1945

1946 Rankings
​Final

1947

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Army	(9-0-1)		0.9973	Independent
2	Notre Dame	(8-0-1)		0.8810	Independent
3	Tennessee	(9-2-0)		0.8207	Southeastern
4	Georgia	(11-0-0)		0.7961	Southeastern
5	Louisiana State	(9-1-1)		0.7870	Southeastern
6	Illinois	(8-2-0)		0.7409	Big Nine
7	Rice	(9-2-0)		0.6896	Southwest
8	Georgia Tech	(9-2-0)		0.6496	Southeastern
9	UCLA	(10-1-0)		0.6390	Pacific Coast
10	North Carolina	(8-2-1)		0.6358	Southern
11	Wake Forest	(6-3-0)		0.6232	Southern
12	Michigan	(6-2-1)		0.6227	Big Nine
13	Texas	(8-2-0)		0.5786	Southwest
14	Tulsa	(9-1-0)		0.5718	Missouri Valley
15	Yale	(7-1-1)		0.5544	Independent
16	Pennsylvania	(6-2-0)		0.5364	Independent
17	Alabama	(7-4-0)		0.5308	Southeastern
18	Miami (Florida)	(8-2-0)		0.5187	Independent
19	Boston College	(6-3-0)		0.5128	Independent
20	Oklahoma	(8-3-0)		0.5120	Big Six
21	Hardin-Simmons	(11-0-0)		0.5118	Border
22	Oregon State	(7-1-1)		0.4734	Pacific Coast
23	Arkansas	(6-3-2)		0.4687	Southwest
24	Mississippi State	(8-2-0)		0.4668	Southeastern
25	Columbia	(6-3-0)		0.4615	Independent
26	Cornell	(5-3-1)		0.4606	Independent
27	Texas Tech	(8-3-0)		0.4426	Border
28	North Carolina State	(8-3-0)		0.4319	Southern
29	William & Mary	(8-2-0)		0.4268	Southern
30	Rutgers	(7-2-0)		0.4197	Independent
31	Kentucky	(7-3-0)		0.4125	Southeastern
32	Villanova	(6-4-0)		0.4053	Independent
33	Harvard	(7-2-0)		0.3980	Independent
34	Duke	(4-5-0)		0.3968	Southern
35	Penn State	(6-2-0)		0.3796	Independent
36	Indiana	(6-3-0)		0.3626	Big Nine
37	Kansas	(7-2-1)		0.3624	Big Six
38	Vanderbilt	(5-4-0)		0.3576	Southeastern
39	Iowa	(5-4-0)		0.3539	Big Nine
40	Southern California	(6-4-0)		0.3464	Pacific Coast
41	Holy Cross	(5-4-0)		0.3186	Independent
42	Ohio State	(4-3-2)		0.3059	Big Nine
43	St. Mary's	(6-3-0)		0.2910	Independent
44	Georgetown	(5-3-0)		0.2893	Independent
45	Northwestern	(4-4-1)		0.2744	Big Nine
46	Stanford	(6-3-1)		0.2688	Pacific Coast
47	Detroit Mercy	(6-4-0)		0.2182	Independent
48	Texas A&M	(4-6-0)		0.2181	Southwest
49	Washington	(5-4-0)		0.2144	Pacific Coast
50	South Carolina	(5-3-0)		0.2004	Southern
51	Utah	(8-3-0)		0.1959	Mountain States
51=	Nevada	(7-2-0)		0.1959	Independent
53	Colgate	(4-4-0)		0.1921	Independent
54	Minnesota	(5-4-0)		0.1886	Big Nine
55	Southern Methodist	(4-5-1)		0.1650	Southwest
56	Missouri	(5-4-1)		0.1527	Big Six
57	Wisconsin	(4-5-0)		0.1406	Big Nine
58	Princeton	(3-5-0)		0.1396	Independent
59	Oklahoma State	(3-7-1)		0.1342	Missouri Valley
60	George Washington	(4-3-0)		0.1325	Southern
61	Tulane	(3-7-0)		0.1200	Southeastern
62	New York University	(5-3-0)		0.1104	Independent
