1938

1939 Rankings
​Final

1940

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Cornell	(8-0-0)		0.9148	Independent
2	Texas A&M	(11-0-0)		0.8694	Southwest
3	Southern California	(8-0-2)		0.8162	Pacific Coast
4	Tulane	(8-1-1)		0.7938	Southeastern
5	Duke	(8-1-0)		0.7290	Southern
6	Notre Dame	(7-2-0)		0.7207	Independent
7	Georgia Tech	(8-2-0)		0.7134	Southeastern
8	Nebraska	(7-1-1)		0.7071	Big Six
9	Iowa	(6-1-1)		0.6948	Big Ten
10	Ohio State	(6-2-0)		0.6770	Big Ten
11	Missouri	(8-2-0)		0.6636	Big Six
12	Clemson	(9-1-0)		0.6149	Southern
13	North Carolina	(8-1-1)		0.6099	Southern
14	Duquesne	(8-0-1)		0.6069	Independent
15	Oklahoma	(6-2-1)		0.5967	Big Six
16	Tennessee	(10-1-0)		0.5932	Southeastern
17	Michigan	(6-2-0)		0.5900	Big Ten
18	Fordham	(6-2-0)		0.5822	Independent
19	UCLA	(6-0-4)		0.5638	Pacific Coast
20	Princeton	(7-1-0)		0.5504	Independent
21	Georgetown	(7-0-1)		0.5388	Independent
22	Oregon State	(9-1-1)		0.5299	Pacific Coast
23	Boston College	(9-2-0)		0.4996	Independent
24	Mississippi State	(8-2-0)		0.4995	Southeastern
25	Villanova	(6-2-0)		0.4916	Independent
26	Southern Methodist	(6-3-1)		0.4653	Southwest
27	Alabama	(5-3-1)		0.4579	Southeastern
28	Santa Clara	(5-1-3)		0.4514	Independent
29	Purdue	(3-3-2)		0.4467	Big Ten
30	Minnesota	(3-4-1)		0.4397	Big Ten
31	Pittsburgh	(5-4-0)		0.4328	Independent
32	Auburn	(5-5-1)		0.4276	Southeastern
33	Penn State	(5-1-2)		0.4212	Independent
34	Holy Cross	(7-2-0)		0.4165	Independent
35	Kentucky	(6-2-1)		0.4099	Southeastern
36	Northwestern	(3-4-1)		0.4091	Big Ten
37	Baylor	(7-3-0)		0.3911	Southwest
38	Mississippi	(7-2-0)		0.3831	Southeastern
39	Utah	(6-1-2)		0.3551	Mountain States
40	Indiana	(2-4-2)		0.3309	Big Ten
41	Texas	(5-4-0)		0.3266	Southwest
42	New York University	(5-4-0)		0.3231	Independent
43	Oregon	(3-4-1)		0.3223	Pacific Coast
44	Detroit Mercy	(5-3-1)		0.3084	Independent
45	Wake Forest	(7-3-0)		0.3072	Southern
46	Syracuse	(3-3-2)		0.3017	Independent
47	Marquette	(4-4-0)		0.2994	Independent
48	Michigan State	(4-4-1)		0.2853	Independent
49	Pennsylvania	(4-4-0)		0.2768	Independent
50	New Mexico	(8-2-0)		0.2745	Border
51	Gonzaga	(6-2-0)		0.2646	Independent
52	Colorado	(5-3-0)		0.2623	Mountain States
53	Kansas State	(4-5-0)		0.2576	Big Six
54	Washington	(4-5-0)		0.2540	Pacific Coast
55	Hardin-Simmons	(7-1-1)		0.2421	Independent
56	George Washington	(5-3-0)		0.2389	Independent
57	Louisiana State	(4-5-0)		0.2374	Southeastern
58	Denver	(5-3-1)		0.2329	Mountain States
59	Virginia Military Institute	(6-3-1)		0.2312	Southern
60	Dartmouth	(5-3-1)		0.2239	Independent
61	Manhattan	(4-4-0)		0.2235	Independent
62	Florida	(5-5-1)		0.2231	Southeastern
63	Washington State	(4-5-0)		0.2121	Pacific Coast
64	Richmond	(7-1-2)		0.2067	Southern
65	Navy	(3-5-1)		0.2035	Independent
