1966 College Football Polls

1965 CFB Polls 1967 CFB Polls

Champions:
Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
Michigan State (NFF)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Steve Spurrier (Florida)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Thomas Cahill (Army)

AP Preseason #1: Alabama

AP Final #1: Notre Dame

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AP Polls

AP Polls Table
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