Run Date: 11/25/2007 22:31
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1940 College Football Rankings
Team Rankings | Conference Rankings
STRENGTH OF
AVERAGE OVERALL CONF SCHEDULE AP
RANK TEAM CONF SCORE W- L-T W- L-T AVG RANK RANK
1 Minnesota WES 98.95 8- 0-0 6- 0-0 82.97 1 1
2 Michigan WES 98.79 7- 1-0 3- 1-0 70.05 9 3
3 Northwestern WES 96.59 6- 2-0 4- 2-0 73.88 6 8
4 Stanford PCC 94.87 10- 0-0 7- 0-0 63.90 18 2
5 Texas A&M SWC 94.44 9- 1-0 5- 1-0 63.72 20 6
6 Texas SWC 93.80 8- 2-0 4- 2-0 69.05 11
7 Tennessee SEC 92.41 10- 1-0 5- 0-0 47.12 55 4
8 Nebraska BG6 92.30 8- 2-0 5- 0-0 61.32 23 7
9 Washington PCC 92.30 7- 2-0 7- 1-0 60.97 25 10
10 Boston College IND 91.66 11- 0-0 0- 0-0 43.18 66 5
11 Mississippi State SEC 91.48 10- 0-1 4- 0-1 45.32 60 9
12 Duke SOU 90.89 7- 2-0 4- 1-0 56.77 33 18
13 Santa Clara IND 89.08 6- 1-1 0- 0-0 51.71 43 11
14 Southern Methodist SWC 88.84 8- 1-1 5- 1-0 62.74 21 16
15 Cornell IND 88.04 6- 2-0 0- 0-0 50.86 45 15
16 Georgetown IND 88.03 8- 2-0 0- 0-0 38.86 74 13
17 Fordham IND 85.41 7- 2-0 0- 0-0 57.59 31 12
18 Ohio State WES 82.66 4- 4-0 3- 3-0 76.62 4
19 Mississippi SEC 82.60 9- 2-0 3- 1-0 40.94 69
20 Pennsylvania IND 81.25 6- 1-1 0- 0-0 45.88 59 14
21 Notre Dame IND 80.63 7- 2-0 0- 0-0 44.83 61
22 Rice SWC 78.48 7- 3-0 4- 2-0 60.89 26
23 Duquesne IND 74.17 7- 1-0 0- 0-0 38.34 77
24 Iowa WES 74.01 4- 4-0 2- 3-0 64.43 17
25 Clemson SOU 73.65 6- 2-1 4- 0-0 37.25 81
26 Oklahoma BG6 72.97 6- 3-0 4- 1-0 57.70 30
27 Alabama SEC 72.93 7- 2-0 4- 2-0 44.51 63
28 Indiana WES 72.86 3- 5-0 2- 3-0 78.71 2
29 Auburn SEC 72.56 6- 4-1 3- 2-1 62.30 22
30 Oregon State PCC 71.41 5- 3-1 4- 3-1 53.10 41
31 Wisconsin WES 70.30 4- 4-0 3- 3-0 66.84 15
32 Wake Forest SOU 69.93 7- 3-0 4- 2-0 44.49 64
33 Hardin-Simmons IND 69.46 9- 0-0 0- 0-0 13.77 122 17
34 Colgate IND 68.19 5- 3-0 0- 0-0 47.52 52
35 Penn State IND 67.95 6- 1-1 0- 0-0 32.70 92
36 Missouri BG6 67.64 6- 3-0 3- 2-0 41.97 67
37 Tulane SEC 67.63 5- 5-0 1- 3-0 67.22 14
38 Tulsa MVC 67.11 7- 3-0 4- 0-0 47.73 50
39 Navy IND 65.79 6- 2-1 0- 0-0 41.79 68
40 North Carolina SOU 65.64 6- 4-0 3- 2-0 50.97 44
41 Oregon PCC 64.90 4- 4-1 3- 4-1 54.97 36
42 Pittsburgh IND 64.60 3- 4-1 0- 0-0 74.04 5
43 Louisiana State SEC 64.22 6- 4-0 3- 3-0 56.99 32
44 Detroit Mercy IND 64.19 7- 2-0 0- 0-0 32.83 91
45 Columbia IND 63.44 5- 2-2 0- 0-0 54.24 37
