1938

1939 Rankings
​Final

1940

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Cornell	(8-0-0)		0.8769	Independent
2	Texas A&M	(11-0-0)		0.8062	Southwest
3	Tulane	(8-1-1)		0.7584	Southeastern
4	Southern California	(8-0-2)		0.7330	Pacific Coast
5	Duke	(8-1-0)		0.6964	Southern
6	Notre Dame	(7-2-0)		0.6696	Independent
7	Nebraska	(7-1-1)		0.6545	Big Six
8	Georgia Tech	(8-2-0)		0.6496	Southeastern
9	Iowa	(6-1-1)		0.6406	Big Ten
10	Ohio State	(6-2-0)		0.6313	Big Ten
11	Missouri	(8-2-0)		0.6220	Big Six
12	Clemson	(9-1-0)		0.5826	Southern
13	Tennessee	(10-1-0)		0.5640	Southeastern
14	North Carolina	(8-1-1)		0.5635	Southern
15	Duquesne	(8-0-1)		0.5579	Independent
16	Fordham	(6-2-0)		0.5534	Independent
17	Michigan	(6-2-0)		0.5511	Big Ten
18	Oklahoma	(6-2-1)		0.5457	Big Six
19	Princeton	(7-1-0)		0.5283	Independent
20	Georgetown	(7-0-1)		0.5208	Independent
21	UCLA	(6-0-4)		0.5132	Pacific Coast
22	Mississippi State	(8-2-0)		0.4736	Southeastern
23	Santa Clara	(5-1-3)		0.4655	Independent
24	Oregon State	(9-1-1)		0.4584	Pacific Coast
25	Boston College	(9-2-0)		0.4579	Independent
26	Villanova	(6-2-0)		0.4549	Independent
27	Alabama	(5-3-1)		0.4479	Southeastern
28	Purdue	(3-3-2)		0.4429	Big Ten
29	Penn State	(5-1-2)		0.4346	Independent
30	Southern Methodist	(6-3-1)		0.4266	Southwest
31	Auburn	(5-5-1)		0.4026	Southeastern
32	Pittsburgh	(5-4-0)		0.3997	Independent
33	Minnesota	(3-4-1)		0.3968	Big Ten
34	Kentucky	(6-2-1)		0.3939	Southeastern
35	Mississippi	(7-2-0)		0.3803	Southeastern
36	Baylor	(7-3-0)		0.3725	Southwest
37	Holy Cross	(7-2-0)		0.3703	Independent
38	Northwestern	(3-4-1)		0.3629	Big Ten
39	Utah	(6-1-2)		0.3614	Mountain States
40	Indiana	(2-4-2)		0.3061	Big Ten
41	New York University	(5-4-0)		0.2967	Independent
42	Texas	(5-4-0)		0.2942	Southwest
43	Wake Forest	(7-3-0)		0.2869	Southern
44	Hardin-Simmons	(7-1-1)		0.2868	Independent
45	Richmond	(7-1-2)		0.2828	Southern
46	Syracuse	(3-3-2)		0.2792	Independent
47	Detroit Mercy	(5-3-1)		0.2726	Independent
48	New Mexico	(8-2-0)		0.2698	Border
49	Michigan State	(4-4-1)		0.2674	Independent
50	Virginia Military Institute	(6-3-1)		0.2640	Southern
51	Marquette	(4-4-0)		0.2617	Independent
52	Pennsylvania	(4-4-0)		0.2612	Independent
53	Colorado	(5-3-0)		0.2526	Mountain States
54	Oregon	(3-4-1)		0.2494	Pacific Coast
55	Columbia	(2-4-2)		0.2341	Independent
56	Louisiana State	(4-5-0)		0.2338	Southeastern
57	George Washington	(5-3-0)		0.2276	Independent
58	Denver	(5-3-1)		0.2259	Mountain States
59	Gonzaga	(6-2-0)		0.2257	Independent
60	Kansas State	(4-5-0)		0.2253	Big Six
61	Dartmouth	(5-3-1)		0.2215	Independent
62	Navy	(3-5-1)		0.2206	Independent
63	Arkansas	(4-5-1)		0.2205	Southwest
64	Illinois	(3-4-1)		0.2157	Big Ten
65	Manhattan	(4-4-0)		0.2109	Independent
66	Washington	(4-5-0)		0.2088	Pacific Coast
