College Football 1940
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1940/9/20 and 1941/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1940 - Ranking of No Division Affiliation teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
2	36.61	1	42.36	4	22.88	Minnesota	8	8-0-0	1	8	8-0-0	Western
4	30.63	2	36.12	19	35.80	Stanford	10	10-0-0	2	10	10-0-0	PCC
1	38.97	3	33.28	12	31.94	Michigan	8	7-1-0	4	8	7-1-0	Western
6	29.19	4	33.25	14	33.00	Texas A&M	9	8-1-0	3	10	9-1-0	Southwest AC
12	23.24	5	30.65	13	32.06	Southern Methodist	9	7-1-1	5	10	8-1-1	Southwest AC
7	28.32	6	30.01	65	61.11	Boston College	9	9-0-0	6	11	11-0-0	Northeast Indep
8	28.30	7	29.06	41	50.67	Mississippi State	9	8-0-1	7	11	10-0-1	SEC
3	32.24	8	26.28	11	31.88	Northwestern	8	6-2-0	9	8	6-2-0	Western
10	26.52	9	26.05	28	39.61	Washington	9	7-2-0	8	9	7-2-0	PCC
15	22.00	10	25.75	27	38.40	Texas	10	8-2-0	10	10	8-2-0	Southwest AC
5	29.55	11	24.82	47	55.60	Tennessee	10	9-1-0	11	11	10-1-0	SEC
18	21.13	12	23.47	17	35.22	Rice	9	6-3-0	14	10	7-3-0	Southwest AC
17	21.39	13	23.40	46	53.65	Nebraska	10	8-2-0	13	10	8-2-0	Big 6
11	24.10	14	22.17	58	59.00	Pennsylvania	8	6-1-1	15	8	6-1-1	Eastern Indep
14	22.36	16	20.14	44	52.06	Fordham	9	7-2-0	16	9	7-2-0	Northeast Indep
9	27.40	17	19.32	43	52.00	Cornell	8	6-2-0	17	8	6-2-0	Northeast Indep
21	17.71	18	18.78	61	59.44	Mississippi	9	7-2-0	18	11	9-2-0	SEC
20	20.65	19	16.61	62	60.00	Duke	9	7-2-0	19	9	7-2-0	Southern C
22	15.68	20	16.59	55	57.69	Alabama	8	6-2-0	20	9	7-2-0	SEC
24	14.69	21	16.43	29	41.05	Louisiana State	10	6-4-0	21	10	6-4-0	SEC
16	21.63	22	15.71	7	29.06	Ohio State	8	4-4-0	22	8	4-4-0	Western
19	21.06	23	15.58	73	65.75	Georgetown	8	6-2-0	25	10	8-2-0	Southwest Indep
23	15.40	24	15.56	48	55.62	Notre Dame	8	6-2-0	24	9	7-2-0	Eastern Indep
25	13.48	25	14.54	32	45.95	Auburn	11	6-4-1	27	11	6-4-1	SEC
30	12.74	27	13.81	36	49.67	Oregon State	9	5-3-1	23	9	5-3-1	PCC
57	5.69	29	13.33	5	24.28	Arkansas	9	3-6-0	30	10	4-6-0	Southwest AC
36	10.30	30	13.17	33	47.38	Columbia	8	4-2-2	28	9	5-2-2	Northeast Indep
35	10.49	31	11.85	78	66.89	Navy	9	6-2-1	34	9	6-2-1	Eastern Indep
34	10.52	32	11.62	9	30.72	Tulane	9	4-5-0	33	10	5-5-0	SEC
44	8.94	33	11.51	70	63.83	Oklahoma	9	6-3-0	32	9	6-3-0	Big 6
31	12.54	34	11.19	15	33.35	California	10	4-6-0	31	10	4-6-0	PCC
26	13.44	35	11.06	16	33.81	Pittsburgh	8	3-4-1	36	8	3-4-1	Eastern Indep
33	12.11	36	9.94	18	35.56	Southern California	9	3-4-2	38	9	3-4-2	PCC
62	4.39	37	9.67	132	106.17	San Jose State	3	3-0-0	37	3	3-0-0	NoConf
27	13.35	38	9.42	24	36.93	Iowa	7	3-4-0	42	8	4-4-0	Western
45	8.56	39	9.24	30	43.17	Colgate	6	3-3-0	41	8	5-3-0	Northeast Indep
