1940 Independent School Ratings

Record: 188-152-22, .550 W-L% (4th of 10) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 2.11 (6th of 10), SOS: -0.10 (6th of 10)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 5 (Boston College, Cornell, Fordham, Notre Dame and Pennsylvania)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 7 (Boston College, Cornell, Fordham, Georgetown, Hardin-Simmons, Pennsylvania and Santa Clara)

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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.

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41 Schools Table
			Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Cornell	15	6	2	0	10.13	9.38	19.51	39.03	-10.49
2	Pennsylvania	14	6	1	1	13.58	3.85	17.43	46.39	-3.04
3	Santa Clara	11	6	1	1	8.35	8.42	16.77	32.92	-6.47
4	Boston College	5	11	0	0	9.88	6.77	16.65	40.32	-5.74
5	Fordham	12	7	2	0	7.67	6.55	14.21	32.75	-6.60
6	Georgetown	13	8	2	0	6.50	5.32	11.82	37.78	-4.23
7	Notre Dame		7	2	0	4.25	5.90	10.15	32.00	-4.41
8	Michigan State		3	4	1	2.48	6.10	8.58	29.26	-7.30
9	Pitt		3	4	1	3.60	4.29	7.89	27.78	-4.24
10	Navy		6	2	1	-0.85	7.82	6.97	22.62	-7.46
11	Duquesne		7	1	0	0.86	5.89	6.75	23.17	-3.68
12	Columbia		5	2	2	-0.62	7.02	6.40	22.83	-6.14
13	Colgate		5	3	0	1.84	4.50	6.34	28.46	-2.01
14	Penn State		6	1	1	0.75	5.38	6.13	25.40	-3.41
15	Detroit Mercy		7	2	0	-3.17	9.04	5.87	23.14	-6.28
16	Hardin-Simmons	17	9	0	0	6.78	-1.44	5.33	29.85	5.80
17	Harvard		3	2	3	-3.06	8.36	5.30	21.36	-8.25
18	Saint Mary's (CA)		5	3	0	2.04	3.04	5.08	25.01	-1.00
19	Temple		4	4	1	3.07	0.65	3.73	30.45	-0.27
20	Syracuse		3	4	1	3.40	-0.05	3.35	29.87	1.92
			Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Villanova		4	5	0	1.70	1.41	3.11	28.05	-0.10
22	Dartmouth		5	4	0	1.61	1.41	3.03	25.96	-0.14
23	Princeton		5	2	1	5.18	-2.25	2.93	27.87	3.42
24	Holy Cross		4	5	1	-1.45	0.95	-0.50	22.48	-0.24
25	Brown		6	3	1	-1.18	0.17	-1.01	22.20	2.54
26	Virginia		4	5	0	-0.67	-0.77	-1.44	23.46	1.48
27	Marquette		2	6	1	7.91	-9.39	-1.48	31.64	9.72
28	Manhattan		3	6	0	3.84	-5.81	-1.97	29.81	7.04
29	West Virginia		4	4	1	-2.02	-0.29	-2.31	24.18	2.48
30	Gonzaga		5	4	1	-2.43	-0.38	-2.81	18.89	3.35
31	George Washington		5	3	1	-5.84	2.20	-3.64	16.49	-1.70
32	San Francisco		1	6	1	-2.71	-1.31	-4.02	20.16	3.28
33	Carnegie Mellon		3	5	0	-6.01	-0.32	-6.33	16.54	7.60
34	Yale		1	7	0	-3.75	-2.66	-6.41	21.70	5.04
35	Army		1	7	1	-4.01	-3.01	-7.02	19.62	8.84
36	Miami (FL)		3	7	0	-3.79	-5.64	-9.43	18.73	12.24
37	Loyola Marymount		3	7	0	-5.91	-4.11	-10.01	16.22	8.99
38	New York University		2	7	0	-5.73	-5.27	-11.00	17.83	9.16
39	Sewanee		3	5	0	-3.84	-7.17	-11.01	21.82	10.57
40	Centenary (LA)		3	7	0	-6.48	-5.60	-12.07	15.82	9.52
			Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Hampden-Sydney		4	5	0	-7.87	-6.54	-14.41	14.61	12.04

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