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October 28, 1940 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Cornell (81.5) Ind 4-0 1461.5 W 21-7 H Ohio State
2 < 2 Notre Dame (40.5) Ind 4-0 1315.5  
3 < 3 Michigan (16) Big Ten 5-0 1208  
4 < 6 Minnesota (13) Big Ten 4-0 1044 W 34-6 H Iowa
5 < 4 Texas A&M (9) Southwest 5-0 970  
6 < 9 Stanford PCC 5-0 738  
7 < 5 Tennessee SEC 5-0 665  
8 < 7 Northwestern (1) Big Ten 4-0 639  
9 < 10 Boston College (2) Ind 5-0 401  
10 < 13 Clemson (2) Southern 5-0 132  
10 < 15 Georgetown (2) Ind 5-0 132 W 26-0 A New York
12 < 18 Nebraska Big 6 3-1 42  
13 < 16 Washington PCC 4-1 35  
14 < NR Navy Ind 5-0 23  
15 < 8 Penn Ind 3-1 17  
15 < 19 SMU Southwest 3-0-1 17  
17 < NR Detroit Ind 5-0 11 W 10-0 A Villanova
18 < NR Duke Southern 3-1 10  
18 < NR Penn State Ind 4-0 10  
20 < NR Mississippi State SEC 4-0-1 9  
20 < NR Santa Clara Ind 2-1-1 9  
NR < 11 Fordham Ind 0  
NR < 12 Texas Southwest 0  
NR < 14 Mississippi SEC 0  
NR < 17 USC PCC 0  
NR < 20 Columbia Ind 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 9 11.8 3380
Big Ten 3 5.0 2891
PCC 2 9.5 773
Southwest 2 10.0 987
SEC 2 13.5 674
Southern 2 14.0 142
Big 6 1 12.0 42

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.