College Football 1940
Ranking of Teams Within College Conference

Sorensen's Rankings - Sat Oct 28 22:32:11 2023


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 The Big 6 Conference
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 The MVC
 The Northeast Independent
 The PCC
 The Southeastern Conference
 The Southern Conference
 The Southwestern Athletic Conference
 The Southwestern Independent Conference
 The Western Conference

The Big 6 Conference

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 19
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Nebraska                    5- 0-0    8- 2-0        1   2796
    2   Oklahoma                    4- 1-0    6- 3-0        2   1631
    3   Missouri                    3- 2-0    6- 3-0        3    470
    4   Iowa State                  2- 3-0    4- 5-0        4   -370
    5   Kansas State                1- 4-0    2- 7-0        5  -1616
    6   Kansas                      0- 5-0    2- 7-0        6  -2911

The Border Conference

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 27
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Arizona State               3- 0-1    7- 2-2        1   1979
    2   Arizona                     3- 1-0    7- 2-0        2   1573
    3   Texas El Paso               3- 1-1    4- 4-1        3   1243
    4   New Mexico                  4- 2-0    5- 4-0        4    872
    5   New Mexico State            1- 4-0    3- 6-0        5  -1516
    6   Texas Tech                  0- 1-0    9- 1-1        6  -1567
    7   Northern Arizona            0- 5-0    2- 6-0        7  -2585

The Eastern Independent Conference

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 45
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Notre Dame                  2- 0-0    7- 2-0        1   3108
    2   Pittsburgh                  2- 0-0    3- 4-1        2   2928
    3   Pennsylvania                2- 0-0    6- 1-1        3   2927
    4   Detroit                     2- 0-0    7- 2-0        4   1525
    5   Duquesne                    3- 0-0    7- 1-0        5   1295
    6   Navy                        1- 2-0    6- 2-1        6    436
    7   Penn State                  2- 1-0    6- 1-1        7    428
    8   Temple                      2- 1-0    4- 4-1        8   -635
    9   Carnegie Mellon             0- 3-0    3- 5-0        9   -865
   10   Princeton                   0- 2-0    5- 2-1       10  -1152
   11   Marquette                   1- 2-0    2- 6-1       11  -1433
   12   Michigan State              1- 2-0    3- 4-1       12  -2246
   13   Villanova                   0- 3-0    4- 5-0       13  -2448
   14   West Virginia               0- 2-0    4- 4-1       14  -3868

The Mountain States Conference

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 88
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Utah                        5- 1-0    7- 2-0        1   1746
    2   Colorado                    4- 1-1    5- 3-1        2   1687
    3   Denver                      4- 1-1    6- 2-1        3   1397
    4   Brigham Young               2- 3-1    2- 4-2        4   -487
    5   Utah State                  2- 4-0    2- 5-1        5   -751
    6   Colorado State              1- 3-2    3- 4-2        6   -986
    7   Wyoming                     0- 5-1    1- 7-1        7  -2606

The MVC

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 90
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Tulsa                       4- 0-0    7- 3-0        1   3403
    2   Oklahoma State              4- 1-0    6- 3-1        2   1715
    3   Creighton                   2- 2-0    6- 2-2        3   1116
    4   Saint Louis                 2- 3-0    3- 6-1        4     65
    5   Drake                       2- 2-0    4- 5-0        5  -1317
    6   Washington MO               1- 3-0    3- 6-0        6  -2009
    7   Washburn University         0- 4-0    4- 6-0        7  -2973

The Northeast Independent

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 103
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Cornell                     5- 1-0    6- 2-0        1   3210
    2   Dartmouth                   3- 2-0    5- 4-0        2   1618
    3   Harvard                     2- 1-1    3- 2-3        3   1465
    4   Colgate                     3- 2-0    5- 3-0        4   1169
    5   Columbia                    2- 2-1    5- 2-2        5   1055
    6   Boston College              2- 0-0   11- 0-0        6    742
    7   Syracuse                    2- 2-0    3- 4-1        7    667
    8   Brown                       3- 3-1    6- 3-1        8     46
    9   Fordham                     1- 0-0    7- 2-0        9     37
   10   Yale                        1- 3-0    1- 7-0       10   -297
   11   Army                        0- 2-1    1- 7-1       11   -549
   12   Holy Cross                  2- 3-0    4- 5-1       12  -1818
   13   Manhattan                   0- 2-0    3- 6-0       13  -3654
   14   New York University         0- 3-0    2- 7-0       14  -3692

