1966 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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119 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	★	9–0–1	348.20	455.36	144.33	—
2	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	★	9–0–1	290.63	361.48	134.63	—
3	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	11–0	282.93	356.50	123.72	▲ 3
4	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	10–1	264.65	324.50	133.73	▼ 1
5	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	10–1	256.47	323.50	109.06	—
6	Florida FBS · SEC	—	9–2	244.13	288.33	145.95	▲ 4
7	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	243.12	287.85	141.65	▼ 3
8	UCLA FBS · AAWU	—	9–1	237.33	290.31	118.31	▼ 1
9	Houston FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	222.84	276.71	121.16	—
10	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	9–2	222.76	247.95	144.22	▲ 5
11	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	8–3	217.82	234.78	162.16	—
12	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2–1	214.59	240.43	146.33	▲ 1
13	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	8–3	214.20	253.59	136.47	▼ 1
14	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	9–2	210.25	252.07	108.75	▼ 6
15	USC FBS · AAWU	—	7–4	206.31	212.54	171.52	▼ 1
16	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	9–1	200.48	250.34	82.35	—
17	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	8–2	199.86	236.08	119.10	—
18	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	193.89	230.39	117.13	▲ 1
19	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	7–4	193.89	229.00	135.46	▼ 1
20	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	8–1	180.13	224.36	86.66	—
21	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	8–3	178.02	186.19	139.40	—
22	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1–1	176.39	218.90	82.78	—
23	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2–1	176.06	216.06	91.25	—
24	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	173.57	188.72	121.23	—
25	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	7–3	170.35	197.99	112.98	—
26	North Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–2	166.20	189.01	101.75	—
27	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	162.35	163.58	152.94	—
28	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–2	160.95	175.17	103.85	—
29	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	158.00	185.38	91.90	—
30	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	157.95	165.27	113.72	—
31	UTEP FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	157.25	181.77	114.89	—
32	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	153.77	166.51	103.18	—
33	Oregon State FBS · AAWU	—	7–3	153.24	175.81	100.54	—
34	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	6–4	148.57	164.87	120.31	—
35	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4	146.52	146.97	133.35	▲ 1
36	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	6–4	146.08	143.27	133.58	▼ 1
37	Washington FBS · AAWU	—	6–4	142.16	162.36	105.53	—
38	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	6–3	139.75	160.13	96.66	—
39	West Texas FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	136.52	161.54	87.81	—
40	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	3–6–1	134.00	137.85	149.37	▲ 1
41	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	6–4	133.24	130.59	130.64	▼ 1
42	LSU FBS · SEC	—	5–4–1	132.08	126.63	147.06	▲ 3
43	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	131.77	138.21	103.38	▼ 1
44	Colorado State FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	130.27	130.74	110.55	▼ 1
45	NC State FBS · ACC	—	5–5	129.72	141.10	121.44	▲ 1
46	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	6–3–1	128.71	131.36	112.15	▼ 2
47	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	126.76	117.96	140.70	—
48	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	124.96	128.98	84.94	—
49	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	123.95	117.62	136.42	—
50	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3–1	120.14	121.47	103.82	—
51	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	4–5–1	118.25	111.22	143.30	—
52	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	4–6	118.06	129.31	125.86	—
53	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	116.78	135.96	106.81	—
54	Drake FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–1	114.21	111.99	116.18	—
55	Louisville FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4	114.08	118.05	99.32	—
56	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	4–6	108.69	137.36	89.09	▲ 1
57	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	4–5–1	107.81	96.53	131.08	▼ 1
58	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	107.77	78.12	146.66	—
59	Arizona State FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–5	107.66	99.50	119.45	—
60	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	5–5	105.78	106.61	106.55	▲ 1
61	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–5	104.95	89.79	124.70	▲ 1
62	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	4–6	104.65	117.38	110.16	▼ 2
63	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	102.12	99.19	106.43	—
64	Stanford FBS · AAWU	—	5–5	98.57	100.27	107.61	—
65	TTampa FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	98.14	94.77	108.80	—
66	New Mexico State FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	96.75	97.17	80.78	—
67	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	4–6	96.39	65.34	157.12	▲ 1
68	Duke FBS · ACC	—	5–5	95.39	77.16	126.61	▼ 1
69	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	3–7	90.23	102.25	113.00	—
70	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	2–8	88.25	70.08	156.36	—
71	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	83.74	64.67	125.15	—
72	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	83.39	106.82	43.24	—
73	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3	82.61	61.58	86.53	—
74	Cincinnati FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7	82.37	82.01	117.15	—
75	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	81.34	63.35	127.95	▲ 1
76	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	3–6–1	80.89	72.86	123.09	▼ 1
77	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	77.89	62.51	102.36	—
78	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	4–5	77.39	72.10	97.18	—
79	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	3–6–1	76.74	42.92	150.38	—
80	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	4–6	74.42	42.02	139.65	▲ 1
81	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	2–7	74.21	72.68	112.02	▼ 1
82	Arizona FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–7	73.79	79.51	101.60	—
83	West Virginia FBS · Southern	—	3–5–2	71.07	74.44	90.89	—
84	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
85	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	4–5	68.83	56.88	104.25	—
86	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–8	68.26	45.58	140.74	—
87	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	2–8	68.00	21.17	173.60	—
88	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	5–4–1	64.23	62.82	61.80	—
89	Oregon FBS · AAWU	—	3–7	61.94	63.27	95.99	▲ 1
90	California FBS · AAWU	—	3–7	61.80	40.32	126.62	▼ 1
91	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	4–5–1	60.59	45.55	101.36	—
92	Buffalo FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	57.70	41.71	83.85	▲ 1
93	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	2–6–2	57.65	44.72	110.52	▼ 1
94	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	2–8	55.94	20.05	147.51	—
95	Washington State FBS · AAWU	—	3–7	55.66	40.39	108.02	—
96	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–9	52.88	16.05	158.83	—
97	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	1–9	52.75	8.20	168.59	▲ 1
98	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	52.43	41.80	89.43	▼ 1
99	South Carolina FBS · ACC	—	1–9	52.14	12.11	162.89	—
100	XXavier FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	50.97	34.78	91.13	—
101	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	2–8	47.99	16.73	139.57	—
102	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	2–8	47.48	17.59	134.49	—
103	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	4–6	45.93	12.03	115.94	—
104	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	1–8–1	45.53	7.04	150.77	—
105	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	2–7–1	43.26	29.33	97.67	—
106	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	4–6	41.82	59.63	37.33	—
107	East Carolina FBS · Southern	—	4–5–1	41.79	32.09	62.44	—
108	San José State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	40.03	26.28	85.51	—
109	Marshall FBS · Mid-American	—	2–8	39.58	29.74	94.26	—
110	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	2–7–1	38.28	16.22	109.20	—
111	GGeorge Washington FBS · Southern	—	4–6	35.20	17.09	71.44	—
112	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–8	33.68	1.00	122.36	—
113	Idaho FBS · Big Sky	—	4–6	27.82	18.82	55.74	—
114	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	1–8	26.65	1.00	108.48	—
115	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	2–7	26.19	1.00	101.19	—
116	VMI FBS · Southern	—	2–8	24.17	1.00	93.53	—
117	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	0–9–1	18.74	1.24	113.31	—
118	PPacific FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	17.60	1.00	60.26	—
119	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	2–8	10.72	3.48	65.76	—