College Football 1940
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1940/9/14 and 1941/1/1
Ranking of Schedule
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 6 Louisiana Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 6 2 6 Millsaps College 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 6 3 8 Texas A&M Kingsville 2 0 - 2 - 0 3 8 4 11 Saint Anselm 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 11 5 19 Mercer 3 0 - 3 - 0 5 19 6 21 UCLA 10 1 - 9 - 0 6 21 7 22 Memphis 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 22 8 22 Union (Tennessee) 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 22 9 23 Spring Hill 1 0 - 1 - 0 9 23 10 26 North Texas 2 0 - 2 - 0 10 26 11 27 Minnesota 8 8 - 0 - 0 11 27 12 28 Waynesburg College 2 0 - 2 - 0 12 28 13 29 Daniel Baker 1 0 - 1 - 0 13 29 14 34 Samford 4 0 - 4 - 0 14 34 15 34 California 10 4 - 6 - 0 15 34 16 35 Ohio State 8 4 - 4 - 0 16 35 17 36 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 17 36 18 36 Indiana 8 3 - 5 - 0 18 36 19 36 Stanford 10 10 - 0 - 0 19 36 20 36 Texas A&M 10 9 - 1 - 0 20 36 21 36 Arkansas 10 4 - 6 - 0 21 36 22 37 Tulane 10 5 - 5 - 0 22 37 23 38 Northwestern 8 6 - 2 - 0 23 38 24 38 Pittsburgh 8 3 - 4 - 1 24 38 25 39 Michigan 8 7 - 1 - 0 25 39 26 39 Southern California 9 3 - 4 - 2 26 39 27 39 Southern Methodist 10 8 - 1 - 1 27 39 28 39 Texas Christian 10 3 - 7 - 0 28 39 29 40 Southwestern (TN) 5 0 - 4 - 1 29 40 30 40 Rice 10 7 - 3 - 0 30 40 31 42 Washington 9 7 - 2 - 0 31 42 32 42 Texas 10 8 - 2 - 0 32 42 33 43 Illinois 8 1 - 7 - 0 33 43 34 44 Baylor 10 4 - 6 - 0 34 44 35 45 San Francisco 8 1 - 6 - 1 35 45 36 45 Oregon 9 4 - 4 - 1 36 45 37 46 Louisiana State 10 6 - 4 - 0 37 46 38 49 Roanoke 2 0 - 2 - 0 38 49 39 50 East Central Oklahoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 39 50 40 50 Portland 4 0 - 3 - 1 40 50 41 52 Wisconsin 8 4 - 4 - 0 41 52 42 52 Auburn 11 6 - 4 - 1 42 52 43 53 Wayne State MI 1 0 - 1 - 0 43 53 44 53 Eastern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 44 53 45 53 Washington State 10 4 - 4 - 2 45 53 46 54 William Jewell 1 0 - 1 - 0 46 54 47 55 Mississippi College 1 0 - 1 - 0 47 55 48 55 Akron 1 0 - 1 - 0 48 55 49 56 Purdue 8 2 - 6 - 0 49 56 50 57 Appalachian State 1 0 - 1 - 0 50 57 51 57 Bucknell 3 0 - 2 - 1 51 57 52 57 Fordham 9 7 - 2 - 0 52 57 53 57 Georgia Tech 10 3 - 7 - 0 53 57 54 58 Oregon State 9 5 - 3 - 1 54 58 55 58 Syracuse 8 3 - 4 - 1 55 58 56 59 Mississippi State 11 10 - 0 - 1 56 59 57 60 Santa Clara 8 6 - 1 - 1 57 60 58 61 Boston University 2 0 - 2 - 0 58 61 59 61 Iowa 8 4 - 4 - 0 59 61 60 62 Clarkson 1 0 - 1 - 0 60 62 61 62 Army 9 1 - 7 - 1 61 62 62 63 Amherst College 1 0 - 1 - 0 62 63 63 63 Yale 8 1 - 7 - 0 63 63 64 63 Nebraska 10 8 - 2 - 0 64 63 65 64 Idaho 9 1 - 7 - 1 65 64 66 64 Duke 9 7 - 2 - 0 66 64 67 65 Columbia 9 5 - 2 - 2 67 65 68 66 Cornell 8 6 - 2 - 0 68 66 69 66 Tennessee 11 10 - 1 - 0 69 66 70 68 St. Mary's CA 8 5 - 3 - 0 70 68 71 69 Muhlenberg College 1 0 - 1 - 0 71 69 72 70 San Diego Marines 2 1 - 1 - 0 72 70 73 71 Baldwin-Wallace College 1 0 - 1 - 0 73 71 74 71 Saint Xavier 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 71 75 71 North Carolina State 9 3 - 6 - 0 75 71 76 72 Northwestern State LA 2 1 - 1 - 0 76 72 77 72 Alabama 9 7 - 