1939

1940 Rankings
​Final

1941

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Minnesota	(8-0-0)		1.0053	Big Ten
2	Texas A&M	(9-1-0)		0.8708	Southwest
3	Stanford	(10-0-0)		0.8111	Pacific Coast
4	Michigan	(7-1-0)		0.7907	Big Ten
5	Southern Methodist	(8-1-1)		0.7608	Southwest
6	Texas	(8-2-0)		0.7379	Southwest
7	Boston College	(11-0-0)		0.7200	Independent
8	Mississippi State	(10-0-1)		0.7128	Southeastern
9	Fordham	(7-2-0)		0.6603	Independent
10	Northwestern	(6-2-0)		0.6557	Big Ten
11	Nebraska	(8-2-0)		0.6358	Big Six
12	Tennessee	(10-1-0)		0.6333	Southeastern
13	Santa Clara	(6-1-1)		0.6118	Independent
14	Duke	(7-2-0)		0.6053	Southern
15	Cornell	(6-2-0)		0.5789	Independent
16	Rice	(7-3-0)		0.5739	Southwest
17	Pennsylvania	(6-1-1)		0.5573	Independent
18	Duquesne	(7-1-0)		0.5486	Independent
19	Mississippi	(9-2-0)		0.5254	Southeastern
20	Washington	(7-2-0)		0.5156	Pacific Coast
21	Auburn	(6-4-1)		0.4700	Southeastern
22	Georgetown	(8-2-0)		0.4607	Independent
23	Notre Dame	(7-2-0)		0.4526	Independent
24	Alabama	(7-2-0)		0.4518	Southeastern
25	Navy	(6-2-1)		0.4490	Independent
26	Hardin-Simmons	(9-0-0)		0.4479	Independent
27	Columbia	(5-2-2)		0.4452	Independent
28	Oklahoma	(6-3-0)		0.4388	Big Six
29	Texas Tech	(9-1-1)		0.4324	Independent
30	Tulsa	(7-3-0)		0.4074	Missouri Valley
31	St. Mary's	(5-3-0)		0.4062	Independent
32	Tulane	(5-5-0)		0.4028	Southeastern
33	Pittsburgh	(3-4-1)		0.3923	Independent
34	Ohio State	(4-4-0)		0.3908	Big Ten
35	Louisiana State	(6-4-0)		0.3906	Southeastern
36	Utah	(7-2-0)		0.3791	Mountain States
37	Detroit Mercy	(7-2-0)		0.3753	Independent
38	Colgate	(5-3-0)		0.3694	Independent
39	North Carolina	(6-4-0)		0.3676	Southern
40	Penn State	(6-1-1)		0.3669	Independent
41	Missouri	(6-3-0)		0.3659	Big Six
42	Wake Forest	(7-3-0)		0.3528	Southern
43	Arizona	(7-2-0)		0.3482	Border
44	Virginia Military Institute	(7-2-1)		0.3467	Southern
45	Princeton	(5-2-1)		0.3305	Independent
46	Baylor	(4-6-0)		0.3260	Southwest
47	Arkansas	(4-6-0)		0.3197	Southwest
48	William & Mary	(6-2-1)		0.2988	Southern
49	Oklahoma State	(6-3-1)		0.2900	Missouri Valley
50	Georgia	(5-4-1)		0.2879	Southeastern
51	Wisconsin	(4-4-0)		0.2861	Big Ten
52	Iowa	(4-4-0)		0.2813	Big Ten
53	Clemson	(6-2-1)		0.2809	Southern
54	Denver	(6-2-1)		0.2681	Mountain States
55	Texas Christian	(3-7-0)		0.2646	Southwest
56	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.2604	Independent
57	Indiana	(3-5-0)		0.2547	Big Ten
58	Syracuse	(3-4-1)		0.2343	Independent
59	Harvard	(3-2-3)		0.2329	Independent
60	Michigan State	(3-4-1)		0.2192	Independent
61	Oregon State	(5-3-1)		0.2133	Pacific Coast
62	Brown	(6-3-1)		0.2122	Independent
63	Colorado	(5-3-1)		0.2104	Mountain States
64	California	(4-6-0)		0.2076	Pacific Coast
