1940 season · week 6
Polls
AP Top 25
21 ranked
- FBS Independents8
- SEC4
- Western3
- Other6
- 1–MinnesotaWestern—
- 2▲1Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 3▲1StanfordPacific—
- 4▲4Boston CollegeFBS Independents—
- 5▼3CornellFBS Independents—
- 6▼1TennesseeSEC—
- 7▼1MichiganWestern—
- 8▲3NebraskaBig 6—
- 9–GeorgetownFBS Independents—
- 10–NorthwesternWestern—
- 11▲6Ole MissSEC—
- 12NewPennsylvaniaFBS Independents—
- 13▲4WashingtonPacific—
- 14▼7Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 15▼2FordhamFBS Independents—
- 16▼1Mississippi StateSEC—
- 17▼3AlabamaSEC—
- 18▲2SMUSouthwest—
- 19▼3Santa ClaraFBS Independents—
- 20–Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 20NewTexas TechBorder—