1938

1939 Rankings
​Final

1940

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Cornell	(8-0-0)		0.9132	Independent
2	Texas A&M	(11-0-0)		0.8536	Southwest
3	Southern California	(8-0-2)		0.8094	Pacific Coast
4	Tulane	(8-1-1)		0.8013	Southeastern
5	Duke	(8-1-0)		0.7301	Southern
6	Notre Dame	(7-2-0)		0.7110	Independent
7	Nebraska	(7-1-1)		0.6995	Big Six
8	Georgia Tech	(8-2-0)		0.6964	Southeastern
9	Iowa	(6-1-1)		0.6721	Big Ten
10	Ohio State	(6-2-0)		0.6657	Big Ten
11	Missouri	(8-2-0)		0.6532	Big Six
12	Clemson	(9-1-0)		0.6127	Southern
13	North Carolina	(8-1-1)		0.6083	Southern
14	Tennessee	(10-1-0)		0.5983	Southeastern
15	Duquesne	(8-0-1)		0.5955	Independent
16	Oklahoma	(6-2-1)		0.5903	Big Six
17	Fordham	(6-2-0)		0.5831	Independent
18	UCLA	(6-0-4)		0.5622	Pacific Coast
19	Georgetown	(7-0-1)		0.5494	Independent
20	Michigan	(6-2-0)		0.5475	Big Ten
21	Princeton	(7-1-0)		0.5370	Independent
22	Oregon State	(9-1-1)		0.5220	Pacific Coast
23	Mississippi State	(8-2-0)		0.4952	Southeastern
24	Boston College	(9-2-0)		0.4788	Independent
25	Villanova	(6-2-0)		0.4725	Independent
26	Alabama	(5-3-1)		0.4567	Southeastern
27	Santa Clara	(5-1-3)		0.4483	Independent
28	Southern Methodist	(6-3-1)		0.4446	Southwest
29	Purdue	(3-3-2)		0.4320	Big Ten
30	Pittsburgh	(5-4-0)		0.4158	Independent
31	Minnesota	(3-4-1)		0.4144	Big Ten
32	Kentucky	(6-2-1)		0.4098	Southeastern
33	Penn State	(5-1-2)		0.4086	Independent
34	Auburn	(5-5-1)		0.4001	Southeastern
35	Mississippi	(7-2-0)		0.3854	Southeastern
36	Northwestern	(3-4-1)		0.3773	Big Ten
37	Baylor	(7-3-0)		0.3746	Southwest
38	Holy Cross	(7-2-0)		0.3707	Independent
39	Utah	(6-1-2)		0.3420	Mountain States
40	Indiana	(2-4-2)		0.3063	Big Ten
41	New York University	(5-4-0)		0.3015	Independent
42	Texas	(5-4-0)		0.2899	Southwest
43	Wake Forest	(7-3-0)		0.2860	Southern
44	Syracuse	(3-3-2)		0.2705	Independent
45	Oregon	(3-4-1)		0.2704	Pacific Coast
46	Detroit Mercy	(5-3-1)		0.2635	Independent
47	Michigan State	(4-4-1)		0.2495	Independent
48	Marquette	(4-4-0)		0.2456	Independent
49	Pennsylvania	(4-4-0)		0.2269	Independent
50	Hardin-Simmons	(7-1-1)		0.2181	Independent
51	New Mexico	(8-2-0)		0.2134	Border
52	Louisiana State	(4-5-0)		0.2038	Southeastern
53	Washington	(4-5-0)		0.2033	Pacific Coast
54	George Washington	(5-3-0)		0.1986	Independent
55	Richmond	(7-1-2)		0.1904	Southern
56	Kansas State	(4-5-0)		0.1885	Big Six
57	Virginia Military Institute	(6-3-1)		0.1882	Southern
58	Denver	(5-3-1)		0.1865	Mountain States
59	Colorado	(5-3-0)		0.1748	Mountain States
60	Gonzaga	(6-2-0)		0.1727	Independent
61	Dartmouth	(5-3-1)		0.1630	Independent
62	Florida	(5-5-1)		0.1551	Southeastern
63	Arkansas	(4-5-1)		0.1502	Southwest
64	Manhattan	(4-4-0)		0.1483	Independent
65	Navy	(3-5-1)		0.1434	Independent
