1939

1940 Rankings
​Final

1941

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Minnesota	(8-0-0)		0.9250	Big Ten
2	Texas A&M	(9-1-0)		0.7967	Southwest
3	Stanford	(10-0-0)		0.7560	Pacific Coast
4	Michigan	(7-1-0)		0.7365	Big Ten
5	Southern Methodist	(8-1-1)		0.7039	Southwest
6	Texas	(8-2-0)		0.6827	Southwest
7	Boston College	(11-0-0)		0.6656	Independent
8	Mississippi State	(10-0-1)		0.6593	Southeastern
9	Fordham	(7-2-0)		0.6086	Independent
10	Tennessee	(10-1-0)		0.6025	Southeastern
11	Santa Clara	(6-1-1)		0.5957	Independent
12	Northwestern	(6-2-0)		0.5955	Big Ten
13	Nebraska	(8-2-0)		0.5866	Big Six
14	Duke	(7-2-0)		0.5573	Southern
15	Pennsylvania	(6-1-1)		0.5562	Independent
16	Cornell	(6-2-0)		0.5439	Independent
17	Rice	(7-3-0)		0.5303	Southwest
18	Duquesne	(7-1-0)		0.5079	Independent
19	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.4931	Southeastern
20	Washington	(7-2-0)		0.4908	Pacific Coast
21	Georgetown	(8-2-0)		0.4457	Independent
22	Alabama	(7-2-0)		0.4325	Southeastern
23	Columbia	(5-2-2)		0.4297	Independent
24	Texas Tech	(9-1-1)		0.4261	Independent
25	Hardin-Simmons	(9-0-0)		0.4255	Independent
26	Auburn	(6-4-1)		0.4221	Southeastern
27	Navy	(6-2-1)		0.4184	Independent
28	Oklahoma	(6-3-0)		0.4176	Big Six
29	Notre Dame	(7-2-0)		0.4124	Independent
30	Utah	(7-2-0)		0.3924	Mountain States
31	Tulsa	(7-3-0)		0.3889	Missouri Valley
32	St. Mary's	(5-3-0)		0.3837	Independent
33	Tulane	(5-5-0)		0.3736	Southeastern
34	Penn State	(6-1-1)		0.3679	Independent
35	Louisiana State	(6-4-0)		0.3621	Southeastern
36	Pittsburgh	(3-4-1)		0.3587	Independent
37	Ohio State	(4-4-0)		0.3541	Big Ten
38	Detroit Mercy	(7-2-0)		0.3506	Independent
39	Missouri	(6-3-0)		0.3489	Big Six
40	Colgate	(5-3-0)		0.3461	Independent
41	Princeton	(5-2-1)		0.3388	Independent
42	Wake Forest	(7-3-0)		0.3357	Southern
43	North Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.3349	Southern
44	Arizona	(7-2-0)		0.3289	Border
45	Virginia Military Institute	(7-2-1)		0.3275	Southern
46	Clemson	(6-2-1)		0.3155	Southern
47	Baylor	(4-6-0)		0.3081	Southwest
48	Denver	(6-2-1)		0.3000	Mountain States
49	Arkansas	(4-6-0)		0.2992	Southwest
50	Georgia	(5-4-1)		0.2849	Southeastern
51	Oklahoma State	(6-3-1)		0.2826	Missouri Valley
52	Harvard	(3-2-3)		0.2811	Independent
53	William & Mary	(6-2-1)		0.2780	Southern
54	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.2530	Independent
55	Wisconsin	(4-4-0)		0.2471	Big Ten
56	Colorado	(5-3-1)		0.2426	Mountain States
57	Texas Christian	(3-7-0)		0.2396	Southwest
58	Iowa	(4-4-0)		0.2388	Big Ten
59	Syracuse	(3-4-1)		0.2366	Independent
60	Oregon State	(5-3-1)		0.2296	Pacific Coast
61	Kentucky	(5-3-2)		0.2194	Southeastern
62	Indiana	(3-5-0)		0.2122	Big Ten
63	Creighton	(6-2-2)		0.2105	Missouri Valley
64	Temple	(4-4-1)		0.2063	Independent
