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1940 Week 9 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
120.778Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–01.0001+7Beat Ohio State 13–7
200.854Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–01.0001+5Beat Syracuse 33–6
360.877Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+8Beat Arkansas 21–0
4-31.121Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–01.0001+5Beat Wisconsin 27–7
5111.136Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–01.0001+5Beat Alabama 27–12
6-11.150Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–01.0001+5Beat Illinois 28–0
7-31.211Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–0–10.87522+5Beat BYU 21–20
801.235Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON4–01.0001+6BYE
9101.265Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Carnegie Tech 61–0
1011.269Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–01.0001+5Beat Washington State 26–14
11-41.294Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI4–01.0001+7Beat Howard Payne 27–7
1201.315Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–01.0001+7Beat Duquesne 14–6
1321.316Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC4–01.0001+5Beat TCU 21–7
14131.334Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–0–10.90021+5Beat George Washington 24–0
15-11.391Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat Drake 19–0
1691.410Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON2–10.66743+6Beat Colgate 13–0
1711.419Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Princeton 46–28
1851.443Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Pittsburgh 24–12
19211.620SMUIND SWC3–0–10.87522+2Beat Auburn 20–13
2041.635Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–0–10.87522+2Beat Samford 41–7
2181.648Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Idaho 60–0
2261.656Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Georgia 19–13
23-171.664USCPAC2–0–20.75029+2Beat Oregon 13–0
2461.709Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Virginia Tech 46–4
2581.715Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Manhattan 6–0
2651.716Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Lehigh 34–0
27-61.810Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON4–10.80025+6Beat Marshall 31–19
28131.922Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–10.75029+4Beat ST. Louis 19–6
29-91.928Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–1–10.62555+4Lost to Stanford 14–26
3081.940Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–10.66743+4Beat Kansas State 14–0
31171.981North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–10.80025+5Beat NC State 13–7
32202.053Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–10.75029+3Beat Oregon State 19–0
33262.158Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–10.75029+3Beat Villanova 7–0
34362.165Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–10.66743+2Beat Kansas 53–2
35-182.270George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI3–10.75029+4Lost to Kentucky 0–24
36132.284Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–10.75029+3Beat Wyoming 41–9
37312.285Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON4–10.80025+4Beat Virginia 7–0
38202.291Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY3–10.75029+3Beat Colorado State 33–14
3932.366Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI2–10.66743+2BYE
40562.499ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI2–10.66743+3Beat Loyola Marymount 18–7
41192.544Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR4–10.80025+2Beat New Mexico State 42–6
42-202.573Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–10.66743+1Lost to Baylor 0–7
43282.587Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–10.66743+1Beat Vanderbilt 19–0
4432.661NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–20.50065+4Lost to North Carolina 7–13
45-112.683Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–10.750290Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–7
46-102.708Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–10.750290Lost to Tennessee 12–27
47352.731Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC3–1–10.700420Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 53–12
48-52.752Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–20.50065+2Lost to Minnesota 7–13
49132.797Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–10.75029+1Beat Centenary 29–6
50-52.897TCUIND SWC2–20.50065+2Lost to Texas A&M 7–21
51-122.925Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–1–10.62555+1Lost to SMU 13–20
52142.928Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–10.750290Beat NEW York University 13–7
5312.960LSUSEC3–20.60059+2Beat Mercer 20–0
54-192.973Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI2–10.667430Lost to Ole Miss 6–14
55-113.006Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–20.50065+2Lost to Duke 0–13
56183.046Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–10.75029+1Beat Iowa State 30–14
57-43.148Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–20.500650Lost to Columbia 13–19
58-323.188Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–1–10.62555-1Lost to Washington 0–19
59243.208William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–20.60059+2Beat Hampden Sydney 41–0
60183.217West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–20.500650Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 32–0
61153.253Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–10.75029-2Beat Tufts 26–6
