1940 season · week 4
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- FBS Independents9
- Western3
- Pacific2
- Other6
- 1–CornellFBS Independents—
- 2▲2MinnesotaWestern—
- 3–MichiganWestern—
- 4▲1Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 5▲2TennesseeSEC—
- 6–StanfordPacific—
- 7▼5Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 8▲1Boston CollegeFBS Independents—
- 9▲1GeorgetownFBS Independents—
- 10▼2NorthwesternWestern—
- 11▲2WashingtonPacific—
- 12▲6DukeSouthern—
- 12–NebraskaBig 6—
- 14▲1SMUSouthwest—
- 15–PennsylvaniaFBS Independents—
- 16▲2Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 17NewFordhamFBS Independents—
- 18NewLafayetteFBS Independents—
- 19▲1Mississippi StateSEC—
- 19▲1Santa ClaraFBS Independents—