1940: Week 6

65 games. Four ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Three games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 19, 1940	7Minnesota 13, 15Ohio State 7	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	10Stanford 26, 19Washington State 14	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	16Washington 19, 18Oregon State 0	Box score

Upsets

Oct 19, 1940

Indiana 10, 20Iowa 6upset

Box score

A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.

FBS vs. FBS

Oct 18, 1940	Detroit Mercy 6, Manhattan 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1940	Temple 21, Michigan State 19	Box score
Oct 18, 1940	Texas Tech 21, BYU 20	Box score
Oct 18, 1940	Tulsa 19, Saint Louis 6	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Arizona 29, Centenary (LA) 6	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Arizona State 42, New Mexico State 6	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Harvard 6, Army 6	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Baylor 7, Villanova 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	8Boston College 60, Idaho 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	California 9, UCLA 7	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Colorado 33, Colorado State 14	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Columbia 19, Georgia 13	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	1Cornell 33, Syracuse 6	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Davidson 27, Sewanee 20	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Denver 41, Wyoming 9	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Duke 13, Colgate 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Florida 19, Maryland 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	11Fordham 24, Pittsburgh 12	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Georgetown 46, Virginia Tech 4	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Georgia Tech 19, Vanderbilt 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Holy Cross 13, New York University 7	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Indiana 10, 20Iowa 6upset	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Kentucky 24, George Washington 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Creighton 27, Marquette 27	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	3Michigan 28, Illinois 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	7Minnesota 13, 15Ohio State 7	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	13Ole Miss 14, Duquesne 6	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Missouri 30, Iowa State 14	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Navy 19, Drake 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Nebraska 53, Kansas 2	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	North Carolina 13, NC State 7	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	4Northwestern 27, Wisconsin 7	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	6Notre Dame 61, Carnegie Mellon 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Oklahoma 14, Kansas State 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Oklahoma State 53, Washington St. Louis 12	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	9Pennsylvania 46, Princeton 28	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Saint Mary’s (CA) 18, Loyola Marymount 7	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	17USC 13, Oregon 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	SMU 20, Auburn 13	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	10Stanford 26, 19Washington State 14	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	5Tennessee 27, Alabama 12	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	14Texas 21, Arkansas 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	2Texas A&M 21, TCU 7	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	UTEP 9, New Mexico 7	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Tulane 15, Rice 6	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Utah State 7, Utah 0upset	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	VMI 7, Virginia 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	16Washington 19, 18Oregon State 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Washington and Lee 3, Richmond 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	William & Mary 41, Hampden Sydney 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Yale 13, Dartmouth 7	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 18, 1940	Catholic 20, Miami 18	Box score
Oct 18, 1940	San José State 7, San Francisco 6upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1940	Washburn 7, Grinnell 6	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Brown 26, Tufts 6	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Gonzaga 20, Portland 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Hardin Simmons 27, Howard Payne 7	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	LSU 20, Mercer 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Mississippi State 41, Samford 7	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Montana 6, Montana State 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Ohio 15, Furman 6upset	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Penn State 34, Lehigh 0	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Presbyterian 19, The Citadel 0upset	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	Wake Forest 31, Marshall 19	Box score
Oct 19, 1940	West Virginia 32, West Virginia Wesleyan 0	Box score