1946 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

October 29, 1946By 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	0.688	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+18	Beat Duke 19–0
2	6	0.757	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Iowa 41–6
3	-1	0.854	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	11	+14	Lost to Rice 13–18
4	7	0.955	LSU	SEC	4–1	0.800	17	+13	Beat Vanderbilt 14–0
5	4	1.082	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Furman 70–7
6	-3	1.092	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–1	0.800	17	+12	Lost to Wake Forest 6–19
7	-1	1.095	UCLA	PAC	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Santa Clara 33–7
8	-4	1.127	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Navy 32–19
9	-4	1.177	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–0–1	0.900	8	+7	Beat Florida 40–19
10	5	1.211	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–1	0.833	11	+12	Beat Kansas 56–0
11	3	1.270	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	4–1	0.800	17	+10	Beat Auburn 27–6
12	11	1.300	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	17	+9	Beat Tennessee 19–6
13	-3	1.450	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	4–0–1	0.900	8	+6	Beat Pacific 26–13
14	15	1.463	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	17	+8	Beat Texas 18–13
15	4	1.487	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–1	0.833	11	+10	Beat Kentucky 21–7
16	5	1.516	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	17	+9	Beat Dartmouth 33–13
17	3	1.616	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	5–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Arizona State 46–6
18	8	1.627	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	11	+5	Beat Virginia Military Institute 41–0
19	-6	1.657	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–0–1	0.900	8	+4	Beat Idaho 26–13
20	11	1.658	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	5–1	0.833	11	+10	Beat Denver 21–6
21	-3	1.682	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Holy Cross 13–6
22	2	1.736	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	17	+8	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 33–13
23	14	1.743	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–1	0.800	17	+5	Beat Montana 26–0
24	-2	1.808	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–1	0.800	17	+6	Beat Tulane 14–7
25	-18	1.866	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	17	+8	Lost to Virginia Tech 6–14
26	-9	1.876	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	4–1	0.800	17	+6	Beat Wyoming 27–7
27	16	2.024	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	37	+5	Beat Princeton 14–7
28	-16	2.043	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	62	+5	Lost to Cornell 7–14
29	12	2.071	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	29	+6	Beat Villanova 14–12
30	8	2.078	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–1–2	0.500	62	+4	BYE
31	4	2.115	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–1	0.750	29	+5	Beat Washington State 13–12
32	21	2.170	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–2	0.667	40	+6	Beat Michigan 13–9
33	36	2.187	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–1–2	0.600	46	+3	Beat Minnesota 39–9
34	8	2.204	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	11	+4	Beat Drake 33–6; Beat SCRANTON 32–13
35	27	2.299	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	46	+3	Beat George Washington 25–13
36	18	2.331	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–2	0.600	46	+4	BYE
37	22	2.394	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	17	+1	Beat Nevada 13–12
38	-22	2.406	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–2–1	0.500	62	+5	Lost to Illinois 9–13
39	-14	2.420	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–2	0.667	40	+4	Lost to Alabama 7–21
40	-4	2.436	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	45	+2	BYE
41	6	2.514	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–1–1	0.750	29	0	Beat Washington & LEE 20–0
42	8	2.538	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	29	+2	Beat Colgate 6–2
43	38	2.541	SMU	IND SWC	2–2–1	0.500	62	+3	Beat Missouri 17–0
44	12	2.561	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	29	+2	Beat Clemson 26–14
45	-15	2.586	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–2	0.667	40	+5	Lost to Notre Dame 6–41
46	5	2.590	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	37	+1	Beat Coast Guard 47–14
47	13	2.614	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	46	+3	Beat Iowa State 63–0
48	30	2.744	USC	PAC	3–2	0.600	46	+4	Beat Stanford 28–20
49	-16	2.745	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–2	0.600	46	+3	Lost to Utah State 0–26
50	-23	2.756	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	80	+3	Lost to Army 0–19
51	6	2.761	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	4–1–1	0.750	29	-1	Beat Western State 19–6
52	13	2.850	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	4–2	0.667	40	+4	Beat New Mexico 14–13
53	-21	3.009	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–2	0.600	46	-1	Lost to Marquette 0–20
54	-6	3.014	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	37	0	Tied Boston University 14–14
55	-3	3.063	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	3–3	0.500	62	+5	Lost to Colorado 13–14
56	-22	3.139	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–2	0.600	46	0	Lost to USC 20–28
57	-29	3.140	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	29	-1	Lost to Rutgers 13–25
58	-13	3.280	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–2	0.600	46	-1	Lost to LSU 0–14
59	-13	3.284	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–3	0.400	80	0	Lost to Mississippi State 7–14
60	16	3.315	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	29	-2	Beat Gettysburg 12–7
