1946 college football season

The 1946 college football season finished with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish crowned as the national champion in the AP Poll, the Georgia Bulldogs recognized as national champion by the Williamson poll and United States Military Academy named as national champion in various other polls and rankings. The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens were recognized by the AP as the small college national champion. Notre Dame and Army both won all of their games, with the exception of their November 9 meeting at New York's Yankee Stadium, where they had played to a 0–0 tie in a No. 1 vs No. 2 matchup regarded as a "Game of the Century". Neither team played in bowl game that season.

1946 college football season
First AP No. 1 of season	Texas[1]
Number of bowls	12
Champion(s)	Notre Dame (AP) Army (various) Delaware (small college)
Heisman	Glenn Davis (halfback, Army)
football seasons

During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of the Associated Press poll of sportswriters (the UPI Coaches poll would not start until 1950). The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions.[2]

Georgia and UCLA would finish the regular season as the only unbeaten and untied teams. UCLA lost in the Rose Bowl and Georgia was victorious in the Sugar Bowl.

Several new bowl games would debut, among them the Tangerine Bowl (later known as the Citrus Bowl and currently known as the VRBO Citrus Bowl).

Conference and program changes

Conference establishments

• Three conferences began football play in 1946:
  • College Conference of Illinois – an active NCAA Division III conference; now known as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
  • Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference – a conference active through the 1948 season
  • Mason-Dixon Conference – an NCAA Division III conference active through the 1974 season

Membership changes

School	1945 Conference	1946 Conference
Houston Cougars	Program Established	Lone Star

September

The Associated Press did not poll the writers until the third week of the season. Among the teams that had been ranked highest at the end of 1946, the two service academies—Army and Navy, as well as Alabama, Indiana and Oklahoma State, several had faltered before the first poll. Army beat Villanova 35–0 on September 21, and Oklahoma State beat Denver, 40–7, but Indiana lost to the University of Cincinnati, 15–6. Also on September 21, Houston of the Lone Star Conference played its first ever football game against Louisiana–Lafayette of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference, in which Houston was defeated by a score of 13–7.

On September 28, Army beat Oklahoma 21–7, and Navy beat Villanova 7–0. Alabama edged Southern Mississippi in a game at Montgomery, 13–12. Indiana lost again, 21–0 at Michigan, and OK State was tied 21–21 by Arkansas. Notre Dame won at Illinois, 26–6, and UCLA beat Oregon State 50–7.

October

On October 5, Army beat Cornell 46–21. Navy lost at Columbia and dropped the rest of its games, finishing 1–8–0. Oklahoma State lost 54–6 at Texas and would finish at 3–7–1. Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh 33–0. Michigan beat Iowa 14–7. UCLA won at Washington, 39–13. In the poll that followed, One voter split his first place vote between Texas, Army, and Notre Dame, who received 69⅓, 21⅓ and 15⅓ votes respectively. Michigan and UCLA rounded out the Top Five.

October 12 In Dallas, No. 1 Texas beat Oklahoma 20–13. No. 2 Army and No. 4 Michigan met in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the visiting Cadets won 20–13. No. 3 Notre Dame beat Purdue 49–6. No. 5 UCLA beat No. 17 Stanford 26–6.

October 19 No. 1 Army beat No. 11 Columbia 48–14. No. 2 Notre Dame was idle. No. 3 Texas beat No. 14 Arkansas 20–0. No. 4 UCLA won at California 13–6. No. 5 Michigan and No. 10 Northwestern played to a 14–14 tie. No. 9 Tennessee beat No. 7 Alabama 12–0.

October 26 At the Polo Grounds in New York, No. 1 Army beat No. 13 Duke 19–0. No. 2 Notre Dame won at No. 17 Iowa, 49–6. In Houston, No. 3 Texas lost to No. 16 Rice, 18–13. No. 4 Tennessee lost to unranked Wake Forest, 19–6. No. 5 UCLA beat Santa Clara 33–7. No. 6 Penn beat Navy 32–19 and No. 7 Georgia won at Furman, 70–7

November

November 2 No. 1 Army beat West Virginia, 19–0. In Baltimore, No. 2 Notre Dame defeated Navy 28–0. No. 3 Pennsylvania lost to Princeton, 17–14. No. 5 Georgia beat No. 15 Alabama 14–0. No. 4 UCLA had beaten St. Mary's, 46–20, in a Friday night game. No. 8 Rice beat Texas Tech 41–6.

