1940 college football season
Conference Champion ( s ) Record
Alamo Conference West Texas State Teachers 2-0
California Collegiate Athletic Association San Jose State 3-0
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Morgan State College 6-0-1
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference St. Benedict 's ( KS ) 4-0
Far Western Conference Pacific ( OR ) 2-0
Indiana Intercollegiate Conference Butler Manchester College 4-0
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Dubuque 7-0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Kansas Wesleyan 5-1
Lone Star Conference North Texas State Teachers 4-0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Albion 5-0
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Beloit 5-1-1
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gustavus Adolphus 5-0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southwest Missouri State Teachers 5-0
Nebraska College Athletic Conference Doane Hastings 3-1
Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association Nebraska State Teachers 2-0-1
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference Western New Mexico 3-0
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Iowa State Teachers 5-0
North Dakota College Athletic Conference Mayville State 6-0
Northern Teachers Athletic Conference St . Cloud State Teachers 4-0
Ohio Athletic Conference Wittenberg 6-0
Conference standings -- Minor conferences
The 1940 college football season ended with the Gophers of the University of Minnesota being named the nations #1 team and national champion by the AP Poll, and the Stanford University Indians in second, with the two teams receiving 65 and 44 first place votes respectively. Each writer listed his choice for the top ten teams, and points were tallied based on 10 for first place, 9 for second, etc., and the AP then ranked the twenty teams with the highest number of points. Minnesota, Stanford, Boston College, and Florida State all claim 1940 as a national championship season.