College Football 1946
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1946/9/14 and 1947/1/4
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1946 - Ranking of No Division Affiliation teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	46.30	1	38.38	9	29.78	Notre Dame	9	8-0-1	1	9	8-0-1	Eastern Indep
2	42.51	2	38.00	10	29.85	Army	10	9-0-1	2	10	9-0-1	Eastern Indep
3	37.04	3	34.26	52	54.23	Georgia	11	11-0-0	3	11	11-0-0	SEC
5	35.08	4	32.36	4	22.15	Illinois	10	8-2-0	4	10	8-2-0	Western
10	27.62	5	31.89	5	26.36	Tennessee	11	9-2-0	5	11	9-2-0	SEC
9	27.93	6	29.78	19	36.73	Louisiana State	11	9-1-1	6	11	9-1-1	SEC
4	35.66	7	28.83	3	21.67	Michigan	9	6-2-1	7	9	6-2-1	Western
7	29.21	8	26.07	34	45.86	Georgia Tech	11	9-2-0	8	11	9-2-0	SEC
8	27.93	9	25.36	27	41.55	North Carolina	11	8-2-1	9	11	8-2-1	Southern C
14	23.10	10	24.37	63	60.91	UCLA	11	10-1-0	10	11	10-1-0	PCC
6	29.37	11	23.71	29	42.40	Rice	10	8-2-0	11	11	9-2-0	Southwest AC
11	26.08	12	22.69	40	50.31	Pennsylvania	8	6-2-0	13	8	6-2-0	Eastern Indep
18	21.05	13	22.29	13	32.50	Alabama	10	6-4-0	12	11	7-4-0	SEC
16	21.43	14	21.69	21	37.00	Kentucky	9	6-3-0	15	10	7-3-0	SEC
15	21.89	15	21.15	11	31.28	Indiana	9	6-3-0	14	9	6-3-0	Western
22	19.64	16	19.79	88	73.05	Tulsa	10	9-1-0	18	10	9-1-0	MVC
13	25.00	17	19.37	8	27.44	Iowa	8	4-4-0	16	9	5-4-0	Western
17	21.12	18	19.00	15	33.50	Ohio State	9	4-3-2	17	9	4-3-2	Western
12	25.58	19	18.19	56	57.20	Texas	10	8-2-0	24	10	8-2-0	Southwest AC
30	16.71	20	17.94	54	56.28	Miami FL	9	7-2-0	21	10	8-2-0	Southwest Indep
27	17.24	21	17.88	28	42.06	Wake Forest	9	6-3-0	22	9	6-3-0	Southern C
36	13.69	22	17.71	12	31.90	Cincinnati	5	3-2-0	23	5	3-2-0	NoConf
24	18.29	23	17.52	45	51.88	Mississippi State	8	6-2-0	20	10	8-2-0	SEC
31	16.69	24	17.06	33	45.72	Columbia	9	6-3-0	26	9	6-3-0	Northeast Indep
43	10.88	25	16.75	84	70.83	Oregon State	9	7-1-1	19	9	7-1-1	PCC
38	12.74	26	16.34	49	53.11	Boston College	9	6-3-0	27	9	6-3-0	Northeast Indep
21	19.72	27	16.27	23	37.78	Northwestern	9	4-4-1	25	9	4-4-1	Western
29	16.89	29	15.62	36	46.39	Cornell	9	5-3-1	30	9	5-3-1	Northeast Indep
20	20.37	30	15.40	7	27.22	Duke	9	4-5-0	29	9	4-5-0	Southern C
26	18.10	31	15.37	20	36.94	Vanderbilt	8	4-4-0	28	9	5-4-0	SEC
34	14.39	33	14.13	26	40.83	Minnesota	9	5-4-0	32	9	5-4-0	Western
23	19.54	34	13.39	64	61.23	Oklahoma	11	8-3-0	36	11	8-3-0	Big 6
35	13.98	35	13.23	37	46.70	Southern California	10	6-4-0	33	10	6-4-0	PCC
32	15.16	36	12.65	60	59.95	North Carolina State	11	8-3-0	35	11	8-3-0	Southern C
28	17.06	37	12.43	76	68.00	William & Mary	9	7-2-0	37	10	8-2-0	Southern C
25	18.22	38	11.42	31	44.00	Arkansas	10	5-3-2	43	11	6-3-2	Southwest AC
33	14.75	39	11.22	16	33.78	Wisconsin	9	4-5-0	38	9	4-5-0	Western
