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1966 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
170.565Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–01.0001+7Beat Army 35–0
2-10.584Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–01.0001+6Beat Pennsylvania 45–28
330.745North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC4–01.0001+9Beat Tampa 41–6
460.889UCLAPAC4–01.0001+7Beat Rice 27–24
5-30.910USCPAC4–01.0001+7Beat Washington 17–14
6-10.921Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC4–01.0001+7Beat Kent State 7–0
740.928Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC4–01.0001+6Beat Utah 40–7
8110.935Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–01.0001+7Beat Ole Miss 9–3
900.974Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI4–01.0001+5Beat Tennessee 6–3
10-70.976Purdue (PURDUE)B103–10.75019+6Beat Iowa 35–0
1171.079Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B104–01.0001+6Beat Michigan 20–7
1251.144Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–01.0001+5Beat Florida State 22–19
1301.253Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–01.0001+3Beat Clemson 26–0
14141.259Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–01.0001+4Beat Texas 18–9
1581.320Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3BYE
16-41.329BYUIND WAC3–01.0001+3Beat Utah State 27–7
17151.441Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–01.0001+4Beat Wisconsin 31–3
18-111.467Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–10.66731+3Lost to Georgia Tech 3–6
19-151.487Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–20.50046+4Lost to Georgia 3–9
20311.590Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–10.75019+4Beat Arkansas 7–0
2131.641Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–10.75019+3Lost to Baylor 0–7
22-61.689Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–10.75019+3Lost to Notre Dame 0–35
23-91.710Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–10.66731+2Beat Colorado State 20–6
24-21.861Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–10.75019+3Beat Hawai'i 54–0
2591.873Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY3–01.00010Beat Columbia 34–7
26421.892Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI2–1–10.62541+2Beat Kentucky 7–0
27121.931Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–10.75019+2Beat Virginia 20–6
28151.949Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–1–10.50046+1Tied Colgate 14–14
29122.053Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–10.75019+2Beat Kansas State 27–0
30192.067Ohio (OHIO)MAC3–10.75019+3Beat Toledo 21–6
3152.126Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–20.50046+2Lost to USC 14–17
32292.212UTEPIND FBSI2–20.50046+2Beat West Texas A&M 9–3
3372.258Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–10.66731+1Beat Lehigh 42–14
34-192.266Duke (DUKE)ACC3–10.75019+1Lost to Maryland 19–21
35-42.310Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–20.50046+2Lost to Oklahoma 9–18
36172.340New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80018+1Beat Pacific 49–23
37-82.406North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–10.66731+1BYE
38-122.407Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–20.50046+2Lost to Michigan State 7–20
39-182.411Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY2–10.66731+1Lost to Dartmouth 13–31
40-102.427Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–20.50046+1Lost to Virginia Tech 0–7
41532.434Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY2–10.66731+1Beat Princeton 31–13
42282.434Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–20.50046+2Beat Southern Miss 10–9
43-52.435Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI2–10.66731+1BYE
44292.439Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–20.50046+2Beat Navy 28–14
45-202.452Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–10.66731+1Lost to Cornell 28–45
46142.468Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC3–10.75019+1Beat Bowling Green 16–14
4732.489SMUIND SWC2–10.66731+1BYE
48-282.504West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI3–10.750190Lost to UTEP 3–9
49172.549Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50046+2Beat Boston College 30–21
50-42.563Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–1–10.625410Tied Holy Cross 14–14
5132.567Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–10.750190Beat Louisville 20–17
52292.570San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50046+1Beat California 24–0
53-92.594Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–20.33379+2BYE
54392.670Yale (YALE)IND IVY2–10.667310Beat Brown 24–0
55-282.785Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–20.33379+1Lost to UCLA 24–27
56-42.840Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33379+1Lost to Florida 19–22
57232.891Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–20.33379+1Beat Colorado 11–10
58-112.922Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–20.50046+2Lost to Nebraska 3–31
59-222.970Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC1–20.333790Lost to Western Michigan 14–16
60-22.989LSUSEC2–1–10.625410Tied Texas A&M 7–7
61-282.995Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–10.50046+1Lost to Wyoming 7–40
62503.155Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–20.50046-1Beat Duke 21–19