The PCC

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 116
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Stanford                    7- 0-0   10- 0-0        1   3320
    2   Washington                  7- 1-0    7- 2-0        2   2600
    3   Oregon State                4- 3-1    5- 3-1        3    651
    4   California                  3- 4-0    4- 6-0        4    569
    5   Southern California         2- 3-2    3- 4-2        5    374
    6   Oregon                      3- 4-1    4- 4-1        6    158
    7   Washington State            3- 4-2    4- 4-2        7   -283
    8   UCLA                        1- 6-0    1- 9-0        8  -1242
    9   Montana                     1- 2-0    4- 4-1        9  -2721
   10   Idaho                       0- 4-0    1- 7-1       10  -3428

The Southeastern Conference

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 126
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Mississippi State           4- 0-1   10- 0-1        1   3205
    2   Tennessee                   5- 0-0   10- 1-0        2   2980
    3   Mississippi                 3- 1-0    9- 2-0        3   1352
    4   Louisiana State             3- 3-0    6- 4-0        4    575
    5   Alabama                     4- 2-0    7- 2-0        5    534
    6   Auburn                      3- 2-1    6- 4-1        6    346
    7   Florida                     2- 3-0    5- 5-0        7   -328
    8   Georgia                     2- 3-1    5- 4-1        8  -1260
    9   Kentucky                    1- 2-2    5- 3-2        9  -1315
   10   Tulane                      1- 3-0    5- 5-0       10  -1475
   11   Vanderbilt                  0- 5-1    3- 6-1       11  -2272
   12   Georgia Tech                1- 5-0    3- 7-0       12  -2341

The Southern Conference

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 130
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Clemson                     4- 0-0    6- 2-1        1   3350
    2   Duke                        4- 1-0    7- 2-0        2   2519
    3   Wake Forest                 4- 2-0    7- 3-0        3   1696
    4   North Carolina              3- 2-0    6- 4-0        4   1014
    5   William & Mary              2- 1-1    6- 2-1        5    724
    6   Virginia Military           3- 2-1    7- 2-1        6    475
    7   Richmond                    3- 2-0    6- 3-0        7    329
    8   Furman                      4- 3-0    5- 4-0        8    266
    9   Virginia Tech               2- 3-0    5- 5-0        9   -221
   10   North Carolina State        3- 5-0    3- 6-0       10   -279
   11   Washington & Lee            1- 1-1    2- 7-1       11   -795
   12   South Carolina              1- 3-0    3- 6-0       12   -818
   13   Maryland                    0- 1-1    2- 6-1       13  -1966
   14   Davidson                    1- 5-0    5- 5-0       14  -2313
   15   Citadel                     0- 4-0    4- 5-0       15  -3980

The Southwestern Athletic Conference

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 134
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Texas A&M                   5- 1-0    9- 1-0        1   1845
    2   Southern Methodist          5- 1-0    8- 1-1        2   1659
    3   Texas                       4- 2-0    8- 2-0        3    971
    4   Rice                        4- 2-0    7- 3-0        4    839
    5   Texas Christian             2- 4-0    3- 7-0        5   -892
    6   Arkansas                    1- 5-0    4- 6-0        6  -2083
    7   Baylor                      0- 6-0    4- 6-0        7  -2339

The Southwestern Independent Conference

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 135
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Santa Clara                 3- 0-0    6- 1-1        1   2912
    2   Hardin-Simmons              3- 0-0    9- 0-0        2   1830
    3   Georgetown                  1- 0-0    8- 2-0        3   1639
    4   St. Mary's CA               3- 1-0    5- 3-0        4    936
    5   Centenary                   0- 1-0    3- 7-0        5   -373
    6   San Francisco               1- 3-0    1- 6-1        6   -505
    7   George Washington           0- 1-0    5- 3-1        7  -1639
    8   Loyola Marymount            0- 4-0    3- 7-0        8  -2220
    9   Gonzaga                     0- 1-0    5- 4-1        9  -2580

The Western Conference

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 151
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Minnesota                   6- 0-0    8- 0-0        1   2938
    2   Michigan                    3- 1-0    7- 1-0        2   2490
    3   Northwestern                4- 2-0    6- 2-0        3   1457
    4   Ohio State                  3- 3-0    4- 4-0        4    131
    5   Wisconsin                   3- 3-0    4- 4-0        5   -542
    6   Indiana                     2- 3-0    3- 5-0        6  -1100
    7   Iowa                        2- 3-0    4- 4-0        7  -1209
    8   Purdue                      1- 4-0    2- 6-0        8  -1528
    9   Illinois                    0- 5-0    1- 7-0        9  -2636