53	6.56	40	9.18	34	48.10	Washington State	10	4-4-2	35	10	4-4-2	PCC
65	2.88	41	9.04	117	97.50	Texas Tech	11	9-1-1	40	11	9-1-1	Border
28	13.05	42	8.89	25	37.88	Oregon	8	3-4-1	39	9	4-4-1	PCC
48	7.48	43	8.81	86	72.85	Tulsa	10	7-3-0	44	10	7-3-0	MVC
41	9.81	44	8.62	97	81.38	Penn State	8	6-1-1	48	8	6-1-1	Eastern Indep
32	12.42	45	8.31	31	43.38	Wisconsin	8	4-4-0	46	8	4-4-0	Western
29	12.75	46	8.05	8	29.94	Indiana	8	3-5-0	49	8	3-5-0	Western
58	5.44	47	7.93	110	91.00	Utah	9	7-2-0	43	9	7-2-0	Mountain States
39	9.97	48	7.79	22	36.72	Baylor	9	3-6-0	47	10	4-6-0	Southwest AC
59	4.98	50	7.55	67	62.07	Princeton	7	4-2-1	52	8	5-2-1	Eastern Indep
49	7.28	51	7.48	77	66.86	Clemson	7	4-2-1	50	9	6-2-1	Southern C
73	-0.35	52	7.27	84	72.50	Louisiana Tech	3	2-1-0	51	3	2-1-0	NoConf
42	9.46	53	6.22	54	57.21	Harvard	7	2-2-3	58	8	3-2-3	Northeast Indep
60	4.50	54	6.09	75	65.94	Wake Forest	8	5-3-0	53	10	7-3-0	Southern C
47	7.80	56	5.49	21	36.64	Syracuse	7	2-4-1	56	8	3-4-1	Northeast Indep
63	4.13	57	5.28	69	63.78	North Carolina	9	5-4-0	55	10	6-4-0	Southern C
50	7.23	58	4.89	26	38.10	Texas Christian	10	3-7-0	57	10	3-7-0	Southwest AC
54	6.25	59	4.18	37	49.69	Temple	8	3-4-1	61	9	4-4-1	Eastern Indep
52	7.07	60	4.14	94	78.67	Missouri	9	6-3-0	59	9	6-3-0	Big 6
67	1.39	61	3.48	52	56.56	Florida	9	4-5-0	60	10	5-5-0	SEC
61	4.43	62	2.25	57	58.89	Georgia	9	4-4-1	62	10	5-4-1	SEC
71	0.24	63	1.93	125	102.11	Arizona	9	7-2-0	64	9	7-2-0	Border
68	1.31	64	1.26	80	67.88	Dartmouth	8	4-4-0	67	9	5-4-0	Northeast Indep
55	6.11	65	1.03	2	21.70	UCLA	10	1-9-0	63	10	1-9-0	PCC
56	5.81	66	0.86	81	68.12	Kentucky	8	3-3-2	65	10	5-3-2	SEC
80	-2.57	67	0.65	71	64.14	Brown	7	3-3-1	73	10	6-3-1	Northeast Indep
69	1.15	68	0.11	53	56.89	Holy Cross	9	3-5-1	70	10	4-5-1	Northeast Indep
85	-4.59	69	0.05	114	93.88	William & Mary	8	5-2-1	68	9	6-2-1	Southern C
79	-2.46	70	-0.38	115	94.94	Virginia Military	8	5-2-1	72	10	7-2-1	Southern C
40	9.83	71	-0.57	60	59.06	Michigan State	8	3-4-1	79	8	3-4-1	Eastern Indep
90	-6.30	72	-0.71	87	73.83	Cincinnati	3	1-1-1	75	3	1-1-1	NoConf
76	-1.53	74	-1.88	100	86.94	Colorado	9	5-3-1	76	9	5-3-1	Mountain States
91	-6.31	76	-2.20	123	100.14	Arizona State	7	4-1-2	69	11	7-2-2	Border
66	2.38	77	-2.30	66	61.81	Villanova	8	3-5-0	77	9	4-5-0	Eastern Indep
99	-8.44	78	-2.54	85	72.50	Montana	6	2-3-1	66	9	4-4-1	PCC
64	3.56	79	-2.87	40	50.05	Georgia Tech	10	3-7-0	80	10	3-7-0	SEC
75	-1.38	80	-2.99	104	89.00	Furman	7	4-3-0	81	9	5-4-0	Southern C
94	-7.76	82	-3.08	1	17.17	Mercer	3	0-3-0	82	3	0-3-0	NoConf
84	-4.39	83	-3.30	106	89.28	Oklahoma State	9	5-3-1	83	10	6-3-1	MVC