62-73.302Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–20.50065+1Lost to Texas 0–21
63503.327Indiana (INDIANA)B101–20.33393+1Beat Iowa 10–6
64-543.337Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–10.66743+1Lost to Tulane 6–15
6573.344California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–20.50065+1Beat UCLA 9–7
6693.350Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC2–1–10.62555-1Tied Marquette 27–27
67-113.392Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–20.50065+1Lost to Cornell 6–33
68-183.439Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–20.33393+1Lost to Pennsylvania 28–46
69163.458Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI1–20.33393+1Beat Michigan State 21–19
70-573.494Iowa (IOWA)B102–10.66743-1Lost to Indiana 6–10
71-103.595Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI2–20.50065-1Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–6
72-263.676Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–20.50065+1Lost to Utah State 0–7
7383.680Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI1–1–10.500650Tied Army 6–6
74-93.695Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–2–10.37588+1Lost to Fordham 12–24
75-433.807Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI2–10.66743-3Lost to Davidson 20–27
7683.807Tulane (TULANE)SEC1–30.250106+1Beat Rice 15–6
77-263.839Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–20.333930Lost to Northwestern 7–27
78-93.847Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–20.333930Lost to Michigan 0–28
79103.968Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–30.40084+3Beat Richmond 3–0
80103.980Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–20.50065-1Beat Maryland 19–0
81-173.997Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI2–20.50065-1Lost to ST. Mary's 7–18
8254.012Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–1–10.500650Tied Harvard 6–6
8354.056Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–20.50065-1Beat Montana State 6–0
84174.096UTEPIND BOR3–20.60059+2Beat New Mexico 9–7
85-184.291BYUIND SKY1–2–10.37588-1Lost to Texas Tech 20–21
86-74.329Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–20.50065-2Lost to Navy 0–19
87-504.338Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–10.667430Lost to Catholic 18–20
88244.428Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–30.40084-2Beat Sewanee 27–20
89164.439Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI3–20.60059-1Beat Portland 20–0
9034.444Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–20.333930Beat Dartmouth 13–7
91-114.575Hampden Sydney (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY)IND FBSI3–20.60059-5Lost to William & Mary 0–41
92-354.599Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–20.500650Lost to Ohio 6–15
93-74.671Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–1–10.500650Tied Creighton 27–27
9484.673Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–30.250106-1Lost to USC 0–13
95-44.749Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–30.40084-2Lost to Missouri 14–30
96-194.782Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–20.60059-2Lost to Washington & LEE 0–3
97-344.787Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33393-1Lost to Temple 19–21
98-64.826Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–2–10.37588-2Lost to Colorado 14–33
99-24.869Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI1–20.33393-1Lost to Notre Dame 0–61
100-275.533Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–20.33393-2Lost to Nebraska 2–53
101-35.535Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–2–10.37588-1Lost to Georgia Tech 0–19
10245.701Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–30.250106-3Lost to Oklahoma 0–14
103-45.718UCLAPAC0–40.000117-3Lost to California 7–9
104175.928Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–20.33393+1Beat Utah 7–0
10526.043Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC1–20.33393+1Lost to Oklahoma State 12–53
106-66.082Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–2–10.37588-2Lost to Denver 9–41
10736.459Purdue (PURDUE)B101–20.33393-4BYE
10806.499New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR1–30.250106-5Lost to UTEP 7–9
109106.510Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC2–30.40084-3Beat Grinnell 7–6
110-76.520Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI1–30.250106-4Lost to Arizona 6–29
11107.084Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI1–30.250106-2Lost to Yale 7–13
112-187.228Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–20.33393-2Lost to Presbyterian 0–19
11327.242New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR1–30.250106-2Lost to Arizona State 6–42
114-107.282Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–40.000117-5Lost to Florida 0–19
115-17.394NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–30.250106-3Lost to Holy Cross 7–13
11617.417Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–40.200115-4Lost to Georgetown 4–46
117-17.469Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–40.000117-4Lost to Boston College 0–60
11807.661Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR1–30.250106-3BYE
11918.285ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC0–3–10.125116-5Lost to Tulsa 6–19
120-118.384South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–20.000117-3BYE
121-268.797SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI0–20.0001170Lost to San José State 6–7

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