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1940 Week 7 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
1390.866Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.0001+1Beat Syracuse 40–0
2480.893Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR1–0–10.75054+2Beat Loyola Marymount 19–0
3250.920Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Colgate 34–0
4251.109Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat West Virginia 20–7
581.109Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.0001+2Beat Purdue 17–14
6481.109Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–0–10.75054+1Beat Montana 13–0
7111.166Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON3–01.0001+3Beat Furman 19–0
8121.190Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–0–10.75054+1Tied Colorado State 0–0
9331.208Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.0001+1Beat Oklahoma State 29–27
10351.217Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Vanderbilt 7–6
11-21.294TCUIND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Arkansas 20–0
12-81.325Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–01.0001+1Beat Michigan State 21–14
13-101.343Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–01.0001+2Beat New Mexico State 41–0
14-21.361Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Oregon 13–0
15-51.366Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Indiana 13–6
16281.398Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Maryland 51–0
17541.407Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Arizona State 17–0
18-41.434Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat UCLA 9–6
19431.434Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Duke 13–0
20621.438Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Tulsa 41–6
21-161.488Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–0–10.750540Tied USC 0–0
22-31.492Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–01.0001+1Beat Nebraska 13–7
23-81.533Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Louisiana 20–0
24511.572Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON3–01.0001+2Beat NC State 26–7
25-31.608Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–01.0001+2Beat Rhodes 27–6
26201.632Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Centenary 25–0
27611.645George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Manhattan 21–18
28651.650Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Denver 14–7
29321.650Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–01.00010Beat South Carolina 33–2
30291.668Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Temple 14–0
31241.731Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.00010Beat Marquette 33–19
32421.737Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–01.0001+1Beat Washington & LEE 47–12
33241.758Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–01.00010BYE
34131.758Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Cumberland 49–0
35-11.785Iowa (IOWA)B101–01.00010Beat South Dakota 46–0
36-101.794Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Erskine 45–0
37351.821Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–01.0001+1Beat Virginia Tech 13–7
38-211.839Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Cincinnati 14–0
39131.848Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Pennsylvania Military 53–14
40361.862Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Yale 19–14
41191.898Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–01.00010Beat Grinnell 20–7
42421.916Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC2–01.00010Beat Colorado Mines 43–0
43-111.920Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–01.00010Beat Bradley 31–0
44431.939Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–01.00010Beat Tulane 20–14
45-151.957Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–01.00010Beat Samford 27–0
46-251.957SMUIND SWC2–01.00010Beat North Texas 20–7
47331.966Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI1–01.00010BYE
4831.967USCPAC0–0–20.500680Tied Oregon State 0–0
49341.975Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–0–10.750540Tied Wyoming 0–0
50201.984Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Catholic 13–0
51281.993Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–01.00010Beat Mercer 20–0
52142.002Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Rhode Island 20–17
53-282.011Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Geneva 21–0
54-172.029Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Stetson 19–0
55-142.038Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Pacific 25–7
56-292.065Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Maine 15–0
57-262.083Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Amherst 13–0
58-152.119Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Bucknell 9–0
59-362.191Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Williams 20–19
60-582.204Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON1–10.50068+2Lost to Tennessee 0–13
61-502.300Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–10.50068+2Lost to Baylor 7–14
62452.562LSUSEC2–10.66759+1Beat Holy Cross 25–0
63-552.634NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–10.66759+2Lost to Clemson 7–26
64392.670Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–10.50068+1Beat Missouri 19–13
65392.775North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–10.66759+1Beat Davidson 27–7
66452.820Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–10.50068+1Beat Kansas State 7–6
67-612.842Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–10.50068+1Lost to Princeton 6–7
68472.899California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–10.50068+1Beat ST. Mary's 9–6
69283.029Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–10.500680Beat Idaho 21–0
70-693.097Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–10.50068+1Lost to Texas A&M 6–41
71-73.148Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI1–10.500680Lost to George Washington 18–21
72233.220UCLAPAC0–20.0001060Lost to Santa Clara 6–9
73-103.239West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–10.500680Lost to Fordham 7–20
74-183.298Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–10.0001060Lost to Virginia 14–19
75113.313Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI2–10.667590Lost to Texas Tech 0–19
7623.321Purdue (PURDUE)B101–10.500680Lost to Ohio State 14–17
77193.332New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR1–10.500680Beat Western NEW Mexico 28–0
78-393.338Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–10.0001060Lost to Minnesota 7–13
79233.358Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–10.500680Beat BYU 12–6
80-133.376Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–10.500680Lost to Wake Forest 0–19
81-483.377Indiana (INDIANA)B100–10.0001060Lost to Texas 6–13
82-443.377Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–10.0001060Lost to Michigan 14–21
8393.392Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR2–10.667590Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–17
8413.401Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–1–10.500680Lost to Oklahoma 27–29
85-173.408Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–10.500680Lost to TCU 0–20
86-213.502Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–10.500680Lost to Cornell 0–34
87133.560Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–10.500680Beat Tampa 23–0
88133.613Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–20.0001060Lost to Auburn 14–20
8903.614Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–10.500680Lost to Stanford 0–13
9003.624Montana (MONTANA)PAC1–10.500680Lost to Washington State 0–13
91-553.652Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–10.0001060Lost to Wisconsin 19–33
92-433.652Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–10.0001060Lost to Georgetown 0–14
93-203.680Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–10.500680Lost to Northwestern 0–40
94123.805Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–10.66759-1Beat Kansas 7–0
95144.037Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–10.66759-1Beat Newberry 13–0
9694.164SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI0–10.0001060BYE
97164.282Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI0–20.0001060Lost to Rice 0–25
98-504.321South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–10.0001060Lost to Georgia 2–33
99184.369Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI2–10.66759-2Beat Delaware 7–0
100-424.373UTEPIND BOR2–10.66759+1Lost to Louisiana Tech 7–19
101-944.378ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI1–10.500680Lost to California 6–9
102-114.378Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–20.33396+1Lost to Kentucky 12–47
103-874.593Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–10.50068-1Lost to Pittsburgh 13–19
104-274.848Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–10.50068-1Lost to LSU 0–25
105-64.895William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–20.33396-1Beat Newport News 42–0
106-125.015Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–10.50068-1Lost to Colorado 6–7
10735.397Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–20.33396-1Beat California Tech 33–14
108-395.907Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI1–10.500680Lost to Franklin & Marshall 21–23
109-286.008NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–10.500680Lost to Lafayette 7–9
11086.064Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–20.333960Lost to Richmond 7–13
11196.407Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–20.000106-1Lost to Pennsylvania 0–51
11226.439Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–20.33396-2Lost to North Carolina 7–27
11366.503New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–20.333960Lost to Arizona 0–41
11426.957Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–20.000106-1Lost to Washington 0–21
115-77.273Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI1–20.33396-1Lost to Pacific Lutheran 13–16
116-47.706Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC1–20.33396-1Lost to Emporia College 7–38
117-827.941Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–10.000106-1Lost to Iowa State 0–7
118-948.610BYUIND SKY0–1–10.250104-1Lost to Utah 6–12
119-218.925ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC0–1–10.250104-1Tied Missouri Rolla 0–0
120-6712.662Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC0–10.0001060Lost to Northwest Missouri State 6–7
121013.370Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–10.0001060BYE

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