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1940 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.778Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–01.0001+11Beat Iowa 34–6
200.969Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–01.0001+9Beat Ohio State 21–7
321.114Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–01.0001+8Beat Florida 14–0
4121.132Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON3–10.75028+11Beat Wake Forest 23–0
551.134Stanford (STANFORD)PAC5–01.0001+7Beat USC 21–7
6-21.186Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–01.0001+8Beat Indiana 20–7
701.208Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR4–0–10.90016+8Beat Marquette 20–13
8-21.219Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–01.0001+8Beat Pennsylvania 14–0
921.240Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI4–01.0001+7BYE
1031.253Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–01.0001+9Beat Baylor 14–7
11-81.324Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–10.80021+10Lost to Rice 0–13
1221.330Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–0–20.83319+6Tied Georgia 7–7
1321.360Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–01.0001+9Beat Yale 21–0
14-51.364Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–01.0001+5Beat Illinois 26–0
15-71.508Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON5–01.0001+6Beat South Carolina 21–13
1651.536Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+4Beat ST. Anselm 55–0
1721.548SMUIND SWC3–0–10.87518+3BYE
1821.609Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–0–10.90016+4Beat NC State 26–10
1951.612Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat NEW York University 26–0
2051.643Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI5–01.0001+4Beat Villanova 10–0
2151.666Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+4Beat Temple 18–0
2261.752Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC4–10.80021+7Beat TCU 7–0
23-111.799Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–10.83319+7Lost to Arkansas 20–21
2481.818Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–10.80021+6Beat California 7–6
25151.872ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI3–10.75028+6Beat Fordham 9–6
26121.917Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY4–10.80021+5Beat Wyoming 62–0
2721.926Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–1–20.60049+5Tied Oregon 6–6
2861.940Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–10.75028+5Beat Missouri 20–7
2911.966Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–10.75028+6Beat Iowa State 20–7
30-131.984Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–10.75028+4Lost to Michigan 0–14
31331.991Rice (RICE)IND SWC3–10.75028+6Beat Texas 13–0
32172.098Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR4–10.80021+5Beat Oklahoma State 24–0
3322.118George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI4–10.80021+6Beat West Virginia 19–0
34172.137Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–1–10.70040+4Beat Georgia Tech 16–7
35-172.186Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI3–10.75028+4Lost to ST. Mary's 6–9
3632.236Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI2–1–10.62548+3Tied Michigan State 0–0
37-102.365Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON4–20.66742+6Lost to Duke 0–23
3832.387Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR4–1–10.75028+3Tied UTEP 0–0
39-172.493Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI3–10.75028+2Lost to Syracuse 0–3
40212.556Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI4–10.80021+1Beat Holy Cross 9–6
41182.592William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–20.66742+5Beat Virginia 13–6
42252.611Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–20.60049+4Beat Columbia 3–0
43112.629Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI3–10.75028+1Beat Manhattan 10–6
44112.680Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–20.60049+3Beat Mississippi College 31–0
4512.696Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–10.750280BYE
46-232.744USCPAC2–1–20.60049+2Lost to Stanford 7–21
47-142.800Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–20.60049+3Lost to Texas A&M 7–14
48102.820Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–1–10.70040-1Beat UCLA 7–0
49272.821Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–30.40079+5Beat North Carolina 14–13
5032.833LSUSEC4–20.66742+2Beat Vanderbilt 7–0
51112.860Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–20.60049+4Beat Ole Miss 21–20
52202.882Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–20.60049+5Beat Denver 25–14
53-162.932Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON4–20.66742+2Lost to Richmond 7–9
54-233.039North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–20.66742+1Lost to Tulane 13–14
55-113.077NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–30.40079+4Lost to Mississippi State 10–26
56-93.113Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC3–2–10.583640Lost to Arizona 0–24
5793.232Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC2–1–20.60049-1Tied SAN Francisco 0–0
58-103.256Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–30.40079+2Lost to Cornell 7–21
59-73.257Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–20.600490Lost to Brown 6–9
60233.278Montana (MONTANA)PAC3–20.60049+2Beat Gonzaga 13–10
61-253.301Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–20.60049+1Lost to Utah 14–25
6273.381Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI2–30.40079+1Lost to Penn State 0–18; Beat MUHLENBERG 64–7
