AP Polls
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Final | 1 | Notre Dame | 1 | 41 | Ind | |
| 13 | Final | 2 | Michigan State | 2 | 8 | Big Ten | |
| 13 | Final | 3 | Alabama | 3 | 7 | SEC | |
| 13 | Final | 4 | Georgia | 4 | SEC | ||
| 13 | Final | 5 | UCLA | 5 | AAWU | ||
| 13 | Final | 6 | Nebraska | 6 | Big 8 | ||
| 13 | Final | 7 | Purdue | 7 | Big Ten | ||
| 13 | Final | 8 | Georgia Tech | 8 | Ind | ||
| 13 | Final | 9 | Miami (FL) | 9 | Ind | ||
| 13 | Final | 10 | SMU | 10 | SWC | ||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 12 | 1966-11-28 | 1 | Notre Dame (9-0-1) | 1 | 40 | Ind | |
| 12 | 1966-11-28 | 2 | Michigan State (9-0-1) | 2 | 10 | Big Ten | |
| 12 | 1966-11-28 | 3 | Alabama (9-0-0) | 3 | 7 | SEC | |
| 12 | 1966-11-28 | 4 | Georgia (9-1-0) | 7 | 3 | SEC | |
| 12 | 1966-11-28 | 5 | UCLA (9-1-0) | 6 | 1 | AAWU | |
| 12 | 1966-11-28 | 6 | Nebraska (9-1-0) | 4 | 2 | Big 8 | |
| 12 | 1966-11-28 | 7 | Purdue (8-2-0) | 8 | 1 | Big Ten | |
| 12 | 1966-11-28 | 8 | Georgia Tech (9-1-0) | 5 | 3 | Ind | |
| 12 | 1966-11-28 | 9 | Miami (FL) (7-2-1) | Ind | |||
| 12 | 1966-11-28 | 10 | SMU (8-2-0) | SWC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 11 | 1966-11-21 | 1 | Notre Dame (8-0-1) | 1 | 37 | Ind | |
| 11 | 1966-11-21 | 2 | Michigan State (9-0-1) | 2 | 27 | Big Ten | |
| 11 | 1966-11-21 | 3 | Alabama (8-0-0) | 3 | 8 | SEC | |
| 11 | 1966-11-21 | 4 | Nebraska (9-0-0) | 4 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 11 | 1966-11-21 | 5 | Georgia Tech (9-0-0) | 5 | Ind | ||
| 11 | 1966-11-21 | 6 | UCLA (9-1-0) | 8 | 2 | AAWU | |
| 11 | 1966-11-21 | 7 | Georgia (8-1-0) | 9 | 2 | SEC | |
| 11 | 1966-11-21 | 8 | Purdue (8-2-0) | 10 | 2 | Big Ten | |
| 11 | 1966-11-21 | 9 | Florida (8-1-0) | SEC | |||
| 11 | 1966-11-21 | 10 | USC (7-2-0) | 7 | 3 | AAWU | |
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 10 | 1966-11-14 | 1 | Notre Dame (8-0-0) | 1 | 35 | Ind | |
| 10 | 1966-11-14 | 2 | Michigan State (9-0-0) | 2 | 6 | Big Ten | |
| 10 | 1966-11-14 | 3 | Alabama (8-0-0) | 3 | 1 | SEC | |
| 10 | 1966-11-14 | 4 | Nebraska (9-0-0) | 4 | Big 8 | ||
| 10 | 1966-11-14 | 5 | Georgia Tech (9-0-0) | 5 | Ind | ||
| 10 | 1966-11-14 | 6 | Arkansas (8-1-0) | 6 | 1 | SWC | |
| 10 | 1966-11-14 | 7 | USC (7-1-0) | 7 | AAWU | ||
| 10 | 1966-11-14 | 8 | UCLA (8-1-0) | 8 | AAWU | ||
| 10 | 1966-11-14 | 9 | Georgia (8-1-0) | 9 | SEC | ||
| 10 | 1966-11-14 | 10 | Purdue (7-2-0) | Big Ten | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 9 | 1966-11-07 | 1 | Notre Dame (7-0-0) | 1 | 32 | Ind | |
| 9 | 1966-11-07 | 2 | Michigan State (8-0-0) | 2 | 10 | Big Ten | |
| 9 | 1966-11-07 | 3 | Alabama (7-0-0) | 4 | 1 | SEC | |
| 9 | 1966-11-07 | 4 | Nebraska (8-0-0) | 6 | 2 | Big 8 | |
| 9 | 1966-11-07 | 5 | Georgia Tech (8-0-0) | 5 | Ind | ||
| 9 | 1966-11-07 | 6 | Arkansas (7-1-0) | 8 | 2 | 1 | SWC |
