AP Football Final Rankings
Every season from 1936 through 2025. Explore the finishes, follow a program, and inspect the sources.
90Seasons
1936First AP Season
1,918Ranked Finishes
2025Latest Complete Season
1940 Season · Final AP Poll
1940 Final Rankings
19 ranked teams · Rankings Only · Voter Ballots Not Yet Available
AP No. 1 · 1940
Minnesota
Final published AP ranking
| Rank | Team | Previous Final |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NROutside Previous Ranked List | |
| 2 | NROutside Previous Ranked List | |
| 3 | No. 20↑ 17 | |
| 4 | No. 2↓ 2 | |
| 5 | No. 11↑ 6 | |
| 6 | No. 1↓ 5 | |
| 7 | No. 18↑ 11 | |
| 8 | NROutside Previous Ranked List | |
| 9 | NROutside Previous Ranked List | |
| 10 | NROutside Previous Ranked List | |
| 11 | No. 14↑ 3 | |
| 12 | No. 17↑ 5 | |
| 13 | NROutside Previous Ranked List | |
| 14 | NROutside Previous Ranked List | |
| 15 | No. 4↓ 11 | |
| 16 | NROutside Previous Ranked List | |
| 17 | NROutside Previous Ranked List | |
| 18 | No. 8↓ 10 | |
| 19 | NROutside Previous Ranked List |
Sources for 1940
Weekly Coverage
College Poll Archive lists 8 releases for 1940, including 7 non-final polls. A non-final table was retrieved for this season during the coverage review.
Weekly rankings are a future addition here. The source index and a retrieved sample establish availability; the full weekly season has not yet been reconciled for publication.
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