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1940 Week 14 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
100.722Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B108–01.0001+40Beat Wisconsin 22–13
200.985Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC9–01.0001+32Beat Kentucky 33–0
321.039Michigan (MICHIGAN)B107–10.87510+27Beat Ohio State 40–0
401.121Stanford (STANFORD)PAC8–01.0001+26BYE
5-21.124Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC8–01.0001+30BYE
601.275Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI9–01.0001+25Beat Auburn 33–7
711.302Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B87–10.87510+27Beat Iowa State 21–12
841.340Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI6–1–10.81315+19Beat Cornell 22–20
921.404Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC8–0–10.9447+21Beat Ole Miss 19–0
10-31.430Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR8–0–10.9447+25Beat ST. Louis 7–6
1131.547Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI8–10.8899+21Beat George Washington 8–0
1211.597Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON6–20.75024+23Beat NC State 42–6
1321.630Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI9–01.0001+16Beat Loyola Marymount 40–6
1431.644Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI6–10.85713+20Beat Arkansas 27–7
1581.666Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI5–1–10.78620+16Beat ST. Mary's 19–7
1691.670Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–20.75024+20Beat Notre Dame 20–0
1711.737SMUIND SWC6–1–10.81315+18Beat Baylor 7–4
1831.836Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC6–20.75024+21BYE
1911.852Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC7–10.87510+15Beat Vanderbilt 25–21
20-111.871Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–20.75024+14Lost to Pennsylvania 20–22
2111.899Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC6–20.75024+16Beat UCLA 41–0
2251.912Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B86–20.75024+20Beat Temple 9–6
2331.919Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI6–10.85713+14Beat Villanova 14–10
2461.921Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC7–20.77821+22Beat Oklahoma State 19–6
25-11.987Utah (UTAH)IND SKY7–20.77821+17Beat Idaho 13–6
26-72.047Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC8–20.80018+15Lost to Mississippi State 0–19
2742.063Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR7–1–20.80018+9Beat North Dakota 30–12
2802.106Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–2–10.68836+13BYE
29-192.152Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–1–10.81315+9Lost to Pittsburgh 7–20
3032.160Rice (RICE)IND SWC6–20.75024+16Beat TCU 14–6
31-152.196Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR6–20.75024+14Lost to New Mexico 12–13
3262.291Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON7–2–10.75024+13Beat Virginia Tech 14–0
33102.330William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON6–2–10.72234+11Beat Richmond 16–0
3422.368Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON6–30.66741+15BYE
3522.425Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC5–2–10.68836+8BYE
36102.456Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON6–2–10.72234+8Beat Furman 13–7
3742.458Tulane (TULANE)SEC5–40.55656+15Beat Northwestern State 47–0
3812.464Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI7–20.77821+6Beat Marquette 19–0
39-102.471Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–20.75024+6Lost to Northwestern 0–20
4052.484Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI5–2–10.68836+11Beat Colgate 20–17
41262.598Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–3–10.50062+9Beat Penn State 20–7
4202.678Denver (DENVER)IND SKY5–2–10.68836+5Tied Colorado 3–3
43-92.691Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC6–3–10.65046+8Lost to Tulsa 6–19
4472.735Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–30.66741+10Beat Kansas 45–20
45-102.752ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI5–30.62547+8Lost to Santa Clara 7–19
46-142.765Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–30.62547+7Lost to Columbia 17–20
4722.767Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI5–2–10.68836+7Beat Army 26–19
4892.862Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC5–2–20.66741+1Beat Drake 14–0
4952.940Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY5–3–10.61150+3Tied Denver 3–3
5022.953LSUSEC5–40.55656+7BYE
5172.963North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON6–40.60052+9Beat Virginia 10–7
52-122.975Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC5–3–20.60052+4Lost to Tennessee 0–33
5333.021Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–30.62547+6Beat Georgia Tech 16–7
54-103.062Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON6–30.66741+13Lost to William & Mary 0–16
55-83.122Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI4–4–10.50062+3Lost to Oklahoma 6–9
5653.132Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI3–2–30.56355+2Beat Yale 28–0
57123.235Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–3–20.55656+4Beat Gonzaga 14–7
58-33.258Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–40.50062+4Lost to Michigan 0–40
59-113.266George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI5–3–10.61150+3Lost to Georgetown 0–8
60-13.410Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–4–10.50062+4Lost to Boston College 7–33
