One human poll comprised the 1945 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings.
Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies.
There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.
The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.
The final AP Poll was released on December 2, at the end of the 1945 regular season, weeks before the major bowls.
The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.
The final Litkenhous Ratings released in December 1945 provided numerical rankings to more than 350 college and military football programs.
[10] The top 100 ranked teams were: 1.
El Toro Marines (8–2) 6.
Army Air Forces Training Command 7.
Ohio State (7–2) 14.
Fourth Air Force (6–3–1) 16.
San Diego NTS (4–2) 17.
Air Transport Command 19.
Great Lakes Navy (6–4–1) 21.
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight 27.
Personnel Distribution Command 28.
Corpus Christi NAS 33.
Fort Pierce Navy 41.
Holy Cross 43.
Bainbridge Navy 88.