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1946 college football rankings

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One human poll comprised the 1946 college football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.

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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

The final AP Poll was released on December 2, at the end of the 1946 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968. |Week1-1 = Texas (3–0) () |Week1-2 = Army (3–0) () |Week1-3 = Notre Dame (1–0) () |Week1-4 = Michigan (2–0) |Week1-5 = UCLA (2–0) (1) |Week1-6 = Alabama (3–0) |Week1-7 = Penn (1–0) (1) |Week1-8 = Georgia (2–0) т |Week1-8-Color = tw |Week1-9 = Tennessee (2–0) т |Week1-10 = Northwestern (2–0) |Week1-11 = Columbia (2–0) |Week1-12 = Illinois (2–1) |Week1-13 = LSU (2–0) |Week1-14 = Ohio State (1–0) |Week1-15 = Yale (2–0) |Week1-16 = St. Mary's (2–0) |Week1-17 = Stanford (2–0) |Week1-18 = Arkansas (2–0–1) |Week1-19 = Kentucky (3–0) т |Week1-19-Color = tw |Week1-20 = NC State (2–0) т |Week2-1 = Army (4–0) (63) |Week2-1-Color = u |Week2-2 = Notre Dame (2–0) (31) |Week2-2-Color = u |Week2-3 = Texas (4–0) (38) |Week2-3-Color = d |Week2-4 = UCLA (3–0) (5) |Week2-4-Color = u |Week2-5 = Michigan (2–1) |Week2-5-Color = d |Week2-6 = Penn (2–0) (2) |Week2-6-Color = u |Week2-7 = Alabama (4–0) |Week2-7-Color = d |Week2-8 = Georgia (3–0) |Week2-8-Color = |Week2-9 = Tennessee (3–0) |Week2-9-Color = d |Week2-10 = Northwestern (3–0) |Week2-10-Color = |Week2-11 = Columbia (3–0) |Week2-11-Color = |Week2-12 = LSU (3–0) |Week2-12-Color = u |Week2-13 = Oklahoma (1–2) |Week2-13-Color = npr |Week2-14 = Arkansas (3–0–1) |Week2-14-Color = u |Week2-15 = North Carolina (2–0–1) |Week2-15-Color = npr |Week2-16 = Rice (2–1) |Week2-16-Color = npr |Week2-17 = Duke (1–2) |Week2-17-Color = npr |Week2-18 = Indiana (2–2) |Week2-18-Color = npr |Week2-19 = William & Mary (3–1) |Week2-19-Color = npr |Week2-20 = |Week2-20-Color = npr |Week3-1 = Army (5–0) () |Week3-1-Color = |Week3-2 = Notre Dame (3–0) () |Week3-2-Color = |Week3-3 = Texas (5–0) () |Week3-3-Color = |Week3-4 = Tennessee (4–0) (6) |Week3-4-Color = u |Week3-5 = UCLA (4–0) (2) |Week3-5-Color = d |Week3-6 = Penn (3–0) () |Week3-6-Color = |Week3-7 = Georgia (4–0) |Week3-7-Color = u |Week3-8 = Michigan (2–1–1) т |Week3-8-Color = td |Week3-9 = Northwestern (3–0–1) т |Week3-9-Color = u |Week3-10 = North Carolina (3–0–1) |Week3-10-Color = u |Week3-11 = Alabama (4–1) |Week3-11-Color = d |Week3-12 = NC State (4–0) |Week3-12-Color = npr |Week3-13 = Duke (2–2) |Week3-13-Color = u |Week3-14 = Oklahoma (2–2) |Week3-14-Color = d |Week3-15 = Georgia Tech (3–1) |Week3-15-Color = npr |Week3-16 = Rice (3–1) |Week3-16-Color = |Week3-17 = Iowa (4–1) |Week3-17-Color = npr |Week3-18 = William & Mary (4–1) |Week3-18-Color = u |Week3-19 = Oregon (3–0–1) |Week3-19-Color = npr |Week3-20 = Harvard (4–0) |Week3-20-Color = npr |Week4-1 = Army (6–0) (104) |Week4-1-Color = |Week4-2 = Notre Dame (4–0) (61) |Week4-2-Color = |Week4-3 = Penn (4–0) (4) |Week4-3-Color = u |Week4-4 = UCLA (5–0) (1) |Week4-4-Color = u |Week4-5 = Georgia (5–0) (1) |Week4-5-Color = u |Week4-6 = Northwestern (4–0–1) |Week4-6-Color = u |Week4-7 = Texas (5–1) |Week4-7-Color = d |Week4-8 = Rice (4–1) |Week4-8-Color = u |Week4-9 = North Carolina (4–0–1) |Week4-9-Color = u |Week4-10 = Tennessee (4–1) |Week4-10-Color = d |Week4-11 = Illinois (4–2) |Week4-11-Color = npr |Week4-12 = Wake Forest (4–1) |Week4-12-Color = npr |Week4-13 = Michigan (2–2–1) |Week4-13-Color = d |Week4-14 = Oklahoma (3–2) |Week4-14-Color = |Week4-15 = Alabama (5–1) |Week4-15-Color = d |Week4-16 = Georgia Tech (4–1) |Week4-16-Color = d |Week4-17 = Harvard (5–0) (1) |Week4-17-Color = u |Week4-18 = Wisconsin (3–2) |Week4-18-Color = npr |Week4-19 = Duke (2–3) |Week4-19-Color = d |Week4-20 = Indiana (3–3) |Week4-20-Color = npr |Week5-1 = Army (7–0) (64) |Week5-1-Color = |Week5-2 = Notre Dame (5–0) (51) |Week5-2-Color = |Week5-3 = Georgia (6–0) (6) |Week5-3-Color = u |Week5-4 = UCLA (6–0) (3) |Week5-4-Color = |Week5-5 = Rice (5–1) |Week5-5-Color = u |Week5-6 = Texas (6–1) |Week5-6-Color = u |Week5-7 = Tennessee (5–1) |Week5-7-Color = u |Week5-8 = Georgia Tech (5–1) |Week5-8-Color = u |Week5-9 = Penn (4–1) |Week5-9-Color = d |Week5-10 = Illinois (5–2) |Week5-10-Color = u |Week5-11 = Michigan (3–2–1) |Week5-11-Color = u |Week5-12 = Ohio State (3–1–2) |Week5-12-Color = npr |Week5-13 = Wake Forest (5–1) |Week5-13-Color = d |Week5-14 = USC (4–2) |Week5-14-Color = npr |Week5-15 = Wisconsin (4–2) |Week5-15-Color = u |Week5-16 = Oklahoma (4–2) |Week5-16-Color = d |Week5-17 = North Carolina (4–1–1) т |Week5-17-Color = td |Week5-18 = Northwestern (4–1–1) т |Week5-18-Color = d |Week5-19 = LSU (5–1) |Week5-19-Color = npr |Week5-20 = NC State (5–1) |Week5-20-Color = npr |Week6-1 = Army (7–0–1) (75) |Week6-1-Color = |Week6-2 = Notre Dame (5–0–1) (49) |Week6-2-Color = |Week6-3 = Georgia (7–0) (12) |Week6-3-Color = |Week6-4 = UCLA (7–0) (7) |Week6-4-Color = |Week6-5 = Penn (5–1) |Week6-5-Color = u |Week6-6 = Texas (7–1) |Week6-6-Color = |Week6-7 = Georgia Tech (6–1) |Week6-7-Color = u |Week6-8 = Tennessee (6–1) |Week6-8-Color = d |Week6-9 = Illinois (5–2) |Week6-9-Color = u |Week6-10 = Michigan (4–2–1) |Week6-10-Color = u |Week6-11 = LSU (6–1) |Week6-11-Color = u |Week6-12 = USC (5–2) |Week6-12-Color = u |Week6-13 = Ohio State (4–1–2) |Week6-13-Color = d |Week6-14 = Rice (5–2) |Week6-14-Color = d |Week6-15 = North Carolina (5–1–1) |Week6-15-Color = u |Week6-16 = Iowa (5–3) |Week6-16-Color = npr |Week6-17 = Arkansas (5–2–1) |Week6-17-Color = npr |Week6-18 = Yale (5–1–1) |Week6-18-Color = npr |Week6-19 = Holy Cross (3–4) |Week6-19-Color = npr |Week6-20 = Duke (3–4) |Week6-20-Color = npr |Week7-1 = Army (8–0–1) (58) |Week7-1-Color = |Week7-2 = Notre Dame (6–0–1) (16) |Week7-2-Color = |Week7-3 = Georgia (8–0) (8) |Week7-3-Color = |Week7-4 = UCLA (8–0) (5) |Week7-4-Color = |Week7-5 = Illinois (6–2) |Week7-5-Color = u |Week7-6 = Georgia Tech (7–1) |Week7-6-Color = u |Week7-7 = Tennessee (7–1) |Week7-7-Color = u |Week7-8 = Michigan (5–2–1) |Week7-8-Color = u |Week7-9 = LSU (7–1) |Week7-9-Color = u |Week7-10 = USC (5–2) |Week7-10-Color = u |Week7-11 = Arkansas (6–2–1) |Week7-11-Color = u |Week7-12 = Rice (6–2) |Week7-12-Color = u |Week7-13 = Penn (5–2) |Week7-13-Color = d |Week7-14 = North Carolina (6–1–1) |Week7-14-Color = u |Week7-15 = Yale (6–1–1) |Week7-15-Color = u |Week7-16 = Delaware (8–0) |Week7-16-Color = npr |Week7-17 = Texas (7–2) |Week7-17-Color = d |Week7-18 = Oklahoma (6–2) |Week7-18-Color = npr |Week7-19 = Muhlenberg (8–0) т |Week7-19-Color = tnpr |Week7-20 = Tulsa (8–1) т |Week7-20-Color = npr |Week8-1 = Army (8–0–1) (72) |Week8-1-Color = |Week8-2 = Notre Dame (7–0–1) (38) |Week8-2-Color = |Week8-3 = Georgia (9–0) (5) |Week8-3-Color = |Week8-4 = UCLA (9–0) (5) |Week8-4-Color = |Week8-5 = Illinois (7–2) |Week8-5-Color = |Week8-6 = Michigan (6–2–1) |Week8-6-Color = u |Week8-7 = Georgia Tech (8–1) (1) |Week8-7-Color = d |Week8-8 = Tennessee (8–1) (1) |Week8-8-Color = d |Week8-9 = LSU (8–1) |Week8-9-Color = |Week8-10 = Arkansas (6–2–1) |Week8-10-Color = u |Week8-11 = North Carolina (7–1–1) |Week8-11-Color = u |Week8-12 = Yale (7–1–1) |Week8-12-Color = u |Week8-13 = Rice (7–2) |Week8-13-Color = d |Week8-14 = Penn (5–2) |Week8-14-Color = d |Week8-15 = Delaware (9–0) (2) |Week8-15-Color = u |Week8-16 = USC (5–3) |Week8-16-Color = d |Week8-17 = Boston College (6–2) т |Week8-17-Color = tnpr |Week8-18 = Oklahoma (6–3) т |Week8-18-Color = u |Week8-19 = Mississippi State (8–1) |Week8-19-Color = npr |Week8-20 = Texas (7–2) |Week8-20-Color = d |Week9-1 = Notre Dame (8–0–1) () |Week9-1-Color = nc |Week9-2 = Army (9–0–1) () |Week9-2-Color = d |Week9-3 = Georgia (10–0) (23) |Week9-3-Color = |Week9-4 = UCLA (10–0) (2) |Week9-4-Color = |Week9-5 = Illinois (7–2) |Week9-5-Color = |Week9-6 = Michigan (6–2–1) |Week9-6-Color = |Week9-7 = Tennessee (9–1) |Week9-7-Color = u |Week9-8 = LSU (9–1) |Week9-8-Color = u |Week9-9 = North Carolina (8–1–1) |Week9-9-Color = u |Week9-10 = Rice (8–2) |Week9-10-Color = u |Week9-11 = Georgia Tech (8–2) |Week9-11-Color = d |Week9-12 = Yale (7–1–1) |Week9-12-Color = |Week9-13 = Penn (6–2) |Week9-13-Color = u |Week9-14 = Oklahoma (7–3) |Week9-14-Color = u |Week9-15 = Texas (8–2) (1) |Week9-15-Color = u |Week9-16 = Arkansas (6–3–1) |Week9-16-Color = d |Week9-17 = Tulsa (9–1) |Week9-17-Color = npr |Week9-18 = NC State (8–2) |Week9-18-Color = npr |Week9-19 = Delaware (9–0) |Week9-19-Color = d |Week9-20 = Indiana (6–3) (1) |Week9-20-Color = npr

