1946 College Football School Ratings

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Champions: Notre Dame (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Glenn Davis (Army)

AP First #1: Texas

AP Final #1: Notre Dame

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

120 Schools

120 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Notre Dame	Ind	1	8	0	1	14.58	18.30	32.88	52.84	-18.78
2	Army	Ind	2	9	0	1	17.32	13.16	30.48	50.57	-16.94
3	Georgia	SEC	3	11	0	0	16.51	8.65	25.17	51.30	-9.32
4	Michigan	Western	6	6	2	1	11.91	12.86	24.77	48.06	-13.48
5	Illinois	Western	5	8	2	0	12.31	10.90	23.21	43.75	-12.10
6	Georgia Tech	SEC	11	9	2	0	13.77	7.64	21.41	45.56	-8.48
7	North Carolina	Southern	9	8	2	1	13.40	7.72	21.12	45.67	-10.21
8	Tennessee	SEC	7	9	2	0	7.94	12.02	19.97	38.85	-14.08
9	LSU	SEC	8	9	1	1	11.76	6.43	18.19	43.03	-7.38
10	Rice	SWC	10	9	2	0	7.96	9.87	17.83	41.96	-10.87
11	Duke	Southern		4	5	0	4.33	12.79	17.12	39.43	-13.89
12	Pennsylvania	Ind	13	6	2	0	11.28	5.28	16.56	51.20	-6.19
13	Texas	SWC	15	8	2	0	7.88	8.18	16.06	46.85	-8.41
14	William & Mary	Southern		8	2	0	8.30	7.63	15.92	49.38	-6.15
15	Wake Forest	Southern		6	3	0	5.92	9.71	15.63	36.74	-10.55
16	Yale	Ind	12	7	1	1	9.42	6.18	15.60	44.29	-6.37
17	UCLA	PCC	4	10	1	0	10.73	4.86	15.59	44.15	-2.73
18	Iowa	Western		5	4	0	3.50	10.20	13.70	34.35	-9.56
19	Alabama	SEC		7	4	0	4.89	8.70	13.59	35.95	-10.10
20	North Carolina State	Southern	18	8	3	0	6.64	6.82	13.47	38.44	-8.83
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Mississippi State	SEC		8	2	0	4.49	8.84	13.33	39.79	-7.74
22	Oklahoma	Big 6	14	8	3	0	8.69	4.54	13.23	43.69	-4.66
23	Kentucky	SEC		7	3	0	6.54	5.95	12.49	41.04	-5.32
24	Ohio State	Western		4	3	2	8.35	3.62	11.98	39.09	-0.57
25	Indiana	Western	20	6	3	0	4.53	7.28	11.81	33.09	-7.03
26	Columbia	Ind		6	3	0	9.62	1.72	11.34	43.50	-1.43
27	Vanderbilt	SEC		5	4	0	-0.68	11.61	10.93	30.38	-13.03
28	Northwestern	Western		4	4	1	6.70	3.49	10.19	36.25	-4.28
29	Boston College	Ind		6	3	0	7.74	2.28	10.02	43.55	-1.07
30	Miami (FL)	Ind		8	2	0	6.05	3.97	10.01	34.95	-4.44
31	Cornell	Ind		5	3	1	3.23	6.70	9.93	33.80	-8.58
32	Tulsa	MVC	17	9	1	0	7.04	2.87	9.91	39.33	0.29
33	Navy	Ind		1	8	0	6.03	3.48	9.51	37.26	-7.90
34	USC	PCC		6	4	0	1.76	7.27	9.03	32.60	-7.56
35	Penn State	Ind		6	2	0	1.21	7.73	8.94	37.86	-7.45
36	Villanova	Ind		6	4	0	4.77	3.96	8.73	35.00	-3.42
37	Wisconsin	Western		4	5	0	5.26	3.36	8.62	35.51	-3.68
