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1946 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

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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
100.757Army (ARMY)IND FBSI7–0–10.9384+29Tied Notre Dame 0–0
210.844UCLAPAC7–01.0001+22Beat Oregon 14–0
330.969LSUSEC6–10.8578+26Beat Alabama 31–21
441.107Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–0–10.9175+15Tied Army 0–0
5-31.164Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–10.8756+21Beat Baylor 22–7
6-21.184Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC6–10.8578+22Beat Ole Miss 18–14
7-21.294Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC7–01.0001+18Beat Florida 33–14
841.403Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC7–10.8756+18Beat Oklahoma State 20–18
971.426Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–10.83315+15Beat Georgetown 20–13
1011.453Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC6–10.8578+17Beat Navy 28–20
1191.456North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–1–10.78620+14Beat William & Mary 21–7
1211.464Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR7–01.0001+12Beat West Texas A&M 28–7
13-41.542Rice (RICE)IND SWC5–20.71427+15Lost to Arkansas 0–7
1491.547Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC6–10.8578+12Beat Auburn 33–0
15-11.638Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–1–20.71427+11Beat Pittsburgh 20–13
1621.656Utah (UTAH)IND SKY6–10.8578+14Beat Colorado State 13–0
1721.799Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–10.8578+14Beat Miami (OH) 20–17
18-111.810Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON5–20.71427+13Lost to Duke 0–13
19141.830Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI5–10.83315+8Beat Columbia 41–6
20191.883Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–2–10.64344+13Beat Michigan State 55–7
2141.896Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–20.71427+14BYE
2221.901Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–1–10.75022+5Tied BYU 0–0
23-81.904William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON6–20.75022+9Lost to North Carolina 7–21
24121.938Yale (YALE)IND FBSI5–1–10.78620+7Beat Brown 49–0
2571.961Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI6–10.8578+6Beat Dartmouth 21–7
2641.963USCPAC5–20.71427+11Beat California 14–0
27-11.975Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI5–20.71427+9Beat Lafayette 41–2
28-71.975Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–30.62548+14Lost to LSU 21–31
2961.991Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON6–1–10.81319+6Beat Davidson 27–6
3042.000Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR6–20.75022+15Beat New Mexico 27–0
3162.070Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–1–10.75022+7Beat Idaho 34–0
32-32.103Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–10.83315+5Beat Temple 26–0
3382.131Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC6–20.75022+10Beat Marquette 35–0
34-122.172NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON5–20.71427+11Lost to Vanderbilt 0–7
3592.255Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–20.71427+7Beat NC State 7–0
36-262.283Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–2–10.64344+9Lost to Syracuse 7–14
3712.292South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–10.83315+5Beat Maryland 21–17
38-212.391Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI3–30.50060+8Lost to Virginia 6–20
3982.437Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–2–10.68836+10Beat Oklahoma 16–13
4082.489Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON3–40.42975+8Beat Wake Forest 13–0
41-142.583Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–30.57154+10Lost to Pennsylvania 6–41
42182.596Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–2–10.58353+4Beat Princeton 20–6
43-152.601Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–2–10.64344+5Lost to Indiana 6–7
44122.627Iowa (IOWA)B105–30.62548+9Beat Wisconsin 21–7
45-22.644ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI4–20.66740+3BYE
4632.650Nevada (NEVADA)IND FBSI5–20.71427+1Beat Santa Barbara 48–13
4752.658Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–2–10.68836+6Beat Colorado 21–0
48102.659Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–2–10.68836+4Beat Rice 7–0
49-92.734Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–2–10.64344+4Lost to UCLA 0–14
50112.835Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI5–40.55659+10Beat Detroit Mercy 23–6
51-202.864Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–30.57154+5Lost to Iowa 7–21
52-102.864Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–30.57154+4Lost to Kansas 13–16
53-72.953Montana (MONTANA)PAC4–20.66740+2BYE
54102.988Indiana (INDIANA)B105–30.62548+11Beat Northwestern 7–6
55-53.069New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR4–40.50060+7Lost to Texas Tech 0–27
5613.112Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–3–10.500600Tied Santa Clara 21–21
57113.164George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON4–20.667400Beat Citadel 18–0
5813.187Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–30.57154+3Beat Wyoming 19–6
59-143.203Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI5–30.62548-1Lost to Villanova 6–23
60-53.308Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY4–40.50060+3Lost to Missouri 0–21
6143.320Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR5–2–10.68836-6Beat Eastern NEW Mexico 33–7