48	8.91	40	9.41	71	65.82	Texas Tech	11	8-3-0	41	11	8-3-0	Border
49	8.66	41	9.30	55	56.75	Harvard	6	4-2-0	42	9	7-2-0	Northeast Indep
45	10.16	42	8.73	59	59.30	Villanova	10	6-4-0	44	10	6-4-0	Eastern Indep
52	6.27	43	8.28	44	51.40	Michigan State	10	5-5-0	45	10	5-5-0	Eastern Indep
61	2.93	44	8.18	93	75.20	Kansas	10	7-2-1	39	10	7-2-1	Big 6
39	12.36	45	8.00	82	70.06	Penn State	8	6-2-0	48	8	6-2-0	Eastern Indep
46	10.00	46	7.94	24	39.33	Pittsburgh	9	3-5-1	40	9	3-5-1	Eastern Indep
40	12.24	47	7.56	14	32.95	Tulane	10	3-7-0	46	10	3-7-0	SEC
51	7.69	48	7.48	6	26.62	Mississippi	8	2-6-0	47	9	2-7-0	SEC
44	10.40	50	7.05	97	79.88	Rutgers	8	6-2-0	52	9	7-2-0	Eastern Indep
56	4.74	51	6.54	61	60.28	Washington	9	5-4-0	51	9	5-4-0	PCC
47	8.97	52	6.37	2	21.06	Purdue	8	1-6-1	50	9	2-6-1	Western
65	1.41	53	6.32	79	69.25	South Carolina	8	5-3-0	53	8	5-3-0	Southern C
54	5.24	54	4.66	95	76.17	Richmond	9	5-2-2	55	10	6-2-2	Southern C
73	-0.57	55	4.61	110	90.90	San Jose State	5	4-1-0	54	5	4-1-0	NoConf
41	11.33	56	4.30	1	18.72	Navy	9	1-8-0	56	9	1-8-0	Eastern Indep
57	4.51	57	4.29	85	71.40	Stanford	10	6-3-1	60	10	6-3-1	PCC
55	4.97	58	4.21	57	58.28	Virginia	9	4-4-1	57	9	4-4-1	Southwest Indep
69	-0.04	59	3.84	35	46.17	Dartmouth	9	3-6-0	58	9	3-6-0	Northeast Indep
53	5.66	60	3.83	65	61.44	Holy Cross	9	5-4-0	59	9	5-4-0	Northeast Indep
42	11.12	61	3.82	25	39.83	Texas A&M	9	3-6-0	62	10	4-6-0	Southwest AC
50	7.77	62	2.71	46	52.30	Southern Methodist	10	4-5-1	65	10	4-5-1	Southwest AC
66	1.12	63	2.29	42	50.81	Clemson	8	3-5-0	61	9	4-5-0	Southern C
62	2.46	64	2.06	50	54.10	Virginia Tech	10	3-4-3	63	10	3-4-3	Southern C
79	-3.25	65	1.58	87	72.79	Georgetown	7	4-3-0	66	8	5-3-0	Southwest Indep
58	4.43	66	0.72	32	45.50	Princeton	8	3-5-0	67	8	3-5-0	Eastern Indep
68	0.14	67	0.26	77	68.55	Missouri	10	5-4-1	68	10	5-4-1	Big 6
59	3.34	68	0.01	74	67.88	Colgate	8	4-4-0	70	8	4-4-0	Northeast Indep
83	-5.72	69	-0.01	83	70.33	Oregon	9	4-4-1	64	9	4-4-1	PCC
82	-4.64	70	-0.57	18	35.33	Tennessee Chattanooga	6	1-5-0	69	10	5-5-0	Southwest Indep
60	3.23	71	-0.71	38	48.59	Oklahoma State	11	3-7-1	73	11	3-7-1	MVC
72	-0.30	72	-1.01	53	55.69	Temple	8	2-4-2	76	8	2-4-2	Eastern Indep
93	-10.61	74	-1.56	132	111.17	Fresno State	3	2-0-1	74	3	2-0-1	NoConf
74	-0.65	75	-1.93	43	51.17	Nebraska	9	3-6-0	75	9	3-6-0	Big 6
70	-0.04	76	-1.96	51	54.12	Syracuse	8	3-5-0	78	9	4-5-0	Northeast Indep
87	-6.61	77	-2.44	123	101.06	Utah State	9	6-2-1	72	10	7-2-1	Mountain States
71	-0.23	78	-2.70	48	52.94	Auburn	9	3-6-0	77	10	4-6-0	SEC
81	-4.34	79	-3.44	39	49.81	Maryland	8	2-6-0	79	9	3-6-0	Southern C
77	-2.48	80	-3.69	62	60.50	West Virginia	8	3-5-0	82	10	5-5-0	Eastern Indep
76	-1.84	82	-3.95	117	98.25	Nevada Reno	6	4-2-0	83	9	7-2-0	Southwest Indep
