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October 23, 1939 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 5 Tennessee (83) SEC 4-0 1077 W 21-0 H #8 Alabama
2 < 2 Notre Dame (12) Ind 4-0 841  
3 < 6 Michigan (8) Big Ten 3-0 721  
4 < 10 Ohio State (5) Big Ten 3-0 712  
5 < 9 Texas A&M (6) Southwest 5-0 658 W 20-6 A TCU
6 < 3 Oklahoma (2) Big 6 3-0-1 493 W 27-7 H Kansas
7 < 12 Cornell (1) Ind 3-0 438 W 47-0 H Penn State
8 < 7 USC PCC 2-0-1 319  
9 < 4 Tulane (1) SEC 3-0-1 241 T 14-14 H North Carolina
10 < 16 Nebraska Big 6 3-0-1 160  
11 < NR Duquesne Ind 4-0 117 W 21-13 N Pittsburgh
12 < 13 Duke Southern 3-1 114  
13 < 14 North Carolina Southern 4-0-1 111  
14 < 17 Mississippi SEC 4-0 84  
15 < NR Oregon State PCC 4-0 67  
16 < NR Penn Ind 3-0 63  
17 < 18 SMU Southwest 2-1-1 49  
18 < 1 Pittsburgh Ind 3-1 33 L 21-13 H Duquesne
19 < NR New York Ind 3-1 25 W 6-0 H Carnegie Mellon
20 < 8 Alabama SEC 3-1 17  
NR < 11 Oregon PCC 0  
NR < 15 Carnegie Mellon Ind 0  
NR < 19 Baylor Southwest 0  
NR < 20 St. Mary's Ind 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 6 12.2 1517
SEC 4 11.0 1419
Big Ten 2 3.5 1433
Big 6 2 8.0 653
Southwest 2 11.0 707
PCC 2 11.5 386
Southern 2 12.5 225

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.