1966 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 22, 1966By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1966 Season Tags: • No Comments

1966 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.828	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	5	+35	Tied Michigan State 10–10
2	0	0.957	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+38	BYE
3	0	1.067	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	9–0–1	0.950	4	+38	Tied Notre Dame 10–10
4	1	1.170	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–0	1.000	1	+27	BYE
5	-1	1.173	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–2	0.778	20	+33	Beat Vanderbilt 34–0
6	6	1.235	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	9–1	0.900	6	+32	Beat BYU 47–14
7	4	1.243	UCLA	PAC	9–1	0.900	6	+37	Beat USC 14–7
8	-2	1.357	USC	PAC	7–2	0.778	20	+31	Lost to UCLA 7–14
9	1	1.357	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–1	0.889	8	+29	BYE
10	-2	1.360	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–0	1.000	1	+28	BYE
11	-4	1.411	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	12	+23	BYE
12	-3	1.441	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	8–1	0.889	8	+30	BYE
13	0	1.481	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	8–2	0.800	15	+32	Beat Indiana 51–6
14	1	1.482	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–1	0.889	8	+27	BYE
15	4	1.594	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	8–1	0.889	8	+20	Beat Yale 17–0
16	2	1.623	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	15	+25	Beat West Virginia 34–7
17	5	1.675	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	20	+25	Beat Cornell 7–0
18	-1	1.688	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	14	+20	BYE
19	2	1.732	SMU	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	20	+23	Beat Baylor 24–22
20	-6	1.817	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	15	+19	Lost to Texas Tech 16–21
21	2	1.833	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	20	+18	Beat Pennsylvania 40–21
22	8	1.851	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–1–1	0.850	13	+12	Beat Rutgers 26–7
23	-7	1.856	BYU	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	20	+21	Lost to Wyoming 14–47
24	1	1.925	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	28	+18	Beat Iowa 44–0
25	-1	1.937	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	20	+20	BYE
26	1	1.947	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	15	+22	Beat Toledo 20–16
27	1	2.036	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	8–2	0.800	15	+22	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 42–7
28	3	2.150	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–3	0.667	34	+15	Beat Kentucky 28–19
29	-3	2.180	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	34	+17	Lost to Princeton 0–7
30	11	2.207	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	29	+15	Beat Western Michigan 30–7
31	5	2.245	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	27	+13	Beat Cincinnati 26–14
32	5	2.285	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	29	+16	Beat Air Force 10–9
33	-1	2.324	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–3–1	0.650	39	+14	Beat Kansas 7–0
34	6	2.470	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–3	0.667	34	+11	Beat Temple 62–20
35	-15	2.505	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	34	+12	Lost to Wichita State 23–37
36	-7	2.560	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	46	+12	Lost to Louisville 18–29
37	6	2.564	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	46	+11	Beat Wake Forest 28–0
38	11	2.589	UTEP	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	46	+9	Beat New Mexico State 28–14
39	6	2.600	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	7–3	0.700	29	+13	Beat Oregon 20–15
40	2	2.672	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–3	0.625	40	+6	BYE
41	-6	2.673	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	29	+2	Lost to UTEP 14–28
42	-8	2.677	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–3	0.700	29	+9	Lost to West Texas A&M 7–30
43	3	2.711	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–4	0.600	44	+9	Beat Ohio State 17–3
44	-5	2.783	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	53	+8	Lost to LSU 7–21
45	-12	2.809	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–4	0.556	46	+10	Lost to NC State 14–23
46	-2	2.816	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	44	+10	Beat Washington State 19–7
47	8	2.847	LSU	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	53	+7	Beat Tulane 21–7
48	0	2.887	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	56	+10	Beat Pittsburgh 48–24
49	5	2.887	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	34	+2	Beat East Carolina 35–14
50	0	2.904	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	43	+3	Beat UConn 16–0
51	-4	2.930	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	46	+4	BYE
52	-14	3.015	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–3	0.625	40	+6	Lost to Utah State 7–13
53	3	3.194	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	5–5	0.500	56	+5	Beat Marshall 28–0
54	-2	3.199	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–4–1	0.500	56	+4	BYE
55	-2	3.308	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	46	-2	Lost to Colgate 7–26
56	5	3.319	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	53	+1	Beat Richmond 35–19
57	-6	3.384	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–5	0.444	65	+3	Lost to SMU 22–24
58	12	3.433	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	5–5	0.500	56	+1	Beat Clemson 23–14
59	-1	3.505	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–5	0.500	56	0	Beat California 13–7
60	5	3.525	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	4–5	0.444	65	0	Beat New Mexico 28–7