November 9 A crowd of 74,000 turned out at New York's Yankee Stadium to watch No. 1 Army and No. 2 Notre Dame in a meeting of the nation's two unbeaten and untied teams. Both teams missed scoring opportunities. In the opening quarter, Army recovered a fumble on the Irish 24, but was stopped on fourth down at the 13 yard line. The Irish drove to the Army three yard line in the second quarter but no further. Army reached the Irish 20 yard line in the third quarter, but Notre Dame's Terry Brennan picked off a pass from Glenn Davis. In the last quarter, a bad punt was returned by Davis to the Irish 39 yard line, but they forced a fumble and stopped any further scoring chances. The game ended in a scoreless tie, 0–0. .[3] In Jacksonville, No. 3 Georgia beat Florida 33-14. In Portland, No. 4 UCLA beat Oregon 14–0. No. 5 Rice lost in Little Rock to Arkansas, 7–0. No. 9 Penn returned to the Top Five after beating Columbia in New York's "other" football game, 41–6.

November 16 In its third meeting against a Top Five team, No. 1 Army beat No. 5 Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, 34–7. No. 2 Notre Dame beat Northwestern, 27–0. No. 3 Georgia beat Auburn 41–0 in a neutral site in Columbus, Georgia. No. 4 UCLA beat Montana 61–7. No. 9 Illinois beat No. 13 Ohio State, 16–7.

November 23 No. 1 Army was idle. No. 2 Notre Dame beat Tulane in New Orleans, 41–0. No. 3 Georgia won at Chattanooga, 48–27. No. 4 UCLA defeated No. 10 USC 13–6. No. 5 Illinois won at Northwestern, 20–0, to close its season with an 8–1–0 record

November 30 No. 1 Army barely beat a 1–7–0 Navy team, 21–18. No. 2 Notre Dame beat No. 16 USC, 26–6 No. 3 Georgia defeated No. 7 Georgia Tech 35–7. No. 4 UCLA beat Nebraska 18–0 and accepted an invitation to face No. 5 Illinois in the Rose Bowl.

Conference standings

Major conference standings

1946 Big Nine Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 5 Illinois $ 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 No. 6 Michigan 5 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 No. 20 Indiana 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Iowa 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Minnesota 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Ohio State 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 3 – 2 Northwestern 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 4 – 1 Wisconsin 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Purdue 0 – 5 – 1     2 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll	1946 Big Six Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Kansas + 4 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 1 No. 14 Oklahoma + 4 – 1 – 0     8 – 3 – 0 Missouri 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 1 Nebraska 3 – 2 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Iowa State 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 1 Kansas State 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll	1946 Border Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Hardin–Simmons $ 6 – 0 – 0     11 – 0 – 0 Texas Tech 3 – 1 – 0     8 – 3 – 1 New Mexico 4 – 2 – 1     5 – 5 – 2 Arizona 2 – 2 – 1     4 – 4 – 2 West Texas State 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 – 2 – 1     5 – 2 – 2 Texas Mines 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Arizona State 1 – 4 – 1     2 – 7 – 2 New Mexico State 1 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1946 Middle Three Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Rutgers $ 2 – 0 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 Lafayette 1 – 1 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1946 Missouri Valley Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 17 Tulsa $ 3 – 0 – 0     9 – 1 – 0 Wichita 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 5 – 0 Saint Louis 1 – 1 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 Oklahoma A&M 1 – 1 – 0     3 – 7 – 1 Drake 0 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll	1946 Mountain States Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Utah State $ 4 – 1 – 1     7 – 2 – 1 Denver $ 4 – 1 – 1     5 – 5 – 1 Utah 4 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0 Colorado 3 – 2 – 1     5 – 4 – 1 BYU 3 – 2 – 1     5 – 4 – 1 Colorado A&M 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 Wyoming 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 8 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 4 UCLA $ 7 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 0 Oregon State 6 – 1 – 1     7 – 1 – 1 USC 5 – 2 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Washington 5 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Stanford 3 – 3 – 1     6 – 3 – 1 Oregon 3 – 4 – 1     4 – 4 – 1 Montana 1 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 Washington State 1 – 5 – 1     1 – 6 – 1 California 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 Idaho 0 – 5 – 0     1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll	1946 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Montana State $ 2 – 0 – 1     5 – 3 – 2 Colorado State–Greeley 3 – 1 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Western State (CO) 1 – 1 – 0     5 – 4 – 1 Colorado College 0 – 1 – 1     4 – 4 – 1 Colorado Mines 0 – 3 – 0     1 – 4 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1946 Southeastern Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 3 Georgia + 5 – 0 – 0     11 – 0 – 0 No. 7 Tennessee + 5 – 0 – 0     9 – 2 – 0 No. 8 LSU 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 1 No. 11 Georgia Tech 4 – 2 – 0     9 – 2 – 0 Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 Alabama 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0 Vanderbilt 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Tulane 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 Auburn 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 Ole Miss 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 Florida 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Southern Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 9 North Carolina $ 4 – 0 – 1     8 – 2 – 1 William & Mary 7 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 No. 18 NC State 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 3 – 0 South Carolina 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Duke 3 – 2 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Richmond 3 – 2 – 2     6 – 2 – 2 VPI 3 – 3 – 2     3 – 4 – 3 VMI 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 5 – 1 George Washington 1 – 1 – 0     4 – 3 – 0 Clemson 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Wake Forest 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Maryland 2 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Furman 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 Washington and Lee 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 The Citadel 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 5 – 0 Davidson 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll	1946 Southwest Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 10 Rice + 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0 No. 16 Arkansas + 5 – 1 – 0     6 – 3 – 2 No. 15 Texas 4 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 Texas A&M 4 – 2 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 SMU 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 1 TCU 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 7 – 1 Baylor 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 8 – 0 + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Independents

