1943 AP Rankings
| Final Poll For 1943 Season |
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Votes |
| 1943 AP |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 9-1-0 | | | 2 | Iowa Navy Pre-Flight | 9-1-0 | |
| 3 | Michigan | 8-1-0 | | | 4 | Navy | 8-1-0 | |
| 5 | Purdue | 9-0-0 | | | 6 | Great Lakes NTS (IL) | 10-2-0 | |
| 7 | Duke | 8-1-0 | | | 8 | Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA) | 7-1-0 | |
| 9 | Northwestern | 6-2-0 | | | 10 | March Field (CA) | 8-1-0 | |
| 11 | Army | 7-2-1 | | | 12 | Washington | 4-0-0 | |
| 13 | Georgia Tech | 7-3-0 | | | 14 | Texas | 7-1-0 | |
| 15 | Tulsa | 6-0-1 | | | 16 | Dartmouth | 6-1-0 | |
| 17 | Bainbridge NTS (MD) | 7-0-0 | | | 18 | Colorado College | 7-0-0 | |
| 19 | Pacific | 7-1-0 | | | 20 | Pennsylvania | 6-2-1 | |
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