| 9 | 1966-11-07 | 7 | USC (7-1-0) | 9 | 2 | AAWU | |
| 9 | 1966-11-07 | 8 | UCLA (7-1-0) | 3 | 5 | AAWU | |
| 9 | 1966-11-07 | 9 | Georgia (7-1-0) | SEC | |||
| 9 | 1966-11-07 | 10 | Tennessee (5-2-0) | 10 | SEC | ||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 8 | 1966-10-31 | 1 | Notre Dame (6-0-0) | 1 | 39 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1966-10-31 | 2 | Michigan State (7-0-0) | 2 | 6 | Big Ten | |
| 8 | 1966-10-31 | 3 | UCLA (7-0-0) | 3 | 3 | AAWU | |
| 8 | 1966-10-31 | 4 | Alabama (6-0-0) | 4 | 1 | SEC | |
| 8 | 1966-10-31 | 5 | Georgia Tech (7-0-0) | 6 | 1 | Ind | |
| 8 | 1966-10-31 | 6 | Nebraska (7-0-0) | 8 | 2 | Big 8 | |
| 8 | 1966-10-31 | 7 | Florida (7-0-0) | 7 | SEC | ||
| 8 | 1966-10-31 | 8 | Arkansas (6-1-0) | 9 | 1 | SWC | |
| 8 | 1966-10-31 | 9 | USC (6-1-0) | 5 | 4 | AAWU | |
| 8 | 1966-10-31 | 10 | Tennessee (4-2-0) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 7 | 1966-10-24 | 1 | Notre Dame (5-0-0) | 1 | 32 | Ind | |
| 7 | 1966-10-24 | 2 | Michigan State (6-0-0) | 2 | 5 | Big Ten | |
| 7 | 1966-10-24 | 3 | UCLA (6-0-0) | 3 | 2 | AAWU | |
| 7 | 1966-10-24 | 4 | Alabama (5-0-0) | 4 | 1 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1966-10-24 | 5 | USC (6-0-0) | 5 | 1 | AAWU | |
| 7 | 1966-10-24 | 6 | Georgia Tech (6-0-0) | 6 | Ind | ||
| 7 | 1966-10-24 | 7 | Florida (6-0-0) | 8 | 1 | SEC | |
| 7 | 1966-10-24 | 8 | Nebraska (6-0-0) | 7 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 7 | 1966-10-24 | 9 | Arkansas (5-1-0) | SWC | |||
| 7 | 1966-10-24 | 10 | Wyoming (6-0-0) | WAC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 6 | 1966-10-17 | 1 | Notre Dame (4-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 31 | Ind |
| 6 | 1966-10-17 | 2 | Michigan State (5-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 10 | Big Ten |
| 6 | 1966-10-17 | 3 | UCLA (5-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 3 | AAWU |
| 6 | 1966-10-17 | 4 | Alabama (4-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 2 | SEC |
| 6 | 1966-10-17 | 5 | USC (5-0-0) | 5 | 1 | AAWU | |
| 6 | 1966-10-17 | 6 | Georgia Tech (5-0-0) | 7 | 1 | Ind | |
| 6 | 1966-10-17 | 7 | Nebraska (5-0-0) | 6 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 6 | 1966-10-17 | 8 | Florida (5-0-0) | 8 | SEC | ||
| 6 | 1966-10-17 | 9 | Purdue (4-1-0) | 9 | Big Ten | ||
| 6 | 1966-10-17 | 10 | Oklahoma (4-0-0) | Big 8 | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 5 | 1966-10-10 | 1 | Michigan State (4-0-0) | 1 | 18 | Big Ten | |
| 5 | 1966-10-10 | 2 | Notre Dame (3-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 15 | Ind |
| 5 | 1966-10-10 | 3 | Alabama (3-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 4 | SEC |
| 5 | 1966-10-10 | 4 | UCLA (4-0-0) | 2 | 2 | 2 | AAWU |
| 5 | 1966-10-10 | 5 | USC (4-0-0) | 6 | 1 | 1 | AAWU |
| 5 | 1966-10-10 | 6 | Nebraska (4-0-0) | 7 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 5 | 1966-10-10 | 7 | Georgia Tech (4-0-0) | 9 | 2 | Ind | |