63-213.422Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–20.500660Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–10
64173.473Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI3–20.60049-1Beat Pacific 20–0
65-153.476TCUIND SWC2–30.40079+1Lost to Tulsa 0–7
66-233.517Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–20.500660Lost to Auburn 7–16
67-113.524Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–20.60049+2Lost to Nebraska 7–20
68193.601Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–10.750280Beat Elon 31–7
69-43.626California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–30.40079+1Lost to Washington 6–7
70-253.640Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–20.60049-2Lost to William & Mary 6–13
71253.669Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–20.66742+2Beat Virginia Military Institute 9–7
72-153.704Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–2–10.50066-2Tied Kentucky 7–7
73193.710Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–20.60049+2Beat Davidson 40–7
74-63.719Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–20.500660Beat Rutgers 28–13
7523.906Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–20.500660Beat Purdue 14–13
76-63.964Iowa (IOWA)B102–20.50066-1Lost to Minnesota 6–34
77-63.980Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI2–30.40079-2Lost to Duquesne 6–10
78-184.004West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–30.40079-2Lost to George Washington 0–19
7954.097UTEPIND BOR3–2–10.58364+2Tied Arizona State 0–0
80-174.108Indiana (INDIANA)B101–30.2501080Lost to Northwestern 7–20
81174.213Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–2–10.50066-2Beat New Mexico 7–6
82174.364Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–20.50066-2Beat Case 14–0
83-34.394Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–30.40079-1Lost to Tennessee 0–14
8414.400BYUIND SKY1–2–10.37592-1BYE
85174.550Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–30.40079-3Beat Kansas 20–0
8674.616Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–2–10.375920Lost to Texas Tech 13–20
8724.812Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI3–30.50066-3Lost to Montana 10–13
88-104.846Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–30.250108-1Lost to Notre Dame 0–26
89-154.906Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–2–10.37592-1BYE
90-114.937Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–40.33399-1Lost to Virginia Tech 0–21
9164.969Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI1–2–10.37592-2Tied Santa Clara 0–0
92-25.065Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–30.250108-1Lost to Navy 0–21
9315.111Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–3–10.300104-2Tied Washington State 6–6
94115.189Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC2–20.500660Beat Butler 27–19
95175.354Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–20.50066-2Beat Oglethorpe 25–0
96-235.433Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI1–2–10.37592-3Lost to Dartmouth 6–7
97-65.469Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI3–30.50066-5Lost to Lehigh 7–12
98155.565New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–30.40079-1Beat Northern Arizona 13–0
99175.572Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–40.33399-2Beat Washington & LEE 21–0
10045.626Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–2–10.37592+2Tied Idaho 0–0
101-265.657Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI2–20.50066-4Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 6–20
102-145.674Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–40.33399-7Lost to Furman 7–40
103-175.741Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–30.40079-6Lost to ST. Louis 0–21
104-95.833Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–40.33399-6Lost to Oklahoma 7–20
10565.905Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–30.40079-3Beat Harvard 7–6
106-36.031UCLAPAC0–50.000120-5Lost to Oregon State 0–7
107-66.224Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–3–10.300104-4Lost to LSU 0–7
108116.309ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC1–3–10.300104-5Beat Drake 21–0
109116.574South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–30.000120-3Lost to Clemson 13–21
110-286.654Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–2–10.375920Lost to Lafayette 0–19
111-116.854Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–30.250108-6Lost to Kansas State 0–20
112-47.062New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR1–40.200113-8Lost to Colorado State 6–7
113-77.137Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–3–10.300104-4Lost to Colorado 0–62
114-57.187Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC2–40.33399-3Lost to Wichita State 6–14
11527.213Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–4–10.100119-5Tied Utah State 0–0
116-17.214NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–40.200113-4Lost to Georgetown 0–26
117-37.420Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–40.200113-9Beat Mcdaniel 6–0
118-117.449Purdue (PURDUE)B101–30.250108-7Lost to Wisconsin 13–14
119-97.525Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI1–40.200113-4Lost to Northwestern State 0–7
120-28.032Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–40.200113-6Lost to New Mexico State 0–13
12108.856SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI0–2–10.1671180Tied Creighton 0–0

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