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1946 Final AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 2 Notre Dame (104.5) Ind 8-0-1 1730.5 W 26-6 H #16 USC
2 < 1 Army (52.5) Ind 9-0-1 1659.5 W 21-18 N Navy
3 < 3 Georgia (23) SEC 10-0 1448  
4 < 4 UCLA (2) PCC 10-0 1141  
5 < 5 Illinois Big Ten 7-2 893  
6 < 6 Michigan Big Ten 6-2-1 778  
7 < 8 Tennessee SEC 9-1 507  
8 < 9 LSU SEC 9-1 402  
9 < 11 North Carolina Southern 8-1-1 394  
10 < 13 Rice Southwest 8-2 207  
11 < 7 Georgia Tech SEC 8-2 120  
12 < 12 Yale Ind 7-1-1 92 DNP
13 < 14 Penn Ind 6-2 84  
14 < 17 Oklahoma Big 6 7-3 76 W 73-12 A Oklahoma State
15 < 20 Texas (1) Southwest 8-2 68  
16 < 10 Arkansas Southwest 6-3-1 64  
17 < NR Tulsa MVC 9-1 52 W 14-13 H Arkansas
18 < NR NC State Southern 8-2 43  
19 < 15 Delaware MDC 9-0 36 DNP
20 < NR Indiana (1) Big Ten 6-3 25 DNP
RV < NR St. Norbert Other 8-0 4 DNP
NR < 16 USC PCC 22  
NR < NR Oregon State PCC 20  
NR < NR Wake Forest Southern 11  
NR < NR Duke Southern 9  
NR < NR Navy Ind 9  
NR < NR Hardin-Simmons Other 8  
NR < 19 Mississippi State SEC 6  
NR < NR Northwestern Big Ten 5  
NR < NR Kentucky SEC 3  
NR < NR Rutgers Other 3  
NR < NR Holy Cross Other 2  
NR < NR Catawba Other 1  
NR < NR Kansas Big 6 1  
NR < NR Missouri Valley Other 1  
NR < NR St. Bonaventure Other 1  
NR < NR William & Mary Other 1  
NR < 17 Boston College Ind 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 4 7.0 3566
SEC 4 7.3 2477
Big Ten 3 10.3 1696
Southwest 3 13.7 339
Southern 2 13.5 437
PCC 1 4.0 1141
Big 6 1 14.0 76
MVC 1 17.0 52
MDC 1 19.0 36

Notes

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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.