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1946 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Notre Dame                  IND   98.86    8- 0-1   0- 0-0   72.60     8      1
   2 Army                        IND   98.40    9- 0-1   0- 0-0   78.80     3      2
   3 Georgia                     SEC   96.02   11- 0-0   5- 0-0   56.60    43      3
   4 Illinois                    WES   95.83    8- 2-0   6- 1-0   76.88     5      5
   5 Michigan                    WES   95.55    6- 2-1   5- 1-1   76.36     6      6
   6 Tennessee                   SEC   93.85    9- 2-0   5- 0-0   78.69     4      7
   7 North Carolina              SOU   93.46    8- 2-1   4- 0-1   69.31    13      9
   8 Georgia Tech                SEC   92.66    9- 2-0   4- 2-0   63.61    25     11
   9 Louisiana State             SEC   91.70    9- 1-1   5- 1-0   68.31    15      8
  10 Rice                        SWC   91.12    9- 2-0   5- 1-0   61.07    33     10
  11 Texas                       SWC   89.09    8- 2-0   4- 2-0   55.20    47     15
  12 Wake Forest                 SOU   88.87    6- 3-0   2- 3-0   71.31     9       
  13 Pennsylvania                IND   88.11    6- 2-0   0- 0-0   59.87    34     13
  14 UCLA                        PCC   87.21   10- 1-0   7- 0-0   47.61    63      4
  15 Duke                        SOU   86.32    4- 5-0   3- 2-0   80.64     2       
  16 William & Mary              SOU   86.01    8- 2-0   7- 1-0   45.25    71       
  17 Alabama                     SEC   84.37    7- 4-0   4- 3-0   67.61    16       
  18 Yale                        IND   84.11    7- 1-1   0- 0-0   47.06    66     12
  19 Oklahoma                    BG6   83.22    8- 3-0   4- 1-0   52.34    56     14
  20 North Carolina State        SOU   83.16    8- 3-0   6- 1-0   56.70    41     18
  21 Mississippi State           SEC   82.87    8- 2-0   3- 2-0   45.51    70       
  22 Kentucky                    SEC   81.64    7- 3-0   2- 3-0   54.00    51       
  23 Columbia                    IND   80.52    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   63.99    24       
  24 Boston College              IND   80.26    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   59.36    35       
  25 Iowa                        WES   79.95    5- 4-0   3- 3-0   66.91    18       
  26 Indiana                     WES   79.91    6- 3-0   4- 2-0   63.06    27     20
  27 Miami (Florida)             IND   78.29    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   54.28    50       
  28 Ohio State                  WES   76.73    4- 3-2   2- 3-1   69.87    12       
  29 Tulsa                       MVC   76.23    9- 1-0   3- 0-0   35.01    92     17
  30 Cornell                     IND   75.80    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   62.67    30       
  31 Penn State                  IND   74.31    6- 2-0   0- 0-0   42.26    75       
  32 Arkansas                    SWC   73.19    6- 3-2   5- 1-0   57.83    37     16
  33 Southern California         PCC   72.73    6- 4-0   5- 2-0   56.63    42       
  34 Vanderbilt                  SEC   72.59    5- 4-0   3- 4-0   61.27    32       
  35 Northwestern                WES   72.25    4- 4-1   2- 3-1   66.62    20       
  36 Villanova                   IND   71.01    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   55.13    48       
  37 Rutgers                     IND   70.06    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   33.39    95       
  38 Harvard                     IND   68.54    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   39.40    80       
  39 Wisconsin                   WES   68.32    4- 5-0   2- 5-0   67.04    17       
  40 Minnesota                   WES   67.44    5- 4-0   3- 4-0   62.82    29       
  41 Texas Tech                  BRD   65.76    8- 3-0   3- 1-0   45.95    68       
  42 Hardin-Simmons              BRD   65.33   11- 0-0   6- 0-0   16.94   116       
  43 Navy                        IND   62.60    1- 8-0   0- 0-0   87.07     1       
  44 Oregon State                PCC   62.14    7- 1-1   6- 1-1   38.25    84       