1946 Eastern college football independents records Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 2 Army   –       9 – 0 – 1 Muhlenberg   –       9 – 1 – 0 Yale   –       7 – 1 – 1 Buffalo   –       7 – 2 – 0 Harvard   –       7 – 2 – 0 Massachusetts State   –       6 – 2 – 0 No. 13 Penn   –       6 – 2 – 0 Penn State   –       6 – 2 – 0 Boston College   –       6 – 3 – 0 Columbia   –       6 – 3 – 0 NYU   –       5 – 3 – 0 Cornell   –       5 – 3 – 1 Villanova   –       6 – 4 – 0 Boston College   –       7 – 3 – 0 Hofstra   –       4 – 3 – 0 Colgate   –       4 – 4 – 0 Syracuse   –       4 – 5 – 0 Drexel   –       3 – 4 – 0 Franklin & Marshall   –       3 – 4 – 0 Brown   –       3 – 5 – 1 Pittsburgh   –       3 – 5 – 1 Princeton   –       3 – 5 – 0 Temple   –       2 – 4 – 2 Bucknell   –       3 – 6 – 0 Dartmouth   –       3 – 6 – 0 Tufts   –       1 – 6 – 0 Carnegie Tech   –       0 – 6 – 0 Fordham   –       0 – 7 – 0 Rankings from AP Poll	1946 Midwestern college football independents records Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 1 Notre Dame   –       8 – 0 – 1 Youngstown   –       7 – 1 – 0 Cincinnati   –       9 – 2 – 0 Central Michigan   –       6 – 2 – 0 Western Michigan   –       5 – 2 – 1 Miami (OH)   –       7 – 3 – 0 Ohio   –       6 – 3 – 0 Detroit   –       6 – 4 – 0 Dayton   –       6 – 3 – 0 Bowling Green   –       5 – 3 – 0 Ohio Wesleyan   –       5 – 4 – 1 Akron   –       5 – 4 – 0 Michigan State   –       5 – 5 – 0 Marquette   –       4 – 5 – 0 Michigan State Normal   –       3 – 4 – 1 Wayne   –       2 – 5 – 1 Valparaiso   –       1 – 7 – 0 Rankings from AP Poll	1946 Southern college football independents records Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Oklahoma City   –       10 – 1 – 0 Maryville   –       9 – 1 – 0 Miami (FL)   –       8 – 2 – 0 Western Maryland   –       5 – 2 – 0 Mississippi Southern   –       7 – 3 – 0 Georgetown   –       5 – 3 – 0 East Carolina   –       5 – 3 – 1 Princess Anne   –       5 – 3 – 1 Sewanee   –       4 – 3 – 0 Chattanooga   –       5 – 5 – 0 Grambling   –       6 – 6 – 0 Virginia   –       4 – 4 – 1 West Virginia   –       5 – 5 – 0 Marshall   –       2 – 7 – 1 Navy   –       1 – 8 – 0
1946 Western college football independents records Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Pepperdine   –       8 – 1 – 0 Hawaii   –       8 – 2 – 0 Nevada   –       7 – 2 – 0 Saint Mary's   –       6 – 3 – 0 Loyola (CA)   –       5 – 4 – 0 Idaho Southern Branch   –       4 – 3 – 1 San Francisco   –       3 – 6 – 0 Santa Clara   –       2 – 5 – 1 Portland   –       1 – 4 – 1 La Verne   –       0 – 5 – 0

