1940 season · week 2
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- FBS Independents7
- Pacific3
- Southwest3
- Other7
- 1–CornellFBS Independents—
- 2▲4Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 3–MichiganWestern—
- 4▼2Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 5–TennesseeSEC—
- 6▲1MinnesotaWestern—
- 7▼3NorthwesternWestern—
- 8▲1PennsylvaniaFBS Independents—
- 9▲1StanfordPacific—
- 10▼2Boston CollegeFBS Independents—
- 11–FordhamFBS Independents—
- 12▲2TexasSouthwest—
- 13▼1ClemsonSouthern—
- 14▼1Ole MissSEC—
- 15NewGeorgetownFBS Independents—
- 16–WashingtonPacific—
- 17–USCPacific—
- 18NewNebraskaBig 6—
- 19NewSMUSouthwest—
- 20NewColumbiaFBS Independents—