1940 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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121 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Michigan FBS · Western	—	7–1	280.56	343.82	156.29	—
2	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	10–0	278.08	338.17	132.96	▲ 1
3	Minnesota FBS · Western	★	8–0	275.95	306.40	177.12	▼ 1
4	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	9–1	268.98	325.91	148.97	—
5	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	10–1	244.09	299.98	119.47	—
6	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–0	235.67	284.44	110.65	▲ 6
7	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	10–0–1	227.95	278.05	118.98	▲ 6
8	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–1	225.81	275.41	122.86	▼ 1
9	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	6–2	225.04	259.71	157.19	▼ 1
10	Nebraska FBS · Big 6	—	8–2	222.75	256.25	139.83	▼ 4
11	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	8–1–1	219.64	246.97	148.55	▼ 2
12	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	8–2	218.81	242.76	151.98	▼ 2
13	Duke FBS · Southern	—	7–2	215.96	253.66	130.73	▼ 2
14	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	7–2	210.29	246.09	133.99	—
15	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	206.88	259.32	113.67	—
16	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	202.42	233.25	131.34	—
17	SSanta Clara FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–1	199.92	234.44	125.35	—
18	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	7–3	185.68	198.40	153.86	▲ 1
19	Georgetown FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	184.82	219.34	107.31	▼ 1
20	Hardin Simmons FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–0	170.01	223.80	59.61	—
21	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	7–2	169.87	192.85	119.47	—
22	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	5–5	164.80	171.19	156.29	—
23	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	6–2–1	161.30	196.40	100.78	—
24	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	9–1–1	160.51	194.88	68.38	—
25	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	9–2	159.49	182.54	100.33	▲ 1
26	Utah FBS · Mountain State	—	7–2	159.10	184.23	91.08	▼ 1
27	LSU FBS · SEC	—	6–4	158.52	166.04	142.05	—
28	Duquesne FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	156.03	185.86	83.40	—
29	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	4–4	150.63	135.45	175.23	▲ 1
30	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	150.34	140.81	169.50	▼ 1
31	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–1	150.06	165.55	105.47	—
32	Wake Forest FBS · Southern	—	7–3	149.10	156.12	118.01	—
33	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	6–4–1	147.95	145.20	142.41	▲ 1
34	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	147.84	162.51	100.52	▼ 1
35	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–1	146.28	172.43	87.82	▲ 1
36	Oklahoma FBS · Big 6	—	6–3	145.89	142.70	130.69	▼ 1
37	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	6–4	140.10	149.84	122.27	—
38	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	6–2–1	138.51	168.87	78.82	—
39	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	4–4–1	135.18	153.10	119.14	—
40	DDenver FBS · Mountain State	—	6–2–1	134.09	159.14	82.41	—
41	Colorado FBS · Mountain State	—	5–3–1	131.68	150.07	97.06	—
42	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–3	131.29	136.62	103.79	▲ 1
43	Missouri FBS · Big 6	—	6–3	130.43	139.37	103.46	▼ 1
44	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	4–6	129.31	126.88	153.92	—
45	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	4–6	126.44	110.52	166.08	—
46	SSaint Mary's (CA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	124.97	135.59	104.52	—
47	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	124.90	129.15	107.64	—
48	Iowa FBS · Western	—	4–4	123.24	124.24	133.35	—
49	Arizona FBS · Border	—	7–2	122.59	141.40	66.16	—
50	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	122.06	127.63	120.63	—
51	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	4–4	121.73	120.53	133.74	—
52	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	5–3–1	118.49	117.38	115.80	▲ 1
53	Indiana FBS · Western	—	3–5	117.34	104.53	155.96	▼ 1
54	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–0	117.19	160.01	54.60	—
55	VMI FBS · Southern	—	7–2–1	115.59	121.53	82.66	—
56	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–2–3	114.22	116.84	112.19	—
57	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	112.24	114.55	105.89	—
58	USC FBS · Pacific	—	3–4–2	109.02	102.82	134.13	—
59	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–1	108.22	108.33	94.91	—
60	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	3–7	107.49	93.20	157.69	—
