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1966 Week 9 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
100.471Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–01.0001+17Beat Oklahoma 38–0
210.827Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI6–01.0001+16Beat Tulane 35–17
330.912USCPAC6–01.0001+16Beat Clemson 30–0
400.927UCLAPAC6–01.0001+16Beat California 28–15
580.976Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B106–01.0001+16Beat Purdue 41–20
661.048Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC6–01.0001+16Beat Ohio 33–13
781.098Florida (FLORIDA)SEC6–01.0001+13Beat LSU 28–7
801.117Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–01.0001+10Beat Vanderbilt 42–6
9-41.143North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC5–10.83312+13Beat Southern Illinois 53–6
10-81.195Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC6–01.0001+11Beat Utah State 35–10
11-41.221Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–20.60036+9Lost to Memphis 0–6
1241.285Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY5–01.0001+7Beat Dartmouth 19–14
1311.291Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY4–10.80019+11Beat Yale 16–14
1491.386Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–20.66730+11Beat Houston 27–6
15-61.401Purdue (PURDUE)B104–20.66730+12Lost to Michigan State 20–41
1611.574Army (ARMY)IND FBSI5–10.83312+9Beat Pittsburgh 28–0
1721.619Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B86–01.0001+7Beat Colorado 21–19
18-71.667Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI4–10.80019+7Lost to Ole Miss 6–27
19111.671West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI5–10.83312+9Beat New Mexico State 17–14
2011.705Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–10.83312+7Beat Wichita State 41–0
21111.711Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–20.66730+8Beat Holy Cross 28–6
2221.762Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–10.83312+9Beat Kentucky 27–15
23-131.789Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–10.80019+8Lost to Notre Dame 0–38
24-41.827Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–20.66730+8Lost to Georgia Tech 17–35
25-31.848Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–1–10.75025+6Tied Iowa State 10–10
26-11.871Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI4–1–10.75025+6Beat Virginia 24–7
27111.968Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–1–10.75025+3Beat Brown 48–7
28-102.008Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–20.60036+6Lost to Texas A&M 13–17
2902.073Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI5–10.83312+5Beat Northern Michigan 10–0
30-42.085SMUIND SWC4–10.80019+5Beat Texas Tech 24–7
3152.091Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC5–10.83312+6Beat Toledo 14–13
32142.106Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI4–10.80019+4Beat Tulsa 6–0
33-22.182Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–20.60036+5Beat Indiana 14–7
3482.206BYUIND WAC4–10.80019+3Beat New Mexico 33–6
3542.215UTEPIND FBSI4–20.66730+4Beat San José State 35–0
36-32.215Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–20.60036+5Beat South Carolina 29–17
3762.262Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–20.60036+5Beat Mississippi State 10–0
38-102.272Ohio (OHIO)MAC4–20.66730+7Lost to Miami (OH) 13–33
3962.306Utah (UTAH)IND WAC3–10.75025+5Beat Arizona 24–19
40-52.508New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI5–20.71429+1Lost to West Texas A&M 14–17
41172.544Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY3–20.60036+2Beat Pennsylvania 30–13
42142.549Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–2–10.58349+3Beat Baylor 17–13
43-62.577Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY3–20.60036+2Lost to Harvard 14–19
4442.578Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–30.50053+3Beat Minnesota 49–0
4592.616Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–30.50053+5Beat West Virginia 38–6
4652.747Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–20.600360Beat Columbia 37–34
4762.805Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC3–20.60036+1BYE
48-212.840Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–30.40074+5Lost to USC 0–30
49-52.866LSUSEC3–2–10.58349+2Lost to Florida 7–28
5002.871Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI3–20.60036+1BYE
51222.883Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI3–20.600360Beat Air Force 41–21
52122.966Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC3–20.60036-1Beat Marshall 35–15
53-133.040William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–2–10.58349+1Lost to Navy 0–21
54-133.112Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–2–10.500530Lost to Syracuse 6–28
5503.126Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–30.50053+1Beat Rice 14–6
56243.132Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–30.500530Beat William & Mary 21–0
57-83.156Yale (YALE)IND IVY3–20.60036-2Lost to Cornell 14–16
58-113.220Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–30.500530Lost to Colorado State 21–41
59103.231Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–30.500530Beat Oregon 10–7
6033.238Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B82–30.40074+2Beat Kansas 10–7
61103.283George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON3–30.50053+1Beat Virginia Military Institute 13–0
62173.324East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–2–10.58349+3Beat Citadel 27–17