67	Washington (Missouri)	(6-3-1)		0.2025	Missouri Valley
68	Florida	(5-5-1)		0.2023	Southeastern
69	William & Mary	(6-2-1)		0.1968	Southern
70	Arizona State	(8-2-1)		0.1939	Border
71	Brigham Young	(5-2-2)		0.1824	Mountain States
72	Virginia	(5-4-0)		0.1795	Independent
73	Arizona	(6-4-0)		0.1601	Border
74	Washington State	(4-5-0)		0.1570	Pacific Coast
75	Oklahoma State	(5-4-1)		0.1498	Missouri Valley
76	Carnegie Tech	(3-5-0)		0.1448	Independent
77	Yale	(3-4-1)		0.1443	Independent
78	Colgate	(2-5-1)		0.1424	Independent
79	Brown	(5-3-1)		0.1364	Independent
80	Georgia	(5-6-0)		0.1351	Southeastern
81	Army	(3-4-2)		0.1124	Independent
82	Washington & Lee	(3-4-1)		0.1033	Southern
83	Furman	(5-4-0)		0.0974	Southern
84	Texas-El Paso	(5-4-0)		0.0902	Border
85	St. Mary's	(3-4-1)		0.0889	Independent
86	Texas Christian	(3-7-0)		0.0850	Southwest
87	Wisconsin	(1-6-1)		0.0800	Big Ten
88	Texas Tech	(5-5-1)		0.0759	Independent
89	St. Louis	(5-3-2)		0.0490	Missouri Valley
90	Virginia Tech	(4-5-1)		0.0481	Southern
91	Temple	(2-7-0)		0.0461	Independent
92	Vanderbilt	(2-7-1)		0.0335	Southeastern
93	Harvard	(4-4-0)		0.0331	Independent
94	San Francisco	(4-3-3)		0.0208	Independent
95	California	(3-7-0)		-0.0054	Pacific Coast
96	Bucknell	(3-5-0)		-0.0057	Independent
97	Utah State	(3-4-1)		-0.0083	Mountain States
98	Sewanee	(3-5-0)		-0.0203	Southeastern
99	Rhodes	(3-5-1)		-0.0232	Independent
100	Kansas	(2-6-0)		-0.0296	Big Six
101	Iowa State	(2-7-0)		-0.0412	Big Six
102	Tulsa	(4-5-1)		-0.0422	Missouri Valley
103	Stanford	(1-7-1)		-0.0516	Pacific Coast
104	North Carolina State	(2-8-0)		-0.0560	Southern
105	Washburn	(6-4-0)		-0.0575	Missouri Valley
106	West Virginia	(2-6-1)		-0.0765	Independent
107	Miami (Florida)	(5-5-0)		-0.0825	Independent
108	Montana	(3-6-0)		-0.0881	Pacific Coast
109	Drake	(5-5-0)		-0.0894	Missouri Valley
110	Creighton	(4-5-0)		-0.0896	Missouri Valley
111	Rice	(1-9-1)		-0.0910	Southwest
112	Colorado State	(2-7-0)		-0.1178	Mountain States
113	Maryland	(2-7-0)		-0.1318	Southern
114	Citadel	(3-8-0)		-0.1338	Southern
115	South Carolina	(3-6-1)		-0.1439	Southern
116	Davidson	(2-7-0)		-0.1509	Southern
117	Idaho	(2-6-0)		-0.1635	Pacific Coast
118	Hampden-Sydney	(4-5-0)		-0.1709	Independent
119	New Mexico State	(3-6-0)		-0.1803	Border
120	Centenary	(2-9-1)		-0.2218	Independent
121	Loyola Marymount	(2-6-1)		-0.2433	Independent
122	Chicago	(2-6-0)		-0.3139	Big Ten
123	Wyoming	(0-7-1)		-0.4412	Mountain States
124	Northern Arizona	(1-6-1)		-0.5173	Border

Average Ratings by Conference (1939)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.3580
2	Big Ten		0.3313
3	Big Six		0.3295
4	Southwest		0.3020
5	Independent		0.2292
6	Pacific Coast		0.2011
7	Southern		0.1670
8	Mountain States		0.0650
9	Missouri Valley		0.0175
10	Border		0.0027