1940 season · week 5
Polls
AP Top 25
21 ranked
- FBS Independents7
- SEC4
- Pacific3
- Other7
- 1▲1MinnesotaWestern—
- 2▼1CornellFBS Independents—
- 3▲1Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 4▲2StanfordPacific—
- 5–TennesseeSEC—
- 6▼3MichiganWestern—
- 7–Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 8–Boston CollegeFBS Independents—
- 9–GeorgetownFBS Independents—
- 10–NorthwesternWestern—
- 11▲1NebraskaBig 6—
- 12–DukeSouthern—
- 13▲4FordhamFBS Independents—
- 14NewAlabamaSEC—
- 15▲4Mississippi StateSEC—
- 16▲3Santa ClaraFBS Independents—
- 17NewOle MissSEC—
- 17▼6WashingtonPacific—
- 19NewOregon StatePacific—
- 20▼4Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 20▼6SMUSouthwest—