| Year: | 1940 |
| Team: | Rollins Tars |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Short Conf: | SIAA |
| Record: | 8–1 |
| Conf Record: | 6–0 |
| Head Coach: | Jack McDowall |
| Hc Year: | 12th |
| Stadium: | Orlando Stadium |
| Champion: | SIAA champion |
The 1940 Rollins Tars football team represented Rollins College during the 1940 college football season, and won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) title.[1] [2] The Tars were disappointed the Florida Gators did not meet a challenge for a state championship.[3]
Rollins was ranked at No. 96 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[4]