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1940 Week 12 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
100.675Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–01.0001+24Beat Michigan 7–6
201.040Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–01.0001+16Beat Yale 21–0
301.076Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC7–01.0001+17Beat Rhodes 41–0
401.130Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON5–10.83318+20Beat Davidson 46–13
531.140Stanford (STANFORD)PAC7–01.0001+15Beat Washington 20–10
611.159Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC7–01.0001+19Beat SMU 19–7
7-21.330Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR6–0–10.92910+15Beat Centenary 26–6
841.351Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI7–01.0001+14Beat Maryland 41–0
921.476Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI7–01.0001+10Beat Boston University 21–0
1061.503Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–01.0001+11Beat Navy 13–7
1171.529Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B85–10.83318+14Beat Iowa 14–6
12-31.554Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC6–10.85714+17Beat Catholic 12–6
1341.556Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–0–10.91712+8Tied Syracuse 13–13
14-81.569Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–10.83318+11Lost to Minnesota 6–7
1501.578Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B105–10.83318+12Beat Illinois 32–14
1651.596Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC6–0–10.92910+9Beat LSU 22–7
17-31.614Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI7–01.0001+10Beat West Texas A&M 28–7
1811.679Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI5–10.83318+12Beat Purdue 13–7
1931.724Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR6–10.85714+15Beat Loyola Marymount 20–13
20-71.727Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–1–10.75027+9Tied Harvard 10–10
2131.742Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC7–10.87513+13Beat Holy Cross 34–7
2251.869Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–10.83318+8Beat Tulane 13–6
2301.907Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–20.66742+11Lost to Stanford 10–20
24-141.908SMUIND SWC4–1–10.75027+9Lost to Texas A&M 7–19
2551.944Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI6–10.85714+8Beat TCU 3–0
26-11.945Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–20.71433+14Beat Baylor 13–0
2742.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC5–1–20.75027+7Beat Georgia Tech 26–7
2842.018Rice (RICE)IND SWC5–10.83318+10Beat Arkansas 14–7
29112.025Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI5–10.83318+8Beat ST. Mary's 7–6
30-42.095Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI3–1–10.70038+5Beat SAN Francisco 27–0
31-112.133Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–20.71433+11Lost to Notre Dame 7–13
32-32.184Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON6–20.75027+11Beat NC State 20–14
3392.187Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC5–1–10.78626+4Beat Washington State 21–0
3442.282Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR5–1–20.75027+6Tied Gonzaga 7–7
35-22.292Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–20.71433+12Beat Wyoming 34–7
36-12.295Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–20.66742+8BYE
37-92.414ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI4–20.66742+7Lost to Duquesne 6–7
3812.427Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI6–10.85714+3Beat Army 13–9
39172.432Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–20.71433+10Beat Colorado 21–6
4032.504Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–20.66742+8Beat Kansas 13–0
4142.558Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC5–2–10.68839+5Beat Washburn 33–14
4262.587Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–20.66742+6Beat Wisconsin 7–6
4342.590Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON5–2–10.68839+6Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 20–13
44-82.590Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–2–20.57154+6Lost to Oregon State 0–21
45-82.654Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–40.42976+10Lost to Alabama 6–13
4602.658William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON5–2–10.68839+4Beat Randolph Macon 46–6
4732.683Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–2–10.64348+6Beat Clemson 21–7
4872.700Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–30.50061+5BYE
4942.766Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI4–30.57154+5Beat Villanova 28–0
5092.768Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON6–20.75027+10Beat North Carolina 14–13
51-22.781George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI4–2–10.64348+5Tied Bucknell 0–0
52-182.804Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON5–20.71433+3Lost to Auburn 7–21
5392.839Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–20.66742+3Beat BYU 9–0
5443.001Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–3–10.50061+5Tied Penn State 13–13
55173.052Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC4–2–20.62550-1Beat ST. Louis 14–0; Beat SOUTH DAKOTA 39–0
5643.230LSUSEC4–40.50061+3Lost to Mississippi State 7–22
57-133.231Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY4–30.57154+1Lost to Missouri 6–21
58203.238Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–2–10.50061+3Beat Carnegie Tech 6–0
59103.245Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI3–2–10.58352+2Beat Dartmouth 14–9
60-83.476Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–3–10.50061-1Lost to Florida 13–18
