1946 AP Rankings
| Final Poll For 1946 Season |
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Votes |
| 1946 AP |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 8-0-1 | | | 2 | Army | 9-0-1 | |
| 3 | Georgia | 10-0-0 | | | 4 | UCLA | 10-0-0 | |
| 5 | Illinois | 7-2-0 | | | 6 | Michigan | 6-2-1 | |
| 7 | Tennessee | 9-1-0 | | | 8 | Louisiana State | 9-1-0 | |
| 9 | North Carolina | 8-1-1 | | | 10 | Rice | 8-2-0 | |
| 11 | Georgia Tech | 8-2-0 | | | 12 | Yale | 7-1-1 | |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | 6-2-0 | | | 14 | Oklahoma | 7-3-0 | |
| 15 | Texas | 8-2-0 | | | 16 | Arkansas | 6-3-1 | |
| 17 | Tulsa | 9-1-0 | | | 18 | North Carolina State | 8-2-0 | |
| 19 | Delaware | 9-0-0 | | | 20 | Indiana | 6-3-0 | |
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