1940 College Football School Ratings

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

121 Schools

121 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Michigan	Western	3	7	1	0	13.93	14.28	28.21	44.91	-15.31
2	Minnesota	Western	1	8	0	0	15.39	12.26	27.66	40.21	-13.08
3	Northwestern	Western	8	6	2	0	13.22	11.15	24.37	40.67	-12.30
4	Stanford	PCC	2	10	0	0	12.57	7.56	20.14	36.20	-5.70
5	Cornell	Ind	15	6	2	0	10.13	9.38	19.51	39.03	-10.49
6	Washington	PCC	10	7	2	0	9.39	9.93	19.31	34.22	-7.90
7	Tennessee	SEC	4	10	1	0	10.22	8.84	19.06	42.02	-7.43
8	Texas A&M	SWC	6	9	1	0	7.75	11.01	18.76	32.60	-8.81
9	Pennsylvania	Ind	14	6	1	1	13.58	3.85	17.43	46.39	-3.04
10	Duke	Southern	18	7	2	0	8.60	8.81	17.41	36.56	-9.28
11	Santa Clara	Ind	11	6	1	1	8.35	8.42	16.77	32.92	-6.47
12	Boston College	Ind	5	11	0	0	9.88	6.77	16.65	40.32	-5.74
13	Texas	SWC		8	2	0	8.19	8.16	16.35	33.35	-6.46
14	Ohio State	Western		4	4	0	7.97	7.98	15.95	34.29	-7.07
15	Nebraska	Big 6	7	8	2	0	6.50	9.40	15.90	33.49	-7.81
16	Mississippi State	SEC	9	10	0	1	6.81	7.45	14.27	31.76	-5.19
17	Fordham	Ind	12	7	2	0	7.67	6.55	14.21	32.75	-6.60
18	SMU	SWC	16	8	1	1	5.49	8.18	13.67	28.85	-5.96
19	Georgetown	Ind	13	8	2	0	6.50	5.32	11.82	37.78	-4.23
20	Indiana	Western		3	5	0	3.27	6.93	10.21	28.39	-7.37
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Notre Dame	Ind		7	2	0	4.25	5.90	10.15	32.00	-4.41
22	Alabama	SEC		7	2	0	5.92	3.83	9.75	29.51	-2.51
23	Rice	SWC		7	3	0	3.39	6.30	9.69	27.05	-4.81
24	Wisconsin	Western		4	4	0	8.29	1.21	9.51	33.88	-1.36
25	Ole Miss	SEC		9	2	0	7.53	1.93	9.46	32.62	0.27
26	Iowa	Western		4	4	0	4.23	4.95	9.18	32.27	-4.02
27	Michigan State	Ind		3	4	1	2.48	6.10	8.58	29.26	-7.30
28	Missouri	Big 6		6	3	0	10.36	-2.14	8.21	35.33	3.95
29	Oregon	PCC		4	4	1	-0.83	8.78	7.95	24.10	-5.91
30	Pitt	Ind		3	4	1	3.60	4.29	7.89	27.78	-4.24
31	Oregon State	PCC		5	3	1	2.38	5.50	7.87	27.27	-2.80
32	USC	PCC		3	4	2	2.12	5.58	7.69	26.24	-4.44
33	California	PCC		4	6	0	1.95	5.55	7.50	25.57	-3.67
34	Oklahoma	Big 6		6	3	0	3.18	4.05	7.22	26.32	-3.27
35	Auburn	SEC		6	4	1	5.68	1.45	7.13	29.66	-1.28
36	Navy	Ind		6	2	1	-0.85	7.82	6.97	22.62	-7.46
37	Purdue	Western		2	6	0	3.59	3.23	6.82	29.61	-3.78
38	Duquesne	Ind		7	1	0	0.86	5.89	6.75	23.17	-3.68
39	Tulane	SEC		5	5	0	2.76	3.73	6.49	29.29	-2.94
40	Columbia	Ind		5	2	2	-0.62	7.02	6.40	22.83	-6.14
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Colgate	Ind		5	3	0	1.84	4.50	6.34	28.46	-2.01