38	Rutgers	Ind		7	2	0	2.66	5.77	8.43	36.94	-3.45
39	Tulane	SEC		3	7	0	6.93	1.32	8.25	39.54	-1.77
40	Arkansas	SWC	16	6	3	2	0.51	7.07	7.58	30.15	-9.11
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		11	0	0	3.31	3.66	6.97	32.76	1.30
42	Richmond	Southern		6	2	2	2.08	4.60	6.68	33.07	-2.80
43	Minnesota	Western		5	4	0	0.83	5.65	6.49	32.41	-4.50
44	Harvard	Ind		7	2	0	0.33	5.35	5.69	35.60	-3.94
45	Pitt	Ind		3	5	1	1.91	3.50	5.41	30.95	-4.15
46	Oregon State	PCC		7	1	1	-0.55	5.79	5.24	28.34	-1.65
47	Texas A&M	SWC		4	6	0	-0.43	5.24	4.81	31.88	-6.61
48	SMU	SWC		4	5	1	-0.95	5.58	4.62	30.31	-6.22
49	Texas Tech	BIAA		8	3	0	-0.98	4.92	3.94	26.76	-3.04
50	Virginia	Ind		4	4	1	3.46	0.40	3.86	38.53	2.12
51	Holy Cross	Ind		5	4	0	0.13	3.36	3.50	28.39	-5.39
52	Nevada	Ind		7	2	0	4.16	-0.72	3.44	38.76	4.08
53	Princeton	Ind		3	5	0	2.06	1.21	3.27	31.16	-4.82
54	Colgate	Ind		4	4	0	1.42	1.55	2.97	33.12	-2.83
55	Purdue	Western		2	6	1	3.20	-1.07	2.13	31.69	3.80
56	Detroit Mercy	Ind		6	4	0	3.98	-1.86	2.12	31.61	3.11
57	Stanford	PCC		6	3	1	3.65	-1.67	1.97	32.88	3.42
58	Clemson	Southern		4	5	0	2.68	-0.83	1.85	32.81	3.10
59	South Carolina	Southern		5	3	0	0.99	0.83	1.81	28.98	2.83
60	Washington	PCC		5	4	0	2.17	-0.44	1.73	29.86	1.65
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Virginia Tech	Southern		3	4	3	-2.95	4.62	1.67	25.93	-3.58
62	Michigan State	Ind		5	5	0	3.95	-2.46	1.49	33.10	3.31
63	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind		6	3	0	3.56	-2.22	1.34	36.14	3.25
64	Chattanooga	Ind		5	5	0	7.99	-6.73	1.26	38.00	11.15
65	Ole Miss	SEC		2	7	0	-0.30	1.52	1.22	29.00	-3.36
66	Oklahoma State	MVC		3	7	1	3.93	-2.82	1.12	35.37	7.13
67	Kansas	Big 6		7	2	1	-0.81	1.78	0.97	25.93	2.86
68	Syracuse	Ind		4	5	0	2.71	-2.22	0.49	33.86	3.25
69	Texas Christian	SWC		2	7	1	-0.88	1.32	0.44	28.68	-3.90
70	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		4	5	1	0.17	-0.05	0.12	28.49	2.36
71	Georgetown	Ind		5	3	0	-1.32	1.37	0.04	24.92	0.72
72	Missouri	Big 6		5	4	1	1.72	-1.80	-0.08	28.12	3.94
73	Auburn	SEC		4	6	0	-0.34	-0.31	-0.65	28.73	3.34
74	West Virginia	Ind		5	5	0	-6.21	4.97	-1.24	24.91	-4.58
75	Marquette	Ind		4	5	0	-2.15	0.74	-1.41	27.49	2.00
76	Temple	Ind		2	4	2	-3.32	1.70	-1.62	26.76	-1.95
77	George Washington	Southern		4	3	0	-0.88	-0.81	-1.68	25.02	1.50
78	Utah	MSAC		8	3	0	0.91	-3.43	-2.52	28.14	7.42
79	Dartmouth	Ind		3	6	0	-1.18	-1.38	-2.56	28.91	1.01
80	Maryland	Southern		3	6	0	-0.63	-1.98	-2.61	31.82	3.97
