1946 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 24, 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	92	0.200	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 42–0
2	4	0.227	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Villanova 35–0
3	112	0.273	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marquette 34–0
4	65	0.282	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Denver 40–7
5	33	0.345	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 33–7
6	91	0.400	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 33–13
7	-5	0.409	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 26–7
8	36	0.455	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ole Miss 20–6
9	86	0.473	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Texas A&M 26–14
10	51	0.500	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Arizona 12–7
11	6	0.527	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa State 13–7
12	-9	0.694	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
13	-9	0.694	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–0–1	0.500	30	0	Tied Williams Field 6–6
14	-7	0.694	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
15	-6	0.694	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
16	-6	0.694	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
17	-6	0.694	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
18	-5	0.694	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
19	-5	0.694	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
20	-4	0.694	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
21	-2	0.694	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
22	-2	0.694	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
23	-2	0.694	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
24	-2	0.694	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
25	1	0.694	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
26	1	0.694	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
27	1	0.694	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
28	2	0.694	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
29	2	0.694	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
30	2	0.694	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
31	2	0.694	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
32	3	0.694	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
33	3	0.694	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
34	3	0.694	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
35	7	0.694	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	30	0	Tied TCU 0–0
36	7	0.694	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
37	8	0.694	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
38	8	0.694	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
39	9	0.694	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
40	9	0.694	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
41	9	0.694	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
42	9	0.694	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
43	9	0.694	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
44	10	0.694	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
45	11	0.694	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
46	11	0.694	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
47	11	0.694	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
48	11	0.694	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
49	11	0.694	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
50	12	0.694	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
51	12	0.694	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
52	12	0.694	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
53	12	0.694	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
54	12	0.694	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
55	12	0.694	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
56	12	0.694	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
57	13	0.694	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
58	13	0.694	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
59	13	0.694	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
60	13	0.694	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
61	14	0.694	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
62	14	0.694	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
63	15	0.694	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
64	16	0.694	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
65	16	0.694	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
66	16	0.694	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
67	16	0.694	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
68	16	0.694	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
69	17	0.694	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
70	17	0.694	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
71	17	0.694	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
72	17	0.694	TCU	IND SWC	0–0–1	0.500	30	0	Tied Kansas 0–0
73	17	0.694	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
74	17	0.694	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
75	17	0.694	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
76	20	0.694	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
77	21	0.694	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
78	21	0.694	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
79	21	0.694	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
80	21	0.694	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
81	21	0.694	UTEP	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
82	21	0.694	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
83	21	0.694	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
84	22	0.694	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
85	22	0.694	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
86	22	0.694	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
87	22	0.694	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
88	22	0.694	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
89	28	0.694	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	46	0	BYE
90	-89	1.191	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	30	0	Lost to Army 0–35
91	-50	1.253	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Colorado 7–13
92	19	1.491	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Texas Tech 14–26
93	-40	1.570	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Kentucky 6–20
94	20	1.645	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Camp Mcclelland 61–0
95	-66	1.769	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Alabama 7–26
96	-2	1.773	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 47–0
97	-18	1.782	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 46–0
98	15	1.808	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Tulsa 13–33
99	-84	1.845	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 39–0
100	-60	1.845	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Dakota State 39–0
101	-77	1.918	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wayne State 31–0
102	-68	1.918	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mcmurry 31–0
103	16	1.950	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western NEW Mexico 37–0
104	-86	1.973	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Warren 25–0
105	-20	1.982	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri Rolla 24–0
106	-32	2.046	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Illinois 7–33
107	-99	2.073	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 21–7
108	-3	2.073	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Catawba 21–7
109	-84	2.082	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Ambrose 26–13
110	-98	2.100	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western State 13–2
111	-106	2.136	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern State 21–14
112	4	2.136	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Colorado 7–0
113	-36	2.145	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 13–7
114	-2	2.145	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Otterbein 13–7
115	-92	2.324	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–40
116	-69	2.364	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Wisconsin 0–34
117	-62	2.681	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Texas 0–42
118	2	2.963	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	30	0	Lost to New Mexico 7–12
119	-1	7.739	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	35	-1	Lost to Lehigh 0–7
120	-81	10.893	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	35	0	Lost to Cincinnati 6–15