42	Penn State	Ind		6	1	1	0.75	5.38	6.13	25.40	-3.41
43	LSU	SEC		6	4	0	2.25	3.65	5.90	27.35	-1.68
44	Detroit Mercy	Ind		7	2	0	-3.17	9.04	5.87	23.14	-6.28
45	Georgia	SEC		5	4	1	5.62	0.00	5.62	32.24	1.42
46	North Carolina	Southern		6	4	0	2.08	3.30	5.38	28.15	-3.36
47	Texas Christian	SWC		3	7	0	2.75	2.62	5.36	27.63	-1.41
48	Hardin-Simmons	Ind	17	9	0	0	6.78	-1.44	5.33	29.85	5.80
49	Clemson	Southern		6	2	1	1.74	3.57	5.31	28.40	-1.49
50	Harvard	Ind		3	2	3	-3.06	8.36	5.30	21.36	-8.25
51	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind		5	3	0	2.04	3.04	5.08	25.01	-1.00
52	Tulsa	MVC		7	3	0	3.19	1.67	4.85	28.04	1.51
53	Baylor	SWC		4	6	0	1.15	3.19	4.34	24.86	-2.12
54	Kentucky	SEC		5	3	2	1.96	1.98	3.94	29.98	0.11
55	Wake Forest	Southern		7	3	0	1.16	2.75	3.91	30.15	0.41
56	Temple	Ind		4	4	1	3.07	0.65	3.73	30.45	-0.27
57	Texas Tech	BIAA		9	1	1	5.17	-1.49	3.68	28.77	4.29
58	William & Mary	Southern		6	2	1	0.55	3.03	3.58	29.62	0.06
59	Syracuse	Ind		3	4	1	3.40	-0.05	3.35	29.87	1.92
60	Washington State	PCC		4	4	2	3.87	-0.59	3.28	26.79	3.20
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Villanova	Ind		4	5	0	1.70	1.41	3.11	28.05	-0.10
62	UCLA	PCC		1	9	0	2.14	0.95	3.09	26.26	1.39
63	Utah	MSAC		7	2	0	3.58	-0.50	3.08	25.90	3.59
64	Dartmouth	Ind		5	4	0	1.61	1.41	3.03	25.96	-0.14
65	Princeton	Ind		5	2	1	5.18	-2.25	2.93	27.87	3.42
66	Georgia Tech	SEC		3	7	0	3.40	-1.06	2.34	28.41	1.91
67	Arizona	BIAA		7	2	0	0.62	1.37	1.98	26.47	1.81
68	Illinois	Western		1	7	0	0.72	1.19	1.91	26.79	-0.72
69	Arkansas	SWC		4	6	0	2.08	-0.29	1.80	26.81	2.75
70	Florida	SEC		5	5	0	0.46	1.31	1.76	25.56	0.28
71	Colorado	MSAC		5	3	1	1.58	0.09	1.67	28.29	4.30
72	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		7	2	1	-3.32	4.98	1.66	20.34	-3.29
73	Vanderbilt	SEC		3	6	1	-3.08	3.96	0.88	21.02	-4.06
74	Furman	Southern		5	4	0	2.36	-1.79	0.57	28.69	3.64
75	Oklahoma State	MVC		6	3	1	4.27	-3.72	0.55	28.40	6.26
76	Creighton	MVC		6	2	2	-3.01	2.62	-0.39	22.93	1.58
77	Denver	MSAC		6	2	1	1.32	-1.76	-0.43	23.95	5.45
78	Holy Cross	Ind		4	5	1	-1.45	0.95	-0.50	22.48	-0.24
79	North Carolina State	Southern		3	6	0	1.21	-2.16	-0.94	26.50	2.80
80	Brown	Ind		6	3	1	-1.18	0.17	-1.01	22.20	2.54
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Virginia	Ind		4	5	0	-0.67	-0.77	-1.44	23.46	1.48
82	Marquette	Ind		2	6	1	7.91	-9.39	-1.48	31.64	9.72