61	-3	3.358	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–3	0.500	62	+2	Lost to Texas Tech 6–21
62	10	3.390	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	62	0	BYE
63	-19	3.448	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–2–1	0.583	58	+1	Lost to Tulsa 0–56
64	-1	3.450	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	61	+2	Lost to Boston College 12–14
65	14	3.479	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	40	-1	Beat Syracuse 13–0
66	-11	3.509	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	46	-2	Lost to ST. Mary's 12–13
67	7	3.560	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	46	-4	Beat Hampden Sydney 40–0
68	-28	3.564	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–2–1	0.583	58	0	Lost to SMU 0–17
69	-20	3.582	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–2	0.600	46	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–27
70	15	3.645	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	62	-2	Beat Baylor 17–0
71	-7	3.699	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	76	+2	Lost to Purdue 8–10
72	-33	3.727	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–2–1	0.583	58	-3	Lost to Ole Miss 7–9
73	-12	3.814	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	80	+1	Lost to Columbia 13–33
74	38	3.841	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–2–2	0.400	80	+1	Beat NC State 14–6
75	-4	3.847	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–3–1	0.417	76	0	Lost to William & Mary 0–41
76	4	3.902	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	62	-1	Beat Northern Colorado 27–7
77	10	3.907	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–3–1	0.417	76	+1	Beat TCU 7–6
78	8	3.951	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–3	0.500	62	+4	Beat Nebraska 27–7
79	12	3.973	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	62	-3	Beat Arizona 20–0
80	-14	4.054	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–3	0.400	80	-1	Lost to Ohio State 9–39
81	13	4.092	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–3	0.400	80	-1	Beat California 20–6
82	15	4.106	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	62	-2	Beat ST. Louis 13–7
83	-8	4.351	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	80	-3	Lost to Miami 13–33
84	-11	4.380	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	100	-1	BYE
85	-8	4.455	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–4	0.333	91	-2	Lost to Georgia 7–70
86	-19	4.457	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	80	+1	Lost to Cincinnati 7–18
87	-17	4.465	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–4	0.200	107	-1	Lost to Washington 6–20
88	11	4.479	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	76	-2	Beat Pittsburgh 10–8
89	-7	4.605	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	107	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 19–32
90	11	4.677	UTEP	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	62	-4	Beat Houston 21–7
91	-1	4.772	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	62	-5	BYE
92	-9	4.815	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	107	-3	Lost to South Carolina 14–26
93	-25	4.868	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	80	-5	Lost to Indiana 7–27
94	-10	4.902	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	80	-5	Lost to West Virginia 0–13
95	0	4.961	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	100	-4	Lost to Richmond 0–20
96	2	5.138	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	100	-2	Lost to Penn State 2–6
97	9	5.369	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–4	0.333	91	-2	Beat Arkansas 9–7
98	-2	5.420	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	107	-4	Lost to Harvard 6–13
99	12	5.448	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	80	-1	Beat Lafayette 29–0
100	-11	5.548	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–4	0.333	91	-9	Lost to West Texas A&M 14–21
101	-13	5.627	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	91	-7	Lost to Georgetown 7–13
102	0	5.634	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	91	-8	Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–33
103	-10	5.741	BYU	IND SKY	2–4	0.333	91	-2	Lost to San José State 0–14
104	10	5.989	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	2–4	0.333	91	-4	Beat New Mexico State 21–14
105	2	6.073	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–3–1	0.300	99	-6	Lost to Oregon State 12–13
106	-14	6.360	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–4	0.333	91	-5	Lost to Colorado College 12–25
107	-7	6.504	TCU	IND SWC	1–4–1	0.250	100	-8	Lost to Oklahoma State 6–7
108	-3	6.793	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	107	-3	Lost to UCLA 7–33
109	-6	6.798	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–5	0.167	115	-8	Lost to Oklahoma 0–63
110	-6	6.903	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	107	-10	Lost to Texas A&M 0–17
111	-1	7.272	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–4–1	0.250	100	-10	Lost to Utah 7–27
112	-4	7.570	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–4–1	0.250	100	-7	Lost to Hardin Simmons 6–46
113	3	7.669	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–5	0.000	117	-10	Lost to North Carolina 19–40
114	-5	7.769	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–4	0.000	117	-7	BYE
115	-2	7.793	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–4	0.200	107	-1	BYE
116	-1	8.037	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	100	-4	BYE
117	2	8.487	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	116	-9	Beat Fordham 7–6
118	-1	8.714	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	107	-3	Lost to Bucknell 0–29
119	-1	9.058	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	117	-9	Lost to Merchant Marine 6–7
120	0	9.827	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–5	0.000	117	-8	Lost to Oregon 13–26