1940 - Final AP Poll

Final Poll released 12-03-1940

Rank	Team	Poll Record	Final Record
1	Minnesota	8-0-0	8-0-0
2	Stanford (CA)	9-0-0	10-0-0
3	Michigan	7-1-0	7-1-0
4	Tennessee	10-0-0	10-1-0
5	Boston College (MA)	10-0-0	11-0-0
6	Texas A&M;	8-1-0	9-1-0
7	Nebraska	8-1-0	8-2-0
8	Northwestern (IL)	6-2-0	6-2-0
9	Mississippi St.	9-0-1	10-0-1
10	Washington	7-2-0	7-2-0
11	Santa Clara (CA)	6-1-1	6-1-1
12	Fordham (NY)	7-1-0	7-2-0
13	Georgetown (DC)	8-1-0	8-2-0
14	Pennsylvania	6-1-1	6-1-1
15	Cornell (NY)	6-2-0	6-2-0
16	Southern Methodist (TX)	7-1-1	8-1-1
17	Hardin-Simmons (TX)	9-0-0	9-0-0
18	Duke (NC)	7-2-0	7-2-0
19	Lafayette (PA)	9-0-0	9-0-0

1940 - Final Coaches Poll

No Coaches Poll in 1940

1941 - Final AP Poll

Final Poll released 12-02-1941

Rank	Team	Poll Record	Final Record
1	Minnesota	8-0-0	8-0-0
2	Duke (NC)	9-0-0	9-1-0
3	Notre Dame (IN)	8-0-1	8-0-1
4	Texas	7-1-1	8-1-1
5	Michigan	6-1-1	6-1-1
6	Fordham (NY)	7-1-0	8-1-0
7	Missouri	8-1-0	8-2-0
8	Duquesne (PA)	8-0-0	8-0-0
9	Texas A&M;	8-1-0	9-2-0
10	Navy (MD)	7-1-1	7-1-1
11	Northwestern (IL)	5-3-0	5-3-0
12	Oregon St.	7-2-0	8-2-0
13	Ohio St.	6-1-1	6-1-1
14	Georgia	8-1-1	9-1-1
15	Pennsylvania	7-1-1	7-1-1
16	Mississippi St.	7-1-1	8-1-1
17	Mississippi	6-2-1	6-2-1
18	Tennessee	8-2-0	8-2-0
19	Washington St.	6-3-0	6-4-0
20	Alabama	8-2-0	9-2-0

1941 - Final Coaches Poll

No Coaches Poll in 1941

1942 - Final AP Poll

Final Poll released 12-01-1942

Rank	Team	Poll Record	Final Record
1	Ohio St.	9-1-0	9-1-0
2	Georgia	10-1-0	11-1-0
3	Wisconsin	8-1-1	8-1-1
4	Tulsa (OK)	10-0-0	10-1-0
5	Georgia Tech	9-1-0	9-2-0
6	Notre Dame (IN)	7-2-1	7-2-2
7	Tennessee	8-1-1	9-1-1
8	Boston College (MA)	8-1-0	8-2-0
9	Michigan	7-3-0	7-3-0
10	Alabama	7-3-0	8-3-0
11	Texas	8-2-0	9-2-0
12	Stanford (CA)	6-4-0	6-4-0
13	UCLA	5-3-0	7-4-0
14	William & Mary (VA)	8-1-1	9-1-1
15	Santa Clara (CA)	7-2-0	7-2-0
16	Auburn (AL)	6-4-1	6-4-1
17	Washington St.	6-1-2	6-2-2
18	Mississippi St.	7-2-0	8-2-0
19	Minnesota	5-4-0	5-4-0
19	Holy Cross (MA)	5-4-1	5-4-1
19	Penn St.	6-1-1	6-1-1

1942 - Final Coaches Poll

No Coaches Poll in 1942

1943 - Final AP Poll

Final Poll released 11-30-1943

Rank	Team	Poll Record	Final Record
1	Notre Dame (IN)	9-1-0	9-1-0
2	Iowa Navy Pre-Flight	9-1-0	9-1-0
3	Michigan	8-1-0	8-1-0
4	Navy (MD)	8-1-0	8-1-0
5	Purdue (IN)	9-0-0	9-0-0
6	Great Lakes NTS (IL)	10-2-0	10-2-0
7	Duke (NC)	8-1-0	8-1-0
8	Del Monte Pre-Flight (CA)	7-1-0	7-1-0
9	Northwestern (IL)	6-2-0	6-2-0
10	Deleted	8-1-0	9-1-0
11	Army (NY)	7-2-1	7-2-1
12	Washington	4-0-0	4-1-0
13	Georgia Tech	7-3-0	8-3-0
14	Texas	7-1-0	7-1-1
15	Tulsa (OK)	6-0-1	6-1-1
16	Dartmouth (NH)	6-1-0	6-1-0
17	Bainbridge NTS (MD)	7-0-0	7-0-0
18	Colorado College	7-0-0	7-0-0
19	Pacific (CA)	7-1-0	7-2-0
20	Pennsylvania	6-2-1	6-2-1

1943 - Final Coaches Poll

No Coaches Poll in 1943

1944 - Final AP Poll

Final Poll released 12-05-1944

Rank	Team	Poll Record	Final Record
1	Army (NY)	9-0-0	9-0-0
2	Ohio St.	9-0-0	9-0-0
3	Randolph Field (TX)	10-0-0	12-0-0
4	Navy (MD)	6-3-0	6-3-0
5	Bainbridge NTS (MD)	10-0-0	10-0-0
6	Iowa Navy Pre-Flight	10-1-0	10-1-0
7	Southern California	7-0-2	8-0-2
8	Michigan	8-2-0	8-2-0
9	Notre Dame (IN)	8-2-0	8-2-0
10	Deleted	7-0-2	7-1-2
11	Duke (NC)	5-4-0	6-4-0
12	Tennessee	7-0-1	7-1-1
13	Norman NAS (OK)	6-0-0	6-0-0
13	Georgia Tech	8-2-0	8-3-0
15	Illinois	5-4-1	5-4-1
16	El Toro Marines (CA)	8-1-0	8-1-0
17	Great Lakes NTS (IL)	9-2-1	9-2-1
18	Fort Pierce (FL)	8-0-0	9-0-0
19	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (CA)	4-4-0	4-4-0
20	2nd Air Force (CO)	10-2-1	10-4-1

1944 - Final Coaches Poll

No Coaches Poll in 1944