83	Richmond	Southern		6	3	0	-0.90	-0.60	-1.50	22.50	2.87
84	Manhattan	Ind		3	6	0	3.84	-5.81	-1.97	29.81	7.04
85	West Virginia	Ind		4	4	1	-2.02	-0.29	-2.31	24.18	2.48
86	Iowa State	Big 6		4	5	0	-1.31	-1.03	-2.34	21.91	3.24
87	Virginia Tech	Southern		5	5	0	-0.20	-2.44	-2.64	22.52	5.77
88	Gonzaga	Ind		5	4	1	-2.43	-0.38	-2.81	18.89	3.35
89	George Washington	Ind		5	3	1	-5.84	2.20	-3.64	16.49	-1.70
90	New Mexico	BIAA		5	4	0	-0.07	-3.96	-4.02	21.60	6.29
91	San Francisco	Ind		1	6	1	-2.71	-1.31	-4.02	20.16	3.28
92	South Carolina	Southern		3	6	0	-0.41	-3.74	-4.15	23.28	4.56
93	Arizona State	BIAA		7	2	2	-3.54	-0.86	-4.40	20.05	5.66
94	Kansas State	Big 6		2	7	0	-4.30	-1.98	-6.28	19.21	3.94
95	Carnegie Mellon	Ind		3	5	0	-6.01	-0.32	-6.33	16.54	7.60
96	Yale	Ind		1	7	0	-3.75	-2.66	-6.41	21.70	5.04
97	Davidson	Southern		5	5	0	0.32	-7.30	-6.98	24.08	11.71
98	Army	Ind		1	7	1	-4.01	-3.01	-7.02	19.62	8.84
99	Saint Louis	MVC		3	6	1	-7.09	-0.17	-7.26	15.10	2.10
100	UTEP	BIAA		4	4	1	-3.30	-4.25	-7.55	17.22	8.15
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Kansas	Big 6		2	7	0	-4.46	-4.42	-8.88	20.28	9.72
102	BYU	MSAC		2	4	2	-6.24	-2.83	-9.07	15.31	5.69
103	Miami (FL)	Ind		3	7	0	-3.79	-5.64	-9.43	18.73	12.24
104	Drake	MVC		4	5	0	-5.09	-4.52	-9.61	20.58	7.12
105	Loyola Marymount	Ind		3	7	0	-5.91	-4.11	-10.01	16.22	8.99
106	Montana	PCC		4	4	1	-4.66	-5.92	-10.58	16.03	11.54
107	New York University	Ind		2	7	0	-5.73	-5.27	-11.00	17.83	9.16
108	Sewanee	Ind		3	5	0	-3.84	-7.17	-11.01	21.82	10.57
109	Washington (MO)	MVC		3	6	0	-3.70	-7.61	-11.30	19.08	11.71
110	Colorado State	MSAC		3	4	2	-5.73	-5.79	-11.52	14.89	9.25
111	Washington & Lee	Southern		2	7	1	-5.05	-6.77	-11.82	18.76	9.29
112	The Citadel	Southern		4	5	0	-6.78	-5.16	-11.94	17.48	8.77
113	Centenary (LA)	Ind		3	7	0	-6.48	-5.60	-12.07	15.82	9.52
114	Maryland	Southern		2	6	1	-9.77	-3.28	-13.05	13.47	8.69
115	Idaho	PCC		1	7	1	-9.01	-4.35	-13.36	13.99	13.38
116	Hampden-Sydney	Ind		4	5	0	-7.87	-6.54	-14.41	14.61	12.04
117	Utah State	MSAC		2	5	1	-10.47	-4.83	-15.30	10.66	8.29
118	Washburn	MVC		4	6	0	-6.14	-9.65	-15.79	14.48	15.34
119	New Mexico State	BIAA		3	6	0	-7.66	-9.91	-17.56	13.66	18.42
120	Northern Arizona	BIAA		2	6	0	-5.81	-12.29	-18.10	15.40	18.55
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	Wyoming	MSAC		1	7	1	-12.65	-7.35	-20.01	9.32	15.95

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