46 Michigan State IND 63.19 3- 4-1 0- 0-0 58.66 28
47 William & Mary SOU 63.06 6- 2-1 2- 1-1 31.60 94
48 Texas Tech BRD 62.06 9- 1-1 0- 1-0 26.40 105
49 Arkansas SWC 61.07 4- 6-0 1- 5-0 71.78 7
50 St. Marys IND 60.58 5- 3-0 0- 0-0 47.06 56
51 Georgia SEC 60.41 5- 4-1 2- 3-1 47.54 51
52 Baylor SWC 60.11 4- 6-0 0- 6-0 63.86 19
53 Southern California PCC 59.83 3- 4-2 2- 3-2 65.61 16
54 Texas Christian SWC 59.77 3- 7-0 2- 4-0 68.55 12
55 Washington State PCC 58.59 4- 4-2 3- 4-2 53.63 39
56 Temple IND 57.69 4- 4-1 0- 0-0 53.63 40
57 Purdue WES 56.83 2- 6-0 1- 4-0 69.33 10
58 Utah MSC 56.23 7- 2-0 5- 1-0 30.68 97
59 California PCC 56.18 4- 6-0 3- 4-0 67.46 13
60 Virginia Military Institute SOU 56.08 7- 2-1 3- 2-1 31.05 96
61 Kentucky SEC 55.74 5- 3-2 1- 2-2 39.76 73
62 Florida SEC 54.53 5- 5-0 2- 3-0 51.81 42
63 Arizona BRD 52.34 7- 2-0 3- 1-0 23.91 109
64 Oklahoma State MVC 51.48 6- 3-1 4- 1-0 35.68 84
65 Syracuse IND 50.59 3- 4-1 0- 0-0 61.05 24
66 Creighton MVC 48.17 6- 2-2 2- 2-0 24.59 106
67 Villanova IND 47.63 4- 5-0 0- 0-0 48.17 48
68 Colorado MSC 47.44 5- 3-1 4- 1-1 35.09 87
69 Harvard IND 45.31 3- 2-3 0- 0-0 40.80 71
70 Princeton IND 42.35 5- 2-1 0- 0-0 36.74 82
71 Furman SOU 42.05 5- 4-0 4- 3-0 31.38 95
72 Dartmouth IND 41.62 5- 4-0 0- 0-0 34.69 89
73 Denver MSC 40.17 6- 2-1 4- 1-1 27.08 104
74 Richmond SOU 39.70 6- 3-0 3- 2-0 28.86 101
75 West Virginia IND 38.65 4- 4-1 0- 0-0 37.92 79
76 Georgia Tech SEC 37.97 3- 7-0 1- 5-0 58.46 29
77 Holy Cross IND 36.67 4- 5-1 0- 0-0 46.26 58
78 Illinois WES 36.29 1- 7-0 0- 5-0 71.26 8
79 Brown IND 35.98 6- 3-1 0- 0-0 29.62 99
80 Arizona State BRD 35.94 7- 2-2 3- 0-1 17.11 121
81 Marquette IND 35.77 2- 6-1 0- 0-0 55.35 35
82 UCLA PCC 35.34 1- 9-0 1- 6-0 77.04 3
83 George Washington IND 34.86 5- 3-1 0- 0-0 35.80 83
84 North Carolina State SOU 34.54 3- 6-0 3- 5-0 58.72 27
85 Iowa State BG6 34.23 4- 5-0 2- 3-0 40.91 70
86 Gonzaga IND 33.87 5- 4-1 0- 0-0 27.60 103
87 Vanderbilt SEC 33.50 3- 6-1 0- 5-1 48.03 49
88 Virginia IND 32.99 4- 5-0 0- 0-0 38.42 76
89 Virginia Tech SOU 31.32 5- 5-0 2- 3-0 35.61 86
90 Manhattan IND 29.51 3- 6-0 0- 0-0 44.39 65
91 South Carolina SOU 26.69 3- 6-0 1- 3-0 47.20 54
92 New Mexico BRD 24.64 5- 4-0 4- 2-0 21.85 113
93 St. Louis MVC 24.35 3- 6-1 2- 3-0 35.06 88
94 Davidson SOU 21.61 5- 5-0 1- 5-0 33.58 90
