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1946 Week 7 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
100.394Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–01.0001+4Beat Oklahoma State 54–6
200.641Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–01.0001+3Beat Arizona 14–7
3180.739Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Cornell 46–21
4430.773North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–0–10.75038+1Beat Miami 21–0
5430.773Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–0–10.75038+1Beat USC 21–0
6450.773Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Brown 33–12
7-10.797Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–01.0001+4Beat Drake 48–13
8200.895Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Navy 23–14
980.918Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–01.0001+3Beat Wisconsin 28–0
10230.923Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Syracuse 20–14
11230.927LSUSEC2–01.0001+2Beat Mississippi State 13–6
12-50.950Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–01.0001+3Beat Pittsburgh 33–0
13101.064Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–01.0001+3Beat Iowa 14–7
14-61.077Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat SAN Francisco 33–7
15-41.086UCLAPAC2–01.0001+1Beat Washington 39–13
1621.097Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–01.0001+3Beat South Carolina 14–6
17331.236Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 66–0
18391.236Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–0–10.83335+1Beat Maryland 37–7
19-151.250Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–01.0001+2Beat Eastern Washington 31–7
20101.314Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON2–01.0001+1Beat Georgetown 19–6
21-181.341Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–10.50053+1Lost to Utah 7–14
22101.359Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Duke 12–7
23261.455Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Bucknell 48–6
24421.459Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–0–10.83335+1Beat TCU 34–14
25-201.495Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Temple 35–7
26121.555Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–0–10.750380Tied Virginia Tech 21–21
27-111.591Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Colgate 27–6
28-151.609Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND FBSI1–0–10.75038+1Tied Colorado College 7–7
2981.618Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Wofford 54–0
30-41.659Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–0–10.83335+1Beat Wichita State 14–7
31131.664George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Merchant Marine 37–18
32-51.664NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–01.0001+1Beat Clemson 14–7
33-21.668ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Alameda NAS 73–0
34-201.679Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–10.50053+1Lost to LSU 6–13
35-151.688Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–01.0001+1Beat SMU 7–0
3601.694Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–01.0001+1Beat Xavier 70–0
37231.718Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Ole Miss 7–0
38381.727Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–10.50053+1Beat Virginia Military Institute 32–6
39301.814Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Furman 26–6
40-301.855Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–10.50053+2Lost to North Carolina 0–21
41-21.861Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR3–01.00010Beat San José State 34–7
42381.872Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–10.50053+1Beat Michigan State 34–20
43121.882Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Hampden Sydney 41–6
44231.945Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Tufts 49–0
45-21.950Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–00.0001200BYE
4681.950Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–0–20.500530Tied Virginia 21–21
47281.961Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–10.50053+1Beat Detroit Mercy 16–14
48-231.977Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–10.50053+2Lost to Columbia 14–23
49222.009Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–01.00010Beat California 14–13
50-42.100NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Brooklyn 19–8
51-272.115SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI1–10.50053+1Lost to Stanford 7–33
52-232.121USCPAC1–10.50053+1Lost to Ohio State 0–21
53-412.141TCUIND SWC1–1–10.50053+1Lost to Arkansas 14–34
54102.247Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–10.66742+2Beat Purdue 43–7
55242.274New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR2–10.66742+2Beat West Texas A&M 6–0
56452.407Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–10.66742+1Beat Wyoming 7–0
57382.458Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY2–10.66742+2Beat Utah State 6–0
58-492.461Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–10.66742+1Lost to Northwestern 0–28
59302.552William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–10.667420Beat Citadel 51–12
60-252.553Iowa (IOWA)B102–10.66742+1Lost to Michigan 7–14
61132.798Tulane (TULANE)SEC1–10.500530Beat Florida 27–13
62252.810Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–10.50053+1Beat Texas A&M 10–7
