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1940 college football season
First AP No. 1 of seasonCornell[1]
Number of bowls5
Champion(s)Minnesota (AP)
Boston College (various)
Tennessee (various)
Stanford (Helms, Poling)
HeismanTom Harmon, (halfback, Michigan)
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The 1940 college football season ended with the Gophers of the University of Minnesota being named the nation's No. 1 team and national champion by the AP Poll, and the Stanford University Indians in second, with the two teams receiving 65 and 44 first place votes respectively. Each writer listed his choice for the top ten teams, and points were tallied based on 10 for first place, 9 for second, etc., and the AP then ranked the twenty teams with the highest number of points. Minnesota, Stanford, Boston College, and Tennessee all claim 1940 as a national championship season.

Conference and program changes

Conference changes

  • One conference began play during 1940:
  • One conference played its final season in 1940:

Membership changes

School 1939 Conference 1940 Conference
Chicago Maroons Big Ten Dropped Program
Loyola (LA) Wolf Pack Dixie Dropped Program
St. Joseph's (PA) Hawks Independent Dropped Program

September

September 28 Defending champion Texas A&M beat Texas A&I (later the university's Kingsville campus), 26–0. Tennessee beat Mercer 49–0. USC and Washington State played to a 14–14 tie. Tulane lost to Boston College 27–7. Michigan won at California 41–0. Minnesota defeated Washington 19–14 in Minneapolis.

October

October 5 In San Antonio, Texas A&M beat Tulsa 41–6. Tennessee beat Duke 13–0. Cornell beat Colgate 34–0. Northwestern won at Syracuse, 40–0. Minnesota beat Nebraska 13–7. Michigan beat Michigan State 21–14.

October 12 Cornell won at Army 45–0. In Los Angeles, Texas A&M beat UCLA, 7–0, and was ranked 2nd in the AP poll that followed. Tennessee beat Chattanooga 53–0 and was fifth in the next poll. Northwestern beat Ohio State 6–3. Michigan won at Harvard 26–0.

October 19 No. 1 Cornell beat Syracuse 33–6. No. 2 Texas A&M beat TCU 21–7. No. 3 Michigan beat Illinois 28–0. No. 4 Northwestern won at Wisconsin 27–7. In Birmingham, No. 5 Tennessee beat Alabama, 27–12. In Columbus, No. 7 Minnesota beat No. 15 Ohio State 13–7. No. 6 Notre Dame beat Carnegie Tech 61–0.

October 26 No. 1 Cornell beat Ohio State 21–7. No. 2 Notre Dame won at Illinois 26–0. No. 3 Michigan beat Pennsylvania 14–0. No. 4 Texas A&M won at Baylor 14–7. No. 5 Tennessee beat Florida 14–0. No. 6 Minnesota beat Iowa 34–6.

November

November 2 No. 1 Cornell beat Columbia 27–0. No. 2 Notre Dame beat Army 7–0 at Yankee Stadium. No. 3 Michigan was idle. No. 4 Minnesota narrowly won at Northwestern, 13–12. No. 5 Texas A&M beat Arkansas 17–0. No. 7 Tennessee beat LSU 28–0.

November 9 No. 1 Cornell beat Yale 21–0, but dropped to second in the next poll. No. 2 Minnesota and No. 3 Michigan both unbeaten (5–0–0) met in Minneapolis, with the Gophers winning by one point, 7–6. No. 4 Texas A&M won at SMU 19–7. No. 5 Tennessee won at Rhodes College 41–0. No. 6 Stanford beat Washington 20–10 to advance its record to 7–0–0.

November 16 No. 1 Minnesota beat Purdue 33–6. No. 2 Cornell lost at Dartmouth 3–0. No. 3 Texas A&M beat Rice 25–0. No. 4 Stanford beat Oregon State 28–14. No. 5 Tennessee beat Virginia 41–14. No. 8 Boston College beat Georgetown 19–18 to extend its record to 8–0–0

November 23 No. 1 Minnesota closed its season with a 22–13 win at Wisconsin. No. 2 Texas A&M and No. 3 Stanford were idle. No. 4 Boston College beat Auburn 33–7. No. 5 Cornell. No. 7 Michigan won at Ohio State to close its season at 7–1–0.

On Thanksgiving Day No. 2 Texas A&M lost at Texas 7–0.

November 30 No. 3 Stanford closed its season with a 13–7 win at California. No. 4 Boston College defeated Holy Cross 7–0.

