1940 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 24, 1940By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1940 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	113	0.162	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hampden Sydney 26–0
2	103	0.207	UTEP	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Arizona 28–7
3	65	0.252	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat William & Mary 16–0
4	-3	0.393	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
5	-3	0.393	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
6	-2	0.393	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
7	-2	0.393	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
8	-2	0.393	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
9	-2	0.393	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
10	-1	0.393	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
11	-1	0.393	BYU	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
12	-1	0.393	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
13	-1	0.393	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
14	-1	0.393	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
15	-1	0.393	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
16	0	0.393	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
17	0	0.393	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
18	0	0.393	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
19	0	0.393	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
20	0	0.393	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
21	0	0.393	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
22	0	0.393	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
23	1	0.393	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
24	1	0.393	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
25	1	0.393	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
26	1	0.393	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
27	1	0.393	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
28	1	0.393	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
29	1	0.393	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
30	1	0.393	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
31	1	0.393	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
32	1	0.393	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
33	1	0.393	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
34	1	0.393	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
35	3	0.393	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
36	3	0.393	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
37	3	0.393	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
38	3	0.393	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
39	3	0.393	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
40	3	0.393	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
41	3	0.393	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
42	4	0.393	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
43	4	0.393	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
44	7	0.393	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
45	7	0.393	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
46	7	0.393	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
47	7	0.393	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
48	7	0.393	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
49	7	0.393	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
50	7	0.393	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
51	8	0.393	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
52	8	0.393	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
53	8	0.393	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
54	8	0.393	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
55	8	0.393	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
56	8	0.393	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
57	9	0.393	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
58	12	0.393	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
59	12	0.393	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
60	12	0.393	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
61	12	0.393	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
62	13	0.393	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
63	13	0.393	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
64	13	0.393	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
65	13	0.393	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
66	13	0.393	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
67	13	0.393	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
68	13	0.393	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
69	13	0.393	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
70	14	0.393	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
71	14	0.393	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
72	14	0.393	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
73	14	0.393	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
74	14	0.393	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
75	14	0.393	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
76	14	0.393	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
77	14	0.393	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
78	14	0.393	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
79	14	0.393	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
80	14	0.393	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
81	14	0.393	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
82	14	0.393	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
83	14	0.393	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
84	14	0.393	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
85	14	0.393	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
86	14	0.393	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
87	14	0.393	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
88	14	0.393	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
89	14	0.393	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
90	14	0.393	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
91	15	0.393	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
92	15	0.393	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
93	15	0.393	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
94	18	0.393	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
95	18	0.393	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
96	19	0.393	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
97	19	0.393	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
98	20	0.393	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
99	20	0.393	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
100	20	0.393	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	25	BYE
101	16	1.341	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	22	Lost to NC State 0–16
102	8	1.488	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat William Jewell 79–0
103	-34	1.538	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	22	Lost to UTEP 7–28
104	-56	1.731	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Baldwin Wallace 59–7
105	-68	1.734	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	22	Lost to Washington & LEE 0–26
106	-39	1.749	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat App State 56–6
107	-99	1.839	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Centre 40–0
108	-93	1.857	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 38–0
109	-26	1.857	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Newport News 38–0
110	-52	1.866	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Union (TENNESSEE) 37–0
111	10	1.902	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	BYE
112	-62	1.911	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisiana Tech 39–7
113	-77	1.920	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Albertson 31–0
114	-69	1.957	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Luther 27–0
115	-4	1.966	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Emporia State 26–0
116	-7	2.002	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Catawba 34–12
117	-43	2.029	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Oklahoma 25–6
118	-69	2.083	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Redlands 13–0
119	-96	2.092	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rollins 19–7
120	-55	2.092	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western NEW Mexico 12–0
121	-118	2.128	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat California Davis 21–13