One human poll comprised the 1946 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 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.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
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  National champion
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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.

Week 1
Oct 7[1]		Week 2
Oct 14[2]		Week 3
Oct 21[3]		Week 4
Oct 28[4]		Week 5
Nov 4[5]		Week 6
Nov 11[6]		Week 7
Nov 18[7]		Week 8
Nov 25[8]		Week 9 (Final)
Dec 2[9]
1.Texas (3–0) (69+1⁄3)Army (4–0) (63)Army (5–0) (112+1⁄4)Army (6–0) (104)Army (7–0) (64)Army (7–0–1) (75)Army (8–0–1) (58)Army (8–0–1) (72)Notre Dame (8–0–1) (104+1⁄2)1.
2.Army (3–0) (21+1⁄3)Notre Dame (2–0) (31)Notre Dame (3–0) (21+1⁄4)Notre Dame (4–0) (61)Notre Dame (5–0) (51)Notre Dame (5–0–1) (49)Notre Dame (6–0–1) (16)Notre Dame (7–0–1) (38)Army (9–0–1) (52+1⁄2)2.
3.Notre Dame (1–0) (15+1⁄3)Texas (4–0) (38)Texas (5–0) (13+1⁄4)Penn (4–0) (4)Georgia (6–0) (6)Georgia (7–0) (12)Georgia (8–0) (8)Georgia (9–0) (5)Georgia (10–0) (23)3.
4.Michigan (2–0)UCLA (3–0) (5)Tennessee (4–0) (6)UCLA (5–0) (1)UCLA (6–0) (3)UCLA (7–0) (7)UCLA (8–0) (5)UCLA (9–0) (5)UCLA (10–0) (2)4.
5.UCLA (2–0) (1)Michigan (2–1)UCLA (4–0) (2)Georgia (5–0) (1)Rice (5–1)Penn (5–1)Illinois (6–2)Illinois (7–2)Illinois (7–2)5.
6.Alabama (3–0)Penn (2–0) (2)Penn (3–0) (1⁄4)Northwestern (4–0–1)Texas (6–1)Texas (7–1)Georgia Tech (7–1)Michigan (6–2–1)Michigan (6–2–1)6.
7.Penn (1–0) (1)Alabama (4–0)Georgia (4–0)Texas (5–1)Tennessee (5–1)Georgia Tech (6–1)Tennessee (7–1)Georgia Tech (8–1) (1)Tennessee (9–1)7.
8.Georgia (2–0) тGeorgia (3–0)Michigan (2–1–1) тRice (4–1)Georgia Tech (5–1)Tennessee (6–1)Michigan (5–2–1)Tennessee (8–1) (1)LSU (9–1)8.
9.Tennessee (2–0) тTennessee (3–0)Northwestern (3–0–1) тNorth Carolina (4–0–1)Penn (4–1)Illinois (5–2)LSU (7–1)LSU (8–1)North Carolina (8–1–1)9.
10.Northwestern (2–0)Northwestern (3–0)North Carolina (3–0–1)Tennessee (4–1)Illinois (5–2)Michigan (4–2–1)USC (5–2)Arkansas (6–2–1)Rice (8–2)10.
11.Columbia (2–0)Columbia (3–0)Alabama (4–1)Illinois (4–2)Michigan (3–2–1)LSU (6–1)Arkansas (6–2–1)North Carolina (7–1–1)Georgia Tech (8–2)11.
12.Illinois (2–1)LSU (3–0)NC State (4–0)Wake Forest (4–1)Ohio State (3–1–2)USC (5–2)Rice (6–2)Yale (7–1–1)Yale (7–1–1)12.
13.LSU (2–0)Oklahoma (1–2)Duke (2–2)Michigan (2–2–1)Wake Forest (5–1)Ohio State (4–1–2)Penn (5–2)Rice (7–2)Penn (6–2)13.
14.Ohio State (1–0)Arkansas (3–0–1)Oklahoma (2–2)Oklahoma (3–2)USC (4–2)Rice (5–2)North Carolina (6–1–1)Penn (5–2)Oklahoma (7–3)14.
15.Yale (2–0)North Carolina (2–0–1)Georgia Tech (3–1)Alabama (5–1)Wisconsin (4–2)North Carolina (5–1–1)Yale (6–1–1)Delaware (9–0) (2)Texas (8–2) (1)15.
16.St. Mary's (2–0)Rice (2–1)Rice (3–1)Georgia Tech (4–1)Oklahoma (4–2)Iowa (5–3)Delaware (8–0)USC (5–3)Arkansas (6–3–1)16.
17.Stanford (2–0)Duke (1–2)Iowa (4–1)Harvard (5–0) (1)North Carolina (4–1–1) тArkansas (5–2–1)Texas (7–2)Boston College (6–2) тTulsa (9–1)17.
18.Arkansas (2–0–1)Indiana (2–2)William & Mary (4–1)Wisconsin (3–2)Northwestern (4–1–1) тYale (5–1–1)Oklahoma (6–2)Oklahoma (6–3) тNC State (8–2)18.
19.Kentucky (3–0) тWilliam & Mary (3–1)Oregon (3–0–1)Duke (2–3)LSU (5–1)Holy Cross (3–4)Muhlenberg (8–0) тMississippi State (8–1)Delaware (9–0)19.
20.NC State (2–0) т
Harvard (4–0)Indiana (3–3)NC State (5–1)Duke (3–4)Tulsa (8–1) тTexas (7–2)Indiana (6–3) (1)20.
Week 1
Oct 7[10]		Week 2
Oct 14[11]		Week 3
Oct 21[12]		Week 4
Oct 28[13]		Week 5
Nov 4[14]		Week 6
Nov 11[15]		Week 7
Nov 18[16]		Week 8
Nov 25[17]		Week 9 (Final)
Dec 2[18]
Dropped:
  • Illinois
  • Kentucky
  • NC State
  • Ohio State
  • St. Mary's
  • Stanford
  • Yale
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
  • Columbia
  • Indiana
  • LSU
  • Tulsa
  • Wisconsin
Dropped:
  • Iowa
  • NC State
  • Oregon
  • William & Mary
Dropped:
  • Alabama
  • Duke
  • Harvard
  • Indiana
Dropped:
  • NC State
  • Northwestern
  • Oklahoma
  • Wake Forest
  • Wisconsin
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • Holy Cross
  • Iowa
  • Ohio State
Dropped:
  • Muhlenberg
  • Tulsa
Dropped:
  • USC
  • Mississippi State
  • Boston College

Litkenhous Ratings

The final Litkenhous Ratings released in December 1946 provided numerical rankings to more than 500 college and military football programs.[19] 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)

References

  1. ↑ "October 7, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ "October 14, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  3. ↑ "October 21, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  4. ↑ "October 28, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  5. ↑ "November 4, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  6. ↑ "November 11, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  7. ↑ "November 18, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  8. ↑ "November 25, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  9. ↑ "1946 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  10. ↑ "October 7, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ "October 14, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  12. ↑ "October 21, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  13. ↑ "October 28, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  14. ↑ "November 4, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  15. ↑ "November 11, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  16. ↑ "November 18, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  17. ↑ "November 25, 1946 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  18. ↑ "1946 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  19. ↑ "UC Ranked 65th in Nation by Litkenhous; Irish No. 1 for 1946". The Chattanooga Times. December 12, 1946. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
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