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1940 Week 13 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
100.726Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B107–01.0001+31Beat Purdue 33–6
211.057Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC8–01.0001+24Beat Virginia 41–14
331.103Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC8–01.0001+27Beat Rice 25–0
411.146Stanford (STANFORD)PAC8–01.0001+23Beat Oregon State 28–14
591.218Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–10.85712+19Beat Northwestern 20–13
631.311Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI8–01.0001+19Beat Georgetown 19–18
701.337Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR7–0–10.9387+22Beat Wake Forest 12–7
831.520Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B86–10.85712+18Beat Pittsburgh 9–7
9-71.528Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–10.85712+14Lost to Dartmouth 0–3
1031.557Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–0–10.9299+11Beat NEW York University 25–0
1151.591Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC7–0–10.9387+12Beat Millsaps 46–13
1281.609Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI5–1–10.78620+11Beat Army 48–0
13-91.617Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON5–20.71432+19Lost to North Carolina 3–6
14-61.653Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI7–10.87511+15Lost to Boston College 18–19
1521.671Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI8–01.0001+11Beat Catholic 27–19
1631.694Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR6–10.85712+16BYE
1711.718Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI5–10.83318+15BYE
1861.774SMUIND SWC5–1–10.78620+14Beat Arkansas 28–0
1921.811Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC8–10.88910+14Beat Memphis 38–7
2021.847Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC6–10.85712+11Beat Georgia Tech 14–13
2151.857Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC6–20.75023+19Beat TCU 21–14
2211.879Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–20.71432+15Beat USC 14–0
2371.888Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI4–1–10.75023+10Beat Loyola Marymount 27–0
24111.950Utah (UTAH)IND SKY6–20.75023+16Beat Colorado State 27–0
25-101.954Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B105–20.71432+13Lost to Michigan 13–20
2631.989Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI5–10.83318+10BYE
27132.001Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–20.71432+15Beat Missouri 7–0
2832.037Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–2–10.68840+12Tied Columbia 0–0
29-192.068Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–10.85712+8Lost to Iowa 0–7
30-182.125Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC6–20.75023+14Lost to Baylor 6–20
3132.144Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR6–1–20.77822+7Beat Northern Colorado 41–0
3242.276Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–20.71432+9Beat Syracuse 7–6
33-52.322Rice (RICE)IND SWC5–20.71432+12Lost to Texas A&M 0–25
3472.352Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC6–2–10.72230+8Beat ST. Louis 14–7
3522.381ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI5–20.71432+8Beat SAN Francisco 13–7
36-42.403Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON6–30.66745+14Lost to Texas Tech 7–12
37-42.452Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC5–2–10.68840+7Lost to Stanford 14–28
3852.484Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON6–2–10.72230+7Beat Maryland 20–0
39-142.488Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI6–20.75023+5Lost to Gonzaga 7–13
40-132.511Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC5–2–20.66745+5Lost to West Virginia 7–9
4142.560Tulane (TULANE)SEC4–40.50064+13Beat Georgia 21–13
42112.575Denver (DENVER)IND SKY5–20.71432+5Beat Utah State 34–6
4332.671William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON5–2–10.68840+5BYE
4462.717Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON6–20.75023+12BYE
45-32.785Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–2–10.64347+6Tied Navy 0–0
4662.801Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON5–2–10.68840+3Tied Rhodes 12–12
4722.814Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI4–3–10.56358+5Tied Holy Cross 6–6
4832.825George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI5–2–10.68840+5Beat Kansas 6–0
49102.899Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI4–2–10.64347+5Beat Yale 10–7
50-122.915Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI6–20.75023+1Lost to Harvard 0–14
51-122.968Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–30.62549+9Lost to Oklahoma 0–7
5242.974LSUSEC5–40.55661+7Beat Auburn 21–13
53122.980West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–3–10.56358+4Beat Kentucky 9–7
5433.065Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY5–30.62549+2Beat BYU 25–2
55-73.084Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–30.57154+4Beat Illinois 14–6
5663.096Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–30.57154+4Beat Miami 46–6
57-23.152Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC4–2–20.62549-2BYE
5893.192North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–40.55661+5Beat Duke 6–3
59-123.281Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–3–10.56358+2Lost to LSU 13–21
60163.310Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–40.50064+3Beat Tulsa 20–6
61383.345Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–2–30.50064+1Beat Brown 14–0
