1940 NCAA football rankings

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One human poll comprised the 1940 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.

Legend[]

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  National champion
(#–#)
  Win–loss record
(Italics)
  Number of first place votes
т
Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll[]

The final AP Poll was released on December 2, at the end of the 1940 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.

Week 1
Oct 14[1]
Week 2
Oct 21[2]
Week 3
Oct 28[3]
Week 4
Nov 4[4]
Week 5
Nov 11[5]
Week 6
Nov 18[6]
Week 7
Nov 25[7]
Week 8 (Final)
Dec 2[8]A
1.Cornell (2–0) (90)Cornell (3–0) (83)Cornell (4–0) (81.5)Cornell (5–0) (119)Minnesota (6–0) (55.33)Minnesota (7–0) (68)Minnesota (8–0) (88)Minnesota (8–0) (65)1.
2.Texas A&M (3–0) (25)Notre Dame (3–0) (30)Notre Dame (4–0) (40.5)Minnesota (5–0) (18)Cornell (6–0) (45.33)Texas A&M (8–0) (59)Texas A&M (8–0) (41)Stanford (9–0) (44)2.
3.Michigan (3–0) (26)Michigan (4–0) (18)Michigan (5–0) (16)Michigan (5–0) (11)Texas A&M (7–0) (31.33)Stanford (8–0) (24)Stanford (8–0) (15)Michigan (7–1) (5)3.
4.Northwestern (2–0) (1)Texas A&M (4–0) (15)Minnesota (4–0) (13)Texas A&M (6–0) (14)Stanford (7–0) (12)Boston College (8–0) (12)Boston College (9–0) (15)Tennessee (10–0) (10)4.
5.Tennessee (3–0) (7)Tennessee (4–0) (6)Texas A&M (5–0) (9)Tennessee (6–0) (11)Tennessee (7–0) (2)Cornell (6–1) (6)Michigan (7–1) (3)Boston College (10–0) (7)5.
6.Notre Dame (2–0) (5)Minnesota (3–0) (8)Stanford (5–0)Stanford (6–0) (3)Michigan (5–1)Tennessee (8–0) (3)Tennessee (9–0) (8)Texas A&M (8–1) (1)6.
7.Minnesota (2–0) (2)Northwestern (3–0)Tennessee (5–0)Notre Dame (5–0)Notre Dame (6–0)Michigan (6–1)Northwestern (6–2)Nebraska (8–1)7.
8.Boston College (3–0)Penn (3–0)Northwestern (4–0) (1)Boston College (6–0) (2)Boston College (7–0)Nebraska (6–1)Nebraska (7–1)Northwestern (6–2)8.
9.Penn (2–0)Stanford (4–0)Boston College (5–0) (2)Georgetown (6–0)Georgetown (7–0)Georgetown (7–1)Georgetown (8–1)Mississippi State (8–0–1) (1)9.
10.Stanford (3–0)Boston College (4–0)Clemson (5–0) (2) тNorthwestern (4–1)Northwestern (5–1)Northwestern (5–2)Penn (6–1–1)Washington (7–2)10.
11.Fordham (2–0)Fordham (3–0)Georgetown (5–0) (2) тWashington (4–1)Nebraska (5–1)Ole Miss (8–1)Mississippi State (8–0–1)Santa Clara (6–1–1)11.
12.Clemson (4–0)Texas (4–0)Nebraska (3–1)Duke (4–1) тDuke (5–1) (2)Penn (5–1–1)Washington (6–2)Fordham (7–1)12.
13.Ole Miss (4–0)Clemson (4–0) (1)Washington (4–1)Nebraska (4–1) тFordham (5–1)Washington (5–2)Cornell (6–2)Georgetown (8–1)13.
14.Texas (3–0)Ole Miss (5–0) (1)Navy (5–0)SMU (4–0–1)Alabama (5–1)Notre Dame (6–1)Fordham (6–1)Penn (6–1–1)14.
15.Ohio State (2–1)Georgetown (4–0)Penn (3–1) тPenn (4–1)Mississippi State (6–0–1)Fordham (5–1)Santa Clara (5–1–1)Cornell (6–2)15.
16.Washington (2–1)Washington (3–1)SMU (3–0–1) тPenn State (5–0)Santa Clara (3–1–1)Mississippi State (7–0–1)SMU (6–1–1)SMU (7–1–1)16.
17.USC (1–0–2)USC (2–0–2)Detroit (5–0)Fordham (4–1)Ole Miss (7–1) тAlabama (6–1)Alabama (7–1)Hardin-Simmons (8–0)17.
18.Oregon State (2–0–1)Nebraska (2–1)Duke (3–1) тLafayette (6–0)Washington (4–2) тSMU (5–1–1)Lafayette (9–0) тDuke (7–2)18.
19.Washington State (2–0–1)SMU (3–0–1)Penn State (4–0) тMississippi State (5–0–1) тOregon State (5–1–1)Santa Clara (4–1–1)Texas Tech (8–0–1) тLafayette (9–0)19.
20.Iowa (2–0)Columbia (3–0)
  • Mississippi State (4–0–1) т
  • Santa Clara (2–1–1) т
Santa Clara (3–1–1) т
  • Penn State (5–0–1) т
  • SMU (4–1–1) т
  • Penn State (6–0–1) т
  • Texas Tech (7–0–1) т
20.
Week 1
Oct 14[1]
Week 2
Oct 21[2]
Week 3
Oct 28[3]
Week 4
Nov 4[4]
Week 5
Nov 11[5]
Week 6
Nov 18[6]
Week 7
Nov 25[7]
Week 8 (Final)
Dec 2[8]A
Dropped:
  • Iowa
  • Ohio State
  • Oregon State
  • Washington State
Dropped:
  • Columbia
  • Fordham
  • Ole Miss
  • Texas
  • USC
Dropped:
  • Clemson
  • Detroit
  • Navy
Dropped:
  • Lafayette
  • Penn
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • Oregon State
Dropped:
  • Ole Miss
  • Notre Dame
  • Penn State
Dropped:
  • Alabama
  • Texas Tech
A. ^ Only 19 teams received votes in the final poll.

References[]

  1. ^ "October 14, 1940 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "October 21, 1940 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "October 28, 1940 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "November 4, 1940 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "November 11, 1940 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  6. ^ "November 18, 1940 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "November 25, 1940 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  8. ^ "1940 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 26, 2017.


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