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November 20, 1939 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 2 Texas A&M (38) Southwest 9-0 963 W 19-0 A Rice
2 < 1 Tennessee (33) SEC 8-0 898 W 13-0 H Vanderbilt
3 < 4 Cornell (20) Ind 7-0 865 W 35-6 A Dartmouth
4 < 3 USC (11) PCC 5-0-1 764  
5 < 6 Tulane (3) SEC 6-0-1 659 W 25-0 A Columbia
6 < 8 Ohio State (1) Big Ten 6-1 420  
7 < 9 Notre Dame Ind 7-1 314.5  
8 < 13 Duke (2) Southern 7-1 259  
9 < 15 Iowa (1) Big Ten 6-1 224  
10 < 12 Missouri Big 6 7-1 202.5  
11 < 18 Holy Cross Ind 7-1 133 W 21-0 H Carnegie Mellon
12 < 10 Duquesne Ind 7-0 110 DNP
13 < 11 UCLA PCC 5-0-2 62  
14 < 5 Oklahoma Big 6 6-1-1 61 L 7-6 A #12 Missouri
15 < 16 Clemson (1) Southern 7-1 33  
16 < NR Georgetown Ind 7-0-1 17 W 14-0 A New York
17 < 7 North Carolina Southern 7-1-1 11  
17 < 14 Santa Clara Ind 4-1-3 11  
19 < NR Georgia Tech SEC 5-2 7  
19 < NR Princeton Ind 6-1 7 W 13-7 A Yale
NR < 17 SMU Southwest 0  
NR < 19 Oregon State PCC 0  
NR < 20 Dartmouth Ind 0  
NR < 20 Minnesota Big Ten 0 L 13-9 A #15 Iowa

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 7 12.1 1457.5
SEC 3 8.7 1564
Southern 3 13.3 303
Big Ten 2 7.5 644
PCC 2 8.5 826
Big 6 2 12.0 263.5
Southwest 1 1.0 963

Notes

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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.