1945

1946 Rankings
​Final

1947

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Army	(9-0-1)		0.9171	Independent
2	Notre Dame	(8-0-1)		0.7983	Independent
3	Tennessee	(9-2-0)		0.7564	Southeastern
4	Illinois	(8-2-0)		0.7389	Big Nine
5	Georgia	(11-0-0)		0.7300	Southeastern
6	Louisiana State	(9-1-1)		0.7245	Southeastern
7	Rice	(9-2-0)		0.6773	Southwest
8	North Carolina	(8-2-1)		0.6239	Southern
9	UCLA	(10-1-0)		0.6157	Pacific Coast
10	Michigan	(6-2-1)		0.6119	Big Nine
11	Wake Forest	(6-3-0)		0.5969	Southern
12	Georgia Tech	(9-2-0)		0.5835	Southeastern
13	Texas	(8-2-0)		0.5833	Southwest
14	Tulsa	(9-1-0)		0.5503	Missouri Valley
15	Yale	(7-1-1)		0.5262	Independent
16	Pennsylvania	(6-2-0)		0.5229	Independent
17	Miami (Florida)	(8-2-0)		0.4980	Independent
18	Oklahoma	(8-3-0)		0.4968	Big Six
19	Boston College	(6-3-0)		0.4938	Independent
20	Alabama	(7-4-0)		0.4918	Southeastern
21	Hardin-Simmons	(11-0-0)		0.4774	Border
22	Oregon State	(7-1-1)		0.4735	Pacific Coast
23	Columbia	(6-3-0)		0.4623	Independent
24	Arkansas	(6-3-2)		0.4591	Southwest
25	Cornell	(5-3-1)		0.4494	Independent
26	Texas Tech	(8-3-0)		0.4435	Border
27	North Carolina State	(8-3-0)		0.4357	Southern
28	Mississippi State	(8-2-0)		0.4295	Southeastern
29	William & Mary	(8-2-0)		0.4258	Southern
30	Indiana	(6-3-0)		0.4154	Big Nine
31	Kansas	(7-2-1)		0.4102	Big Six
32	Rutgers	(7-2-0)		0.4066	Independent
33	Villanova	(6-4-0)		0.3983	Independent
34	Harvard	(7-2-0)		0.3939	Independent
35	Duke	(4-5-0)		0.3917	Southern
36	Kentucky	(7-3-0)		0.3876	Southeastern
37	Ohio State	(4-3-2)		0.3810	Big Nine
38	Penn State	(6-2-0)		0.3757	Independent
39	Iowa	(5-4-0)		0.3713	Big Nine
40	Southern California	(6-4-0)		0.3676	Pacific Coast
41	Holy Cross	(5-4-0)		0.3453	Independent
42	Vanderbilt	(5-4-0)		0.3378	Southeastern
43	St. Mary's	(6-3-0)		0.3089	Independent
44	Northwestern	(4-4-1)		0.3006	Big Nine
45	Georgetown	(5-3-0)		0.2942	Independent
46	Stanford	(6-3-1)		0.2811	Pacific Coast
47	Washington	(5-4-0)		0.2641	Pacific Coast
48	Minnesota	(5-4-0)		0.2640	Big Nine
49	Detroit Mercy	(6-4-0)		0.2484	Independent
50	Utah	(8-3-0)		0.2475	Mountain States
51	Texas A&M	(4-6-0)		0.2401	Southwest
52	Southern Methodist	(4-5-1)		0.2309	Southwest
53	Missouri	(5-4-1)		0.2282	Big Six
54	South Carolina	(5-3-0)		0.2275	Southern
55	Colgate	(4-4-0)		0.2250	Independent
56	Nevada	(7-2-0)		0.2244	Independent
57	Princeton	(3-5-0)		0.2204	Independent
58	Wisconsin	(4-5-0)		0.2085	Big Nine
59	Richmond	(6-2-3)		0.2056	Southern
60	Virginia	(4-4-1)		0.1935	Independent
61	Utah State	(7-2-1)		0.1922	Mountain States
62	Oklahoma State	(3-7-1)		0.1861	Missouri Valley
63	Pittsburgh	(3-5-1)		0.1810	Independent
64	Colorado	(5-4-1)		0.1712	Mountain States