Conference standings

Major conference standings

1940 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Nebraska $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Oklahoma 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Missouri 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Iowa State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Kansas 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1940 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Minnesota $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
No. 3 Michigan 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Northwestern 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Ohio State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Iowa 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Indiana 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Purdue 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Illinois 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1940 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona State $ 3 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 2
Arizona 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Texas Mines 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
New Mexico 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
New Mexico A&M 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Texas Tech 0 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 19 Lafayette $ 2 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Rutgers 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1940 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma A&M 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Creighton 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 2
Drake 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Saint Louis 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Washington University 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Washburn 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Mountain States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Denver 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Colorado 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
BYU 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
Colorado A&M 1 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Utah State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
Wyoming 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Washington 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Oregon State 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Washington State 3 – 4 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Oregon 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
California 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
USC 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Montana 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
UCLA 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1940 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado College $ 2 – 0 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Colorado Mines 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Montana State 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Colorado State–Greeley 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
Western State (CO) 0 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 – 0 – 1 10 – 0 – 1
Ole Miss 3 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Auburn 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
LSU 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Georgia 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Florida 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 2 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
Tulane 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Georgia Tech 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1940 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
No. 18 Duke 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Richmond 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
VMI 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Furman 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 1 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
VPI 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
NC State 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Maryland 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Davidson 1 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
The Citadel 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1940 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rollins $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Newberry 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Mississippi College 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 1 – 1
Eastern Kentucky 1 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Louisiana Normal 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
SW Louisiana 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Union (TN) 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 2
Murray State 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Centre 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL) 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Presbyterian 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Mississippi Southern 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Louisiana Tech 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Morehead State 1 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Wofford 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Tampa 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Oglethorpe 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Tennessee Tech 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Transylvania 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Stetson 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Troy State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Louisiana College 1 – 4 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
Union (KY) 0 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Centenary 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Louisville 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Jacksonville State 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Erskine 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Delta State 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 8 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Texas A&M $ 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 16 SMU 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Texas 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Rice 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
TCU 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Arkansas 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Baylor 0 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Independents

1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boston College   –   11 – 0 – 0
Duquesne   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 14 Penn   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 2 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 2 – 3
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   3 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Manhattan   –   3 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Yale   –   1 – 7 – 0
Army   –   1 – 7 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 5 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1940 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wayne   –   4 – 1 – 3
Detroit   –   7 – 2 – 0
Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 0
Xavier   –   7 – 3 – 0
Ohio   –   5 – 2 – 2
Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Cincinnati   –   5 – 3 – 1
Wichita   –   6 – 4 – 0
Central Michigan   –   4 – 3 – 1
Marquette   –   4 – 4 – 0
Michigan State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Ohio Wesleyan   –   2 – 4 – 3
Akron   –   2 – 5 – 2
Western State Teachers (MI)   –   2 – 5 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   1 – 5 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   0 – 7 – 1
1940 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Hardin–Simmons   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 13 Georgetown   –   8 – 2 – 0
Navy   –   6 – 2 – 1
Delaware   –   5 – 3 – 0
East Carolina   –   5 – 3 – 0
Western Maryland   –   5 – 3 – 0
George Washington   –   5 – 3 – 1
Catholic University   –   4 – 3 – 1
West Virginia   –   4 – 4 – 1
Virginia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Georgia Teachers   –   3 – 5 – 0
Roanoke   –   2 – 6 – 0
Oklahoma City   –   1 – 7 – 3
William & Mary Norfolk   –   0 – 6 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1940 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Santa Clara   –   6 – 1 – 1
Cal Poly   –   6 – 3 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   5 – 3 – 0
Gonzaga   –   5 – 4 – 1
Nevada   –   4 – 4 – 1
Humboldt State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Idaho Southern Branch   –   3 – 5 – 0
San Francisco State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Loyola (CA)   –   3 – 7 – 0
Portland   –   2 – 3 – 1
Hawaii   –   2 – 5 – 0
San Francisco   –   1 – 6 – 1
La Verne   –   0 – 6 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Minor conferences

Conference Champion(s) Record
Alamo Conference West Texas State Teachers 2–0
California Collegiate Athletic Association San Jose State 3–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Morgan State College 6–0–1
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference St. Benedict's (KS) 4–0
Far Western Conference Pacific (OR) 2–0
Indiana Intercollegiate Conference Butler
Manchester College 		4–0
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Dubuque 7–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Kansas Wesleyan 5–1
Lone Star Conference North Texas State Teachers 4–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Albion 5–0
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Beloit 5–1–1
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gustavus Adolphus 5–0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southwest Missouri State Teachers 5–0
Nebraska College Athletic Conference Doane
Hastings 		3–1
Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association Nebraska State Teachers 2–0–1
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference Western New Mexico 3–0
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Iowa State Teachers 5–0
North Dakota College Athletic Conference Mayville State 6–0
Northern Teachers Athletic Conference St. Cloud State Teachers 4–0
Ohio Athletic Conference Wittenberg 6–0
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Oklahoma Baptist 5–0–1
Pacific Northwest Conference Willamette 4–0
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Indiana State Teachers
Millersville State Teachers 		7–1
4–0
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado College 2–0–1
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Northern State Teachers 3–0
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Redlands 3–0–1
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Morris Brown 6–1
Southwestern Athletic Conference Langston
Southern 		5–1
Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference Abilene Christian
Howard Payne
Texas Western 		5–1
Washington Intercollegiate Conference Pacific Lutheran 4–0–1
Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference North: La Crosse Teachers
South: Whitewater State Teachers 		4–0
4–0

