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1940: Week 7

66 games. Six ranked teams lost, four to unranked teams. Two 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 26, 19403Michigan 14, 8Pennsylvania 0Box score
Oct 26, 19409Stanford 21, 17USC 7Box score

Upsets

Oct 26, 1940Saint Mary’s (CA) 9, 11Fordham 6upsetBox score
Oct 26, 1940Rice 13, 12Texas 0upsetBox score
Oct 26, 1940Arkansas 21, 14Ole Miss 20upsetBox score
Oct 26, 1940Syracuse 3, 20Columbia 0upsetBox 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 24, 194013Clemson 21, South Carolina 13Box score
Oct 25, 1940Duquesne 10, Manhattan 6Box score
Oct 25, 1940George Washington 19, West Virginia 0Box score
Oct 25, 1940Georgia 7, Kentucky 7Box score
Oct 25, 1940Michigan State 0, Santa Clara 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Arizona 24, Oklahoma State 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940UTEP 0, Arizona State 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Arkansas 21, 14Ole Miss 20upsetBox score
Oct 26, 1940Auburn 16, Georgia Tech 7Box score
Oct 26, 1940Brown 9, Holy Cross 6Box score
Oct 26, 1940Colorado 62, Wyoming 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Colorado State 7, New Mexico 6Box score
Oct 26, 19401Cornell 21, Ohio State 7Box score
Oct 26, 1940Dartmouth 7, Harvard 6Box score
Oct 26, 1940Duke 23, Wake Forest 0Box score
Oct 26, 194015Georgetown 26, New York University 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Kansas State 20, Kansas 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Lafayette 19, Army 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940LSU 7, Vanderbilt 0Box score
Oct 26, 19403Michigan 14, 8Pennsylvania 0Box score
Oct 26, 19406Minnesota 34, Iowa 6Box score
Oct 26, 1940Mississippi State 26, NC State 10Box score
Oct 26, 1940Montana 13, Gonzaga 10Box score
Oct 26, 1940Navy 21, Yale 0Box score
Oct 26, 194018Nebraska 20, Missouri 7Box score
Oct 26, 19407Northwestern 20, Indiana 7Box score
Oct 26, 19402Notre Dame 26, Illinois 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Oklahoma 20, Iowa State 7Box score
Oct 26, 1940Washington State 6, Oregon 6Box score
Oct 26, 1940Oregon State 7, UCLA 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Penn State 18, Temple 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Rice 13, 12Texas 0upsetBox score
Oct 26, 1940Richmond 9, VMI 7upsetBox score
Oct 26, 1940Saint Louis 21, Drake 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Saint Mary’s (CA) 9, 11Fordham 6upsetBox score
Oct 26, 19409Stanford 21, 17USC 7Box score
Oct 26, 1940Syracuse 3, 20Columbia 0upsetBox score
Oct 26, 19405Tennessee 14, Florida 0Box score
Oct 26, 19404Texas A&M 14, Baylor 7Box score
Oct 26, 1940Texas Tech 20, Marquette 13Box score
Oct 26, 1940Tulane 14, North Carolina 13upsetBox score
Oct 26, 1940Tulsa 7, TCU 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Utah 25, Denver 14Box score
Oct 26, 1940Utah State 0, Idaho 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Virginia Tech 21, Washington and Lee 0Box score
Oct 26, 194016Washington 7, California 6Box score
Oct 26, 1940William & Mary 13, Virginia 6Box score
Oct 26, 1940Wisconsin 14, Purdue 13upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1940San Francisco 0, Creighton 0Box score
Oct 27, 1940Detroit Mercy 10, Villanova 0Box score

Everyone else

Oct 25, 1940Chattanooga 20, Sewanee 6upsetBox score
Oct 25, 1940Loyola Marymount 20, Pacific 0Box score
Oct 25, 1940Maryland 6, McDaniel 0Box score
Oct 25, 1940Miami 31, Elon 7Box score
Oct 25, 1940New Mexico State 13, Northern Arizona 0Box score
Oct 25, 1940Northwestern State 7, Centenary (LA) 0upsetBox score
Oct 25, 1940Wichita State 14, Washburn 6upsetBox score
Oct 26, 194010Boston College 55, Saint Anselm 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Carnegie Mellon 14, Case 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940The Citadel 25, Oglethorpe 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Colgate 31, Mississippi College 0Box score
Oct 26, 1940Furman 40, Davidson 7Box score
Oct 26, 1940Lehigh 12, Hampden Sydney 7upsetBox score
Oct 26, 1940Princeton 28, Rutgers 13Box score
Oct 26, 1940Washington St. Louis 27, Butler 19Box score
Oct 28, 1940Temple 64, Muhlenberg 7Box score