1946 Big Nine Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1946 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1946 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy

1946 Big Nine Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1946 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1946 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1	Illinois	Ray Eliot	#5	#5	8–2	6–1	21.7	10.5	Alex Agase

2	Michigan	Fritz Crisler	#6	#4	6–2–1	5–1–1	25.9	8.1	Bob Chappuis

3	Indiana	Bo McMillin	#20	#18	6–3	4–2	14.3	10.6	Pete Pihos

4	Iowa	Eddie Anderson	NR	#16	5–4	3–3	14.3	10.2	Bill Kay

5	Minnesota	Bernie Bierman	NR	NR	5–4	3–4	14.4	12.7	Bill Bye

6 (tie)	Ohio State	Paul Bixler	NR	#12	4–3–2	2–3–1	18.4	18.9	Cecil Souders

6 (tie)	Northwestern	Pappy Waldorf	NR	#6	4–4–1	2–3–1	17.3	15.1	Ed Hirsch

8	Wisconsin	Harry Stuhldreher	NR	#15	4–5	2–5	15.6	16.0	Fred Negus

9	Purdue	Cecil Isbell	NR	NR	2–6–1	0–5–1	10.8	23.1	Norman Maloney

Sentence(s)

The 1946 Illinois football team, under head coach Ray Eliot, won the Big Nine championship, compiled an 8–2 record, and was ranked No. 5 in the final AP Poll.

final_sentence: The 1946 Illinois football team, under head coach Ray Eliot, won the Big Nine championship, compiled an 8–2 record, and was ranked No. 5 in the final AP Poll.