1939
AP College
Football Poll
| FINAL | Final | |||||||||
| 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/4 | 12/11 | Record | |
| Texas A & M | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10-0-0 |
| Tennessee | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10-1-0 |
| Southern California | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7-0-2 |
| Cornell | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8-0-0 |
| Tulane | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8-0-1 |
| Missouri | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8-1-0 | ||||
| UCLA | 20 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6-0-4 | ||
| Duke | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8-1-0 |
| Iowa | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6-1-1 | ||||
| Duquesne | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8-0-0 | |
| Boston College | 14 | 11 | 9-1-0 | |||||||
| Clemson | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 8-1-0 | ||||
| Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 7-2-0 |
| Santa Clara | 16 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 5-1-3 | |||
| Ohio State | 10 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 6-2-0 |
| Georgia Tech | 20 | 13 | 16 | 8-2-0 | ||||||
| Fordham | 18 | 17 | 6-2-0 | |||||||
| Nebraska | 16 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 7-1-1 | |||
| Oklahoma | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6-2-1 | ||
| Michigan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 6-2-0 | |||
| San Jose State | 19 | 19 | ||||||||
| Georgetown | 16 | 17 | 20 | |||||||
| Holy Cross | 18 | 11 | 10 | |||||||
| North Carolina | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 16 | |||
| Princeton | 19 | |||||||||
| SMU | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 17 | |||||
| Oregon State | 15 | 11 | 19 | |||||||
| Minnesota | 20 | |||||||||
| Dartmouth | 14 | |||||||||
| NYU | 19 | 17 | 17 | |||||||
| Kentucky | 15 | 18 | ||||||||
| Mississippi | 17 | 14 | 19 | |||||||
| Alabama | 8 | 20 | 19 | 20 | ||||||
| Lousiiana State | 18 | |||||||||
| Penn | 16 | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
| Oregon | 11 | |||||||||
| Carnegie Tech | 15 | |||||||||
| Baylor | 19 | |||||||||
| St. Mary's (CA) | 20 | |||||||||