | 37 | 9 | 0.78413 |
| 8 | Amarillo Field | IND | 4-0 | 25 | 16 | 0.78145 |
| 9 | Tennessee | SEC | 3-0 | 9 | 29 | 0.78115 |
| 10 | Ohio State | Western | 3-0 | 18 | 13 | 0.77395 |
| 11 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3-0 | 11 | 45 | 0.76481 |
| 12 | Michigan | Western | 4-1 | 2 | 24 | 0.76422 |
| 13 | Tulsa | MVC | 3-0 | 16 | 32 | 0.76006 |
| 14 | Yale | IND | 3-0 | 42 | 7 | 0.75941 |
| 15 | Norman Naval Air Station | IND | 2-0 | 26 | 4 | 0.74916 |
| 16 | Iowa Pre-Flight | IND | 4-1 | 6 | 17 | 0.74788 |
| 17 | Michigan State | IND | 3-0 | 31 | 28 | 0.74704 |
| 18 | Washington | Pacific | 4-0 | 40 | 45 | 0.74295 |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | MVC | 3-0 | 59 | 14 | 0.71753 |
| 20 | Navy | IND | 2-1 | 3 | 3 | 0.71526 |
| 21 | Holy Cross | IND | 2-0-1 | 30 | 15 | 0.69848 |
| 22 | California | Pacific | 3-0-1 | 54 | 18 | 0.68981 |
| 23 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 3-0 | 73 | 27 | 0.68438 |
| 24 | Indiana | Western | 3-1 | 17 | 25 | 0.68391 |
| 25 | Alabama | SEC | 2-0-1 | 10 | 84 | 0.67220 |
| 26 | Texas | Southwest | 2-1 | 15 | 19 | 0.66189 |
| 27 | Illinois | Western | 3-1-1 | 29 | 22 | 0.65921 |
| 28 | USC | Pacific | 2-0-2 | 36 | 31 | 0.65712 |
| 29 | Fort Warren | IND | 4-1 | 71 | 11 | 0.65166 |
| 30 | Drake | MVC | 3-0 | 84 | 45 | 0.63855 |
| 31 | Georgia | SEC | 2-1 | 22 | 26 | 0.63807 |
| 32 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 3-1 | 33 | 68 | 0.63511 |
| 33 | TCU | Southwest | 2-0-1 | 66 | 33 | 0.63125 |
| 34 | Alameda Coast Guard | IND | 2-0-2 | 49 | 45 | 0.62487 |
| 35 | William & Mary | Southern | 2-1 | 21 | 45 | 0.62330 |
| 36 | NC State | Southern | 3-1 | 52 | 41 | 0.62134 |
| 37 | Auburn | SEC | 2-1 | 24 | 56 | 0.62023 |
| 38 | March Field | IND | 2-1-1 | 23 | 45 | 0.61222 |
| 39 | Villanova | IND | 3-1 | 47 | 70 | 0.60972 |
| 40 | Penn State | IND | 2-1 | 39 | 55 | 0.60484 |
| 41 | Purdue | Western | 2-2 | 7 | 30 | 0.60167 |
| 42 | Colgate | IND | 1-1 | 20 | 8 | 0.60128 |
| 43 | Coast Guard | IND | 4-1 | 82 | 62 | 0.59659 |
| 44 | Clemson | Southern | 2-1 | 62 | 20 | 0.58754 |
| 45 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-1 | 53 | 39 | 0.57923 |
| 46 | Tulane | SEC | 1-1 | 28 | 21 | 0.57488 |
| 47 | Columbia | IND | 2-1 | 64 | 44 | 0.56480 |
| 48 | Temple | IND | 2-1 | 67 | 59 | 0.55699 |
| 49 | SMU | Southwest | 2-1 | 68 | 57 | 0.55279 |
| 50 | Boston College | IND | 1-1 | 32 | 45 | 0.55242 |