63263.189William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–1–10.625410Beat Villanova 34–14
64393.195East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–1–10.62541+2Beat Davidson 40–7
65-203.255Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–20.500460Lost to Oregon 3–7
66-183.277Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–20.33379+1Lost to Alabama 0–26
67203.331Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI2–20.50046-1Beat Cincinnati 25–13
68-123.413Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–20.50046-1Lost to Ohio 6–21
69-53.474Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI2–20.500460Lost to North Texas 6–41
70-83.577Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–2–10.37574-1Tied Indiana 7–7
71193.584Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–30.250920Beat Kansas 24–7
7223.623Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–2–10.375740Tied LSU 7–7
73-163.704California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–20.50046-2Lost to San José State 0–24
74-193.813Colorado (COLORADO)IND B82–20.50046-1Lost to Oklahoma State 10–11
75-63.839Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC1–20.33379-1Lost to Dayton 17–20
76-413.966Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI2–20.50046+2Lost to Boston University 16–26
77-143.995Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33379-1Lost to Tulsa 6–20
78-114.033Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI2–20.50046-3Lost to Mississippi State 9–10
79-84.064Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–20.33379-1BYE
80154.110Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–20.50046-2Beat Richmond 34–20
8174.115Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–20.50046-3Beat Wake Forest 14–6
82-404.163West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–2–10.37574-2Lost to Pittsburgh 14–17
83214.166Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–30.25092-1Beat Ohio State 10–9
8424.218Indiana (INDIANA)B101–2–10.37574-1Tied Minnesota 7–7
85254.333Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–30.25092-1Beat Stanford 7–3
86134.462South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–30.25092-1Beat NC State 31–21
87144.538Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–30.25092-2Beat Arizona State 24–15
8894.557Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–30.25092-2Beat West Virginia 17–14
89-304.571Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC1–30.25092-2Lost to Washington State 15–24
90-254.579Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–20.50046-4Lost to Iowa State 7–24
9114.693Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC1–30.25092-3Lost to Miami (OH) 0–7
92-164.750Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–20.33379-3Lost to Xavier 13–25
93164.791Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–20.50046-1Beat Idaho State 27–20
94-104.811Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–30.25092-3Lost to William & Mary 14–34
95-204.877New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–20.50046-5Lost to Arizona 15–36
96-244.953Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–20.33379-2Lost to Yale 0–24
97-154.959Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–30.25092-3Lost to Syracuse 14–28
9844.986TCUIND SWC1–30.25092-2Beat Texas Tech 6–3
99145.012Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–30.25092-1Beat Oregon State 14–6
100-235.087Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–20.50046-5Lost to George Washington 13–21
101145.141Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–30.25092-3Beat New Mexico 36–15
102155.163George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–30.25092-2Beat Citadel 21–13
103-75.267Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–20.33379-2Lost to East Carolina 7–40
104-65.274Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–30.25092-4Lost to Penn State 21–30
10505.383Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI0–40.000114-3Lost to BYU 7–27
10625.507Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI1–30.25092-4Lost to New Mexico State 23–49
107-165.539Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–30.25092-4Lost to Tulane 6–20
108-305.686Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–20.33379-4Lost to Illinois 9–10
109-265.747NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–30.25092-4Lost to South Carolina 21–31
11015.793Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–2–10.375740Tied Wofford 15–15
111-325.889Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–30.25092-4Lost to Northwestern 6–14
112-125.977Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–30.000114-2Lost to Harvard 7–34
113-286.071Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–30.25092-5Lost to TCU 3–6
114-76.078Iowa (IOWA)B101–30.25092-5Lost to Purdue 0–35
115-96.723Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–40.000114-6Lost to Missouri 0–27
11607.293Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–40.000114-7Lost to Virginia Military Institute 20–34
117-38.345Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC1–30.25092-2Lost to Quantico Marines 7–10
11809.443Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–40.000114-10Lost to Auburn 6–14
119012.337Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–30.000114-2Lost to Drake 16–34

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