| Oct 11, 1940 | Arizona State 13, New Mexico 6upset | Box score |
| Oct 11, 1940 | BYU 20, Wyoming 0 | Box score |
| Oct 11, 1940 | Duquesne 27, South Carolina 21 | Box score |
| Oct 11, 1940 | Marquette 41, Iowa State 25 | Box score |
| Oct 11, 1940 | Villanova 28, Florida 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Arkansas 12, Baylor 6 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Boston College 33, Temple 20 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Centenary (LA) 19, Saint Louis 6 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Clemson 39, Wake Forest 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Colgate 20, Brown 3 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Colorado 26, Utah State 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Columbia 20, Dartmouth 6 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Cornell 45, Army 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Denver 14, Colorado State 13 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Fordham 20, Tulane 7 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | George Washington 20, Washington and Lee 14 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Gonzaga 25, Idaho 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Hardin Simmons 20, UTEP 6 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Holy Cross 18, Carnegie Mellon 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Iowa 30, Wisconsin 12 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Kansas 20, Drake 6 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Vanderbilt 7, Kentucky 7 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Michigan 26, Harvard 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Michigan State 20, Purdue 7 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Ole Miss 28, Georgia 14 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Mississippi State 7, Auburn 7 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Missouri 24, Kansas State 13 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Navy 12, Princeton 6 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Nebraska 13, Indiana 7 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | North Carolina 21, TCU 14 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Northwestern 6, Ohio State 3 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Notre Dame 26, Georgia Tech 20 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Penn State 17, West Virginia 13 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Pennsylvania 50, Yale 7 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Rice 23, LSU 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | USC 13, Illinois 7 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Pittsburgh 7, SMU 7 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Stanford 7, Santa Clara 6 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Syracuse 47, New York University 13 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Texas 19, Oklahoma 16 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Texas A&M 7, UCLA 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Texas Tech 32, Montana 19 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Tulsa 32, Creighton 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Utah 24, Arizona 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Virginia 19, Maryland 6 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | VMI 13, Davidson 7 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Washington 10, Oregon 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Washington St. Louis 28, Washburn 0 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | Washington State 9, California 6 | Box score |
| Oct 12, 1940 | William & Mary 20, Virginia Tech 13 | Box score |