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1946 Week 9 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
130.569Army (ARMY)IND FBSI5–01.0001+13Beat Columbia 48–14
2-10.569Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–01.0001+12Beat Arkansas 20–0
370.580Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–01.0001+11Beat Alabama 12–0
440.791Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+5Beat Virginia 40–0
500.888North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–0–10.87512+6Beat Navy 21–14
6-40.941UCLAPAC4–01.0001+7Beat California 13–6
770.975NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON4–01.0001+8Beat Wake Forest 14–6
850.988Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–01.0001+6BYE
961.014Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–01.0001+7Beat Oklahoma State 33–13
1011.173Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–0–10.87512+6Tied Michigan 14–14
11-21.216LSUSEC3–10.75021+7Lost to Georgia Tech 7–26
12111.310Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–10.66744+5Beat Rutgers 14–7
1331.327Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–0–10.87512+4Tied Washington State 0–0
14251.408Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC3–10.75021+6Beat LSU 26–7
15-81.458Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC4–10.80015+8Lost to Detroit Mercy 14–20
1611.475Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–1–10.62551+6Tied Northwestern 14–14
17-141.507Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–10.75021+6Lost to Denver 14–20
1891.564Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Coast Guard 69–0
19-11.576Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–10.80015+6Lost to Tennessee 0–12
20111.598Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR4–01.0001+3Beat New Mexico 49–0
21-151.712Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI3–10.75021+5Lost to Army 14–48
22101.723Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–10.75021+4Beat SAN Francisco 48–20
23-111.775Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON3–10.75021+4Lost to NC State 6–14
2411.832Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–10.75021+5Beat Florida 20–13
25201.883Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–10.80015+4Beat Vanderbilt 10–7
2681.886William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–10.80015+2Beat Washington & LEE 34–18
27271.960Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON2–20.50061+4Beat Richmond 41–0
2852.024George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON3–01.00010Beat Wayne State 20–6
29132.030Rice (RICE)IND SWC3–10.75021+2Beat SMU 21–7
30172.074Iowa (IOWA)B104–10.80015+4Beat Indiana 13–0
3172.151Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR4–10.80015+4Beat Baylor 13–6
3252.174Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–10.75021+1Beat Pacific 47–13
33112.191Montana (MONTANA)PAC3–10.75021+3Beat Montana State 20–7
3472.208Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–10.75021+2Beat Santa Clara 33–26
35132.284Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–10.66744+3BYE
36-172.326Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–1–10.62551+2Lost to Pennsylvania 0–40
3792.341Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–10.75021+1Beat Colorado State 48–0
38502.369Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–1–20.50061+3Beat West Virginia 6–0
39-172.386Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–1–10.70039+2Lost to Texas 0–20
40152.389Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–1–10.70039+3Beat Iowa State 33–13
41-12.399Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–10.66744+1BYE
42212.444Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI3–10.75021+2Beat Tulsa 20–14
43132.556Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI2–1–10.62551+2Tied Yale 6–6
44-232.571Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–1–10.70039+3Lost to Nebraska 14–16
45-172.606Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–10.750210Lost to Kentucky 7–10
46392.640Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–20.50061+1Beat Auburn 32–0
47-212.651Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–1–10.700390Lost to Duke 0–41
48262.652Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–10.75021+1Beat Dartmouth 20–13
49-202.666Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–10.75021+2Lost to Tulane 0–32
50-302.701Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66744+1Lost to Michigan State 16–19
5102.750Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–1–10.625510Tied Cornell 6–6
52-222.753New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR3–20.60055+5Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–49
53112.756Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–20.60055+3Beat Wisconsin 27–21
54-302.768Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–20.60055+2Lost to Illinois 21–27
55-62.785Nevada (NEVADA)IND FBSI3–10.75021-1Beat San Diego State 26–0
56-42.787South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–10.66744+1BYE
5752.796Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR3–1–10.700390Beat New Mexico State 14–6
58102.919Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–20.60055+3Beat Utah 20–14
5902.964ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI3–10.75021-2Beat Fordham 33–2
6052.971Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–20.50061+2Beat Kansas State 28–7
