1946 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 1, 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	0.691	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado 76–0
2	77	0.691	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat New Mexico 56–14
3	9	0.773	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona State 67–0
4	41	0.827	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado State 27–0
5	25	0.864	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 35–12
6	0	0.882	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico State 52–0
7	47	0.891	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Illinois 26–6
8	62	0.973	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 45–0
9	-6	0.977	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat California 28–7
10	30	0.982	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat William & Mary 13–3
11	66	0.991	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 50–7
12	60	1.045	TCU	IND SWC	1–0–1	0.750	50	+1	Beat Baylor 19–16
13	33	1.064	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat BYU 13–12
14	30	1.073	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 41–7
15	-11	1.082	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Tied Arkansas 21–21
16	73	1.082	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Merchant Marine 33–0
17	36	1.091	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa State 41–9
18	-11	1.136	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tulane 7–6
19	24	1.136	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska 33–6
20	-11	1.145	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas A&M 6–0
21	-19	1.150	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oklahoma 21–7
22	0	1.191	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bucknell 21–0
23	18	1.191	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 21–0
24	41	1.273	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nevada 26–14
25	22	1.300	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Villanova 7–0
26	9	1.309	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Beat Denver 21–13
27	25	1.318	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Duke 13–6
28	-7	1.327	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 13–7
29	49	1.327	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 13–7
30	55	1.327	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 12–6
31	38	1.345	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 24–20
32	42	1.345	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia Tech 13–9
33	-10	1.355	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 3–0
34	4	1.373	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 7–6
35	65	1.386	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Purdue 16–0
36	-28	1.486	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Cincinnati 26–7
37	-13	1.527	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Erskine 74–0
38	45	1.555	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 71–0
39	63	1.586	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 21–7
40	69	1.709	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UTEP 7–2
41	-2	1.709	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bainbridge NTS 54–0
42	-22	1.752	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
43	-16	1.752	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
44	-16	1.752	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
45	-16	1.752	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
46	4	1.752	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
47	4	1.752	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	59	0	Tied Virginia Tech 14–14
48	7	1.752	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	59	0	Tied Missouri 13–13
49	10	1.752	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
50	10	1.752	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
51	11	1.752	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
52	15	1.752	SMU	IND SWC	0–0–1	0.500	59	0	Tied Temple 7–7
53	20	1.752	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	59	0	Tied SMU 7–7
54	30	1.752	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	59	0	Tied North Carolina 14–14
55	32	1.752	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
56	24	1.773	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho State 47–0
57	40	1.782	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Tied Virginia Military Institute 7–7
58	-16	1.818	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wayne State 42–0
59	12	1.882	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston University 41–6
60	22	1.882	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Tech 35–0
61	40	1.918	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
62	6	2.009	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Newberry 21–0
63	45	2.073	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Tied Richmond 7–7
64	-59	2.125	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	59	+1	Lost to Notre Dame 6–26
65	-49	2.127	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Canisius 14–6
66	45	2.136	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Tied Oklahoma State 21–21
67	-35	2.136	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UConn 7–0
68	44	2.136	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0–1	0.750	50	0	Tied Colorado Mines 7–7
69	-55	2.191	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Miss 13–12
70	-51	2.191	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 7–6
71	-14	2.191	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 7–6
72	44	2.281	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	+1	Beat ST. Louis 26–0
73	-10	2.364	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to LSU 6–7
74	2	2.364	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Alabama 6–7
75	-42	2.443	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Dartmouth 0–3
76	-45	2.483	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Tennessee 9–13
77	9	2.483	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to ST. Mary's 20–24
78	3	2.522	UTEP	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Drake 2–7
79	-69	2.544	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	59	+2	Lost to Utah 14–56
80	-65	2.562	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Wake Forest 6–12
81	-17	2.562	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Columbia 7–13
82	6	2.562	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to USC 7–13
83	-58	2.602	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to NC State 6–13
84	9	2.610	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat Florida 13–7
85	-36	2.800	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to SAN Francisco 14–26
86	-50	2.879	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Hardin Simmons 7–21
87	-31	2.879	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Army 7–21
88	2	2.894	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	80	0	Lost to Navy 0–7
89	5	2.923	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to Miami 3–13
90	6	3.022	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to Texas Tech 0–6
91	24	3.137	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	83	0	Lost to Kansas 13–21
92	-75	3.157	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Cornell 0–21
93	-75	3.157	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Wisconsin 7–28
94	5	3.293	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to Georgia 12–35
95	-84	3.302	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to Texas 0–76
96	11	3.326	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to TCU 16–19
97	-2	3.331	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat Wofford 31–0
98	12	3.334	BYU	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to Montana State 12–13
99	4	3.357	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	57	0	Lost to Tulsa 0–52
100	-52	3.395	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Minnesota 6–33
101	3	3.481	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to Montana 0–27
102	4	3.486	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat West Virginia 33–7
103	10	3.553	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to Iowa 0–16
104	-29	3.673	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Mississippi State 7–41
105	13	3.854	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	57	-1	Beat Western NEW Mexico 32–0
106	11	3.990	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1–1	0.250	81	0	Tied Ohio State 13–13
107	-49	4.030	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to UCLA 7–50
108	-74	4.109	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Stanford 0–45
109	-4	4.775	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Marquette 0–26
110	4	4.959	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–33
111	-98	4.982	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	0–1–1	0.250	81	0	Lost to Arizona 0–67
112	-21	5.379	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	83	-1	Lost to Northwestern 9–41
113	-87	7.164	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	83	-1	Lost to Ole Miss 7–13
114	-22	7.362	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	83	0	Lost to Houston 12–14
115	5	7.679	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–2	0.000	83	0	Lost to Michigan 0–21
116	-18	7.898	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	83	0	Lost to Dayton 0–21
117	2	8.433	Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	83	-2	Lost to Yale 0–33
118	-81	12.321	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Muhlenberg 20–32
119	-53	12.360	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Fresno State 7–20
120	-59	13.471	Portland (PORTLAND)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Hawaii ALL Stars 13–54