65	Temple	(4-4-1)		0.1895	Independent
66	Florida	(5-5-0)		0.1893	Southeastern
67	New Mexico	(5-4-0)		0.1790	Border
68	Oregon	(4-4-1)		0.1776	Pacific Coast
69	Kentucky	(5-3-2)		0.1767	Southeastern
70	Villanova	(4-5-0)		0.1725	Independent
71	Southern California	(3-4-2)		0.1544	Pacific Coast
72	Richmond	(6-3-0)		0.1526	Southern
73	Holy Cross	(4-5-1)		0.1465	Independent
74	Creighton	(6-2-2)		0.1417	Missouri Valley
75	Washington State	(4-4-2)		0.1301	Pacific Coast
76	Virginia	(4-5-0)		0.1243	Independent
77	Purdue	(2-6-0)		0.1217	Big Ten
78	Arizona State	(7-2-2)		0.1203	Border
79	Virginia Tech	(5-5-0)		0.1016	Southern
80	Gonzaga	(5-4-1)		0.0872	Independent
81	Furman	(5-4-0)		0.0830	Southern
82	Iowa State	(4-5-0)		0.0823	Big Six
83	Georgia Tech	(3-7-0)		0.0733	Southeastern
84	Manhattan	(3-6-0)		0.0707	Independent
85	George Washington	(5-3-1)		0.0648	Independent
86	Vanderbilt	(3-6-1)		0.0538	Southeastern
87	North Carolina State	(3-6-0)		0.0451	Southern
88	Marquette	(2-6-1)		0.0446	Independent
89	Carnegie Tech	(3-5-0)		0.0095	Independent
90	Texas-El Paso	(4-4-1)		0.0088	Border
91	West Virginia	(4-4-1)		-0.0002	Independent
92	South Carolina	(3-6-0)		-0.0147	Southern
93	Davidson	(5-5-0)		-0.0270	Southern
94	San Francisco	(1-6-1)		-0.0274	Independent
95	UCLA	(1-9-0)		-0.0333	Pacific Coast
96	Illinois	(1-7-0)		-0.0494	Big Ten
97	Centenary	(3-7-0)		-0.0833	Independent
98	St. Louis	(3-6-1)		-0.1015	Missouri Valley
99	Yale	(1-7-0)		-0.1113	Independent
100	Kansas State	(2-7-0)		-0.1127	Big Six
101	Washington (Missouri)	(3-6-0)		-0.1280	Missouri Valley
102	Drake	(4-5-0)		-0.1341	Missouri Valley
103	Montana	(4-4-1)		-0.1398	Pacific Coast
104	Brigham Young	(2-4-2)		-0.1437	Mountain States
105	Loyola Marymount	(3-7-0)		-0.1532	Independent
106	Army	(1-7-1)		-0.1576	Independent
107	New York University	(2-7-0)		-0.1689	Independent
108	Colorado State	(3-4-2)		-0.1878	Mountain States
109	Kansas	(2-7-0)		-0.1922	Big Six
110	Miami (Florida)	(3-7-0)		-0.2022	Independent
111	Sewanee	(3-5-0)		-0.2150	Southeastern
112	Hampden-Sydney	(4-5-0)		-0.2405	Independent
113	Maryland	(2-6-1)		-0.2496	Southern
114	Citadel	(4-5-0)		-0.2774	Southern
115	Washburn	(4-6-0)		-0.2909	Missouri Valley
116	New Mexico State	(3-6-0)		-0.2960	Border
117	Utah State	(2-5-1)		-0.3417	Mountain States
118	Washington & Lee	(2-7-1)		-0.3456	Southern
119	Idaho	(1-7-1)		-0.3548	Pacific Coast
120	Northern Arizona	(2-6-0)		-0.4417	Border
121	Wyoming	(1-7-1)		-0.4533	Mountain States

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.5505
2	Big Ten	0.4152
3	Southeastern	0.3194
4	Independent	0.2324
5	Big Six	0.2030
6	Pacific Coast	0.1682
7	Southern	0.1147
8	Missouri Valley	0.0264
9	Border	-0.0136
10	Mountain States	-0.0384