  45 Tulane                      SEC   61.57    3- 7-0   2- 4-0   72.91     7       
  46 Pittsburgh                  IND   60.31    3- 5-1   0- 0-0   66.81    19       
  47 Texas A&M                   SWC   60.07    4- 6-0   3- 3-0   63.07    26       
  48 Virginia                    IND   60.02    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   57.58    38       
  49 St. Marys                   IND   59.12    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   40.47    77       
  50 Southern Methodist          SWC   59.10    4- 5-1   2- 4-0   58.31    36       
  51 Richmond                    SOU   58.10    6- 2-3   3- 2-2   39.86    79       
  52 Holy Cross                  IND   57.36    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   53.56    53       
  53 Colgate                     IND   55.55    4- 4-0   0- 0-0   47.97    62       
  54 Kansas                      BG6   55.08    7- 2-1   4- 1-0   39.08    81       
  55 South Carolina              SOU   54.67    5- 3-0   4- 2-0   49.55    60       
  56 Princeton                   IND   52.38    3- 5-0   0- 0-0   64.49    22       
  57 Clemson                     SOU   52.05    4- 5-0   2- 3-0   55.43    46       
  58 Washington                  PCC   51.97    5- 4-0   5- 3-0   47.59    64       
  59 Nevada                      IND   51.49    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   16.69   118       
  60 Georgetown                  IND   50.64    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   42.15    76       
  61 Purdue                      WES   49.76    2- 6-1   0- 5-1   70.50    11       
  62 Stanford                    PCC   48.71    6- 3-1   3- 3-1   36.91    89       
  63 Michigan State              IND   48.46    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   52.44    55       
  64 Virginia Tech               SOU   47.80    3- 4-3   3- 3-2   54.87    49       
  65 Syracuse                    IND   47.55    4- 5-0   0- 0-0   53.69    52       
  66 Detroit Mercy               IND   47.43    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   37.78    86       
  67 Tennessee-Chattanooga       IND   47.41    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   47.55    65       
  68 Mississippi                 SEC   46.88    2- 7-0   1- 6-0   68.90    14       
  69 Missouri                    BG6   46.64    5- 4-1   3- 2-0   45.63    69       
  70 West Virginia               IND   46.05    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   44.10    72       
  71 Texas Christian             SWC   45.54    2- 7-1   2- 4-0   65.84    21       
  72 Oklahoma State              MVC   44.44    3- 7-1   1- 1-0   61.34    31       
  73 Dartmouth                   IND   44.09    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   64.40    23       
  74 Temple                      IND   42.40    2- 4-2   0- 0-0   56.76    40       
  75 Virginia Military Institute SOU   42.01    4- 5-1   3- 3-1   50.26    59       
  76 George Washington           SOU   40.92    4- 3-0   1- 1-0   36.19    90       
  77 Nebraska                    BG6   39.36    3- 6-0   3- 2-0   57.05    39       
  78 Utah State                  MSC   39.22    7- 2-1   4- 1-1   16.58   119       
  79 Auburn                      SEC   38.19    4- 6-0   1- 5-0   52.66    54       
  80 Maryland                    SOU   38.16    3- 6-0   2- 5-0   56.37    44       
  81 Utah                        MSC   37.67    8- 3-0   4- 2-0   17.28   114       
  82 Marquette                   IND   37.48    4- 5-0   0- 0-0   46.71    67       
  83 Oregon                      PCC   30.92    4- 4-1   3- 4-1   38.98    82       
  84 Washington & Lee            SOU   28.58    2- 6-0   1- 4-0   48.71    61       
  85 California                  PCC   28.33    2- 7-0   1- 6-0   55.66    45       
  86 Davidson                    SOU   28.18    4- 5-0   1- 5-0   30.31    99       
  87 Denver                      MSC   26.44    5- 5-1   4- 1-1   32.82    97       
  88 New York University         IND   25.39    5- 3-0   0- 0-0   29.66   100       
