1946 Kansas State

0–⁠9 (0–⁠5 Big Six), coached by Hobbs Adams.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1946, game by game: lost at Hardin Simmons 7–21; lost at Nebraska 0–31; lost vs. Missouri 0–26; lost at No. 13 Oklahoma 7–28; lost vs. Iowa State 7–13; lost at San Francisco 6–38; lost vs. Kansas 0–34; lost at New Mexico 7–14; lost at Arizona 7–28+7−34Lost 7–21 at Hardin Simmons-14Hardin SimmonsLost 0–31 at Nebraska-31NebraskaLost 0–26 vs. Missouri-26MissouriLost 7–28 at No. 13 Oklahoma-21No. 13 OklahomaLost 7–13 vs. Iowa State-6Iowa StateLost 6–38 at San Francisco-32San FranciscoLost 0–34 vs. Kansas-34KansasLost 7–14 at New Mexico-7New MexicoLost 7–28 at Arizona-21Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona 28–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Six.

In program history: The 124th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
0–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠5 6th in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
41–⁠233
Coach
Hobbs Adams
Elo
1187 −115 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−24.6 No. 113 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Six

1 second team

Second team

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From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas4–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Oklahoma4–⁠18–⁠314
Missouri3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Nebraska3–⁠23–⁠6
Iowa State1–⁠42–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠50–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.