6323.364Colorado (COLORADO)IND B83–30.50053-1Lost to Nebraska 19–21
64-53.382Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–30.50053+1Beat Illinois 6–3
65-83.547Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC2–40.333830Lost to Oregon State 17–18
66-323.610Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC2–30.400740Lost to Kent State 12–35
6753.620California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–30.50053-1Lost to UCLA 15–28
68-23.814Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–40.33383-1Lost to Georgia 15–27
69183.856Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–30.50053-1Beat Arizona State 18–17
7083.874Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI3–30.50053-4Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 27–10
71-103.998Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–40.33383-1Lost to Florida State 0–10
72144.010Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–30.50053-3Beat TCU 7–6
73-34.108Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–40.33383-2Lost to Stanford 3–6
74194.173Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–3–10.417700Beat Iowa 24–15
75-14.212Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–40.200105+1Lost to Alabama 6–42
76-244.249Duke (DUKE)ACC3–30.50053-5Lost to NC State 7–33
7784.271Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI3–30.50053-7Beat Hawai'i 41–0
78-184.295Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–3–10.41770-1Lost to Ohio State 13–24
79174.326Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC2–40.33383-5Beat Bowling Green 35–12
80-184.353Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–40.33383-3Lost to Washington 7–10
81204.379Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–30.40074-4Beat Wisconsin 24–13
82-144.416North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–30.40074-3Lost to Wake Forest 0–3
83-84.452Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–40.200105-3Lost to Texas 6–14
8474.465Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–40.33383-3Beat Idaho 14–7
85124.477Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC2–30.40074-6Beat Kansas State 28–14
86194.534NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–40.33383-3Beat Duke 33–7
87-104.568Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–40.33383-5Lost to Western Michigan 13–14
88-214.625Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–3–10.41770-4Lost to Michigan 0–49
8904.649Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–30.50053-8Beat West Chester 15–0
90-144.801Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC2–40.33383-5Lost to Virginia Tech 7–24
91164.848Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–40.33383-6Beat Buffalo 22–21
92-24.879Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI2–30.40074-7BYE
93-105.000Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI2–40.33383-1Lost to Boston College 21–22
94-125.042San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–40.33383-1Lost to UTEP 0–35
95-145.126Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–30.40074-7Lost to Richmond 17–23
96-125.223Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–30.40074-2Lost to Princeton 13–30
97165.274Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–3–10.41770-2Beat Newberry 29–7
98-45.444Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–40.33383-8Lost to George Washington 0–13
99-45.488New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–40.33383-7Lost to BYU 6–33
100-125.510Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–4–10.250102-5Tied Missouri 10–10
101155.743Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–40.33383-10Beat North Carolina 3–0
10265.822South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–50.167109-8Lost to Tennessee 17–29
103-15.826Indiana (INDIANA)B101–4–10.250102-7Lost to Miami 7–14
104-65.885Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–40.33383-10Lost to East Carolina 17–27
10546.040TCUIND SWC1–50.167109-8Lost to Auburn 6–7
106-66.047Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–40.33383-7Lost to Washington State 7–14
107-156.116Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–40.33383-10Lost to Oklahoma State 7–10
108-26.243Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–50.167109-9Lost to Army 0–28
10936.255Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–50.000116-7Lost to Rutgers 34–37
11046.343Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI0–60.000116-9Lost to Wyoming 10–35
111-126.485West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–4–10.250102-10Lost to Penn State 6–38
112-86.562Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–40.200105-8Lost to Utah 19–24
11326.609Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–50.167109-11Lost to SMU 7–24
114-116.609Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–40.200105-8Lost to Colgate 7–48
11527.025Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–50.167109-12Beat Davidson 23–17
116-57.283Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–60.000116-12Lost to Cincinnati 14–28
117-77.401Iowa (IOWA)B101–50.167109-13Lost to Northwestern 15–24
11808.295Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC1–50.167109-6Lost to Louisville 15–35
11909.967Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–50.000116-6Lost to Arkansas 0–41

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