65	Syracuse	(4-5-0)		0.1584	Independent
66	New York University	(5-3-0)		0.1552	Independent
67	Dartmouth	(3-6-0)		0.1547	Independent
68	Tulane	(3-7-0)		0.1453	Southeastern
69	Michigan State	(5-5-0)		0.1451	Independent
70	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(5-5-0)		0.1427	Independent
71	Texas Christian	(2-7-1)		0.1343	Southwest
72	George Washington	(4-3-0)		0.1312	Southern
73	Navy	(1-8-0)		0.1297	Independent
74	Clemson	(4-5-0)		0.1281	Southern
75	Virginia Tech	(3-4-3)		0.1271	Southern
76	Oregon	(4-4-1)		0.1213	Pacific Coast
77	Denver	(5-5-1)		0.1108	Mountain States
78	Purdue	(2-6-1)		0.1051	Big Nine
79	West Texas A&M	(5-5-0)		0.0957	Border
80	Northern Arizona	(5-2-2)		0.0927	Border
81	Nebraska	(3-6-0)		0.0924	Big Six
82	Mississippi	(2-7-0)		0.0873	Southeastern
83	West Virginia	(5-5-0)		0.0859	Independent
84	New Mexico	(5-5-2)		0.0787	Border
85	Temple	(2-4-2)		0.0719	Independent
86	Virginia Military Institute	(4-5-1)		0.0653	Southern
87	Arizona	(4-4-2)		0.0636	Border
88	Marquette	(4-5-0)		0.0521	Independent
89	Brown	(3-5-1)		0.0363	Independent
90	New Mexico State	(5-5-0)		0.0343	Border
91	Brigham Young	(5-4-1)		0.0217	Mountain States
92	Auburn	(4-6-0)		0.0115	Southeastern
93	San Francisco	(3-6-0)		-0.0055	Independent
94	Maryland	(3-6-0)		-0.0133	Southern
95	Montana	(4-4-0)		-0.0380	Pacific Coast
96	California	(2-7-0)		-0.0558	Pacific Coast
97	Santa Clara	(2-5-1)		-0.0652	Independent
98	Wichita State	(5-5-0)		-0.0830	Missouri Valley
99	Baylor	(1-8-0)		-0.0915	Southwest
100	Washington State	(1-6-1)		-0.1020	Pacific Coast
101	Texas-El Paso	(3-6-0)		-0.1063	Border
102	Iowa State	(2-6-1)		-0.1484	Big Six
103	St. Louis	(4-6-0)		-0.1668	Missouri Valley
104	Washington & Lee	(2-6-0)		-0.1752	Southern
105	Davidson	(4-5-0)		-0.1769	Southern
106	Citadel	(3-5-0)		-0.2013	Southern
107	Furman	(2-8-0)		-0.2057	Southern
108	Merchant Marine	(4-7-0)		-0.2066	Independent
109	Bucknell	(3-6-0)		-0.2090	Independent
110	Florida	(0-9-0)		-0.2443	Southeastern
111	Fordham	(0-7-0)		-0.2748	Independent
112	Arizona State	(2-7-2)		-0.3051	Border
113	Drake	(2-6-1)		-0.3309	Missouri Valley
114	Lafayette	(2-7-0)		-0.3662	Independent
115	Wyoming	(1-8-1)		-0.3749	Mountain States
116	Colorado State	(2-7-0)		-0.4314	Mountain States
117	Kansas State	(0-9-0)		-0.4464	Big Six
118	Portland	(2-7-1)		-0.4685	Independent
119	Idaho	(1-8-0)		-0.5000	Pacific Coast

Average Ratings by Conference (1946)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Nine		0.3774
2	Southeastern		0.3701
3	Southwest		0.3191
4	Independent		0.2110
5	Southern		0.1617
6	Pacific Coast		0.1428
7	Big Six		0.1055
8	Border		0.0972
9	Missouri Valley		0.0311
10	Mountain States		-0.0090