1966 NCAA University Division football rankings

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Two human polls comprised the 1966 NCAA University Division football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

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Legend

 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
 National champion
(#–#)
 Win–loss record
(Italics)
 Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

The final AP Poll was released in early December, at the end of the 1966 regular season. [1] In the previous season, the final poll was released in January for the first time, after the bowl games, but not in 1966 or 1967.

The AP Poll ranked only the top ten teams from 1962 through 1967.

Preseason
Aug [2]
Week 1
Sep 19 [3]
Week 2
Sep 26 [4]
Week 3
Oct 3 [5]
Week 4
Oct 10 [6]
Week 5
Oct 17 [7]
Week 6
Oct 24 [8]
Week 7
Oct 31 [9]
Week 8
Nov 7 [10]
Week 9
Nov 14 [11]
Week 10
Nov 21 [12]
Week 11
Nov 28 [13]
Week 12 (Final)
Dec 5 [14]
1. Alabama (15)Michigan State (1–0) (12)Michigan State (2–0) (22)Michigan State (3–0) (20)Michigan State (4–0) (18)Notre Dame (4–0) (31)Notre Dame (5–0) (32)Notre Dame (6–0) (39)Notre Dame (7–0) (32)Notre Dame (8–0) (35)Notre Dame (8–0–1) (37)Notre Dame (9–0–1) (40)Notre Dame (9–0–1) (41)1.
2. Michigan State (12)UCLA (1–0) (13)UCLA (2–0) (11)UCLA (3–0) (7)Notre Dame (3–0) (15)Michigan State (5–0) (10)Michigan State (6–0) (5)Michigan State (7–0) (6)Michigan State (8–0) (10)Michigan State (9–0) (6)Michigan State (9–0–1) (27)Michigan State (9–0–1) (10)Michigan State (9–0–1) (8)2.
3. Nebraska (2)Alabama (0–0) (10)Alabama (1–0) (2)Notre Dame (2–0) (8)Alabama (3–0) (4)UCLA (5–0) (3)UCLA (6–0) (2)UCLA (7–0) (3)Alabama (7–0)Alabama (8–0) (1)Alabama (8–0) (8)Alabama (9–0) (7)Alabama (10–0) (7)3.
4. UCLA (6)Nebraska (1–0)Notre Dame (1–0) (2)Alabama (2–0) (3)UCLA (4–0) (2)Alabama (4–0) (2)Alabama (5–0) (1)Alabama (6–0) (1)Nebraska (8–0)Nebraska (9–0)Nebraska (9–0) (1)Georgia (9–1)Georgia (9–1)4.
5. Arkansas USC (1–0) (2)USC (2–0) (1)Arkansas (3–0) (2)USC (4–0) (1)USC (5–0) (1)USC (6–0) (1)Georgia Tech (7–0)Georgia Tech (8–0)Georgia Tech (9–0)Georgia Tech (9–0)UCLA (9–1)UCLA (9–1)5.
6. Notre Dame Arkansas (1–0) (1)Nebraska (2–0)USC (3–0) (1)Nebraska (4–0)Georgia Tech (5–0)Georgia Tech (6–0)Nebraska (7–0)Arkansas (7–1) (1)Arkansas (8–1) (1)UCLA (9–1)Nebraska (9–1)Nebraska (9–1)6.
7. Syracuse Purdue (1–0)Arkansas (2–0) (1)Nebraska (3–0)Georgia Tech (4–0)Nebraska (5–0)Florida (6–0)Florida (7–0)USC (7–1)USC (7–1)Georgia (8–1)Purdue (8–2)Purdue (8–2)7.
8. Purdue Notre Dame (0–0) (1)Michigan (2–0) (1)Tennessee (2–0)Florida (4–0)Florida (5–0)Nebraska (6–0)Arkansas (6–1)UCLA (7–1)UCLA (8–1)Purdue (8–2)Georgia Tech (9–1)Georgia Tech (9–1)8.
9. USC Michigan (1–0) (1) Georgia Tech (2–0)Georgia Tech (3–0)Purdue (3–1)Purdue (4–1)Arkansas (5–1)USC (6–1) Georgia (7–1)Georgia (8–1)Florida (8–1) Miami (FL) (7–2–1)Miami (FL) (7–2–1)9.
10. Tennessee Baylor (1–0) (1)Tennessee (1–0) Florida (3–0)Baylor (3–1) Oklahoma (4–0) Wyoming (6–0)Tennessee (4–2)Tennessee (5–2)Purdue (7–2)USC (7–2) SMU (8–2)SMU (8–2)10.
Preseason
Aug [15]
Week 1
Sep 19 [16]
Week 2
Sep 26 [17]
Week 3
Oct 3 [18]
Week 4
Oct 10 [19]
Week 5
Oct 17 [20]
Week 6
Oct 24 [21]
Week 7
Oct 31 [22]
Week 8
Nov 7 [23]
Week 9
Nov 14 [24]
Week 10
Nov 21 [25]
Week 11
Nov 28 [26]
Week 12 (Final)
Dec 5 [27]
Dropped:
  • Syracuse
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Baylor
  • Purdue
Dropped:
  • Michigan
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Baylor
Dropped:
  • Oklahoma
  • Purdue
Dropped:
  • Wyoming
Dropped:
  • Florida
Dropped:
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
Dropped:
  • Florida
  • USC
None

Final Coaches Poll

The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, in late November. [28] [29]
Notre Dame received twenty of the 35 first-place votes; Michigan State received ten, Alabama four, and UCLA one. [30]

RankingTeamConferenceBowl
1 Notre Dame Independent none
2 Michigan State Big Ten
3 Alabama SEC Won Sugar, 34–7
4 Georgia SECWon Cotton, 24–9
5 UCLA AAWU (Pac-8)none
6 Purdue Big TenWon Rose, 14–13
7 Nebraska Big EightLost Sugar, 7–34
8 Georgia Tech IndependentLost Orange, 12–27
9 SMU Southwest Lost Cotton, 9–24
10 Miami (FL) IndependentWon Liberty, 14–7
11 Florida SECWon Orange, 27–12
12 Mississippi SECLost Bluebonnet, 0–19
13 Arkansas Southwestnone
14 Tennessee SECWon Gator, 18–12
15 Wyoming WAC Won Sun, 28–20
16 Syracuse IndependentLost Gator, 12–18
17 Houston Independentnone
18 USC AAWU (Pac-8)Lost Rose, 13–14
19 Oregon State AAWU (Pac-8)none
20 Virginia Tech IndependentLost Liberty, 7–14

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