1940 College Football All-America Team
The 1940 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1940. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1940 season are Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, the Associated Press, the United Press, the All-America Board, the International News Service, Liberty magazine, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, Newsweek, and the Sporting News.
Michigan halfback Tom Harmon, Texas A&M fullback John Kimbrough, and Tennessee guard Bob Suffridge were the only three unanimous first-team All-Americans chosen by all nine official selectors.
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1940, the NCAA recognizes nine published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.| Name | Position | School | UP votes | Number | Official selectors | Other selectors |
| Tom Harmon | Halfback | Michigan | 478 | 9/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH, FD, NYS, WC |
| John Kimbrough | Fullback | Texas A&M | 474 | 9/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH, FD, NYS, WC |
| Bob Suffridge | Guard | Tennessee | 340 | 9/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH, FD, NYS, WC |
| George Franck | Halfback | Minnesota | 436 | 8/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH FD, NYS, WC |
| Nick Drahos | Tackle | Cornell | 382 | 8/9 | AAB, AP, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH, FD, WC |
| Frankie Albert | Quarterback | Stanford | 229 | 6/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, NW, UP | CP, DH, FD, WC |
| Gene Goodreault | End | Boston College | 200 | 6/9 | AAB, CO, INS, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH, FD, WC |
| Rudy Mucha | Center | Washington | 201 | 5/9 | AAB, CO, NW, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| David Rankin | End | Purdue | 4/9 | AAB, CO, SN, UP | WC | |
| Marshall Robnett | Guard | Texas A&M | 3/9 | AAB, NW, UP | CP, DH, FD, WC | |
| Alf Bauman | Tackle | Northwestern | 184 | 3/9 | AAB, CO, UP | NYS, WC |
| Urban Odson | Tackle | Minnesota | 3/9 | INS, LIB, NW | CP |
All-American selections for 1940
Ends
- Gene Goodreault, Boston College
- David Rankin, Purdue
- Paul Severin, North Carolina
- Buddy Elrod, Mississippi State
- Ed Frutig, Michigan
- Jay MacDowell, Washington
- Joe Blalock, Clemson
- Loren MacKinney, Harvard
- William Jennings, Oklahoma
- Bob Ison, Georgia Tech
- Roland Goss, SMU
- Smith, UCLA
- Holt Rast, Alabama
Tackles
- Alf Bauman, Northwestern
- Nick Drahos, Cornell
- Urban Odson, Minnesota
- Bob Reinhard, California
- Forrest Behm, Nebraska
- Tony Ruffa, Duke
- Fred Hartman, Rice
- Vic Sears, Oregon State
- Joe Ungerer, Fordham
- Mike Enich, Iowa
- Chip Routt, Texas A&M
- William Collins, Lafayette
- Abe Shires, Tennessee
Guards
- Bob Suffridge, Tennessee
- Marshall Robnett, Texas A&M
- Warren Alfson, Nebraska
- Augie Lio, Georgetown
- Helge Pukema, Minnesota
- Hunter Cohern, Mississippi State
- George Kerr, Boston College
- Cecil Schefel, Denver
- Ray Frankowski, Washington
- Ed Molinski, Tennessee
- Hal Lahar, Oklahoma
- George Kinard, Ole Miss
- John W. Goree, LSU
Centers
- Rudy Mucha, Washington
- Leon Gajecki, Penn State
- Chet Gladchuk, Boston
- Ray Frick, Penn
- Ray Apolskis, Marquette
Quarterbacks
- Frankie Albert, Stanford
- Paul Christman, Missouri
- Henry Toczylowski, Boston College
- Don Scott, Ohio State
- Forest Evashevski, Michigan
Halfbacks
- Tom Harmon, Michigan
- George Franck, Minnesota
- Charlie O'Rourke, Boston College
- Hugh Gallarneau, Stanford
- Frank Reagan, Penn
- Bill Dudley, Virginia
- Bob Foxx, Tennessee
- Jim Kisselburgh, Oregon State
- James Thompson, Texas A&M
- Merle Hapes, Ole Miss
- Steve Juzwik, Notre Dame
- Jimmy Nelson, Alabama
- Dave Allerdice, Princeton
- Milt Piepul, Notre Dame
- Bill Sewell, Washington State
Fullbacks
- John Kimbrough, Texas A&M
- George Paskvan, Wisconsin
- Norm Standlee, Stanford
Key
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
- AAB = All-America Board
- AP = Associated Press, based on a nationwide survey of expert opinion
- CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice
- INS = International News Service, selected through a nationwide poll of coaches and sports writers
- LIB = Liberty magazine
- NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association, picked with the aid and assistance of coaches, scouts, officials and football writers of the nation.
- NW = Newsweek
- SN = The Sporting News
- UP = United Press
Other selectors
- CP = Central Press Association, selected with the assistance of the nation's football captains
- DH = Deke Houlgate
- FD = Football Digest
- NYS = New York Sun
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation