1940 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1940 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–4 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPClaude White
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
1940 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Minnesota $ 6 0 08 0 0
No. 3 Michigan 3 1 07 1 0
No. 8 Northwestern 4 2 06 2 0
Ohio State 3 3 04 4 0
Wisconsin 3 3 04 4 0
Iowa 2 3 04 4 0
Indiana 2 3 03 5 0
Purdue 1 4 02 6 0
Illinois 0 5 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 4–4 record and were outscored 99–113.

Ohio State was ranked at No. 18 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.