66	Columbia	(2-4-2)		0.1248	Independent
67	Washington State	(4-5-0)		0.1218	Pacific Coast
68	Illinois	(3-4-1)		0.1203	Big Ten
69	Arizona	(6-4-0)		0.1141	Border
70	Carnegie Tech	(3-5-0)		0.1068	Independent
71	Virginia	(5-4-0)		0.0944	Independent
72	Washington (Missouri)	(6-3-1)		0.0870	Missouri Valley
73	Georgia	(5-6-0)		0.0715	Southeastern
74	Arizona State	(8-2-1)		0.0671	Border
75	Colgate	(2-5-1)		0.0602	Independent
76	William & Mary	(6-2-1)		0.0523	Southern
77	Brown	(5-3-1)		0.0486	Independent
78	Oklahoma State	(5-4-1)		0.0392	Missouri Valley
79	Brigham Young	(5-2-2)		0.0340	Mountain States
80	Texas Christian	(3-7-0)		0.0283	Southwest
81	Wisconsin	(1-6-1)		0.0104	Big Ten
82	Yale	(3-4-1)		0.0080	Independent
83	Furman	(5-4-0)		0.0070	Southern
84	Army	(3-4-2)		-0.0059	Independent
85	Temple	(2-7-0)		-0.0162	Independent
86	Texas-El Paso	(5-4-0)		-0.0242	Border
87	Washington & Lee	(3-4-1)		-0.0493	Southern
88	Texas Tech	(5-5-1)		-0.0584	Border
89	St. Mary's	(3-4-1)		-0.0635	Independent
90	California	(3-7-0)		-0.0810	Pacific Coast
91	Harvard	(4-4-0)		-0.0885	Independent
92	Vanderbilt	(2-7-1)		-0.0984	Southeastern
93	Bucknell	(3-5-0)		-0.1104	Independent
94	Virginia Tech	(4-5-1)		-0.1296	Southern
95	Kansas	(2-6-0)		-0.1333	Big Six
96	St. Louis	(5-3-2)		-0.1508	Missouri Valley
97	Stanford	(1-7-1)		-0.1554	Pacific Coast
98	Iowa State	(2-7-0)		-0.1623	Big Six
99	Sewanee	(3-5-0)		-0.1681	Southeastern
100	Rhodes	(3-5-1)		-0.1895	Independent
101	San Francisco	(4-3-3)		-0.1904	Independent
102	Utah State	(3-4-1)		-0.1917	Mountain States
103	North Carolina State	(2-8-0)		-0.2012	Southern
104	Tulsa	(4-5-1)		-0.2208	Missouri Valley
105	Rice	(1-9-1)		-0.2246	Southwest
106	Montana	(3-6-0)		-0.2271	Pacific Coast
107	Miami (Florida)	(5-5-0)		-0.2495	Independent
108	West Virginia	(2-6-1)		-0.2625	Independent
109	Washburn	(6-4-0)		-0.2720	Missouri Valley
110	Colorado State	(2-7-0)		-0.2887	Mountain States
111	Maryland	(2-7-0)		-0.2952	Southern
112	Creighton	(4-5-0)		-0.3043	Missouri Valley
113	Drake	(5-5-0)		-0.3102	Missouri Valley
114	Citadel	(3-8-0)		-0.3190	Southern
115	Davidson	(2-7-0)		-0.3406	Southern
116	Idaho	(2-6-0)		-0.3620	Pacific Coast
117	South Carolina	(3-6-1)		-0.3897	Southern
118	New Mexico State	(3-6-0)		-0.4235	Border
119	Hampden-Sydney	(4-5-0)		-0.4521	Independent
120	Centenary	(2-9-1)		-0.4655	Independent
121	Loyola Marymount	(2-6-1)		-0.5894	Independent
122	Chicago	(2-6-0)		-0.6481	Big Ten
123	Wyoming	(0-7-1)		-0.8796	Mountain States
124	Northern Arizona	(1-6-1)		-1.0342	Border

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.3390
2	Big Six	0.3060
3	Big Ten	0.2898
4	Southwest	0.2738
5	Pacific Coast	0.1664
6	Independent	0.1630
7	Southern	0.0633
8	Mountain States	-0.0890
9	Missouri Valley	-0.1617
10	Border	-0.1637