65	Brown	(6-3-1)		0.2004	Independent
66	Oregon	(4-4-1)		0.1985	Pacific Coast
67	California	(4-6-0)		0.1959	Pacific Coast
68	Michigan State	(3-4-1)		0.1919	Independent
69	Southern California	(3-4-2)		0.1825	Pacific Coast
70	New Mexico	(5-4-0)		0.1823	Border
71	Arizona State	(7-2-2)		0.1789	Border
72	Washington State	(4-4-2)		0.1724	Pacific Coast
73	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.1681	Southeastern
74	Holy Cross	(4-5-1)		0.1547	Independent
74=	Villanova	(4-5-0)		0.1547	Independent
76	George Washington	(5-3-1)		0.1389	Independent
77	Richmond	(6-3-0)		0.1343	Southern
78	Gonzaga	(5-4-1)		0.1165	Independent
79	Virginia	(4-5-0)		0.1132	Independent
80	Virginia Tech	(5-5-0)		0.0905	Southern
81	Purdue	(2-6-0)		0.0878	Big Ten
82	Iowa State	(4-5-0)		0.0805	Big Six
83	Vanderbilt	(3-6-1)		0.0768	Southeastern
84	West Virginia	(4-4-1)		0.0752	Independent
85	Furman	(5-4-0)		0.0720	Southern
86	Marquette	(2-6-1)		0.0707	Independent
87	Manhattan	(3-6-0)		0.0691	Independent
88	Georgia Tech	(3-7-0)		0.0652	Southeastern
89	Texas-El Paso	(4-4-1)		0.0379	Border
90	North Carolina State	(3-6-0)		0.0319	Southern
91	Brigham Young	(2-4-2)		0.0290	Mountain States
92	San Francisco	(1-6-1)		0.0204	Independent
93	Carnegie Tech	(3-5-0)		-0.0017	Independent
94	South Carolina	(3-6-0)		-0.0130	Southern
95	UCLA	(1-9-0)		-0.0263	Pacific Coast
96	St. Louis	(3-6-1)		-0.0283	Missouri Valley
97	Colorado State	(3-4-2)		-0.0383	Mountain States
98	Davidson	(5-5-0)		-0.0443	Southern
99	Montana	(4-4-1)		-0.0565	Pacific Coast
100	Illinois	(1-7-0)		-0.0687	Big Ten
101	Centenary	(3-7-0)		-0.0778	Independent
102	Yale	(1-7-0)		-0.0925	Independent
103	Kansas State	(2-7-0)		-0.1139	Big Six
104	Drake	(4-5-0)		-0.1161	Missouri Valley
105	Washington (Missouri)	(3-6-0)		-0.1230	Missouri Valley
106	Army	(1-7-1)		-0.1281	Independent
107	Loyola Marymount	(3-7-0)		-0.1352	Independent
108	New York University	(2-7-0)		-0.1497	Independent
109	Maryland	(2-6-1)		-0.1781	Southern
110	Kansas	(2-7-0)		-0.1831	Big Six
111	Miami (Florida)	(3-7-0)		-0.1960	Independent
112	Utah State	(2-5-1)		-0.1985	Mountain States
113	Sewanee	(3-5-0)		-0.2033	Southeastern
114	Hampden-Sydney	(4-5-0)		-0.2394	Independent
115	Idaho	(1-7-1)		-0.2520	Pacific Coast
116	Washington & Lee	(2-7-1)		-0.2612	Southern
117	Washburn	(4-6-0)		-0.2779	Missouri Valley
118	Citadel	(4-5-0)		-0.2783	Southern
119	New Mexico State	(3-6-0)		-0.2799	Border
120	Wyoming	(1-7-1)		-0.3282	Mountain States
121	Northern Arizona	(2-6-0)		-0.4205	Border

Average Ratings by Conference (1940)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southwest		0.5087
2	Big Ten		0.3698
3	Southeastern		0.3043
4	Independent		0.2303
5	Big Six		0.1894
6	Pacific Coast		0.1891
7	Southern		0.1135
8	Mountain States		0.0570
9	Missouri Valley		0.0481
10	Border		0.0046