| 5 | 1966-10-10 | 8 | Florida (4-0-0) | 10 | 2 | SEC | |
| 5 | 1966-10-10 | 9 | Purdue (3-1-0) | Big Ten | |||
| 5 | 1966-10-10 | 10 | Baylor (3-1-0) | SWC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 4 | 1966-10-03 | 1 | Michigan State (3-0-0) | 1 | 20 | Big Ten | |
| 4 | 1966-10-03 | 2 | UCLA (3-0-0) | 2 | 7 | AAWU | |
| 4 | 1966-10-03 | 3 | Notre Dame (2-0-0) | 4 | 1 | 8 | Ind |
| 4 | 1966-10-03 | 4 | Alabama (2-0-0) | 3 | 1 | 3 | SEC |
| 4 | 1966-10-03 | 5 | Arkansas (3-0-0) | 7 | 2 | 2 | SWC |
| 4 | 1966-10-03 | 6 | USC (3-0-0) | 5 | 1 | 1 | AAWU |
| 4 | 1966-10-03 | 7 | Nebraska (3-0-0) | 6 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 4 | 1966-10-03 | 8 | Tennessee (2-0-0) | 10 | 2 | SEC | |
| 4 | 1966-10-03 | 9 | Georgia Tech (3-0-0) | 9 | Ind | ||
| 4 | 1966-10-03 | 10 | Florida (3-0-0) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 3 | 1966-09-26 | 1 | Michigan State (2-0-0) | 1 | 22 | Big Ten | |
| 3 | 1966-09-26 | 2 | UCLA (2-0-0) | 2 | 11 | AAWU | |
| 3 | 1966-09-26 | 3 | Alabama (1-0-0) | 3 | 2 | SEC | |
| 3 | 1966-09-26 | 4 | Notre Dame (1-0-0) | 8 | 4 | 2 | Ind |
| 3 | 1966-09-26 | 5 | USC (2-0-0) | 5 | 1 | AAWU | |
| 3 | 1966-09-26 | 6 | Nebraska (2-0-0) | 4 | 2 | Big 8 | |
| 3 | 1966-09-26 | 7 | Arkansas (2-0-0) | 6 | 1 | 1 | SWC |
| 3 | 1966-09-26 | 8 | Michigan (2-0-0) | 9 | 1 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 3 | 1966-09-26 | 9 | Georgia Tech (2-0-0) | Ind | |||
| 3 | 1966-09-26 | 10 | Tennessee (1-0-0) | SEC | |||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 2 | 1966-09-19 | 1 | Michigan State (1-0-0) | 2 | 1 | 12 | Big Ten |
| 2 | 1966-09-19 | 2 | UCLA (1-0-0) | 4 | 2 | 13 | AAWU |
| 2 | 1966-09-19 | 3 | Alabama | 1 | 2 | 10 | SEC |
| 2 | 1966-09-19 | 4 | Nebraska (1-0-0) | 3 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 2 | 1966-09-19 | 5 | USC (1-0-0) | 9 | 4 | 2 | AAWU |
| 2 | 1966-09-19 | 6 | Arkansas (1-0-0) | 5 | 1 | 1 | SWC |
| 2 | 1966-09-19 | 7 | Purdue (1-0-0) | 8 | 1 | Big Ten | |
| 2 | 1966-09-19 | 8 | Notre Dame | 6 | 2 | 1 | Ind |
| 2 | 1966-09-19 | 9 | Michigan (1-0-0) | 1 | Big Ten | ||
| 2 | 1966-09-19 | 10 | Baylor (1-0-0) | 1 | SWC | ||
| Wk | Date | Rk | School | Prev | Chng | 1st | Conf |
| 1 | Preseason | 1 | Alabama | NA | — | 15 | SEC |
| 1 | Preseason | 2 | Michigan State | NA | — | 12 | Big Ten |
| 1 | Preseason | 3 | Nebraska | NA | — | 2 | Big 8 |
| 1 | Preseason | 4 | UCLA | NA | — | 6 | AAWU |
| 1 | Preseason | 5 | Arkansas | NA | — | SWC | |
| 1 | Preseason | 6 | Notre Dame | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | Preseason | 7 | Syracuse | NA | — | Ind | |
| 1 | Preseason | 8 | Purdue | NA | — | Big Ten | |
| 1 | Preseason | 9 | USC | NA | — | AAWU | |
| 1 | Preseason | 10 | Tennessee | NA | — | SEC |
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