Litkenhous Ratings

The final Litkenhous Ratings released in December 1946 provided numerical rankings to more than 500 college and military football programs. The top 100 ranked teams were:

  1. Notre Dame (8–0–1)

  2. Army (9–0–1)

  3. Michigan (6–2–1)

  4. Georgia (11–0)

  5. Rice (9–2)

  6. Illinois (8–2)

  7. Texas (8–2)

  8. Penn (6–2)

  9. LSU (9–1–1)

  10. Mississippi State (8–2)

  11. Georgia Tech (9–2)

  12. Tennessee (9–2)

  13. North Carolina (8–2–1)

  14. Kentucky (7–3)

  15. Oklahoma (8–3)

  16. UCLA (10–1)

  17. Northwestern (4–4–1)

  18. Iowa (5–4)

  19. Indiana (6–3)

  20. Duke (4–5)

  21. Yale (7–1–1)

  22. Alabama (7–4)

  23. Tulsa (9–1)

  24. Penn State (6–2)

  25. Ohio State (4–3–2)

  26. Vanderbilt (5–4)

  27. Minnesota (5–4)

  28. Arkansas (6–3–2)

  29. Wisconsin (4–5)

  30. William & Mary (8–2)

  31. Oklahoma City (10–1)

  32. Navy (1–8)

  33. Tulane (3–7)

  34. Wake Forest (6–3)

  35. NC State (8–3)

  36. Columbia (6–3)

  37. USC (6–4)

  38. Cornell (5–3–1)

  39. Miami (FL) (8–2)

  40. Texas A&M (4–6)

  41. SMU (4–5–1)

  42. Cincinnati (9–2)

  43. Pittsburgh (3–5–1)

  44. Boston College (6–3)

  45. Ole Miss (2–7)

  46. Harvard (7–2)

  47. Villanova (6–4)

  48. Purdue (2–6–1)

  49. Rutgers (7–2)

  50. Miami (OH) (7–3)

  51. Michigan State (5–3–1)

  52. TCU (2–7–1)

  53. Colgate (4–4)

  54. Stanford (6–3–1)

  55. Holy Cross

  56. Hardin-Simmons (11–0)

  57. Princeton (3–5)

  58. Texas Tech

  59. Nevada (7–2)

  60. Oklahoma A&M (3–7–1)

  61. Detroit (6–4)

  62. Oregon State (7–1–1)

  63. Syracuse (4–5)

  64. Mississippi Southern (7–3)

  65. Chattanooga (5–5)

  66. Temple (2–4–2)

  67. Nebraska

  68. Marquette (4–5)

  69. Auburn (4–6)

  70. Washington (5–4)

  71. West Virginia (5–5)

  72. Saint Mary's (6–3)

  73. Ohio (6–3)

  74. Virginia (4–4–1)

  75. Baylor (1–8)

  76. Kansas (7–2–1)

  77. Missouri (5–4–1)

  78. Louisiana Tech (7–3)

  79. California (2–7)

  80. Clemson (4–5)

  81. Dartmouth

  82. Delaware (10–0)

  83. Virginia Tech (3–4–3)

  84. Florida (0–9)

  85. Iowa State Teachers (4–1–2)

  86. San Francisco (3–6)

  87. Southwestern Louisiana (6–4)

  88. St. Bonaventure (6–2)

  89. Washington State (1–6–1)

  90. Central Michigan (6–2)

  91. Utah State (7–2–1)

  92. Northwestern Louisiana

  93. Utah (8–3)

  94. Arizona (4–4–2)

  95. Georgetown (5–3)

  96. Dayton (6–3)

  97. Western Michigan (5–2–1)

  98. Bowling Green (5–3)

  99. Oregon (4–4–1)

  100. Southwestern (TX) (5–4–1)

  101. Brown (3–5–1)

  102. Muhlenberg (9–1)

  103. George Washington (4–3)

  104. Missouri Valley (10–0)

  105. Richmond (6–2–2)

  106. Baldwin-Wallace (4–2–2)

  107. VMI (4–5–1)

  108. Maryland (3–6)

  109. San Jose State (9–1–1)

  110. South Carolina (2–4–3)

  111. Washington & Lee (2–6)

  112. Denver (5–5–1)

  113. Wichita (5–5)

  114. Boston University (5–2–1)

  115. Hawaii (8–2)

  116. Saint Louis (4–6)

  117. Bucknell (3–6)

  118. Minot

  119. Otterbein (7–1)

  120. Santa Clara (2–5–1)

  121. Morehead (KY)

  122. Canisius (4–3–1)

  123. New Hampshire (6–1–1)

  124. California (PA) (9–0)

  125. Southwestern Louisiana (6–4)

  126. Bradley (7–2)

  127. Connecticut (4–3–1)

  128. Toledo (6–2–2)

  129. Western Reserve (4–3–2)

  130. Ohio Wesleyan

  131. Youngstown (7–1)

  132. Abilene Christian (8–1–1)

  133. Butler (7–1)

  134. Catawba (10–2)

  135. St. Norbert (8–0)

  136. Murray (KY)

  137. Wesleyan (7–0)

  138. Clarkson

  139. Eastern Kentucky

  140. Colorado (5–4–1)

  141. Kent State (6–2)

  142. Davidson (4–5)

  143. Niagara (6–2)

  144. Furman (2–8)

  145. Lawrence (6–1–1)

  146. Cape Girardeau

  147. Wayne (4–5)

  148. Santa Monica

  149. Compton

  150. Ottawa (7–1–1)

''Pittsburgh Courier''

The Pittsburgh Courier, a leading African American newspaper, ranked the top 1946 teams from historically black colleges and universities using the Dickinson System in an era when college football was largely segregated. The rankings were published on December 7.

References

References

  1. (December 12, 1946). "UC Ranked 65th in Nation by Litkenhous; Irish No. 1 for 1946". The Chattanooga Times.
  2. Lucius Jones. (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier.
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