title: 1946 NCAA Track and Field Championships
text: # 1946 NCAA Track and Field Championships
  
  The 1946 NCAA Track and Field Championships were contested at the 25th annual NCAA-hosted track meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate track and field events in the United States. This year's meet was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  
  Illinois captured the team championship, their second title in a three years and fourth overall.
  
  ## Team Result
  
  * Note: Top 10 finishers only
  * (H) = Hosts
  
  | Rank | Team | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Illinois | 78 |
  | | USC | 4217⁄20 |
  | | NYU | 40 |
  | 4 | Baldwin Wallace | 20 |
  | 5 | Wisconsin | 183⁄4 |
  | 6 | Texas | 18 |
  | 7 | Minnesota (H) | 133⁄4 |
  | 8 | Indiana | 12 |
  | 9 | Ohio State | 11 |
  | 10 | Baylor Marquette Northwestern San Jose State Virginia Union | 10 |
  