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November 6, 1939 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Tennessee (81) SEC 6-0 1017 W 20-0 A #18 LSU
2 < 5 Texas A&M (6) Southwest 7-0 787 W 27-0 A Arkansas
3 < 4 Notre Dame (11) Ind 6-0 785  
4 < 7 USC (5) PCC 4-0-1 718  
5 < 3 Cornell (1) Ind 5-0 655 W 13-7 H Columbia
6 < 6 Oklahoma (3) Big 6 5-0-1 582 W 38-6 H Iowa State
7 < 8 Tulane SEC 4-0-1 378.5 DNP
8 < 9 North Carolina (1) Southern 6-0-1 360.5  
9 < 14 Ohio State Big Ten 4-1 96  
10 < 2 Michigan Big Ten 4-1 94  
11 < 19 UCLA PCC 5-0-1 91  
12 < 13 Duquesne Ind 6-0 74 W 21-13 H Marquette
13 < 16 SMU Southwest 3-1-1 69  
14 < NR Dartmouth Ind 5-0-1 62 W 33-0 A Yale
15 < 12 Duke Southern 5-1 46  
16 < NR Santa Clara Ind 3-1-2 29  
17 < 17 New York Ind 5-1 24 W 14-0 H Lafayette
18 < 15 Kentucky SEC 5-0-1 23  
19 < NR Mississippi SEC 5-1 9  
20 < 19 Alabama SEC 4-1-1 8  
NR < 10 Nebraska Big 6 0  
NR < 11 Oregon State PCC 0  
NR < 18 LSU SEC 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 6 11.2 1629
SEC 5 13.0 1435.5
PCC 2 7.5 809
Southwest 2 7.5 856
Big Ten 2 9.5 190
Southern 2 11.5 406.5
Big 6 1 6.0 582

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.