63	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(5-5-0)		0.1002	Independent
64	Navy	(1-8-0)		0.0962	Independent
65	Pittsburgh	(3-5-1)		0.0937	Independent
66	Virginia	(4-4-1)		0.0814	Independent
67	Utah State	(7-2-1)		0.0770	Mountain States
68	Clemson	(4-5-0)		0.0683	Southern
69	Michigan State	(5-5-0)		0.0654	Independent
70	Dartmouth	(3-6-0)		0.0652	Independent
71	Syracuse	(4-5-0)		0.0585	Independent
72	Colorado	(5-4-1)		0.0570	Mountain States
73	Texas Christian	(2-7-1)		0.0562	Southwest
74	Richmond	(6-2-3)		0.0501	Southern
75	Mississippi	(2-7-0)		0.0259	Southeastern
76	Purdue	(2-6-1)		0.0161	Big Nine
77	West Texas A&M	(5-5-0)		0.0027	Border
78	Oregon	(4-4-1)		0.0004	Pacific Coast
79	West Virginia	(5-5-0)		-0.0138	Independent
80	Virginia Tech	(3-4-3)		-0.0139	Southern
81	Denver	(5-5-1)		-0.0160	Mountain States
82	Nebraska	(3-6-0)		-0.0354	Big Six
83	Temple	(2-4-2)		-0.0519	Independent
84	Virginia Military Institute	(4-5-1)		-0.0737	Southern
85	New Mexico State	(5-5-0)		-0.0776	Border
86	Marquette	(4-5-0)		-0.0796	Independent
87	Auburn	(4-6-0)		-0.0839	Southeastern
88	Arizona	(4-4-2)		-0.0943	Border
89	Northern Arizona	(5-2-2)		-0.0973	Border
90	New Mexico	(5-5-2)		-0.1123	Border
91	Brown	(3-5-1)		-0.1223	Independent
92	San Francisco	(3-6-0)		-0.1268	Independent
93	Brigham Young	(5-4-1)		-0.1554	Mountain States
94	Maryland	(3-6-0)		-0.1961	Southern
95	California	(2-7-0)		-0.2119	Pacific Coast
96	Baylor	(1-8-0)		-0.2388	Southwest
97	Montana	(4-4-0)		-0.2407	Pacific Coast
98	Santa Clara	(2-5-1)		-0.2553	Independent
99	Texas-El Paso	(3-6-0)		-0.2725	Border
100	Wichita State	(5-5-0)		-0.2886	Missouri Valley
101	Washington State	(1-6-1)		-0.3044	Pacific Coast
102	Fordham	(0-7-0)		-0.3467	Independent
103	St. Louis	(4-6-0)		-0.3708	Missouri Valley
104	Furman	(2-8-0)		-0.3948	Southern
105	Washington & Lee	(2-6-0)		-0.4134	Southern
106	Citadel	(3-5-0)		-0.4252	Southern
107	Bucknell	(3-6-0)		-0.4297	Independent
108	Davidson	(4-5-0)		-0.4373	Southern
109	Iowa State	(2-6-1)		-0.4396	Big Six
110	Florida	(0-9-0)		-0.4424	Southeastern
111	Merchant Marine	(4-7-0)		-0.4578	Independent
112	Arizona State	(2-7-2)		-0.6793	Border
113	Lafayette	(2-7-0)		-0.6940	Independent
114	Drake	(2-6-1)		-0.7138	Missouri Valley
115	Wyoming	(1-8-1)		-0.7714	Mountain States
116	Colorado State	(2-7-0)		-0.8503	Mountain States
117	Kansas State	(0-9-0)		-0.8557	Big Six
118	Idaho	(1-8-0)		-0.9199	Pacific Coast
119	Portland	(2-7-1)		-0.9353	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.3701
2	Big Nine	0.3340
3	Southwest	0.2768
4	Independent	0.1402
5	Southern	0.0632
6	Pacific Coast	0.0265
7	Border	-0.0418
8	Big Six	-0.0506
9	Missouri Valley	-0.1335
10	Mountain States	-0.2090