| Year: | 1940 |
| Team: | Kentucky Wildcats |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Record: | 5–3–2 |
| Conf Record: | 1–2–2 |
| Head Coach: | Albert D. Kirwan |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Captain: | John Eibner |
| Stadium: | McLean Stadium |
The 1940 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1940 college football season. In their third season under head coach Albert D. Kirwan, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 5–3–2 with a mark of 1–2–2 against conference opponents, finished in ninth place in the SEC, and outscored opponents by a total of 190 to 107.[1]
Kentucky was ranked at No. 44 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]