1940 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 7, 1941By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1940 Season Tags: • No Comments

1940 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.727	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	8–0	1.000	1	+42	BYE
2	1	1.014	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	10–0	1.000	1	+43	Beat Nebraska 21–13
3	1	1.107	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–1	0.875	8	+27	BYE
4	1	1.161	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+41	Beat Tennessee 19–13
5	1	1.170	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	10–0–1	0.955	5	+38	Beat Georgetown 14–7
6	-4	1.194	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	10–1	0.909	6	+37	Lost to Boston College 13–19
7	2	1.299	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–1	0.900	7	+39	Beat Fordham 13–12
8	-1	1.324	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	13	+20	BYE
9	1	1.421	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	13	+23	BYE
10	1	1.481	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	7–2	0.778	19	+28	BYE
11	3	1.520	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	16	+35	BYE
12	1	1.553	SMU	IND SWC	8–1–1	0.850	11	+32	BYE
13	-5	1.614	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	16	+30	Lost to Stanford 13–21
14	1	1.614	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+18	BYE
15	2	1.688	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	6–2	0.750	27	+21	BYE
16	-4	1.723	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	16	+21	Lost to Mississippi State 7–14
17	1	1.750	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–2	0.778	19	+22	BYE
18	1	1.838	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	9–1–1	0.864	10	+24	BYE
19	1	1.842	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	8	+18	BYE
20	-4	1.898	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	19	+22	Lost to Texas A&M 12–13
21	0	1.905	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	27	+14	BYE
22	0	1.916	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	9–2	0.818	12	+22	BYE
23	0	1.964	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	7–2	0.778	19	+19	BYE
24	1	2.078	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	31	+14	BYE
25	1	2.095	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–2	0.778	19	+15	BYE
26	1	2.097	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	7–2	0.778	19	+17	BYE
27	1	2.178	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	13	+9	BYE
28	2	2.204	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	7–2–1	0.750	27	+14	BYE
29	0	2.229	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	40	+19	BYE
30	1	2.307	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	35	+17	BYE
31	2	2.308	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	19	+11	BYE
32	0	2.317	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	31	+11	BYE
33	1	2.356	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	35	+21	BYE
34	1	2.374	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	40	+13	BYE
35	1	2.416	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	31	+9	BYE
36	1	2.474	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–3	0.700	35	+16	BYE
37	1	2.548	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	19	+5	BYE
38	-14	2.687	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	7–2–2	0.727	30	+10	Lost to Western Reserve 13–26
39	0	2.706	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	6–2–1	0.722	31	+4	BYE
40	0	2.715	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	6–3–1	0.650	44	+8	BYE
41	0	2.734	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	54	+14	BYE
42	2	2.747	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	39	+7	BYE
43	2	2.766	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	6–2–2	0.700	35	+1	BYE
44	-1	2.767	LSU	SEC	6–4	0.600	51	+12	BYE
45	-3	2.775	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	5–5	0.500	61	+12	BYE
46	0	2.785	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	46	+7	BYE
47	0	2.811	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	46	+8	BYE
48	0	2.845	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	40	+9	BYE
49	0	2.890	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	51	+9	BYE
50	1	2.977	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	5–3–1	0.611	48	+3	BYE
51	-1	2.988	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–3–2	0.600	51	+3	BYE
52	0	3.036	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	40	+13	BYE
53	0	3.055	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	5–3–1	0.611	48	+4	BYE
54	1	3.110	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–2–3	0.563	55	+2	BYE
55	-1	3.179	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	83	+5	BYE
56	0	3.220	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	48	+3	BYE
57	0	3.278	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	61	+1	BYE
58	1	3.393	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	4–4	0.500	61	+4	BYE
59	-1	3.394	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	5–4	0.556	56	+4	BYE
60	0	3.421	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	59	+1	BYE
61	0	3.463	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	44	-3	BYE
62	0	3.526	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	56	+7	BYE
63	0	3.627	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–5	0.500	61	+1	BYE
64	0	3.650	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	56	+5	BYE
65	1	3.671	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–4–2	0.500	61	0	BYE
66	1	3.676	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–4–1	0.500	61	-2	BYE
67	-2	3.704	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–4	0.500	61	-1	BYE
68	0	3.799	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	61	-3	BYE
69	0	3.829	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–4	0.500	61	0	BYE
70	0	3.876	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	86	+4	BYE
71	0	3.959	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	61	+2	BYE
72	0	4.039	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	83	-2	BYE
73	0	4.057	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	96	0	BYE
74	0	4.076	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	86	-3	BYE
75	0	4.105	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	61	-7	BYE
76	1	4.128	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	74	-4	BYE
77	-1	4.131	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	59	-3	BYE
78	0	4.213	USC	PAC	3–4–2	0.444	75	-4	BYE
79	0	4.234	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-7	BYE
80	0	4.289	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–6	0.400	86	-4	BYE
81	0	4.328	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-9	BYE
82	0	4.330	UTEP	IND BOR	4–4–1	0.500	61	+8	BYE
83	0	4.451	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–5	0.375	90	-5	BYE
84	1	4.531	TCU	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	102	-5	BYE
85	-1	4.569	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	75	-8	BYE
86	0	4.617	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	4–4–1	0.500	61	-3	BYE
87	0	4.668	BYU	IND SKY	2–4–2	0.375	90	-5	BYE
88	0	4.761	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	96	-6	BYE
89	0	4.802	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	3–4–2	0.444	75	-7	BYE
90	0	4.947	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	83	-8	BYE
91	0	5.016	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–6–1	0.350	94	-13	BYE
92	0	5.059	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	75	-15	BYE
93	0	5.076	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	3–6–1	0.350	94	-12	BYE
94	0	5.121	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	96	-14	BYE
95	0	5.141	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	107	-9	BYE
96	0	5.252	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–7	0.300	102	-15	BYE
97	0	5.634	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-15	BYE
98	0	5.768	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	75	-18	BYE
99	0	5.840	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	115	-2	BYE
100	0	5.998	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–6	0.250	109	-15	BYE
101	0	6.000	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	90	-12	BYE
102	0	6.049	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	102	-13	BYE
103	0	6.181	UCLA	PAC	1–9	0.100	121	-18	BYE
104	1	6.258	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	119	-12	BYE
105	-1	6.267	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	102	-7	BYE
106	0	6.421	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	90	-18	BYE
107	0	6.440	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–6–1	0.278	107	-20	BYE
108	0	6.448	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	96	-19	BYE
109	0	6.478	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	4–6	0.400	86	-17	BYE
110	0	6.526	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–6	0.333	96	-10	BYE
111	0	6.530	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–5–1	0.313	101	-5	BYE
112	0	6.648	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	112	-21	BYE
113	0	6.775	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	2–7–1	0.250	109	-21	BYE
114	2	6.881	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	102	-18	BYE
115	-1	6.937	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	112	-24	BYE
116	-1	6.969	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	112	-17	BYE
117	0	6.975	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–7–1	0.167	116	-19	BYE
118	1	7.012	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	116	-12	BYE
119	-1	7.015	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–7	0.125	119	-21	BYE
120	0	7.133	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–6	0.250	109	-18	BYE
121	0	8.708	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–7–1	0.167	116	-11	BYE