1946 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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124 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–0–1	354.42	433.74	183.52	—
2	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	★	8–0–1	327.65	406.47	174.09	—
3	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	11–0	313.09	404.64	121.05	—
4	Illinois FBS · Western	—	8–2	279.65	323.01	182.03	▲ 7
5	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	10–1	262.31	320.14	128.23	▼ 1
6	Michigan FBS · Western	—	6–2–1	259.52	295.11	185.18	—
7	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	9–2	251.36	301.34	145.34	▲ 5
8	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	8–2–1	248.84	287.19	160.37	▼ 1
9	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	9–2	248.61	263.65	182.85	▼ 4
10	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	9–1	245.44	319.01	98.43	▼ 2
11	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	9–2	244.25	290.11	145.11	▲ 2
12	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	8–2	241.27	307.05	119.18	▼ 3
13	LSU FBS · SEC	—	9–1–1	240.42	269.44	152.77	▼ 3
14	Hardin Simmons FBS · Border	—	11–0	232.46	300.32	83.80	—
15	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	8–2	214.94	278.57	100.32	—
16	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	213.40	255.03	138.20	—
17	USC FBS · Pacific	—	6–4	201.62	230.00	152.43	—
18	Duke FBS · Southern	—	4–5	198.94	211.32	191.65	—
19	Oklahoma FBS · Big 6	—	8–3	192.00	224.11	120.05	▲ 9
20	Wake Forest FBS · Southern	—	6–3	191.99	208.52	154.99	▼ 1
21	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	7–4	191.90	204.55	161.88	▼ 1
22	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	7–3	190.62	212.21	146.43	▼ 1
23	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	187.56	234.25	96.03	▼ 1
24	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	181.26	191.38	130.92	▼ 1
25	Indiana FBS · Western	—	6–3	180.63	193.90	155.79	—
26	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	7–1–1	173.58	186.95	116.52	—
27	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	8–3	172.19	180.72	128.24	—
28	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	169.10	177.40	139.61	▲ 2
29	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	8–2	167.00	193.28	109.44	▲ 2
30	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	4–3–2	163.28	167.75	160.29	▲ 4
31	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	4–4–1	161.55	158.48	168.60	▲ 4
32	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	161.48	169.29	140.66	▲ 1
33	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	6–3–2	159.90	165.97	142.18	▲ 4
34	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	159.08	148.64	152.78	▲ 2
35	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–2	157.69	142.49	167.91	▲ 4
36	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	152.90	167.17	128.46	▲ 2
37	Rutgers FBS · Middle Three	—	7–2	148.26	188.69	75.03	▲ 3
38	NC State FBS · Southern	—	8–3	146.17	155.68	109.59	▼ 6
39	Iowa FBS · Western	—	5–4	143.38	127.86	165.07	▲ 3
40	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	5–4	138.97	147.06	128.67	▲ 1
41	Utah State FBS · Mountain State	—	7–2–1	135.95	162.40	74.74	▼ 17
42	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	5–4	133.89	136.11	138.51	▲ 1
43	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	5–4	133.89	139.95	132.40	▲ 1
44	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	6–3–1	133.81	139.40	113.97	▲ 1
45	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	3–7	127.49	108.48	181.14	▲ 1
46	Utah FBS · Mountain State	—	8–3	127.33	151.01	67.59	▼ 17
47	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	126.88	135.11	125.04	—
48	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	4–5	122.97	118.22	150.54	▲ 3
49	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	122.77	132.25	90.27	—
50	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	121.55	137.00	100.83	—
51	SSaint Mary's (CA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	119.53	115.67	110.83	▼ 3
52	Kansas FBS · Big 6	—	7–2–1	116.25	112.52	95.54	▲ 1
53	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	115.41	108.14	147.51	▲ 2
54	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	4–5–1	113.79	116.87	128.92	—
55	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	4–6	113.74	97.89	153.81	▲ 2
56	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	112.60	122.51	98.22	—
57	Nevada FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	109.25	134.70	60.66	▲ 3
58	DDenver FBS · Mountain State	—	5–5–1	107.93	117.02	98.22	▼ 6
59	Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	107.33	108.47	113.90	—
60	Georgetown FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	107.27	115.73	91.48	▲ 1