61	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–3–1	105.26	112.52	79.12	—
62	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	102.80	100.47	119.45	▲ 1
63	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	101.52	115.39	66.32	▲ 1
64	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	100.52	115.02	82.60	▲ 2
65	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	100.42	79.27	136.23	—
66	New Mexico FBS · Border	—	5–4	96.28	124.14	55.88	▲ 1
67	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	3–7	95.43	109.70	115.07	▲ 1
68	California FBS · Pacific	—	4–6	92.86	61.17	151.34	▲ 1
69	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	5–5	91.70	98.05	90.01	▲ 1
70	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	5–3–2	91.23	90.51	86.11	▲ 1
71	NC State FBS · Southern	—	3–6	87.37	61.85	138.72	▲ 2
72	Florida FBS · SEC	—	5–5	87.33	68.78	117.55	—
73	CCreighton FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–2–2	86.62	98.43	56.53	▲ 1
74	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	5–4–1	84.89	76.69	98.05	▲ 1
75	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	6–3	83.71	83.31	71.21	▲ 1
76	Purdue FBS · Western	—	2–6	82.68	69.31	137.89	▲ 1
77	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	5–5	82.31	88.54	82.48	▲ 1
78	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	4–4–2	82.27	66.73	113.49	▲ 1
79	BYU FBS · Mountain State	—	2–4–2	80.17	85.04	89.72	▲ 1
80	SSan Francisco FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–6–1	79.66	49.59	146.86	▲ 2
81	GGeorge Washington FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	79.19	73.61	79.30	—
82	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	1–9	79.12	52.05	171.47	▲ 1
83	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2–1	77.89	64.67	115.84	▲ 1
84	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	75.41	68.15	97.60	▲ 1
85	Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	73.56	63.21	97.18	▲ 1
86	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5–1	73.05	60.13	103.08	▲ 2
87	Kansas FBS · Big 6	—	2–7	72.38	88.59	92.41	—
88	New Hampshire FBS · New England	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	▲ 1
89	Iowa State FBS · Big 6	—	4–5	69.99	59.83	95.24	▲ 1
90	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	3–6	69.10	64.12	99.52	▲ 1
91	Carnegie Mellon FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5	67.94	73.20	85.51	▲ 1
92	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	63.16	53.53	112.31	▲ 2
93	Illinois FBS · Western	—	1–7	63.02	34.16	147.91	▲ 2
94	Utah State FBS · Mountain State	—	2–5–1	62.67	59.10	89.40	▲ 2
95	UTEP FBS · Border	—	4–4–1	61.75	55.02	70.76	▼ 2
96	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	60.63	49.64	81.31	▲ 1
97	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	7–2–2	59.38	44.44	50.83	▼ 35
98	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–1	57.75	42.27	107.35	▲ 1
99	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	3–6–1	57.19	36.62	105.37	▼ 1
100	CCentenary (LA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	55.10	44.83	102.85	—
101	GGonzaga FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	51.71	51.22	55.26	—
102	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–7	48.82	21.15	128.36	—
103	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3–1	47.64	27.89	64.40	—
104	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–7–1	46.03	16.29	124.64	—
105	MManhattan FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	44.40	28.92	93.20	—
106	SSaint Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–6–1	40.32	30.56	75.71	—
107	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–5	39.75	36.19	51.48	—
108	Hampden Sydney FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	38.71	39.00	50.26	—
109	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	1–7–1	34.93	15.42	106.84	▲ 1
110	Kansas State FBS · Big 6	—	2–7	34.63	10.33	105.06	▼ 1
111	Colorado State FBS · Mountain State	—	3–4–2	33.69	1.00	85.52	—
112	LLoyola Marymount FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	33.16	1.07	99.86	—
113	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	2–6–1	28.07	9.30	83.63	—
114	Montana FBS · Pacific	—	4–4–1	25.24	1.00	62.51	—
115	Washburn FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–6	22.05	17.00	40.95	—
116	Wyoming FBS · Mountain State	—	1–7–1	19.93	1.00	86.05	—
117	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	4–5	19.02	4.23	54.38	—
118	Sewanee FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5	14.61	7.00	45.31	▲ 1
119	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–6	14.52	5.67	48.67	▲ 1
120	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	3–6	12.72	1.00	52.12	▼ 2
121	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	2–7–1	8.81	1.00	61.86	—