61-113.434Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI6–30.66741-3Lost to Dartmouth 6–20
6213.460California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–40.50062+3BYE
63143.528Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–40.55656+7Beat Brown 20–6
64-43.684Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–50.44476+1Lost to SMU 4–7
65-13.707Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON5–40.55656+3Lost to Clemson 7–13
6683.711Iowa (IOWA)B104–40.50062-1Beat Illinois 18–7
67-53.745Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–40.50062-3Lost to Duquesne 10–14
6853.769Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–3–20.50062-1Tied BYU 13–13
6913.798Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–40.500620Lost to Minnesota 13–22
70-173.825West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–4–10.50062-2Lost to Michigan State 0–17
71-33.927Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–4–10.43882-1BYE
72-63.960Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–50.50062+3Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–14
7353.973Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI4–4–10.50062-4Beat Manhattan 33–25
74184.042New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR4–40.50062-4Beat Arizona 13–12
75-44.120NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–60.33397-1Lost to Duke 6–42
76-114.132Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI5–4–10.55061-2Lost to Washington State 7–14
7724.203Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–4–10.43882-5BYE
78-34.240TCUIND SWC3–60.33397-2Lost to Rice 6–14
79-74.336Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–50.44476-8Lost to North Carolina 7–10
80-44.374Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–60.333970Lost to Fordham 7–27
8104.408USCPAC2–3–20.42987-2BYE
8294.463Indiana (INDIANA)B103–50.37591-4Beat Purdue 3–0
83-34.513Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–50.44476-6Lost to Nebraska 12–21
84-14.521Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–4–10.43882-4BYE
85-14.683Montana (MONTANA)PAC4–4–10.50062-1Tied Portland 0–0
8694.709Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–30.57154-7Beat Sewanee 13–7
87-14.730BYUIND SKY2–4–20.37591-4Tied Colorado State 13–13
8804.800Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON4–50.44476-11BYE
89144.912Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI3–4–10.43882-7Beat West Virginia 17–0
90-55.035Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–5–10.38990-10Lost to Alabama 21–25
91-95.054Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI3–60.33397-12Lost to Holy Cross 25–33
92-55.116Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–5–10.313103-6Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–19
9305.173UTEPIND BOR3–4–10.43882+4BYE
94-45.263Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC4–50.44476-15Lost to Creighton 0–14
95-15.424Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI3–60.33397-6Lost to Hardin Simmons 6–40
9695.476South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–50.286105-7Beat Miami 7–2
97-85.529Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–60.250107-12Lost to Florida 7–16
9865.558Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI3–60.33397-5Beat Rhodes 14–6
99-15.580ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC2–6–10.278106-12Lost to Texas Tech 6–7
100-35.666UCLAPAC1–80.111120-10Lost to Washington 0–41
10165.737Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI4–50.44476-15Beat Randolph Macon 28–0
102-15.781Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI3–40.42987-9BYE
103-75.968Purdue (PURDUE)B102–60.250107-14Lost to Indiana 0–3
10446.019Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC3–50.37591-12Beat Missouri Rolla 12–0
105106.275New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR3–50.37591-5Beat Redlands 25–14
106-76.318Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–70.125117-12Lost to Harvard 0–28
107106.320Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON2–60.250107-17Beat Rutgers 14–7
108-66.394Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI3–50.37591-15Lost to Citadel 7–13
109106.409Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–5–10.313103-4Beat Wyoming 16–0
11046.429Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC4–60.40089-15Beat ST. Benedict 20–0
111-116.535Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–50.37591-8Lost to South Carolina 2–7
11206.825NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–60.250107-13BYE
113-76.860Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–70.222113-20BYE
11426.898Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–7–10.167115-17Lost to Utah 6–13
11536.968Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–60.250107-21BYE
116-67.093Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–70.125117-20Lost to Iowa 7–18
117-87.094Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–6–10.188114-10Lost to Princeton 19–26
118-57.103SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI0–5–10.083121-4BYE
11917.270Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR2–60.250107-16BYE
120-97.280Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–70.125117-20Lost to Missouri 20–45
12108.816Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–7–10.167115-12Lost to Utah State 0–16

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