61	-1	3.553	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	40	-6	BYE
62	15	3.568	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	46	-6	Beat Tulsa 29–18
63	4	3.688	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	65	-4	BYE
64	7	3.690	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–5	0.500	56	-1	Beat North Carolina 41–25
65	9	3.777	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	56	-1	Beat Youngstown State 25–16
66	-4	3.874	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	65	-7	Lost to Harvard 0–17
67	2	3.947	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–5	0.444	65	-4	BYE
68	-11	3.983	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–6	0.400	76	-4	Lost to Northwestern 7–35
69	3	4.052	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	65	-5	BYE
70	12	4.103	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	65	-8	Beat Massachusetts 14–7
71	-5	4.105	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	76	-8	Lost to Colorado 9–10
72	6	4.122	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–5–1	0.389	85	-3	Beat Kansas State 21–6
73	-14	4.220	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–5	0.444	65	-10	Lost to Virginia 17–41
74	6	4.238	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	89	-5	Beat Utah 13–7
75	-12	4.265	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–5–1	0.450	64	-8	Lost to Wisconsin 6–7
76	9	4.383	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	4–6	0.400	76	-14	Beat Xavier 42–14
77	-2	4.387	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–6–1	0.350	86	-5	Lost to Tennessee 19–28
78	-10	4.398	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	4–5	0.444	65	-11	Lost to Michigan 3–17
79	-15	4.525	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	65	+6	Lost to Eastern Kentucky 6–14
80	18	4.576	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	76	-11	Beat Arkansas 21–16
81	-5	4.579	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	56	+4	Lost to Southern Miss 14–35
82	12	4.605	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	3–6	0.333	89	-10	Beat Maryland 41–17
83	8	4.606	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–6–1	0.350	86	-5	Beat Illinois 35–7
84	-11	4.657	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	76	-14	Lost to Kent State 14–42
85	-6	4.728	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	89	-13	Lost to Memphis 14–26
86	0	4.773	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–7	0.222	102	-8	BYE
87	-4	4.897	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	3–5–2	0.400	76	-13	Lost to Syracuse 7–34
88	9	4.999	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–6–1	0.350	86	-11	Beat Minnesota 7–6
89	13	5.153	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	102	-15	Beat TCU 21–10
90	-9	5.186	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–7	0.300	94	-16	Lost to Stanford 7–13
91	2	5.368	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–7–1	0.250	99	-17	Lost to Dayton 16–20
92	-4	5.402	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–7	0.300	94	-19	Lost to Oregon State 15–20
93	8	5.470	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	89	-17	Beat Iowa State 27–24
94	-4	5.530	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7	0.300	94	-18	Lost to Washington 7–19
95	9	5.569	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	102	-15	Beat Brown 40–38
96	-4	5.583	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–7	0.300	94	-21	Lost to Florida State 0–28
97	-13	5.714	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	65	-11	Lost to Wittenberg 14–16
98	8	5.746	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	76	-25	Beat Furman 10–6
99	8	5.828	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	76	-24	Beat Weber State 42–12
100	-5	5.830	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–7	0.222	102	-18	Lost to Duke 25–41
101	-14	5.846	TCU	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	102	-19	Lost to Rice 10–21
102	-13	5.907	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–5–2	0.333	89	-16	Lost to Arizona 24–27
103	-3	5.982	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–8	0.111	115	-15	Lost to Ole Miss 0–34
104	-8	6.029	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	76	-15	Lost to Long Beach State 14–34
105	-2	6.066	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–7–1	0.250	99	-18	Lost to Missouri 0–7
106	11	6.099	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–7	0.222	102	-3	Beat Colorado State 37–23
107	5	6.302	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	102	-23	BYE
108	0	6.304	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–8	0.111	115	-21	BYE
109	-10	6.496	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	94	-13	Lost to Fresno State 13–15
110	-1	6.556	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	102	-19	Lost to Dartmouth 21–40
111	-6	6.626	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–8	0.200	110	-24	Lost to Arizona State 7–28
112	-2	6.728	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–8	0.200	110	-25	Lost to Miami 0–44
113	0	6.860	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–8–1	0.150	114	-25	Lost to Purdue 6–51
114	0	6.925	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	118	-26	Lost to Penn State 24–48
115	0	6.979	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	110	-30	Lost to William & Mary 19–35
116	-5	7.254	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–8	0.111	115	-28	Lost to Columbia 38–40
117	-1	7.386	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	2–8	0.200	110	-19	Lost to Ohio 0–28
118	0	8.058	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–7–1	0.250	99	-24	Lost to Citadel 6–10
119	0	8.727	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–9–1	0.050	119	-35	Lost to Oklahoma State 6–21