78	-2.79	83	-4.50	41	50.39	California	9	2-7-0	81	9	2-7-0	PCC
80	-4.32	84	-4.81	69	64.33	Virginia Military	9	3-5-1	84	10	4-5-1	Southern C
63	2.19	85	-5.40	30	42.75	Texas Christian	10	2-7-1	89	10	2-7-1	Southwest AC
86	-6.58	87	-6.70	129	105.09	Utah	11	8-3-0	85	11	8-3-0	Mountain States
91	-9.24	90	-7.65	75	68.00	Bucknell	6	2-4-0	90	9	3-6-0	Eastern Indep
84	-6.20	91	-8.77	47	52.42	Brown	6	1-5-0	93	9	3-5-1	Northeast Indep
97	-11.87	92	-8.80	90	74.17	Hawaii	3	1-2-0	92	3	1-2-0	NoConf
99	-13.49	93	-9.14	111	92.45	Colorado	10	5-4-1	94	10	5-4-1	Mountain States
102	-15.66	94	-9.21	100	81.79	Montana	7	3-4-0	91	8	4-4-0	PCC
89	-7.64	95	-10.70	17	34.44	Florida	9	0-9-0	95	9	0-9-0	SEC
88	-7.36	96	-10.70	66	62.00	Washington State	8	1-6-1	97	8	1-6-1	PCC
95	-10.94	99	-13.18	113	93.55	Arizona	10	4-4-2	99	10	4-4-2	Border
85	-6.47	101	-13.94	22	37.50	Baylor	8	0-8-0	104	9	1-8-0	Southwest AC
107	-19.57	103	-14.67	119	99.33	New Mexico	12	5-5-2	102	12	5-5-2	Border
108	-21.18	105	-15.22	124	101.17	Brigham Young	9	4-4-1	108	10	5-4-1	Mountain States
110	-21.58	107	-15.40	128	104.81	Montana State	8	3-3-2	103	10	5-3-2	Southwest Indep
103	-16.23	108	-16.39	58	59.11	Furman	9	1-8-0	107	10	2-8-0	Southern C
117	-24.14	109	-17.76	72	66.29	Lafayette	7	1-6-0	110	9	2-7-0	Eastern Indep
111	-21.60	110	-18.15	107	87.50	Citadel	7	2-5-0	109	8	3-5-0	Southern C
112	-21.65	111	-18.46	89	73.38	Iowa State	8	1-6-1	111	9	2-6-1	Big 6
113	-22.86	112	-18.91	96	77.50	Idaho	9	1-8-0	112	9	1-8-0	PCC
124	-27.85	114	-20.12	112	92.88	Lehigh	4	1-3-0	115	4	1-3-0	NoConf
114	-23.05	117	-20.88	108	88.14	Davidson	7	2-5-0	116	9	4-5-0	Southern C
118	-24.41	120	-24.16	105	85.07	Drake	7	1-5-1	122	9	2-6-1	MVC
121	-26.39	123	-24.66	131	109.60	Northern Arizona	5	1-2-2	123	9	5-2-2	Border
115	-23.11	124	-24.92	73	67.07	Fordham	7	0-7-0	124	7	0-7-0	Northeast Indep
125	-29.44	125	-28.82	92	74.67	Kansas State	9	0-9-0	125	9	0-9-0	Big 6
130	-35.62	126	-28.86	122	100.88	Colorado State	8	1-7-0	126	9	2-7-0	NoConf
119	-26.10	128	-30.11	125	102.69	Texas El Paso	8	2-6-0	128	9	3-6-0	Border
128	-32.85	129	-31.54	121	100.11	Arizona State	9	1-7-1	129	11	2-7-2	Border
126	-29.79	131	-33.44	127	104.79	New Mexico State	7	2-5-0	131	10	5-5-0	Border
129	-35.17	132	-34.39	114	95.33	Wyoming	9	1-8-0	132	10	1-8-1	Mountain States
133	-48.11	133	-51.24	133	122.50	Northern Colorado	3	0-3-0	133	3	0-3-0	NoConf

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College Football 1946Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1946/9/14 and 1947/1/4Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

College Football 1946
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1946/9/14 and 1947/1/4
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)