1966 NCAA University Division football rankings
1966 NCAA University Division football rankings | |
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Season | 1966 |
Bowl season | 1966–67 bowl games |
Preseason No. 1 | |
End of season champions | Notre Dame |
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
AP Poll and the Coaches Poll
.
Legend
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
National champion | ||
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Win–loss record | |
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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] | ||
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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[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] | ||
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Final Coaches Poll
The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, in late November.[15][16]
Notre Dame received twenty of the 35 first-place votes; Michigan State received ten, Alabama four, and UCLA one.[17]
Ranking | Team | Conference | Bowl |
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1 | Notre Dame | Independent | none |
2 | Michigan State | Big Ten | |
3 | Alabama | SEC | Won Sugar, 34–7 |
4 | Georgia | SEC | Won Cotton, 24–9 |
5 | UCLA | AAWU (Pac-8) | none |
6 | Purdue | Big Ten | Won Rose, 14–13 |
7 | Nebraska | Big Eight | Lost Sugar, 7–34 |
8 | Georgia Tech | Independent | Lost Orange, 12–27 |
9 | SMU | Southwest | Lost Cotton, 9–24 |
10 | Miami (FL) | Independent | Won Liberty, 14–7 |
11 | Florida | SEC | Won Orange, 27–12 |
12 | Mississippi | SEC | Lost Bluebonnet, 0–19 |
13 | Arkansas | Southwest | none |
14 | Tennessee | SEC | Won Gator, 18–12 |
15 | Wyoming | WAC | Won Sun, 28–20 |
16 | Syracuse | Independent | Lost Gator, 12–18 |
17 | Houston | Independent | none |
18 | USC | AAWU (Pac-8) | Lost Rose, 13–14 |
19 | Oregon State | AAWU (Pac-8) | none |
20 | Virginia Tech | Independent | Lost Liberty, 7–14 |
- Notre Dame did not participate in bowl games from 1925 through 1968.
- Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pac-8 conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.
- Big Ten champion Michigan State was barred from participation in the Rose Bowl due to the conference's no-repeat rule, in effect from 1946 through 1971.
- The Ivy League has prohibited its members from participating in postseason football since the league was officially formed in 1954.
References
- ^ "Polls give No. 1 nod to Notre Dame". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 6, 1967. p. 3B.
- ^ "1966 Preseason AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "September 19, 1966 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "September 26, 1966 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "October 3, 1966 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "October 10, 1966 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "October 17, 1966 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "October 24, 1966 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "October 31, 1966 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "November 7, 1966 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "November 14, 1966 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "November 21, 1966 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "November 28, 1966 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "1966 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ Meyers, Jeff (November 29, 1966). "Notre Dame is No. 1 in final UPI balloting". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. p. 26.
- ^ "Irish ride USC win to 1st". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). AP, UPI. November 29, 1966. p. 3B.
- ^ "Notre Dame named national champions". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. November 29, 1966. p. 8.