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
California Collegiate Athletic Association	San Jose State	4–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association	Morgan State College	7–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Southwestern (KS)	4–1
College Conference of Illinois	North Central (IL)	7–1
Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference	Westmar Yankton	4–1
Far Western Conference	Humboldt State College	1–0–1
Indiana Intercollegiate Conference	Butler	6–0
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Central (IA) Upper Iowa	6–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Bethany	5–1
Lone Star Conference	North Texas State Teachers	4–1
Mason–Dixon Conference	Delaware	3–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kalamazoo Hillsdale	4–1
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference	Lawrence	6–0
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Gustavus Adolphus	6–0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southeast Missouri State Teachers	5–0
Nebraska College Conference	Doane	5–0–1
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference	Adams State College	4–0
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Iowa State Teachers (Northern Iowa)	2–0–1
North Dakota College Athletic Conference	Minot State Teachers	3–0–1
Ohio Athletic Conference	Otterbein	4–0
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference	Southeastern State College (OK)	4–1
Pacific Northwest Conference	Willamette	6–0
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	California State Teachers	4–0
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Montana State College	2–0–1
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference	Black Hills Teachers	4–0
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Redlands	2–0–2
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Florida A&M College	6–0
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Southern	5–0
State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota	Duluth State Teachers Mankato State Teachers	2–0–2 3–0–1
Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Abilene Christian College Southwestern (TX)	3–0–1
Washington Intercollegiate Conference	Central Washington College	6–0
Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference	North: Superior State Teachers Co-South: Milwaukee State Teachers Co-South: Stevens Point State Teachers	1–0–3 3–1–0 3–1