2 - 0 77 72 78 72 New York University 9 2 - 7 - 0 78 72 79 73 South Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 79 73 80 73 Catholic University 4 1 - 3 - 0 80 73 81 73 Oklahoma 9 6 - 3 - 0 81 73 82 73 Marquette 9 2 - 6 - 1 82 73 83 74 Newberry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 83 74 84 75 Temple 9 4 - 4 - 1 84 75 85 77 Hawaii 1 0 - 1 - 0 85 77 86 78 Pennsylvania 8 6 - 1 - 1 86 78 87 78 Colgate 8 5 - 3 - 0 87 78 88 78 North Carolina 10 6 - 4 - 0 88 78 89 79 Michigan State 8 3 - 4 - 1 89 79 90 79 Centenary 10 3 - 7 - 0 90 79 91 80 Saint Lawrence 1 0 - 1 - 0 91 80 92 80 Marshall 2 1 - 1 - 0 92 80 93 80 Centre College 3 0 - 3 - 0 93 80 94 80 Wake Forest 10 7 - 3 - 0 94 80 95 80 Mississippi 11 9 - 2 - 0 95 80 96 81 Boston College 11 11 - 0 - 0 96 81 97 82 Pacific 2 0 - 2 - 0 97 82 98 82 Holy Cross 10 4 - 5 - 1 98 82 99 83 Notre Dame 9 7 - 2 - 0 99 83 100 83 Villanova 9 4 - 5 - 0 100 83 101 83 Georgia 10 5 - 4 - 1 101 83 102 84 Pacific Lutheran 1 1 - 0 - 0 102 84 103 84 Willamette Oregon 1 0 - 1 - 0 103 84 104 84 Albertson 1 0 - 1 - 0 104 84 105 84 Florida 10 5 - 5 - 0 105 84 106 85 Ohio University 1 1 - 0 - 0 106 85 107 85 Vanderbilt 10 3 - 6 - 1 107 85 108 86 Louisiana Tech 3 2 - 1 - 0 108 86 109 86 Harvard 8 3 - 2 - 3 109 86 110 86 Tulsa 10 7 - 3 - 0 110 86 111 88 Clemson 9 6 - 2 - 1 111 88 112 90 Providence 1 0 - 1 - 0 112 90 113 90 Tennessee Chattanooga 2 1 - 1 - 0 113 90 114 90 Duquesne 8 7 - 1 - 0 114 90 115 90 South Carolina 9 3 - 6 - 0 115 90 116 91 Missouri 9 6 - 3 - 0 116 91 117 91 Georgetown 10 8 - 2 - 0 117 91 118 92 Navy 9 6 - 2 - 1 118 92 119 92 Manhattan 9 3 - 6 - 0 119 92 120 93 Mount Saint Mary's 1 0 - 1 - 0 120 93 121 93 Kansas State 9 2 - 7 - 0 121 93 122 95 Western Reserve 1 1 - 0 - 0 122 95 123 95 Northern Colorado 1 0 - 1 - 0 123 95 124 95 California Davis 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 95 125 95 Cincinnati 3 1 - 1 - 1 125 95 126 95 Kansas 9 2 - 7 - 0 126 95 127 95 Loyola Marymount 10 3 - 7 - 0 127 95 128 96 Central Oklahoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 96 129 97 Gonzaga 10 5 - 4 - 1 129 97 130 98 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 130 98 131 98 Wesleyan University 1 0 - 1 - 0 131 98 132 98 Tufts University 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 98 133 98 Dartmouth 9 5 - 4 - 0 133 98 134 98 Kentucky 10 5 - 3 - 2 134 98 135 99 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 99 136 100 Princeton 8 5 - 2 - 1 136 100 137 100 Penn State 8 6 - 1 - 1 137 100 138 100 Detroit 9 7 - 2 - 0 138 100 139 102 Utah State 8 2 - 5 - 1 139 102 140 102 Carnegie Mellon 8 3 - 5 - 0 140 102 141 103 Furman 9 5 - 4 - 0 141 103 142 104 Montana 9 4 - 4 - 1 142 104 143 105 Presbyterian 2 1 - 1 - 0 143 105 144 105 Pennsylvania Military 2 0 - 2 - 0 144 105 145 105 Wofford 2 0 - 2 - 0 145 105 146 105 Colorado 9 5 - 3 - 1 146 105 147 106 Westminster PA 1 0 - 1 - 0 147 106 148 106 West Virginia Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 148 106 149 106 Iowa State 9 4 - 5 - 0 149 106 150 107 Catawba College 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 107 151 107 North Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 151 107 152 107 Newport News - Apprentice 2 0 - 2 - 0 152 107 153 107 George