95 Kansas State BG6 19.59 2- 7-0 1- 4-0 47.24 53
96 San Francisco IND 19.05 1- 6-1 0- 0-0 55.37 34
97 Drake MVC 18.98 4- 5-0 2- 2-0 23.97 108
98 Montana PCC 18.98 4- 4-1 1- 2-0 28.58 102
99 Texas-El Paso BRD 16.63 4- 4-1 3- 1-1 23.49 112
100 Carnegie Tech IND 16.62 3- 5-0 0- 0-0 35.65 85
101 Brigham Young MSC 16.04 2- 4-2 2- 3-1 29.44 100
102 Kansas BG6 13.45 2- 7-0 0- 5-0 44.61 62
103 Colorado State MSC 13.24 3- 4-2 1- 3-2 23.82 111
104 Sewanee IND 12.50 3- 5-0 0- 0-0 17.63 120
105 Washington & Lee SOU 12.33 2- 7-1 1- 1-1 29.63 98
106 Centenary IND 11.79 3- 7-0 0- 0-0 37.71 80
107 Loyola Marymount IND 11.44 3- 7-0 0- 0-0 38.17 78
108 Citadel SOU 10.13 4- 5-0 0- 4-0 18.50 118
109 Yale IND 10.07 1- 7-0 0- 0-0 54.17 38
110 Hampden-Sydney IND 9.43 4- 5-0 0- 0-0 19.27 116
111 Army IND 9.09 1- 7-1 0- 0-0 50.43 46
112 New York University IND 8.84 2- 7-0 0- 0-0 46.46 57
113 Washington (Missouri) MVC 8.82 3- 6-0 1- 3-0 21.21 114
114 Idaho PCC 8.65 1- 7-1 0- 4-0 48.61 47
115 Maryland SOU 7.57 2- 6-1 0- 1-1 38.80 75
116 Minor Teams 7.28 30-**-6 0- 0-0 39.77 72
117 Utah State MSC 7.18 2- 5-1 2- 4-0 23.88 110
118 Miami (Florida) IND 6.95 3- 7-0 0- 0-0 32.27 93
119 Washburn MVC 6.41 4- 6-0 0- 4-0 19.01 117
120 Northern Arizona BRD 3.63 2- 6-0 0- 5-0 19.37 115
121 New Mexico State BRD 3.55 3- 6-0 1- 4-0 18.03 119
122 Wyoming MSC 1.96 1- 7-1 0- 5-1 24.39 107
Team Rankings | Conference Rankings
# OF AVERAGE AVERAGE OVERALL NON-CONF
CONFERENCE ABBREV TEAMS SCORE RANK W- L- T W- L- T BEST TEAM RANK SCORE
Southwest SWC 7 76.64 28.86 43- 26- 1 22- 5- 1 Texas A&M 5 94.44
Western WES 9 76.36 26.89 39- 33- 0 15- 9- 0 Minnesota 1 98.95
Southeastern SEC 12 65.50 42.50 74- 43- 6 45- 14- 0 Tennessee 7 92.41
Pacific Coast PCC 10 56.10 54.50 43- 43- 8 12- 12- 2 Stanford 4 94.87
Big 6 BG6 6 50.03 58.67 28- 27- 0 13- 12- 0 Nebraska 8 92.30
Independent IND 41 47.44 64.24 188-152-22 188-152-22 Boston College 10 91.66
Southern SOU 15 43.01 69.80 74- 62- 5 39- 27- 1 Duke 12 90.89
Missouri Valley MVC 7 32.19 84.29 33- 31- 4 18- 16- 4 Tulsa 38 67.11
Border BRD 7 28.40 89.00 37- 25- 4 23- 11- 2 Texas Tech 48 62.06
Mountain States MSC 7 26.04 91.71 26- 27- 8 8- 9- 2 Utah 58 56.23
The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on
James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.
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