61	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	106.35	121.02	76.58	▲ 1
62	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	106.09	111.96	90.61	▲ 1
63	Chattanooga FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	104.13	94.78	125.76	▲ 2
64	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	6–2–3	100.66	102.77	82.36	—
65	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–8	99.63	40.87	222.87	▲ 1
66	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	3–4–3	95.97	87.13	123.67	▼ 8
67	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	4–4–1	90.50	78.18	115.59	—
68	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	5–3	90.30	80.77	101.66	—
69	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	89.88	82.81	126.03	—
70	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	2–7	86.29	57.19	166.11	—
71	Missouri FBS · Big 6	—	5–4–1	84.42	71.92	101.20	—
72	Purdue FBS · Western	—	2–6–1	83.62	44.69	172.00	▲ 2
73	West Texas FBS · Border	—	5–5	82.84	89.08	75.22	—
74	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	4–5	81.55	64.95	118.96	▼ 2
75	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	2–7–1	81.44	62.29	149.99	▲ 2
76	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7–1	81.27	41.23	159.90	—
77	Miami (OH) FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	81.15	74.12	132.44	▼ 2
78	BYU FBS · Mountain State	—	5–4–1	73.45	72.95	73.09	—
79	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	3–6	72.51	55.05	120.11	▲ 1
80	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	71.10	69.15	67.00	▲ 3
81	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▲ 3
82	Ohio FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▲ 3
83	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	70.65	57.80	97.83	▲ 3
84	Montana FBS · Pacific	—	4–4	70.01	50.90	97.47	▼ 5
85	Arizona FBS · Border	—	4–4–2	69.55	67.22	80.67	▼ 3
86	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5	68.86	30.76	134.35	▲ 3
87	California FBS · Pacific	—	2–7	68.79	45.23	142.35	▼ 6
88	GGeorge Washington FBS · Southern	—	4–3	68.12	50.34	85.13	▲ 4
89	VMI FBS · Southern	—	4–5–1	67.56	50.66	100.93	▲ 1
90	Nebraska FBS · Big 6	—	3–6	67.38	43.47	127.45	▲ 1
91	SSanta Clara FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–5–1	66.68	47.59	112.56	▼ 3
92	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	4–6	65.81	42.98	116.83	▲ 5
93	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	5–5	64.99	77.15	53.76	▲ 2
94	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	64.95	74.00	90.17	▲ 2
95	Colorado FBS · Mountain State	—	5–4–1	64.90	44.43	87.89	▼ 8
96	New Mexico FBS · Border	—	5–5–2	63.22	51.21	83.67	▼ 3
97	Montana State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	5–3–2	62.23	56.12	60.83	▼ 3
98	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–5	61.28	58.34	67.48	—
99	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	61.14	36.64	106.79	—
100	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	1–8	57.78	68.02	98.78	▲ 1
101	PPortland FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7–1	56.98	73.00	76.75	▲ 1
102	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	55.45	36.04	98.46	▼ 2
103	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–4–2	54.60	24.25	115.13	—
104	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	1–8	49.03	7.06	158.89	—
105	SSan Francisco FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	44.33	24.51	94.75	—
106	Merchant Marine FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	44.28	38.00	77.67	—
107	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	44.09	30.19	81.22	—
108	Florida FBS · SEC	—	0–9	39.83	1.00	161.75	—
109	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	2–6	39.44	21.60	96.61	—
110	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	1–6–1	37.88	6.13	123.99	—
111	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	3–5	30.97	21.27	65.16	—
112	Furman FBS · Southern	—	2–8	28.80	1.00	110.82	—
113	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	24.70	1.00	76.08	▲ 1
114	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	4–5	23.95	17.00	47.73	▼ 1
115	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–7	23.36	1.00	108.52	—
116	UTEP FBS · Border	—	3–6	23.06	1.00	74.02	—
117	Iowa State FBS · Big 6	—	2–6–1	20.42	1.50	83.62	▲ 1
118	SSaint Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–6	18.88	10.24	50.69	▲ 1
119	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	2–7–2	17.43	4.79	65.62	▲ 1
120	Colorado State FBS · Mountain State	—	2–7	15.67	1.98	71.03	▼ 3
121	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–6–1	15.64	1.00	65.73	—
122	Kansas State FBS · Big 6	—	0–9	13.79	1.00	98.89	▲ 1
123	Wyoming FBS · Mountain State	—	1–8–1	9.25	1.00	72.09	▼ 1
124	Northern Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	0–3	9.13	1.00	45.49	—