1946 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
--- -------------------------  ----   ----   -------
  1 Army                        9.5 -  0.5   2.6985 
  2 Georgia                    11   -  0     2.6872 
  3 Notre Dame                  8.5 -  0.5   2.2424 
  4 Hardin-Simmons              9   -  0     1.8574 
  5 Louisiana State             9.5 -  1.5   1.6554 
  6 UCLA                       10   -  1     1.6520 
  7 Tennessee                   9   -  2     1.5931 
  8 Illinois                    8   -  2     1.4592 
  9 Georgia Tech                9   -  2     1.4105 
 10 Tulsa                       9   -  1     1.2875 

 11 North Carolina              8.5 -  2.5   1.1996 
 12 Rice                        8   -  2     1.1689 
 13 Oregon State                7.5 -  1.5   0.9637 
 14 Michigan                    6.5 -  2.5   0.9303 
 15 Texas                       8   -  2     0.9194 
 16 Texas Tech                  8   -  3     0.9134 
 17 Wake Forest                 6   -  3     0.8518 
 18 William & Mary              7   -  2     0.8405 
 19 Alabama                     6   -  4     0.8365 
 20 Kentucky                    6   -  3     0.8210 

 21 Oklahoma                    8   -  3     0.8192 
 22 Miami (Florida)             7   -  2     0.8085 
 23 Mississippi State           6   -  2     0.8055 
 24 San Jose State              4   -  1     0.7973 
 25 Yale                        6.5 -  1.5   0.7972 
 26 Pennsylvania                6   -  2     0.7398 
 27 Utah                        8   -  2     0.7255 
 28 Kansas                      7.5 -  2.5   0.7154 
 29 Indiana                     6   -  3     0.7123 
 30 North Carolina State        8   -  3     0.7016 

 31 Columbia                    6   -  3     0.6802 
 32 Cincinnati                  3   -  2     0.6544 
 33 Boston College              6   -  3     0.6416 
 34 Utah State                  6.5 -  2.5   0.6415 
 35 Rutgers                     6   -  2     0.6312 
 36 Arkansas                    6   -  4     0.6098 
 37 Cornell                     5.5 -  3.5   0.5864 
 38 Southern California         6   -  4     0.5793 
 39 Penn State                  6   -  2     0.5446 
 40 St. Mary's                  5   -  3     0.5411 

 41 Villanova                   6   -  4     0.5183 
 42 Harvard                     4   -  2     0.5143 
 43 Duke                        4   -  5     0.5095 
 44 Iowa                        4   -  4     0.4918 
 45 Ohio State                  5   -  4     0.4791 
 46 Richmond                    6   -  3     0.4535 
 47 Washington                  5   -  4     0.4471 
 48 Stanford                    5.5 -  3.5   0.4317 
 49 Vanderbilt                  4   -  4     0.4294 
 50 Minnesota                   5   -  4     0.3879 

 51 Missouri                    5.5 -  4.5   0.3762 
 52 Georgetown                  4   -  3     0.3750 
 53 South Carolina              4   -  3     0.3706 
 54 Virginia                    4.5 -  4.5   0.3661 
 55 Northwestern                3.5 -  4.5   0.3661 
 56 Holy Cross                  5   -  4     0.3608 
 57 Colorado                    5.5 -  4.5   0.3580 
 58 Denver                      5.5 -  5.5   0.3571 
 59 Virginia Tech               4.5 -  5.5   0.3418 
 60 West Texas A&M              5   -  4     0.3391 

 61 Colgate                     4   -  4     0.3384 
 62 Michigan State              4   -  5     0.3331 
 63 Nevada                      3   -  2     0.3303 
 64 Wisconsin                   4   -  5     0.3278 
 65 Southern Methodist          4.5 -  5.5   0.3222 
 66 Detroit Mercy               4   -  4     0.3207 
 67 Brigham Young               4.5 -  4.5   0.3171 
 68 Wichita State               3   -  3     0.3074 
 69 Oregon                      3.5 -  4.5   0.3002 
 70 New Mexico                  6   -  6     0.2876 

 71 Texas A&M                   3   -  6     0.2825 
 72 Pittsburgh                  3.5 -  5.5   0.2773 
 73 Hawaii All-Stars            2   -  2     0.2727 
 74 Clemson                     3   -  5     0.2705 
 75 Oklahoma State              3.5 -  7.5   0.2700 
 76 Montana State               3   -  4     0.2686 
 77 Montana                     3   -  4     0.2631 
 78 Syracuse                    3   -  5     0.2614 
 79 Princeton                   3   -  5     0.2559 
 80 Marquette                   4   -  5     0.2522 

 81 Dartmouth                   3   -  6     0.2517 
 82 Mississippi                 2   -  6     0.2479 
 83 Virginia Military Institute 3.5 -  5.5   0.2467 
 84 New York University         2   -  3     0.2455 
 85 Temple                      3   -  5     0.2359 
 86 Arizona                     4   -  5     0.2347 
 87 George Washington           2   -  3     0.2332 
 88 Santa Clara                 2.5 -  4.5   0.2286 
 89 Colorado College            1.5 -  2.5   0.2281 
 90 West Virginia               3   -  5     0.2281 

 91 Nebraska                    3   -  6     0.2278 
 92 Tulane                      3   -  7     0.2271 
 93 Purdue                      1.5 -  6.5   0.1965 
 94 Northern Arizona            1.5 -  2.5   0.1940 
 95 Maryland                    2   -  6     0.1897 
 96 Texas Christian             2.5 -  7.5   0.1874 
 97 Auburn                      3   -  6     0.1869 
 98 Navy                        1   -  8     0.1781 
 99 Bucknell                    1   -  4     0.1773 
100 Tennessee-Chattanooga       0   -  5     0.1629 

101 San Francisco               3   -  6     0.1616 
102 California                  2   -  7     0.1555 
103 Lehigh                      1   -  3     0.1512 
104 Brown                       1   -  5     0.1511 
105 Lafayette                   1   -  5     0.1437 
106 Portland                    2   -  6     0.1422 
107 Washington & Lee            2   -  6     0.1328 
108 Washington State            1.5 -  6.5   0.1316 
109 Davidson                    2   -  5     0.1164 
110 Texas-El Paso               2   -  6     0.1158 

111 Drake                       1.5 -  5.5   0.1156 
112 Iowa State                  1.5 -  6.5   0.1151 
113 New Mexico State            1   -  5     0.1080 
114 Citadel                     1   -  5     0.1051 
115 Idaho                       1   -  7     0.0999 
116 St. Louis                   1   -  6     0.0988 
117 Merchant Marine             1   -  6     0.0982 
118 Colorado State              1   -  7     0.0951 
119 Hampden-Sydney              0   -  4     0.0924 
120 Furman                      1   -  8     0.0922 

121 Arizona State               1.5 -  7.5   0.0877 
122 Baylor                      0   -  8     0.0801 
123 Fordham                     0   -  7     0.0717 
124 Florida                     0   -  9     0.0671 
125 Wyoming                     0   -  8     0.0558 
126 Kansas State                0   -  9     0.0541 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.3061