1940 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 1, 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	NOW	Game Status
1	85	0.802	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washburn 37–6
2	24	0.875	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 23–0
3	2	0.911	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Arizona 41–0
4	44	0.911	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 41–0
5	58	0.911	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 41–0
6	85	0.911	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington & LEE 19–0
7	69	0.938	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Gonzaga 16–0
8	-5	0.956	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Davidson 34–0
9	70	0.965	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Centenary 41–6
10	72	0.992	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 39–7
11	12	1.019	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 14–7
12	65	1.037	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SAN Francisco 27–0
13	47	1.073	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 30–7
14	57	1.091	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 34–13
15	36	1.100	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida 27–7
16	36	1.154	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Louis 40–26
17	37	1.172	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 19–7
18	84	1.231	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat North Carolina 12–0
19	31	1.235	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 19–14
20	79	1.244	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 7–3
21	52	1.253	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 9–6
22	88	1.416	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat LSU 19–6
23	-16	1.426	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
24	-13	1.426	BYU	IND SKY	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Nevada 6–6
25	-12	1.426	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
26	-11	1.426	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
27	-8	1.426	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
28	-8	1.426	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
29	0	1.426	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
30	4	1.426	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
31	5	1.426	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
32	7	1.426	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
33	7	1.426	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
34	7	1.426	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
35	7	1.426	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
36	9	1.426	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
37	10	1.426	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
38	11	1.426	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
39	16	1.426	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
40	18	1.426	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
41	18	1.426	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
42	19	1.426	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
43	21	1.426	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
44	21	1.426	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
45	22	1.426	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
46	23	1.426	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
47	25	1.426	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
48	26	1.426	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
49	31	1.426	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
50	34	1.426	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Oklahoma State 6–6
51	37	1.426	USC	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Washington State 14–14
52	40	1.426	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
53	42	1.426	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
54	42	1.426	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied USC 14–14
55	43	1.426	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
56	44	1.426	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	92	0	BYE
57	50	1.470	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 27–7
58	-56	1.582	UTEP	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Dakota 20–6
59	-27	1.605	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Roanoke 66–0
60	-35	1.713	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana State 54–0
61	-28	1.722	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oglethorpe 53–0
62	19	1.758	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mercer 49–0
63	34	1.776	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Westminster (PENNSYLVANIA) 47–0
64	-20	1.794	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Bonaventure 45–0
65	-49	1.803	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Akron 44–0
66	-56	1.830	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wesleyan 41–0
67	-37	1.839	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Erskine 40–0
68	-62	1.857	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat East Central Oklahoma 38–0
69	-47	1.875	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 36–0
70	-46	1.884	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wayne State 42–7
71	-36	1.902	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Daniel Baker 33–0
72	37	1.902	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 28–0
73	5	1.902	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clarkson 33–0
74	30	1.907	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Xavier 13–0
75	33	1.911	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wofford 26–0
76	17	1.911	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lehigh 32–0
77	-40	1.948	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Providence 34–6
78	-10	1.948	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Butler 28–0
79	-75	1.966	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Spring Hill 26–0
80	-53	1.966	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 26–0
81	-24	1.966	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pennsylvania Military 32–6
82	1	1.966	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M Kingsville 26–0
83	-65	1.975	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado Mines 25–0
84	-63	2.020	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Iowa 20–0
85	32	2.029	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0–1	0.750	59	0	Tied Texas Tech 6–6
86	32	2.060	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Whittier 18–0
87	-79	2.074	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 27–13
88	-57	2.092	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mount ST. Mary's 12–0
89	-27	2.110	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SAN Diego Marines 12–2
90	-37	2.119	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Washington 9–0
91	-90	2.133	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	+1	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–19
92	29	2.137	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Texas A&M 19–13
93	-84	2.137	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 27–20
94	-51	2.155	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Emporia State 21–16
95	-8	2.275	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to SMU 6–9
96	-40	2.315	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to Wyoming 3–7
97	-3	2.354	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to Minnesota 14–19
98	-23	2.708	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to Missouri 26–40
99	2	2.708	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	75	0	Lost to Navy 7–19
100	-72	2.944	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to Mississippi State 7–27
101	-16	2.944	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to Boston College 7–27
102	-13	2.984	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to Santa Clara 13–34
103	-37	3.062	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to Ohio State 7–30
104	2	3.069	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Wake Forest 0–12
105	-35	3.220	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to Stanford 0–27
106	8	3.247	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Denver 7–14
107	5	3.263	LSU	SEC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Ole Miss 6–19
108	5	3.306	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to ST. Mary's 0–16
109	2	3.364	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Duke 0–23
110	-7	3.377	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	75	0	Lost to Arizona 0–41
111	-94	3.416	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to Texas 7–39
112	3	3.523	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Tulsa 6–37
113	-99	3.534	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to TCU 6–41
114	5	3.698	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to NC State 0–34
115	-103	3.770	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to Michigan 0–41
116	-78	3.770	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to Oregon State 0–41
117	-12	3.993	Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	-1	Beat Maryland 7–6
118	-2	5.965	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Marshall 7–13
119	1	6.111	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Howard Payne 0–10
120	-74	6.839	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	75	-1	Lost to Hampden Sydney 6–7
121	-31	12.426	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	75	0	Lost to San José State 0–19