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1940 Western Conference Year Summary

Record: 39-33-0, .542 W-L% (6th of 10) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 14.87 (1st of 10), SOS: 12.52 (1st of 10)

Conference Champion: Minnesota

Ranked in First AP Poll: 5 (Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern and Ohio State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Michigan, Minnesota and Northwestern)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Minnesota	8	0	0	1.000	6	0	0	1.000	19.3	8.9	27.66	16.16		1	1
Michigan	7	1	0	.875	3	1	0	.750	24.5	4.3	28.21	13.59		3	3
Northwestern	6	2	0	.750	4	2	0	.667	21.3	8.0	24.37	13.37		4	8
Ohio State	4	4	0	.500	3	3	0	.500	12.4	14.1	15.95	15.82		15
Wisconsin	4	4	0	.500	3	3	0	.500	15.6	16.8	9.51	10.63
Iowa	4	4	0	.500	2	3	0	.400	15.6	12.3	9.18	8.43		20
Indiana	3	5	0	.375	2	3	0	.400	8.6	12.5	10.21	13.33
Purdue	2	6	0	.250	1	4	0	.200	12.0	13.3	6.82	10.07
Illinois	1	7	0	.125	0	5	0	.000	8.9	18.0	1.91	11.29