1940 season · week 7
Polls
AP Top 25
21 ranked
- FBS Independents8
- SEC3
- Western3
- Other7
- 1–MinnesotaWestern—
- 2–Texas A&MSouthwest—
- 3–StanfordPacific—
- 4–Boston CollegeFBS Independents—
- 5▲2MichiganWestern—
- 6–TennesseeSEC—
- 7▲3NorthwesternWestern—
- 8–NebraskaBig 6—
- 9–GeorgetownFBS Independents—
- 10▲2PennsylvaniaFBS Independents—
- 11▲5Mississippi StateSEC—
- 12▲1WashingtonPacific—
- 13▼8CornellFBS Independents—
- 14▲1FordhamFBS Independents—
- 15▲4Santa ClaraFBS Independents—
- 16▲2SMUSouthwest—
- 17–AlabamaSEC—
- 18NewLafayetteFBS Independents—
- 18▲2Texas TechBorder—
- 20NewDukeSouthern—
- 20NewHardin SimmonsFBS Independents—