63102.859Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–10.500530Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 48–0
64172.864Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI1–10.500530Beat Johns Hopkins 53–0
65-502.883Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–1–10.50053+1Lost to Texas 6–54
66-442.994Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–10.500530Lost to Army 21–46
67-273.046Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–10.667420Lost to Tulsa 13–48
68-93.048Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–10.500530Lost to Dartmouth 14–20
69383.052Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–10.500530Beat Portland 35–0
70363.102Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–1–10.50053+1Beat ST. Louis 19–14
71-303.121Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–10.500530Lost to Richmond 7–37
72273.163New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–10.667420BYE
73-113.214South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–10.500530Lost to Alabama 6–14
7493.306Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON0–20.0001040Lost to Tennessee 7–12
75-233.345SMUIND SWC0–1–10.2501020Lost to Texas Tech 0–7
76123.381Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–20.500530Beat Marquette 26–13
77283.460Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR2–1–10.62552-1Tied Fresno State JV 6–6
78-133.492Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI1–10.500530Lost to Princeton 12–33
79233.577Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–20.33390+1Lost to Notre Dame 0–33
80-353.583Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI0–10.0001040Lost to Wake Forest 6–19
8133.636Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–20.333900Lost to Vanderbilt 0–7
82-53.663Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–20.0001040Lost to UCLA 13–39
83113.778Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–20.333900Lost to NC State 7–14
84-23.830Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–10.50053-1Beat Idaho 32–0
85-293.840Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–10.50053-1Lost to Colorado 0–6
86-673.870Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–10.50053-1Lost to Indiana 0–21
87-453.901Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–10.0001040Lost to Yale 6–27
8893.928Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–20.333900Lost to Auburn 6–26
89-43.958Nevada (NEVADA)IND FBSI1–10.50053-1Beat Santa Clara 33–7
90104.074Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–10.50053-1Beat Kansas State 31–0
91194.082West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–10.66742-2Beat Waynesburg 42–0
92-394.179Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–1–10.2501020Lost to Georgia 7–35
93-324.205Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI1–10.50053-1Lost to Holy Cross 14–16
94-364.226Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50053-1Lost to Boston College 20–34
95-274.260Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–1–10.50053-1Lost to Colorado State 0–7
9604.390Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–10.50053-1BYE
97-74.473Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–20.33390-1Lost to Oklahoma 7–10
98-74.514Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–20.333900Beat BYU 26–13
9954.562Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI1–10.50053-1Beat Tennessee Tech 37–6
100-374.646Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–1–10.50053-1Lost to Georgia Tech 6–32
101-314.679Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–10.50053-1Lost to William & Mary 12–51
102104.916Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–20.33390-1Beat Northern Iowa 20–18
103124.989Indiana (INDIANA)B101–20.33390+1Beat Minnesota 21–0
104-115.131California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–20.000104-1Lost to Oregon 13–14
105-335.213Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–20.33390-2Lost to Villanova 13–26
10655.237Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–1–10.50053-1Beat Pepperdine 13–12
107-95.483BYUIND SKY1–20.33390-2Lost to Denver 13–26
108-55.764Purdue (PURDUE)B101–20.33390-2Lost to Illinois 7–43
109-236.023Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–20.000104-1Lost to Nebraska 0–31
110-186.380Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI0–20.000104-1Lost to Penn State 6–48
111-26.485ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC1–20.33390-3Lost to Missouri 14–19
112-346.519UTEPIND BOR0–10.000104-1BYE
113-56.658Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–20.000104-1Lost to Washington State 0–32
11426.876Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–30.0001040Lost to Kansas 7–14
11527.402Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)IND FBSI0–40.000104-2Lost to George Washington 18–37
116-27.590West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–30.000104-1Lost to New Mexico 0–6
117-49.018Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–20.000104-3Lost to Tulane 13–27
11809.375Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–20.0001040Lost to Pennsylvania 0–66
119010.664Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI0–20.000104-1Lost to Nevada 7–33
120011.398Portland (PORTLAND)IND FBSI0–20.000104-1Lost to Oregon State 0–35

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