  89 Arizona                     BRD   25.26    4- 4-2   2- 2-1   25.97   104       
  90 Brown                       IND   25.23    3- 5-1   0- 0-0   42.60    74       
  91 Baylor                      SWC   24.82    1- 8-0   0- 6-0   63.02    28       
  92 Florida                     SEC   24.51    0- 9-0   0- 5-0   71.24    10       
  93 Colorado                    MSC   23.89    5- 4-1   3- 2-1   28.76   101       
  94 San Francisco               IND   22.25    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   38.94    83       
  95 Montana State               IND   21.73    5- 3-2   0- 0-0   17.27   115       
  96 Furman                      SOU   21.43    2- 8-0   1- 4-0   51.34    58       
  97 Northern Arizona            BRD   20.83    5- 2-2   1- 2-1    9.32   121       
  98 Washington State            PCC   19.86    1- 6-1   1- 5-1   43.17    73       
  99 Montana                     PCC   19.30    4- 4-0   1- 3-0   30.46    98       
 100 Citadel                     SOU   18.09    3- 5-0   1- 5-0   35.93    91       
 101 West Texas A&M              BRD   16.42    5- 5-0   3- 4-0   22.02   108       
 102 New Mexico                  BRD   16.24    5- 5-2   4- 2-1   25.65   105       
 103 St. Louis                   MVC   15.81    4- 6-0   1- 1-0   26.17   102       
 104 Brigham Young               MSC   15.52    5- 4-1   3- 2-1   17.75   113       
 105 Santa Clara                 IND   15.33    2- 5-1   0- 0-0   37.95    85       
 106 Wichita State               MVC   14.90    5- 5-0   2- 1-0   20.05   110       
 107 Merchant Marine             IND   14.28    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   34.12    94       
 108 Bucknell                    IND   13.36    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   32.92    96       
 109 New Mexico State            BRD   12.28    5- 5-0   1- 4-0   16.88   117       
 110 Iowa State                  BG6    9.78    2- 6-1   1- 4-0   37.43    87       
 111 Fordham                     IND    7.82    0- 7-0   0- 0-0   51.64    57       
 112 Texas-El Paso               BRD    7.26    3- 6-0   2- 4-0   18.51   112       
 113 Minor Teams                        7.13   25-**-7   0- 0-0   34.62    93       
 114 Lafayette                   IND    5.17    2- 7-0   0- 0-0   37.35    88       
 115 Drake                       MVC    5.09    2- 6-1   0- 4-0   25.57   106       
 116 Kansas State                BG6    4.22    0- 9-0   0- 5-0   40.35    78       
 117 Wyoming                     MSC    3.60    1- 8-1   0- 6-0   25.01   107       
 118 Colorado State              MSC    3.39    2- 7-0   1- 5-0   19.99   111       
 119 Arizona State               BRD    3.32    2- 7-2   1- 4-1   20.95   109       
 120 Portland                    IND    2.44    2- 7-1   0- 0-0   14.03   120       
 121 Idaho                       PCC    2.11    1- 8-0   0- 5-0   26.12   103       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Western            WES     9   76.19   29.22    44- 33- 5    17-  6- 1  Illinois                4   95.83
Southeastern       SEC    12   72.24   33.67    74- 47- 1    39- 12- 1  Georgia                 3   96.02
Southwest          SWC     7   63.28   44.57    34- 33- 4    13- 12- 4  Rice                   10   91.12
Southern           SOU    16   54.24   55.88    74- 67- 8    30- 23- 2  North Carolina          7   93.46
Independent        IND    39   51.07   59.95   182-157-13   182-157-13  Notre Dame              1   98.86
Pacific Coast      PCC    10   42.33   69.70    46- 42- 4    14- 10- 0  UCLA                   14   87.21
Big 6              BG6     6   39.72   74.17    25- 30- 3    10- 15- 3  Oklahoma               19   83.22
Missouri Valley    MVC     5   31.29   85.00    23- 25- 2    16- 18- 2  Tulsa                  29   76.23
Border             BRD     9   25.86   90.22    48- 37- 8    25- 14- 4  Texas Tech             41   65.76
Mountain States    MSC     7   21.39   96.86    33- 33- 5    14- 14- 1  Utah State             78   39.22

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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