38	10.08	84	-3.85	6	28.50	Purdue	7	1-6-0	87	8	2-6-0	Western
113	-14.52	85	-4.39	120	98.94	Richmond	8	5-3-0	86	9	6-3-0	Southern C
81	-3.36	87	-4.76	72	65.17	North Carolina State	9	3-6-0	85	9	3-6-0	Southern C
95	-7.84	90	-6.39	101	87.38	Virginia Tech	8	4-4-0	92	10	5-5-0	Southern C
96	-7.88	91	-6.43	74	65.86	West Virginia	7	2-4-1	93	9	4-4-1	Eastern Indep
70	0.31	93	-6.81	3	22.21	Illinois	7	0-7-0	91	8	1-7-0	Western
106	-10.89	94	-7.07	105	89.21	Texas El Paso	7	3-3-1	95	9	4-4-1	Border
72	-0.05	95	-7.47	50	56.39	Vanderbilt	9	2-6-1	94	10	3-6-1	SEC
86	-4.68	97	-7.69	23	36.79	Army	7	0-6-1	100	9	1-7-1	Northeast Indep
98	-8.34	102	-9.33	102	87.89	Virginia	9	4-5-0	102	9	4-5-0	Southwest Indep
100	-8.44	103	-10.06	90	76.22	South Carolina	9	3-6-0	103	9	3-6-0	Southern C
97	-8.05	104	-10.51	38	50.00	Yale	8	1-7-0	107	8	1-7-0	Northeast Indep
82	-3.47	105	-10.65	63	60.33	Bucknell	3	0-2-1	117	3	0-2-1	NoConf
104	-9.91	106	-10.88	95	80.00	Iowa State	8	3-5-0	104	9	4-5-0	Big 6
107	-12.14	108	-11.51	103	88.71	Brigham Young	7	2-4-1	106	8	2-4-2	Mountain States
109	-12.99	109	-11.65	10	31.25	Samford	4	0-4-0	109	4	0-4-0	NoConf
114	-14.60	111	-12.81	112	91.61	Davidson	9	4-5-0	111	10	5-5-0	Southern C
118	-16.96	112	-14.38	45	53.25	Idaho	8	0-7-1	108	9	1-7-1	PCC
121	-20.29	113	-14.52	119	98.81	Colorado State	8	2-4-2	110	9	3-4-2	Mountain States
110	-13.61	117	-15.75	130	105.61	New Mexico	9	5-4-0	114	9	5-4-0	Border
131	-28.17	118	-17.15	111	91.50	Lehigh	3	1-2-0	118	3	1-2-0	NoConf
108	-12.99	119	-17.46	93	77.72	Kansas State	9	2-7-0	119	9	2-7-0	Big 6
119	-17.16	120	-17.67	108	90.06	Utah State	8	2-5-1	121	8	2-5-1	Mountain States
116	-15.50	121	-17.88	96	80.78	Kansas	9	2-7-0	120	9	2-7-0	Big 6
120	-19.41	123	-22.21	76	66.83	Miami FL	6	0-6-0	122	10	3-7-0	Southwest Indep
127	-24.20	124	-22.49	124	100.20	Citadel	5	1-4-0	124	9	4-5-0	Southern C
132	-30.45	126	-24.54	131	106.08	New Mexico State	6	2-4-0	126	9	3-6-0	Border
130	-27.49	127	-25.05	118	98.25	Wyoming	8	1-6-1	132	9	1-7-1	Mountain States
126	-23.34	131	-26.29	128	104.36	Drake	7	2-5-0	129	9	4-5-0	MVC
128	-25.05	132	-26.34	89	75.43	Maryland	7	0-6-1	131	9	2-6-1	Southern C
135	-37.02	134	-33.29	133	106.57	Northern Arizona	7	1-6-0	134	8	2-6-0	Border

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College Football 1940Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1940/9/20 and 1941/1/1Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

College Football 1940
Ranking of No Division Affiliation Teams

Based on games played between 1940/9/20 and 1941/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)