Washington 9 5 - 3 - 1 153 107 154 107 West Virginia 9 4 - 4 - 1 154 107 155 107 Virginia 9 4 - 5 - 0 155 107 156 108 Howard Payne 2 1 - 1 - 0 156 108 157 108 West Texas A&M 3 1 - 2 - 0 157 108 158 109 Eastern Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 158 109 159 109 Utah 9 7 - 2 - 0 159 109 160 110 Luther College 1 0 - 1 - 0 160 110 161 110 Saint Louis 10 3 - 6 - 1 161 110 162 110 Virginia Tech 10 5 - 5 - 0 162 110 163 111 Saint Bonaventure 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 111 164 112 Franklin & Marshall 4 2 - 2 - 0 164 112 165 114 Oglethorpe 2 0 - 2 - 0 165 114 166 114 Brigham Young 8 2 - 4 - 2 166 114 167 114 Davidson 10 5 - 5 - 0 167 114 168 115 Texas El Paso 9 4 - 4 - 1 168 115 169 115 Wyoming 9 1 - 7 - 1 169 115 170 115 Denver 9 6 - 2 - 1 170 115 171 115 Texas Tech 11 9 - 1 - 1 171 115 172 116 Lehigh 3 1 - 2 - 0 172 116 173 116 Hardin-Simmons 9 9 - 0 - 0 173 116 174 118 Rutgers 2 0 - 2 - 0 174 118 175 118 Oklahoma State 10 6 - 3 - 1 175 118 176 119 Fresno State 1 1 - 0 - 0 176 119 177 119 Colorado School of Mines 2 0 - 2 - 0 177 119 178 119 Maryland 9 2 - 6 - 1 178 119 179 120 San Jose State 3 3 - 0 - 0 179 120 180 120 Brown 10 6 - 3 - 1 180 120 181 121 Erskine 2 0 - 2 - 0 181 121 182 121 Tampa 2 0 - 2 - 0 182 121 183 123 Lafayette 2 2 - 0 - 0 183 123 184 123 Colorado State 9 3 - 4 - 2 184 123 185 124 Washington & Lee 10 2 - 7 - 1 185 124 186 124 Miami FL 10 3 - 7 - 0 186 124 187 126 Williams College 1 0 - 1 - 0 187 126 188 127 Butler 2 0 - 2 - 0 188 127 189 127 Virginia Military 10 7 - 2 - 1 189 127 190 128 Case Western Reserve 1 0 - 1 - 0 190 128 191 128 Geneva 1 0 - 1 - 0 191 128 192 128 Arizona 9 7 - 2 - 0 192 128 193 133 Nevada Reno 2 0 - 1 - 1 193 133 194 134 Whittier College 1 0 - 1 - 0 194 134 195 134 Randolph Macon College 3 0 - 3 - 0 195 134 196 134 Arizona State 11 7 - 2 - 2 196 134 197 135 Tennessee Tech 2 0 - 2 - 0 197 135 198 135 Richmond 9 6 - 3 - 0 198 135 199 136 William & Mary 9 6 - 2 - 1 199 136 200 140 Montana State 2 0 - 2 - 0 200 140 201 142 Bradley 2 1 - 1 - 0 201 142 202 142 New Mexico 9 5 - 4 - 0 202 142 203 143 Sewanee 8 3 - 5 - 0 203 143 204 144 Wichita State 5 2 - 3 - 0 204 144 205 144 Creighton 10 6 - 2 - 2 205 144 206 144 Citadel 9 4 - 5 - 0 206 144 207 145 Rollins 2 1 - 1 - 0 207 145 208 148 New Mexico State 9 3 - 6 - 0 208 148 209 149 Washington MO 9 3 - 6 - 0 209 149 210 150 Northern Arizona 8 2 - 6 - 0 210 150 211 151 Drake 9 4 - 5 - 0 211 151 212 160 Redlands 2 0 - 2 - 0 212 160 213 167 Hampden-Sydney College 9 4 - 5 - 0 213 167 214 168 Elon 1 0 - 1 - 0 214 168 215 168 Stetson 1 0 - 1 - 0 215 168 216 170 McDaniel College 1 0 - 1 - 0 216 170 217 171 Cumberland TN 1 0 - 1 - 0 217 171 218 174 Washburn University 10 4 - 6 - 0 218 174 219 175 Western New Mexico 3 0 - 3 - 0 219 175 220 176 Northwest Missouri State 1 1 - 0 - 0 220 176 221 176 Missouri Rolla 2 0 - 1 - 1 221 176 222 185 Chadron State College 1 1 - 0 - 0 222 185 223 186 Emporia State 3 1 - 2 - 0 223 186 224 189 Grinnell College 2 0 - 2 - 0 224 189 225 190 Delaware 1 0 - 1 - 0 225 190 226 190 Guilford College 1 0 - 1 - 0 226 190 227 201 California Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 227 201 228 207 Rockhurst 1 0 - 1 - 0 228 207 229 207 Saint Benedict 1 0 - 1 - 0 229 207