1940 NCAA football rankings

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

AP Poll

Week 4
Oct 14
Week 5
Oct 21
Week 6
Oct 28
Week 7
Nov 4
Week 8
Nov 11
Week 9
Nov 18
Week 10
Nov 25
Week 11 (Final)
Dec 2
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)Pennsylvania (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.Pennsylvania (2–0)Stanford (4–0)Boston College (5–0)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)Pennsylvania (6–1–1)Washington (7–2)10.
11.Fordham (2–0)Fordham (3–0)Georgetown (5–0) тWashington (4–1)Nebraska (5–1)Mississippi (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)Pennsylvania (5–1–1)Washington (6–2)Fordham (7–1)12.
13.Mississippi (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)Mississippi (5–0) (1)Navy (5–0)SMU (4–0–1)Alabama (5–1)Notre Dame (6–1)Fordham (6–1)Pennsylvania (6–1–1)14.
15.Ohio State (2–1)Georgetown (4–0)Pennsylvania (3–1) тPennsylvania (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 Mercy (5–0)Fordham (4–1)Mississippi (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 (2–1–1)Columbia (3–0)Mississippi State (4–0–1) тSanta Clara (3–1–1) тPenn State (5–0–1) тPenn State (6–0–1) тDuke (6–2) т20.
21.Santa Clara (2–1–1) тSMU (4–1–1) тTexas Tech (6–0–1) тHardin–Simmons (7–0) т21.
22.22.
23.23.
24.24.
25.25.
Week 4
Oct 14
Week 5
Oct 21
Week 6
Oct 28
Week 7
Nov 4
Week 8
Nov 11
Week 9
Nov 18
Week 10
Nov 25
Week 11 (Final)
Dec 2
Dropped:
  • Ohio State
  • Oregon State
  • Washington State
  • Iowa
Dropped:
  • Fordham
  • Texas
  • Mississippi
  • USC
  • Columbia
Dropped:
  • Clemson
  • Navy
  • Detroit Mercy
Dropped:
  • Pennsylvania
  • Lafayette
Dropped:
  • Duke
  • Oregon State
Dropped:
  • Mississippi
  • Notre Dame
  • Penn State
Dropped:
  • Alabama
  • Texas Tech

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