1940 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
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  1 Minnesota                   8   -  0     2.8541 
  2 Stanford                   10   -  0     2.7741 
  3 Mississippi State           8.5 -  0.5   2.1611 
  4 Boston College              8   -  0     2.0428 
  5 Texas A&M                   8   -  1     1.9988 
  6 Michigan                    7   -  1     1.5439 
  7 Southern Methodist          7.5 -  1.5   1.4956 
  8 Tennessee                   8   -  1     1.4196 
  9 Hardin-Simmons              6   -  0     1.3366 
 10 Texas                       8   -  2     1.3297 

 11 Nebraska                    8   -  2     1.2638 
 12 Santa Clara                 6.5 -  1.5   1.1245 
 13 Mississippi                 7   -  2     1.0370 
 14 Washington                  7   -  2     1.0124 
 15 Duquesne                    6   -  1     0.9778 
 16 Duke                        7   -  2     0.9702 
 17 Texas Tech                  9.5 -  1.5   0.9481 
 18 Northwestern                6   -  2     0.9419 
 19 Fordham                     7   -  2     0.9392 
 20 Georgetown                  6   -  2     0.9337 

 21 Rice                        6   -  3     0.7767 
 22 Pennsylvania                6.5 -  1.5   0.7747 
 23 Utah                        7   -  2     0.7501 
 24 Alabama                     5   -  2     0.7441 
 25 Cornell                     6   -  2     0.6779 
 26 Auburn                      6.5 -  4.5   0.6567 
 27 Oklahoma                    6   -  3     0.6546 
 28 Arizona                     7   -  2     0.6491 
 29 Wake Forest                 5   -  3     0.6382 
 30 Notre Dame                  6   -  2     0.6289 

 31 Tulsa                       7   -  3     0.6287 
 32 Navy                        5.5 -  2.5   0.6281 
 33 Clemson                     4.5 -  2.5   0.5807 
 34 Arizona State               4   -  2     0.5634 
 35 Penn State                  4.5 -  1.5   0.5591 
 36 Missouri                    6   -  3     0.5508 
 37 Virginia Military Institute 5.5 -  2.5   0.5178 
 38 William & Mary              4.5 -  2.5   0.5138 
 39 Oklahoma State              5.5 -  3.5   0.5106 
 40 St. Mary's                  5   -  3     0.5053 

 41 Columbia                    5   -  3     0.5011 
 42 Oregon State                5.5 -  3.5   0.4920 
 43 Detroit Mercy               5   -  2     0.4818 
 44 Louisiana State             4   -  4     0.4742 
 45 Colgate                     3   -  3     0.4608 
 46 Denver                      5.5 -  2.5   0.4587 
 47 Colorado                    5.5 -  3.5   0.4552 
 48 North Carolina              5   -  4     0.4307 
 49 Tulane                      4   -  5     0.4287 
 50 Ohio State                  4   -  4     0.4167 

 51 Texas-El Paso               3.5 -  2.5   0.4092 
 52 Princeton                   4.5 -  2.5   0.4022 
 53 Pittsburgh                  3.5 -  4.5   0.4001 
 54 Arkansas                    3   -  6     0.3903 
 55 Washington State            5   -  5     0.3893 
 56 Creighton                   4   -  3     0.3843 
 57 Oregon                      3.5 -  4.5   0.3584 
 58 Gonzaga                     3.5 -  3.5   0.3470 
 59 Furman                      4   -  3     0.3451 
 60 Baylor                      3   -  6     0.3400 

 61 Georgia                     4.5 -  4.5   0.3384 
 62 Richmond                    4   -  3     0.3376 
 63 Wisconsin                   4   -  4     0.3364 
 64 Kentucky                    4   -  4     0.3268 
 65 Iowa                        3   -  4     0.3171 
 66 George Washington           4   -  3     0.3118 
 67 Florida                     4   -  5     0.3116 
 68 Indiana                     3   -  5     0.3073 
 69 New Mexico                  4   -  4     0.3063 
 70 Dartmouth                   4   -  4     0.3009 

 71 Harvard                     3.5 -  3.5   0.2959 
 72 Texas Christian             3   -  7     0.2841 
 73 California                  4   -  6     0.2822 
 74 Franklin & Marshall         2   -  2     0.2812 
 75 Syracuse                    2.5 -  4.5   0.2811 
 76 Southern California         4   -  5     0.2792 
 77 Temple                      2.5 -  4.5   0.2719 
 78 Virginia Tech               3   -  4     0.2706 
 79 Brown                       3.5 -  3.5   0.2643 
 80 Michigan State              3.5 -  4.5   0.2627 

 81 Montana                     2.5 -  3.5   0.2528 
 82 Centenary                   3   -  5     0.2522 
 83 Villanova                   3   -  5     0.2394 
 84 Brigham Young               2.5 -  4.5   0.2368 
 85 West Virginia               2   -  4     0.2355 
 86 Catholic                    1   -  3     0.2324 
 87 Holy Cross                  3.5 -  5.5   0.2282 
 88 Iowa State                  3   -  5     0.2237 
 89 North Carolina State        3   -  6     0.2214 
 90 Carnegie Tech               1   -  4     0.2114 

 91 Colorado State              3   -  5     0.2083 
 92 Wichita State               2   -  3     0.2055 
 93 St. Louis                   3   -  6     0.2024 
 94 Virginia                    3   -  5     0.2013 
 95 Marquette                   2.5 -  6.5   0.1974 
 96 Davidson                    3   -  5     0.1964 
 97 Utah State                  2.5 -  4.5   0.1960 
 98 San Francisco               1.5 -  5.5   0.1957 
 99 South Carolina              3   -  6     0.1790 
100 New Mexico State            1   -  4     0.1757 

101 Georgia Tech                3   -  7     0.1730 
102 Rhodes                      0.5 -  4.5   0.1723 
103 Vanderbilt                  2.5 -  6.5   0.1669 
104 Purdue                      1   -  6     0.1485 
105 Samford                     0   -  4     0.1461 
106 New York University         1   -  6     0.1436 
107 Hampden-Sydney              1   -  4     0.1421 
108 Manhattan                   1   -  6     0.1369 
109 Portland                    0.5 -  3.5   0.1365 
110 Drake                       2   -  5     0.1364 

111 Wyoming                     1.5 -  6.5   0.1312 
112 UCLA                        1   -  9     0.1261 
113 Sewanee                     1   -  4     0.1260 
114 Kansas                      2   -  7     0.1258 
115 Washington & Lee            2.5 -  7.5   0.1168 
116 Army                        0.5 -  6.5   0.1162 
117 Loyola Marymount            0   -  6     0.1105 
118 Citadel                     1   -  4     0.1094 
119 Idaho                       0.5 -  7.5   0.1077 
120 Kansas State                1   -  7     0.1039 

121 Yale                        1   -  7     0.0970 
122 Northern Arizona            0   -  5     0.0967 
123 Washington (Missouri)       1   -  5     0.0946 
124 Illinois                    0   -  7     0.0840 
125 Miami (Florida)             0   -  6     0.0730 
126 Maryland                    0.5 -  6.5   0.0726 
127 Washburn                    0   -  5     0.0674 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.4825