61-182.989Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–20.50061+2Lost to Brown 13–20
62-263.052Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–20.500610Lost to Princeton 7–14
63-23.104Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–20.66744+1Beat Georgetown 19–2
6433.157Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–2–10.50061+3Beat Marquette 7–6
65-303.200Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY3–20.60055+2Lost to BYU 7–10
66133.242Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–20.500610Beat Wyoming 46–0
67273.265Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–20.500610Beat Penn State 19–16
68323.269Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–20.500610Beat Kansas 16–14
69-113.376Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–1–20.500610Tied Purdue 14–14
70-173.410California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–30.250100+1Lost to UCLA 6–13
71183.564Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–2–10.500610Beat Davidson 25–0
7213.674Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON2–20.50061-1Beat Virginia Tech 6–0
73-13.747SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI1–30.2501000Lost to Mississippi State 20–48
74-243.762Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–20.50061-2Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–25
75183.802Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI2–20.50061-1Beat Murray State 34–6
76143.946NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–10.66744-2Beat Rochester 6–0
77143.963Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–30.40079-1Beat Citadel 14–0
78183.990USCPAC2–20.500610Beat Washington 28–0
79-224.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–20.60055-2Lost to Temple 0–6
8004.078Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND FBSI1–2–10.375880Lost to Montana 7–20
81-214.115SMUIND SWC1–2–10.37588-1Lost to Rice 7–21
8224.140Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–30.250100+1Lost to North Carolina 14–21
83-24.162Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–30.250100-1BYE
84-14.210Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–20.50061-2Beat Holy Cross 21–12
85174.312Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–30.40079-3Beat TCU 14–0
8604.428Indiana (INDIANA)B102–30.40079+3Lost to Iowa 0–13
87-94.568Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–3–10.30095+1Lost to Georgia 13–33
88154.573ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC2–30.40079-3Beat Drake 27–6
89-134.663New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–30.40079-4Lost to Northern Arizona 6–14
90-214.678Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–20.50061-4Lost to Furman 0–14
91-94.800Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–30.40079-4Lost to Pittsburgh 6–7
92-54.828Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–30.40079-3Lost to Utah State 0–48
93124.890BYUIND SKY2–30.40079-2Beat Colorado 10–7
94-244.909Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–30.250100-2Lost to USC 0–28
95-204.967Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–20.33391-3Lost to William & Mary 18–34
96-194.979Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–30.250100-3Lost to Syracuse 12–21
97-315.134Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI1–20.33391-3Lost to Villanova 2–19
98115.182Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–20.33391-2Beat Merchant Marine 47–7
9955.523Purdue (PURDUE)B101–3–10.30095-3Tied Ohio State 14–14
100-295.539TCUIND SWC1–3–10.30095-4Lost to Texas A&M 0–14
101125.566UTEPIND BOR1–20.33391-3Beat West Texas A&M 26–20
102-105.691Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–30.40079-7Lost to ST. Louis 6–27
103-85.736Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–40.200112-4Lost to Missouri 13–33
104-65.832Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–30.250100-5Lost to Texas Tech 6–13
10536.186Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI1–30.250100-1Lost to Stanford 26–33
106-96.445Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–40.200112-3Lost to Louisiana Tech 6–7
107-16.452Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–2–10.37588-5Tied Oregon 0–0
108-16.993Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR1–3–10.30095-5Lost to Portland 0–13
10927.174Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–40.000116-5Lost to Oklahoma 7–28
110-97.232Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–3–10.30095-7Lost to Minnesota 0–46
11147.317Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI1–30.250100-2Beat Buffalo 21–0
11207.511Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–2–20.250100-3Lost to Maryland 0–6
113-147.544Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–40.2001120Lost to Oklahoma City 0–28
114-47.760West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR1–40.200112-5Lost to UTEP 20–26
11547.884Portland (PORTLAND)IND FBSI1–30.250100-3Beat Arizona State 13–0
11608.116Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–40.000116-8Lost to Miami 13–20
11738.139Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI1–30.2501000Beat Washington & Jefferson 7–6
118-48.364Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–20.000116-3Lost to ST. Mary's 2–33
119-29.131Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)IND FBSI0–60.000116-6Lost to Colgate 7–47
120-210.813Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–40.000116-6Lost to San José State 14–26

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