| 51 | Minnesota | Western | 2-2 | 27 | 64 | 0.54940 |
| 52 | Cornell | IND | 2-2 | 38 | 60 | 0.54217 |
| 53 | Virginia | IND | 2-1-1 | 74 | 71 | 0.51986 |
| 54 | Pittsburgh | IND | 2-2 | 57 | 38 | 0.51707 |
| 55 | Brown | IND | 1-1 | 48 | 66 | 0.51703 |
| 56 | Utah State | MSC | 1-0 | 93 | 45 | 0.51681 |
| 57 | Miami | IND | 0-0-1 | 55 | 45 | 0.51526 |
| 58 | Rice | Southwest | 2-2 | 56 | 65 | 0.50661 |
| 59 | South Carolina | Southern | 1-1-1 | 65 | 45 | 0.50452 |
| 60 | Duke | Southern | 1-3 | 8 | 43 | 0.48947 |
| 61 | Colorado College | IND | 3-3 | 81 | 34 | 0.48451 |
| 62 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 1-2 | 43 | 40 | 0.48009 |
| 63 | Bucknell | IND | 3-2 | 79 | 93 | 0.47562 |
| 64 | Lubbock Field | IND | 2-2 | 80 | 61 | 0.47520 |
| 65 | Northwestern | Western | 1-3 | 14 | 74 | 0.46140 |
| 66 | Florida | SEC | 2-2 | 63 | 90 | 0.46061 |
| 67 | UCLA | Pacific | 1-2-1 | 61 | 63 | 0.45128 |
| 68 | Dartmouth | IND | 0-2-1 | 34 | 23 | 0.44926 |
| 69 | North Carolina | Southern | 1-3 | 41 | 36 | 0.44594 |
| 70 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-2-1 | 76 | 35 | 0.43884 |
| 71 | Richmond | Southern | 2-2 | 78 | 89 | 0.43746 |
| 72 | Ole Miss | SEC | 1-2 | 51 | 78 | 0.43669 |
| 73 | VMI | Southern | 1-2 | 69 | 42 | 0.43473 |
| 74 | Denver | MSC | 1-1-1 | 89 | 72 | 0.43017 |
| 75 | Colorado | MSC | 1-2 | 77 | 37 | 0.42755 |
| 76 | Syracuse | IND | 1-2 | 46 | 92 | 0.42422 |
| 77 | West Texas A&M | Border | 1-2 | 83 | 58 | 0.40423 |
| 78 | Marquette | IND | 1-3 | 45 | 79 | 0.40187 |
| 79 | Kentucky | SEC | 1-3 | 58 | 67 | 0.40162 |
| 80 | West Virginia | IND | 1-2-1 | 70 | 88 | 0.40085 |
| 81 | Missouri | Big 6 | 1-3 | 50 | 76 | 0.40018 |
| 82 | LSU | SEC | 0-2-1 | 35 | 91 | 0.38496 |
| 83 | Presbyterian | IND | 1-2 | 90 | 77 | 0.35827 |
| 84 | Utah | MSC | 1-2 | 91 | 83 | 0.34968 |
| 85 | Kansas | Big 6 | 1-3-1 | 85 | 75 | 0.34672 |
| 86 | Maryland | Southern | 0-2-1 | 75 | 73 | 0.34321 |
| 87 | Iowa | Western | 0-2 | 60 | 69 | 0.33916 |
| 88 | Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight | IND | 0-3 | 44 | 80 | 0.32136 |
| 89 | New Mexico | Border | 1-4 | 86 | 81 | 0.29535 |
| 90 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 0-2-1 | 92 | 94 | 0.27248 |
| 91 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 0-2 | 87 | 85 | 0.26636 |
| 92 | New York University | IND | 0-2 | 88 | 87 | 0.25981 |
| 93 | Texas Tech | Border | 0-4 | 72 | 82 | 0.25890 |
| 94 | Idaho State | IND | 1-3 | 94 | 86 | 0.20811 |