Minor conference standings

1940 Alamo Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Texas State $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Texas A&I 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
St. Mary's (TX) 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Jose State $ 3 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Fresno State 1 – 1 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
San Diego State 1 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Santa Barbara State 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Benedict's $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Emporia State 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Fort Hays State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 3
Southwestern (KS) 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Pittsburg State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Dixie Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chattanooga + 3 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Mississippi College + 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Howard (AL) 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Spring Hill 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Southwestern (TN) 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Millsaps 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Mercer 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1940 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Muhlenberg 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Gettysburg 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Drexel 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Ursinus 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pacific (CA) $ 2 – 0 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Cal Aggies 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Chico State 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
Humboldt State 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Illinois College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lake Forest + 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 1
Illinois Wesleyan + 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Augustana (IL) 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 2 – 2
Millikin 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Knox (IL) 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Monmouth (IL) 0 – 1 – 1 0 – 7 – 2
North Central (IL) 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Wheaton (IL) 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Bradley 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Illinois College 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1940 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois State Normal $ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Carthage 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Eastern Illinois 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Northern Illinois State 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Elmhurst 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
Western Illinois 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Southern Illinois 0 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Eureka 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
1940 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Manchester + 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Butler + 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Evansville 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Rose Poly 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Indiana State 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Wabash 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
DePauw 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Ball State 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Valparaiso 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Hanover 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Earlham 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
Central Normal 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 5 – 1
Franklin (IN) 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1940 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dubuque $ 7 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
St. Ambrose * 2 – 0 – 1 8 – 0 – 1
Loras 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
Western Union 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Central (IA) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Buena Vista 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Parsons 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Upper Iowa 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Iowa Wesleyan 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Luther 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Simpson (IA) 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Penn (IA) 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Wartburg 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – ineligible for conference title
1940 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kansas Wesleyan $ 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 2
Baker 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Ottawa 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Bethany (KS) 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
College of Emporia 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
McPherson 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Bethel (KS) 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Texas State $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Sam Houston State 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
East Texas State 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Stephen F. Austin 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Southwest Texas State 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southwestern Louisiana $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Louisiana Normal 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Louisiana Tech 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Louisiana College 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
Centenary 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Albion $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Alma 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Hope 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Hillsdale 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Adrian 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Kalamazoo 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Gustavus Adolphus $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
St. Thomas (MN) 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Macalester 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Saint Mary's (MN) 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Saint John's (MN) 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Concordia (MN) 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Hamline 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Augsburg 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
St. Olaf 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Culver–Stockton $ 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Central (MO) 2 – 1 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Missouri Valley 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
William Jewell 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Tarkio 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Springfield (MO) $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Maryville (MO) 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Missouri Mines 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 2
Warrensburg 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Cape Girardeau 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Kirksville 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Nebraska College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Doane + 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Hastings + 3 – 0 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Midland 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Nebraska Wesleyan 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
York (NE) 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1940 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Peru State $ 2 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 2
Kearney State 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Chadron State 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wayne State (NE) 0 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire $ 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Rhode Island State 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Connecticut 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Maine 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Northeastern 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Iowa State Teachers $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
North Dakota 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
South Dakota 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 5 – 0
Morningside 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
South Dakota State 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Omaha 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 3 – 2
North Dakota Agricultural 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 North State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Catawba $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Elon 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Lenoir Rhyne 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Appalachian State 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
High Point 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Western Carolina 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
Guilford 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma Baptist $ 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
SW Oklahoma State 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
SE Oklahoma State 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
East Central 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 2
Central State (OK) 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
NW Oklahoma State 0 – 4 – 2 3 – 6 – 2
Northeastern State 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Milligan $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Carson–Newman 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
East Tennessee State Teachers 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Maryville 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Cumberland (TN) 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Tusculum 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern State $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Spearfish 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 2 – 2
South Dakota Mines 1 – 1 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Eastern Normal 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Southern Normal 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Southern California Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Redlands $ 3 – 0 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Pomona 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Occidental 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Whittier 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Caltech 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southern + 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Langston + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Prairie View 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Texas College 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Bishop 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wiley 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Arkansas AM&N 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1940 Texas Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Abilene Christian + 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Texas Wesleyan + 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Howard Payne + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Austin 3 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Trinity (TX) 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Southwestern (TX) 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
McMurry 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Daniel Baker 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Rankings

Main article: 1940 NCAA football rankings

Bowl games

Main article: 1940–41 NCAA football bowl games
Bowl game Winning team Losing team
Rose Bowl No. 2 Stanford 21 No. 7 Nebraska 13
Sugar Bowl No. 5 Boston College 19 No. 4 Tennessee 13
Orange Bowl No. 9 Mississippi State 14 No. 13 Georgetown 7
Cotton Bowl Classic No. 6 Texas A&M 20 No. 12 Fordham 12
Sun Bowl Western Reserve 26 Arizona State[2] 13

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://www.tempe.gov/museum/football/fbasu.htm#bulldogs Archived October 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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