61-103.486TCUIND SWC3–40.42976+2Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–3
62173.506Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–30.50061+1Beat Georgia 18–13
63-63.607Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–40.42976+3Lost to Rice 7–14
64-233.632USCPAC2–2–20.500610Lost to California 7–20
6523.635West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–3–10.50061-1Tied Cincinnati 7–7
6643.641Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–3–10.500610Beat UCLA 18–0
67-43.660North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–40.50061-1Lost to Richmond 13–14
6893.718Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–2–10.58352-2Beat Utah State 13–12
69183.724Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–40.50061+6Beat Furman 38–21
7043.727California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–40.429760Beat USC 20–7
7143.746Montana (MONTANA)PAC4–30.57154-1Beat Idaho 28–18
72-183.760Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON4–30.57154+2Lost to Virginia Tech 21–38
7373.822Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–30.57154-4Beat Washington & LEE 20–6
74-133.885Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–30.50061-4Lost to Temple 0–28
75104.004Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI3–40.42976-3Beat Marquette 45–41
76-114.046Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–40.42976-3Lost to Texas 0–13
77-44.252Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–40.42976-4Lost to Ole Miss 7–34
78-104.276Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–30.50061-3Lost to Columbia 6–7
79-134.393BYUIND SKY2–3–10.41788-2Lost to Denver 0–9
8024.397Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–40.33394-2Lost to Kentucky 7–26
8134.457Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI4–3–10.56360-5Tied Arizona State 7–7
82174.556Indiana (INDIANA)B102–40.33394-3Beat Michigan State 20–0
8304.581Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–20.60051-3BYE
84-134.626NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–50.286102-3Lost to Wake Forest 14–20
8514.889Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI3–40.42976-3Lost to Arizona 13–20
86204.930Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–40.42976-6Beat Drake 7–6
87-234.956Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–3–10.41788-4Lost to Indiana 0–20
8845.124Iowa (IOWA)B102–40.33394-6Lost to Nebraska 6–14
89-85.133UTEPIND BOR3–4–10.43875+3Lost to Fresno State 6–16
90-145.215Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–30.500610Lost to Rollins 0–7
91-25.325ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC2–4–10.35792-8Lost to Creighton 0–14
92195.390Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–4–10.35792-7Beat Sewanee 20–0
93-25.410Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–40.42976-6Lost to Princeton 9–14
9405.456Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–50.167115-4Lost to Cornell 0–21
9575.511South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–40.200114-4Beat Kansas State 20–13
96-65.550Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–4–10.250107-5Lost to Manhattan 41–45
97-45.562Purdue (PURDUE)B102–40.33394-8Lost to Fordham 7–13
98-105.648Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–40.42976-13Lost to Iowa State 6–7
99-45.650Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI1–2–30.41788-5Tied Pennsylvania 10–10
100-25.682Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI2–60.250107-2Lost to Texas Tech 6–26
101-45.728Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON3–50.37591-13Lost to Duke 13–46
10215.805Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–60.250107-8Lost to Virginia 6–20
103105.811New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR2–40.33394-10Beat New Mexico State 39–6
10415.824Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI3–40.42976-9BYE
105-96.041Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–50.167115-7Lost to Northwestern 14–32
106-56.182UCLAPAC0–70.000121-10Lost to Oregon 0–18
10716.200Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–4–10.250107-1Lost to Brown 9–13
108-46.423Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–40.33394-6Lost to Pittsburgh 0–6
109-26.494Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC2–40.33394-8Lost to Virginia Military Institute 13–20
11076.662NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–50.286102-9Beat Franklin & Marshall 12–0
111-116.799Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–50.286102-13Lost to South Carolina 13–20
11286.997Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR2–50.286102-11Beat Western NEW Mexico 21–0
11357.071Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–50.167115-11Lost to Georgetown 0–41
11427.184SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI0–4–10.100119-1Lost to Santa Clara 0–27
115-57.253Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–4–10.250107-3Lost to Colorado State 12–13
116-47.278New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–50.286102-4Lost to New Mexico 6–39
117-87.283Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI2–40.33394-13Lost to Vanderbilt 0–20
118-37.361Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–50.167115-12Lost to Oklahoma 0–13
119-57.607Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–6–10.071120-11Lost to Montana 18–28
120-17.856Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC2–60.250107-11Lost to Oklahoma State 14–33
12108.195Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–5–10.214113-8Lost to Utah 7–34

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