1946 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 7, 1947By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1946 Season Tags: • No Comments

1946 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.718	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	3	+47	BYE
2	3	0.979	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	11–0	1.000	1	+51	Beat North Carolina 20–10
3	1	1.017	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	4	+32	BYE
4	-2	1.025	UCLA	PAC	10–1	0.909	5	+43	Lost to Illinois 14–45
5	-2	1.093	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	10	+48	Lost to Rice 0–8
6	0	1.118	LSU	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	7	+44	Tied Arkansas 0–0
7	1	1.184	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	30	+27	BYE
8	6	1.271	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	8–2	0.800	13	+35	Beat UCLA 45–14
9	0	1.325	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	9–1	0.900	6	+33	BYE
10	-3	1.332	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	8–2–1	0.773	21	+32	Lost to Georgia 10–20
11	-1	1.336	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	11–0	1.000	1	+32	Beat Denver 20–0
12	5	1.478	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	10	+35	Beat Tennessee 8–0
13	0	1.480	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	8	+21	BYE
14	-3	1.494	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	13	+21	BYE
15	5	1.562	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	9–2	0.818	10	+33	Beat ST. Mary's 41–19
16	-1	1.572	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	13	+27	BYE
17	1	1.696	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	7–1–1	0.833	8	+20	BYE
18	-2	1.712	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	33	+24	BYE
19	0	1.723	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	13	+26	BYE
20	1	1.769	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	33	+23	BYE
21	3	1.905	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	22	+16	BYE
22	3	1.942	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	8–2	0.800	13	+17	BYE
23	3	1.948	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	18	+13	BYE
24	3	1.970	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	8–3	0.727	26	+28	BYE
25	8	1.981	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	26	+23	Beat NC State 34–13
26	2	2.050	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–4	0.636	40	+24	BYE
27	2	2.072	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	7–2–1	0.750	22	+21	BYE
28	2	2.099	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	33	+19	BYE
29	2	2.116	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	18	+11	BYE
30	-18	2.156	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	7–2–1	0.750	22	+21	Lost to San José State 0–20
31	1	2.181	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–3	0.700	31	+15	BYE
32	-9	2.239	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	26	+18	Lost to Oklahoma 13–34
33	2	2.457	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	18	0	BYE
34	2	2.465	USC	PAC	6–4	0.600	46	+16	BYE
35	-13	2.473	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	8–3	0.727	26	+18	Lost to Hawai'i 16–19
36	2	2.503	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	6–2–2	0.700	31	+6	BYE
37	2	2.526	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	22	+4	BYE
38	-1	2.540	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	77	+9	BYE
39	1	2.548	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	45	+12	BYE
40	-6	2.585	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	33	+7	Lost to Georgia Tech 19–41
41	0	2.595	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–3	0.667	33	+19	BYE
42	0	2.662	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–3–2	0.636	40	+10	Tied LSU 0–0
43	2	2.692	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	4–3–2	0.556	51	+9	BYE
44	-1	2.728	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	46	+11	BYE
45	-1	2.773	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–4	0.556	51	+8	BYE
46	0	2.851	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	42	+3	BYE
47	1	2.890	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–4	0.556	51	+7	BYE
48	-1	2.967	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	5–4	0.556	51	+4	BYE
49	0	3.021	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	39	0	BYE
50	0	3.104	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	46	+3	BYE
51	4	3.151	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	51	+4	BYE
52	2	3.153	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	5–2–2	0.667	33	-5	BYE
53	-1	3.178	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–2	0.600	46	-1	Tied New Mexico 13–13
54	-3	3.194	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	60	+3	BYE
55	2	3.244	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	60	+3	BYE
56	-3	3.255	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	5–4–1	0.550	57	+4	BYE
57	1	3.292	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–4–1	0.550	57	+2	BYE
58	1	3.324	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	4–3	0.571	50	0	BYE
59	2	3.332	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	60	+3	BYE
60	0	3.343	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–4	0.556	51	+3	BYE
61	1	3.414	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	42	0	BYE
62	-6	3.432	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	5–5–1	0.500	60	+2	Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–20
63	0	3.679	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	5–5–2	0.500	60	+8	Tied Montana State 13–13
64	0	3.713	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–4–2	0.500	60	-6	BYE
65	1	3.728	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	60	-9	BYE
66	1	3.739	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–4–1	0.500	60	-3	BYE
67	1	3.749	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	42	-8	BYE
68	2	3.751	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	60	+4	BYE
69	0	3.831	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	4–4	0.500	60	-3	BYE
70	2	3.875	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	5–5	0.500	60	+3	BYE
71	2	3.919	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	88	0	BYE
72	2	3.947	SMU	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	74	-5	BYE
73	2	3.979	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–5	0.444	77	-4	BYE
74	2	4.011	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	83	-7	BYE
75	-4	4.022	BYU	IND SKY	5–4–1	0.550	57	0	BYE
76	1	4.028	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	86	+1	BYE
77	3	4.246	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	77	-8	BYE
78	3	4.304	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	3–7	0.300	100	-7	BYE
79	3	4.325	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	60	-10	BYE
80	-2	4.383	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	77	-7	BYE
81	-2	4.384	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	74	-6	BYE
82	1	4.415	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	77	-7	BYE
83	1	4.492	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	5–5	0.500	60	-17	BYE
84	2	4.583	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	3–7–1	0.318	98	-7	BYE
85	3	4.610	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	92	-4	BYE
86	1	4.621	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	92	-10	BYE
87	2	4.633	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	60	0	BYE
88	3	4.708	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–4–2	0.375	88	-3	BYE
89	-4	4.799	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	92	-12	BYE
90	0	4.822	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	92	-12	BYE
91	1	4.999	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–6	0.400	83	-14	BYE
92	-27	5.001	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	3–4–3	0.450	74	+1	Lost to Cincinnati 6–18
93	1	5.042	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	115	-10	BYE
94	-1	5.095	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	77	-19	BYE
95	1	5.297	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	86	-13	BYE
96	-1	5.297	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–7	0.222	108	-8	BYE
97	0	5.480	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–7	0.222	108	-15	BYE
98	1	5.498	UTEP	IND BOR	3–6	0.333	92	-17	BYE
99	-1	5.511	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	4–6	0.400	83	-25	BYE
100	1	5.656	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–5	0.375	88	-17	BYE
101	-1	5.658	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	99	-4	BYE
102	1	5.767	TCU	IND SWC	2–7–1	0.250	105	-19	BYE
103	1	5.794	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–6–1	0.278	101	-15	BYE
104	-2	5.854	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	105	-17	BYE
105	0	6.201	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-15	BYE
106	0	6.501	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	92	-9	BYE
107	0	6.787	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–6–1	0.278	101	-23	BYE
108	1	6.847	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	112	-27	BYE
109	1	6.990	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–6–1	0.188	113	-23	BYE
110	1	7.064	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–7–2	0.273	104	-24	BYE
111	-3	7.088	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–7	0.222	108	-21	BYE
112	0	7.103	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–8	0.111	115	-29	BYE
113	0	7.487	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–6–1	0.278	101	-20	BYE
114	1	7.920	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–7	0.000	118	-24	BYE
115	2	8.005	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	108	-17	BYE
116	-2	8.025	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–8–1	0.150	114	-35	BYE
117	-1	8.078	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–9	0.000	118	-35	BYE
118	0	8.631	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	2–7–1	0.250	105	-15	BYE
119	0	8.775	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–9	0.000	118	-36	BYE
120	0	9.083	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–8	0.111	115	-21	BYE