66	Arkansas	(4-5-1)		0.1836	Southwest
67	Arizona	(6-4-0)		0.1750	Border
68	Virginia	(5-4-0)		0.1707	Independent
69	Columbia	(2-4-2)		0.1693	Independent
70	Illinois	(3-4-1)		0.1681	Big Ten
71	Carnegie Tech	(3-5-0)		0.1609	Independent
72	Georgia	(5-6-0)		0.1570	Southeastern
73	Washington (Missouri)	(6-3-1)		0.1377	Missouri Valley
74	William & Mary	(6-2-1)		0.1376	Southern
75	Brown	(5-3-1)		0.1203	Independent
76	Yale	(3-4-1)		0.1171	Independent
77	Colgate	(2-5-1)		0.1163	Independent
78	Furman	(5-4-0)		0.1101	Southern
79	Wisconsin	(1-6-1)		0.0990	Big Ten
80	Oklahoma State	(5-4-1)		0.0922	Missouri Valley
81	Army	(3-4-2)		0.0916	Independent
82	Texas Christian	(3-7-0)		0.0905	Southwest
83	Arizona State	(8-2-1)		0.0854	Border
84	Brigham Young	(5-2-2)		0.0824	Mountain States
85	Texas-El Paso	(5-4-0)		0.0712	Border
86	Temple	(2-7-0)		0.0599	Independent
87	Texas Tech	(5-5-1)		0.0413	Independent
88	Harvard	(4-4-0)		0.0409	Independent
89	California	(3-7-0)		0.0258	Pacific Coast
90	St. Mary's	(3-4-1)		0.0177	Independent
91	Washington & Lee	(3-4-1)		0.0147	Southern
92	Virginia Tech	(4-5-1)		-0.0024	Southern
93	Bucknell	(3-5-0)		-0.0055	Independent
94	Kansas	(2-6-0)		-0.0165	Big Six
95	Stanford	(1-7-1)		-0.0177	Pacific Coast
96	Iowa State	(2-7-0)		-0.0259	Big Six
97	Vanderbilt	(2-7-1)		-0.0352	Southeastern
98	Sewanee	(3-5-0)		-0.0460	Southeastern
99	Utah State	(3-4-1)		-0.0508	Mountain States
100	North Carolina State	(2-8-0)		-0.0546	Southern
101	San Francisco	(4-3-3)		-0.0634	Independent
102	St. Louis	(5-3-2)		-0.0657	Missouri Valley
103	Miami (Florida)	(5-5-0)		-0.0713	Independent
104	Washburn	(6-4-0)		-0.0717	Missouri Valley
105	Montana	(3-6-0)		-0.0730	Pacific Coast
106	Rhodes	(3-5-1)		-0.0777	Independent
107	Tulsa	(4-5-1)		-0.1013	Missouri Valley
108	Drake	(5-5-0)		-0.1037	Missouri Valley
109	Rice	(1-9-1)		-0.1169	Southwest
110	Colorado State	(2-7-0)		-0.1285	Mountain States
111	Creighton	(4-5-0)		-0.1295	Missouri Valley
112	Maryland	(2-7-0)		-0.1405	Southern
113	West Virginia	(2-6-1)		-0.1520	Independent
114	Citadel	(3-8-0)		-0.1525	Southern
115	Idaho	(2-6-0)		-0.1547	Pacific Coast
116	Davidson	(2-7-0)		-0.1635	Southern
117	South Carolina	(3-6-1)		-0.1927	Southern
118	Hampden-Sydney	(4-5-0)		-0.2020	Independent
119	New Mexico State	(3-6-0)		-0.2217	Border
120	Centenary	(2-9-1)		-0.2739	Independent
121	Chicago	(2-6-0)		-0.3216	Big Ten
122	Loyola Marymount	(2-6-1)		-0.3502	Independent
123	Wyoming	(0-7-1)		-0.5357	Mountain States
124	Northern Arizona	(1-6-1)		-0.6594	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.3704
2	Big Six	0.3638
3	Big Ten	0.3534
4	Southwest	0.3157
5	Pacific Coast	0.2479
6	Independent	0.2262
7	Southern	0.1503
8	Mountain States	0.0311
9	Missouri Valley	-0.0346
10	Border	-0.0458