1939 season · final
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- FBS Independents6
- Big 63
- SEC3
- Other8
- 1–Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 2–TennesseeSEC—
- 3–USCPacific—
- 4–CornellFBS Independents—
- 5–TulaneSEC—
- 6▲1MissouriBig 6—
- 7▲2UCLAPacific—
- 8▼2DukeSouthern—
- 9▼1IowaWestern—
- 10–DuquesneFBS Independents—
- 11▲3Boston CollegeFBS Independents—
- 12▲3ClemsonSouthern—
- 13▼2Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 14▲2Santa ClaraFBS Independents—
- 15▼3Ohio StateWestern—
- 16▼3Georgia TechSEC—
- 17▲1FordhamFBS Independents—
- 18▼1NebraskaBig 6—
- 19NewOklahomaBig 6—
- 20NewMichiganWestern—