Minor conference standings

1946 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T San Jose State $ 4 – 0 – 0     9 – 1 – 1 Fresno State 2 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0 Cal Poly 1 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 1 Pacific 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 San Diego State 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Santa Barbara 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1946 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Southwestern (KS) $ 4 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0 Washburn 3 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 St. Benedict's 2 – 2 – 1     4 – 3 – 1 Pittsburg State 1 – 2 – 2     4 – 2 – 3 Fort Hays State 1 – 2 – 2     2 – 4 – 2 Emporia State 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1946 College Conference of Illinois football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T North Central (IL) $ 7 – 1 – 0     7 – 1 – 0 Illinois Wesleyan 3 – 1 – 0     3 – 5 – 0 Wheaton (IL) 3 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 Lake Forest 3 – 1 – 0     3 – 3 – 0 Augustana (IL) 2 – 2 – 0     3 – 5 – 0 Millikin 1 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 Illinois College 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 5 – 1 Elmhurst 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 Carthage 0 – 4 – 0     0 – 7 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1946 Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Western Union + 4 – 1 – 0     5 – 2 – 0 Yankton + 4 – 1 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Dakota Wesleyan 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 Buena Vista 1 – 2 – 0     1 – 6 – 0 Huron 1 – 3 – 1     2 – 4 – 1 Sioux Falls 0 – 3 – 1     0 – 4 – 1 + – Conference co-champions	1946 Far Western Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Humboldt State 1 – 0 – 1     5 – 3 – 1 Chico State 1 – 1 – 0     2 – 7 – 0 Cal Aggies 0 – 1 – 1     0 – 5 – 2 Southern Oregon 0 – 0 – 0     8 – 0 – 0 San Francisco State 0 – 0 – 0     3 – 3 – 0 No conference champion was named in 1946. Games played by Southern Oregon & San Francisco State did not count in the standings in 1946.	1946 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Northern Illinois State $ 4 – 0 – 0     9 – 2 – 0 Southern Illinois 3 – 1 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 Illinois State 2 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Eastern Illinois 1 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 Western Illinois 0 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1946 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Butler $ 6 – 0 – 0     7 – 1 – 0 Evansville 2 – 0 – 0     7 – 1 – 2 Wabash 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 1 – 0 Earlham 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Saint Joseph's (IN) 2 – 1 – 0     3 – 4 – 0 Hanover 3 – 2 – 0     4 – 3 – 0 Franklin (IN) 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 Ball State 3 – 3 – 0     3 – 4 – 1 Indiana Central 3 – 4 – 0     3 – 4 – 0 Indiana State 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 Manchester 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 5 – 0 DePauw 1 – 2 – 0     1 – 5 – 2 Canterbury 1 – 4 – 0     1 – 7 – 0 Rose Poly 1 – 5 – 0     1 – 7 – 1 Valparaiso 0 – 3 – 0     1 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1946 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Bethany (KS) $ 5 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 Ottawa 4 – 1 – 1     7 – 1 – 1 Baker 4 – 1 – 1     5 – 3 – 1 McPherson 3 – 2 – 1     4 – 3 – 1 Kansas Wesleyan 2 – 3 – 1     3 – 4 – 2 Bethel (KS) 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 College of Emporia 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1946 Lone Star Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T North Texas State $ 4 – 1 – 0     7 – 3 – 1 Sam Houston State 3 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 East Texas State 3 – 1 – 1     5 – 2 – 2 Southwest Texas State 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 2 Houston 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 Stephen F. Austin 0 – 5 – 0     1 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1946 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 19 Delaware $ 3 – 0 – 0     10 – 0 – 0 Johns Hopkins 2 – 0 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Western Maryland 4 – 1 – 0     4 – 1 – 0 Hampden–Sydney 2 – 2 – 0     2 – 2 – 0 Randolph–Macon 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 4 – 0 Washington College 1 – 5 – 0     1 – 5 – 0 Mount St. Mary's 0 – 2 – 0     0 – 2 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll	1946 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Hillsdale + 4 – 1 – 0     7 – 1 – 0 Kalamazoo + 4 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 Hope 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 Albion 2 – 3 – 0     3 – 5 – 0 Alma 2 – 3 – 0     2 – 5 – 0 Adrian 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 8 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1946 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Gustavus Adolphus $ 6 – 0 – 0     7 – 0 – 1 St. Olaf 3 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 St. Thomas (MN) 3 – 1 – 0     4 – 3 – 0 Concordia (MN) 2 – 2 – 0     3 – 3 – 1 Saint John's (MN) 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 Saint Mary's (MN) 1 – 2 – 1     4 – 3 – 1 Augsburg 1 – 5 – 0     1 – 6 – 0 Macalester 0 – 4 – 1     