62123.454Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–30.57154-1Beat Manhattan 13–6
6373.468California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–40.50064+3Beat Oregon 14–6
6483.525Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON5–30.62549+4Beat South Carolina 25–7
65163.704Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI5–3–10.61153+1Beat Detroit Mercy 13–7
6633.707Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–40.55661+6Beat Centre 10–6
67-93.744Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–3–10.41789+3Lost to Nebraska 7–9
68-143.772Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–4–10.438770Lost to Colgate 6–7
69-253.785Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–3–20.500640Lost to UCLA 26–34
7083.829Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–30.57154-1Beat Indiana 27–10
71133.961NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–50.375900Beat Citadel 20–14
7213.964Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–40.50064-4Lost to Tennessee 14–41
73-53.971Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–3–10.50064-3Lost to Utah 0–27
74143.974Iowa (IOWA)B103–40.42983-1Beat Notre Dame 7–0
75-144.044TCUIND SWC3–50.37590-1Lost to Texas 14–21
76-134.085Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–50.37590+2Lost to SMU 0–28
77164.127Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–40.50064+1Beat Cornell 3–0
78-14.203Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–4–10.43877-4Tied Temple 6–6
79-194.213Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–4–10.43877-5Lost to Tulane 13–21
8064.256Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–40.50064-4Beat Kansas State 12–0
81-174.443USCPAC2–3–20.42983-2Lost to Washington 0–14
82-74.499Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI3–50.37590-6Lost to Villanova 6–13
83-174.508Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–4–10.43877-4Lost to California 6–14
84-134.696Montana (MONTANA)PAC4–40.50064-1Lost to SAN Diego Marines 20–38
8574.730Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–4–10.43877-7Beat Tennessee Tech 21–0
86-74.807BYUIND SKY2–4–10.35796-5Lost to Colorado 2–25
8794.817Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–4–10.35796-3Beat Michigan State 7–6
88134.831Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON4–50.44476-10Beat Hampden Sydney 26–0
89-94.869Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–50.286101-6Lost to Alabama 13–14
9084.891Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC4–40.50064-12Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 20–14
91-94.991Indiana (INDIANA)B102–50.286101-6Lost to Wisconsin 10–27
92115.072New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR3–40.42983-10Beat Northern Arizona 46–28
93-45.090UTEPIND BOR3–4–10.43877+4BYE
94-95.189Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI3–50.37590-4Lost to Santa Clara 0–27
95-125.367Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–30.50064-8Lost to NC State 14–20
9615.480Purdue (PURDUE)B102–50.286101-8Lost to Minnesota 6–33
9795.589UCLAPAC1–70.125120-9Beat Washington State 34–26
98-75.675ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC2–5–10.313100-11Lost to Oklahoma State 7–14
99-55.747Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–60.143116-8Lost to Princeton 7–10
100-105.849Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–40.42983-3Lost to Florida 6–46
10175.887Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI3–40.42983-8Beat Franklin & Marshall 18–6
102155.918Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI3–40.42983-11Beat Washington & LEE 25–13
103-165.935Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–4–10.35796-9Lost to Marquette 6–7
104-45.988Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI2–60.250106-4BYE
105-106.094South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–50.167115-8Lost to Furman 7–25
106-46.234Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–70.222110-14Lost to Sewanee 13–25
107-36.445Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI3–50.37590-15Lost to Davidson 0–26
10816.649Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC2–50.286101-11Lost to Drake 14–20
109-26.660Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–5–10.214111-5Lost to Pennsylvania 0–48
110-56.665Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–60.143116-13Lost to Ohio State 6–14
11176.835Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–60.143116-14Lost to George Washington 0–6
112-26.877NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–60.250106-12Lost to Penn State 0–25
11316.930SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI0–5–10.083121-3Lost to ST. Mary's 7–13
11466.995Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC3–60.33399-13Beat Rockhurst 25–21
11517.085New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–50.286101-4BYE
11637.125Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–6–10.188113-14Beat Nevada 6–0
117-47.125Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–60.143116-16Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–20
118-77.172Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–60.250106-20Lost to Iowa State 0–12
119-47.326Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–5–10.214111-6Lost to Denver 6–34
120-87.337Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR2–60.250106-15Lost to New Mexico 28–46
12108.522Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–6–10.188113-8Lost to Wichita State 0–2

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