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1946 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
110.000Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1810.000Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
100.000Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1670.000Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1610.000Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1800.000Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1510.000Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1870.000Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000BYUIND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1660.000California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1290.000Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1690.000Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1320.000Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1930.000Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1120.000Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1550.000Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1850.000Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1480.000Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1370.000Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1470.000Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1160.000Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1770.000Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
170.000Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1580.000Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1530.000Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1130.000Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1950.000Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1820.000Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00010Preseason
140.000Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1890.000Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1450.000Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1750.000Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1960.000Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1900.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1970.000Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
190.000LSUSEC0–00.00010Preseason
1490.000Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1190.000Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1410.000Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
160.000Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1110.000Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1390.000Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1620.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1700.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1280.000Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1330.000Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
120.000Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1760.000Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Nevada (NEVADA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1150.000New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1860.000NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1460.000North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1680.000NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1400.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1250.000Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1170.000Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1440.000Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
130.000Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1720.000Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1430.000Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1350.000Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
180.000Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1730.000Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Portland (PORTLAND)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1640.000Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1240.000Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1710.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1920.000Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1630.000SMUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1780.000South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1590.000ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1200.000ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1910.000Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1520.000TCUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1140.000Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
150.000Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1360.000Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1100.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1380.000Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1740.000Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1840.000Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1180.000Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1540.000UCLAPAC0–00.00010Preseason
1310.000USCPAC0–00.00010Preseason
1500.000Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1600.000Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000UTEPIND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1790.000Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1340.000Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1210.000Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1560.000Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1830.000Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1230.000Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1260.000Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1220.000Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1880.000West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1940.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1650.000Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1270.000William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1570.000Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1300.000Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason

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