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Nebraska	Big 6		3	6	0	0.07	-2.78	-2.70	28.90	3.40
82	Utah State	MSAC		7	2	1	-2.94	-0.17	-3.11	25.76	5.50
83	California	PCC		2	7	0	-1.43	-3.05	-4.48	28.23	2.95
84	Washington & Lee	Southern		2	6	0	0.66	-5.43	-4.77	30.35	3.45
85	Florida	SEC		0	9	0	2.25	-7.22	-4.97	33.21	8.35
86	Oregon	PCC		4	4	1	-6.83	1.86	-4.97	19.48	2.31
87	Arizona	BIAA		4	4	2	-2.25	-3.69	-5.94	28.07	7.65
88	San Francisco	Ind		3	6	0	-0.99	-5.22	-6.22	28.50	6.48
89	Furman	Southern		2	8	0	-4.29	-2.48	-6.77	24.68	7.44
90	Washington State	PCC		1	6	1	-1.24	-5.60	-6.85	27.55	6.91
91	Baylor	SWC		1	8	0	-4.00	-2.86	-6.86	25.76	3.68
92	Denver	MSAC		5	5	1	-0.95	-5.95	-6.90	24.56	10.47
93	Brown	Ind		3	5	1	-2.19	-5.17	-7.36	26.69	8.74
94	Davidson	Southern		4	5	0	-4.88	-2.83	-7.71	32.57	5.57
95	Colorado	MSAC		5	4	1	-8.15	0.02	-8.13	16.16	8.20
96	Montana State	Ind		5	3	2	-0.88	-8.25	-9.12	23.30	12.59
97	Montana	PCC		4	4	0	-5.61	-3.70	-9.31	19.82	12.40
98	New York University	Ind		5	3	0	-5.00	-4.76	-9.76	18.76	12.65
99	Saint Louis	MVC		4	6	0	-3.25	-6.53	-9.77	23.01	10.54
100	Northern Arizona	BIAA		5	2	2	-8.20	-1.74	-9.94	14.94	7.37
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	The Citadel	Southern		3	5	0	-5.05	-5.34	-10.39	20.63	7.54
102	New Mexico State	BIAA		5	5	0	-5.62	-5.22	-10.85	18.33	12.76
103	West Texas State	BIAA		5	5	0	-5.46	-5.43	-10.89	17.18	10.06
104	Santa Clara	Ind		2	5	1	-3.36	-8.24	-11.60	23.10	9.24
105	Bucknell	Ind		3	6	0	-6.38	-5.43	-11.81	19.62	9.19
106	Merchant Marine	Ind		4	7	0	-5.75	-6.23	-11.98	23.84	13.98
107	New Mexico	BIAA		5	5	2	-6.82	-5.52	-12.34	17.74	13.28
108	BYU	MSAC		5	4	1	-9.46	-3.78	-13.24	13.38	8.78
109	Wichita State	MVC		5	5	0	-8.03	-5.27	-13.30	14.81	9.69
110	UTEP	BIAA		3	6	0	-4.29	-9.46	-13.75	18.63	13.47
111	Fordham	Ind		0	7	0	-7.15	-8.77	-15.93	20.73	18.47
112	Iowa State	Big 6		2	6	1	-7.43	-8.69	-16.12	17.98	17.66
113	Lafayette	Ind		2	7	0	-10.01	-8.34	-18.35	15.65	20.17
114	Drake	MVC		2	6	1	-10.75	-8.98	-19.73	14.33	19.71
115	Arizona State	BIAA		2	7	2	-10.19	-9.64	-19.83	14.11	23.75
116	Kansas State	Big 6		0	9	0	-11.75	-9.17	-20.91	14.80	13.92
117	Wyoming	MSAC		1	8	1	-13.67	-7.46	-21.14	11.25	14.03
118	Colorado State	MSAC		2	7	0	-13.39	-8.52	-21.91	10.63	17.39
119	Idaho	PCC		1	8	0	-10.24	-12.56	-22.80	14.88	21.50
120	Portland	Ind		2	7	1	-13.52	-9.54	-23.06	9.59	18.10

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