1940 season · final
Polls
AP Top 25
19 ranked
- FBS Independents8
- Western3
- Pacific2
- Other6
- 1–MinnesotaWestern—
- 2▲1StanfordPacific—
- 3▲2MichiganWestern—
- 4▲2TennesseeSEC—
- 5▼1Boston CollegeFBS Independents—
- 6▼4Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 7▲1NebraskaBig 6—
- 8▼1NorthwesternWestern—
- 9▲2Mississippi StateSEC—
- 10▲2WashingtonPacific—
- 11▲4Santa ClaraFBS Independents—
- 12▲2FordhamFBS Independents—
- 13▼4GeorgetownFBS Independents—
- 14▼4PennsylvaniaFBS Independents—
- 15▼2CornellFBS Independents—
- 16–SMUSouthwest—
- 17▲3Hardin SimmonsFBS Independents—
- 18▲2DukeSouthern—
- 19▼1LafayetteFBS Independents—