6213.340Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–30.50060-1Beat Clemson 54–13
63133.388Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–30.50060+2Beat Stanford 21–15
64113.416Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–30.57154-1Beat Cornell 14–7
65-143.437Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI3–30.500600Lost to Boston College 13–20
66-123.461Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–3–10.50060-1Lost to Washington 15–21
6763.558NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–20.66740-3Beat Lehigh 13–3
68-13.652West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–30.62548-2Beat Fordham 39–0
6983.682Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC4–40.50060-4Beat SMU 14–0
70103.770Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND FBSI3–3–10.50060-1Beat Portland 19–6
71-93.855Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI4–40.50060-3Lost to Kentucky 0–35
72-193.987SMUIND SWC2–4–10.35787-2Lost to Texas A&M 0–14
73114.061Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–40.42975-3Beat Colgate 21–6
7474.084Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI3–40.42975-5Beat Dayton 34–7
7574.174Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–4–10.43873-2Beat Furman 26–7
76-64.176Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–40.42975-2Lost to Mississippi State 0–33
77-34.242Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON2–40.33390-3Lost to South Carolina 17–21
78144.260Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–40.42975-3Beat Purdue 13–7
79-74.492Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–3–10.50060-6Lost to Yale 0–49
80184.538UTEPIND BOR3–30.50060-6Beat Arizona State 34–20
8164.569Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC2–5–10.31398-3Lost to Tulsa 18–20
82-134.610Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–40.33390-4Lost to Holy Cross 6–21
83-44.642Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–3–20.33390+1Lost to Penn State 0–26
8414.688Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–50.286103-2Lost to Harvard 7–21
8514.728Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–5–10.31398-2Lost to Ohio State 13–20
86-34.751Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON3–40.42975-11Lost to Richmond 6–27
87-94.787California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–50.286103-5Lost to USC 0–14
8854.789West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR3–50.37584-1Lost to Hardin Simmons 7–28
89-234.849Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–40.33390-6Lost to Virginia Tech 7–13
9074.892Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–40.33390-7BYE
91-204.918Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–50.286103-6Lost to Tulane 13–54
92114.947SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI2–40.33390-6Beat Kansas State 38–6
9374.948Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–3–20.42975-4Beat Washington & LEE 13–7
9425.013BYUIND SKY3–4–10.43873-2Tied Utah State 0–0
9545.065Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–60.250109-2Lost to Tennessee 14–18
96-85.089Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–50.286103-1Lost to Michigan 7–55
9795.217Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–40.42975+2Beat ST. Louis 13–0
9845.378Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–60.143115-5Lost to Georgia Tech 20–28
99-85.464ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC3–50.37584-15Lost to Wichita State 0–13
10015.511Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–4–10.35787-10Tied Iowa State 7–7
10135.584Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI2–4–10.35787-2Tied Arizona 21–21
10255.629New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR3–50.37584-17Beat SUL Ross State 26–25
103-95.677Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–40.33390-10Lost to George Washington 0–18
104-155.710Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–40.42975-2Lost to Delaware 14–27
105-155.739Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–50.286103-10Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–26
106-115.803Purdue (PURDUE)B102–5–10.31398-10Lost to Minnesota 7–13
10756.098Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)IND FBSI3–60.33390-12Beat Brooklyn 41–7
108-36.138Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–5–10.31398-13Tied Drake 7–7
109-16.303Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–50.286103-6Lost to Utah 0–13
110-16.582Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR2–5–10.31398-9Lost to UTEP 20–34
11126.752Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–50.167114-14Lost to Texas 7–22
112-16.762Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–4–10.250109-11BYE
113-36.839TCUIND SWC1–5–10.214112-14BYE
11426.962Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–60.000117-13Lost to Georgia 14–33
115-17.968Portland (PORTLAND)IND FBSI1–4–10.250109-6Lost to Montana State 6–19
116-18.001Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–6–10.188113-21Lost to Denver 6–19
11718.558Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–50.000117-15Lost to West Virginia 0–39
118-19.005Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–60.000117-18Lost to SAN Francisco 6–38
11909.254Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI1–60.143115-11Lost to Rutgers 2–41
12009.704Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–70.000117-16Lost to Oregon State 0–34

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