1 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1946 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Missouri Valley $ 4 – 0 – 0     10 – 0 – 0 Central Methodist 2 – 1 – 1     4 – 3 – 1 William Jewell 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Culver–Stockton 1 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 Tarkio 0 – 3 – 1     0 – 7 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1946 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T SE Missouri State $ 5 – 0 – 0     8 – 0 – 1 Missouri Mines 3 – 1 – 1     4 – 3 – 2 Kirksville State 2 – 1 – 2     5 – 2 – 2 NW Missouri State 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 0 SW Missouri State 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 Central Missouri State 0 – 4 – 1     4 – 5 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1946 Nebraska College Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Doane $ 5 – 0 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Nebraska Wesleyan 5 – 0 – 2     7 – 1 – 3 Kearney State 5 – 2 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Peru State 4 – 3 – 1     4 – 4 – 1 Midland 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 0 Wayne State (NE) 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 0 Hastings 1 – 4 – 1     1 – 6 – 1 Chadron State 1 – 5 – 1     3 – 7 – 0 York (NE) 0 – 6 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1946 New England Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T New Hampshire + 2 – 0 – 1     6 – 1 – 1 Connecticut + 2 – 0 – 1     4 – 3 – 1 Rhode Island State 1 – 2 – 0     2 – 4 – 0 Maine 0 – 3 – 0     2 – 5 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1946 North Central Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Iowa State Teachers $ 2 – 0 – 1     4 – 1 – 2 North Dakota Agricultural 4 – 1 – 0     5 – 3 – 0 South Dakota State 2 – 1 – 2     3 – 3 – 2 North Dakota 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 3 – 0 Morningside 2 – 3 – 1     3 – 5 – 1 South Dakota 1 – 2 – 0     2 – 4 – 0 Augustana (SD) 0 – 4 – 0     0 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1946 North State Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Catawba $ 5 – 0 – 0     10 – 2 – 0 Appalachian State 4 – 1 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 High Point 3 – 2 – 1     7 – 2 – 1 Western Carolina 1 – 1 – 1     6 – 3 – 1 Lenoir–Rhyne 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 Guilford 1 – 2 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Elon 1 – 4 – 1     4 – 5 – 1 Atlantic Christian 0 – 3 – 0     2 – 4 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1946 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T SE Oklahoma State $ 4 – 1 – 0     9 – 3 – 0 Central State (OK) 3 – 1 – 1     4 – 4 – 1 SW Oklahoma State 2 – 2 – 1     5 – 3 – 1 East Central 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 1 Northeastern State 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 NW Oklahoma State 1 – 4 – 0     3 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1946 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Milligan $ 3 – 0 – 0     6 – 3 – 1 Carson–Newman 2 – 1 – 0     5 – 3 – 1 Emory and Henry 1 – 2 – 0     3 – 7 – 0 Tusculum 0 – 3 – 0     1 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1946 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Black Hills $ 3 – 0 – 0     5 – 2 – 0 Northern State 1 – 0 – 0     6 – 2 – 0 Southern State 1 – 1 – 0     2 – 4 – 0 South Dakota Mines 1 – 2 – 0     2 – 6 – 0 Eastern Normal 0 – 3 – 0     0 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1946 Southern California Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Redlands $ 2 – 0 – 2     4 – 2 – 2 Whittier 2 – 1 – 1     3 – 5 – 1 Pomona 1 – 1 – 2     1 – 5 – 2 Occidental 1 – 2 – 1     1 – 4 – 2 Caltech 1 – 3 – 0     2 – 4 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1946 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Southern $ 6 – 0 – 0     8 – 2 – 1 Wiley 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 1 Arkansas AM&N 3 – 2 – 1     7 – 2 – 1 Prairie View 2 – 2 – 2     7 – 2 – 2 Texas College 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 1 Langston 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 1 Samuel Huston 0 – 5 – 2     3 – 5 – 2 Bishop ? – ? – ?     4 – 3 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1946 Texas Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Abilene Christian + 3 – 0 – 1     8 – 1 – 1 Southwestern (TX) + 3 – 0 – 1     5 – 4 – 1 McMurry 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 4 – 1 Howard Payne 1 – 3 – 0     2 – 5 – 2 Austin 1 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 2 + – Conference co-champions

Rankings

Bowl games

Bowl game	Winning team		Losing team
Rose Bowl	No. 5 Illinois	45	No. 4 UCLA	14
Sugar Bowl	No. 3 Georgia	20	No. 9 North Carolina	10
Orange Bowl	No. 10 Rice	8	No. 7 Tennessee	0
Cotton Bowl Classic	No. 16 Arkansas	0	No. 8 LSU	0
Sun Bowl	Cincinnati	18	VPI	6
Gator Bowl	No. 14 Oklahoma	34	No. 18 NC State	13
Tangerine Bowl	Catawba	31	Maryville	6
Oil Bowl	No. 11 Georgia Tech	41	Saint Mary's	19
Raisin Bowl	Utah State	0	San Jose State	20
Harbor Bowl	Montana State	13	New Mexico	13
Alamo Bowl	Hardin–Simmons	20	Denver	0
Cigar Bowl	No. 19 Delaware	20	Rollins	3

See also

• 1946 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-01-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. appollarchive.com/football/ap
3. "Fighting Irish Battle Army to 0-0 Stalemate", The Post-Standard (Syracuse), Nov. 10, 1946, p13