1966 College Football School Ratings

1965 CFB School Ratings 1967 CFB School Ratings

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

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

119 Schools

119 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Notre Dame	Ind	1	9	0	1	10.59	15.42	26.02	47.39	-6.58
2	Alabama	SEC	3	11	0	0	10.63	13.12	23.75	39.17	-3.98
3	Michigan State	Big Ten	2	9	0	1	11.81	9.65	21.46	39.61	-2.12
4	Wyoming	WAC		10	1	0	8.12	10.08	18.19	39.85	-3.37
5	Ole Miss	SEC		8	3	0	3.73	13.85	17.58	29.94	-5.81
6	Georgia Tech	Ind	8	9	2	0	6.52	10.95	17.47	33.52	-1.58
7	Florida	SEC		9	2	0	11.05	6.11	17.16	36.77	2.87
8	Georgia	SEC	4	10	1	0	7.78	8.76	16.53	33.21	-0.18
9	Arkansas	SWC		8	2	0	5.34	11.16	16.50	32.52	-2.52
10	Tennessee	SEC		8	3	0	7.92	8.26	16.18	33.84	-0.47
11	Purdue	Big Ten	7	9	2	0	11.12	4.95	16.07	38.20	2.51
12	Houston	Ind		8	2	0	12.23	3.83	16.05	44.50	4.36
13	UCLA	AAWU	5	9	1	0	10.08	5.56	15.64	38.24	3.07
14	USC	AAWU		7	4	0	4.90	10.65	15.55	31.59	-1.34
15	Miami (FL)	Ind	9	8	2	1	4.46	9.89	14.34	29.69	-1.90
16	Texas	SWC		7	4	0	4.99	8.94	13.92	31.31	-1.40
17	SMU	SWC	10	8	3	0	7.80	5.33	13.13	32.36	3.31
18	Florida State	Ind		6	5	0	12.03	-0.19	11.84	37.53	6.91
19	Syracuse	Ind		8	3	0	7.02	4.72	11.74	32.46	4.62
20	Nebraska	Big 8	6	9	2	0	5.55	4.40	9.95	31.38	3.81
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Oklahoma	Big 8		6	4	0	4.61	4.81	9.42	31.46	3.04
22	BYU	WAC		8	2	0	7.21	2.02	9.23	34.23	5.24
23	Baylor	SWC		5	5	0	3.69	5.41	9.10	29.19	2.39
24	LSU	SEC		5	4	1	1.81	7.23	9.04	27.24	0.97
25	Miami (OH)	MAC		9	1	0	2.71	5.42	8.13	28.15	3.68
26	Colorado	Big 8		7	3	0	6.03	2.01	8.04	30.66	5.41
27	Michigan	Big Ten		6	4	0	4.51	3.44	7.95	34.12	4.97
28	Harvard	Ivy		8	1	0	0.57	7.24	7.80	27.31	2.16
29	Texas A&M	SWC		4	5	1	3.41	4.32	7.73	28.71	6.47
30	Colorado State	Ind		7	3	0	9.04	-1.93	7.10	35.05	8.10
31	Clemson	ACC		6	4	0	4.90	1.45	6.35	28.40	7.55
32	Virginia Tech	Ind		8	2	1	-0.45	6.78	6.33	28.01	3.09
33	West Texas State	Ind		7	3	0	3.42	2.69	6.11	31.99	5.75
34	North Texas	MVC		8	2	0	5.75	0.23	5.98	33.26	7.01
35	Memphis	Ind		7	2	0	-0.55	6.26	5.71	23.39	1.45
36	New Mexico State	Ind		7	3	0	8.00	-2.32	5.68	35.72	8.72
37	North Carolina State	ACC		5	5	0	4.51	1.04	5.55	28.82	7.24
38	Army	Ind		8	2	0	-2.78	8.10	5.32	21.47	2.41
39	UTEP	Ind		6	4	0	6.18	-0.96	5.22	38.06	7.37
40	Washington	AAWU		6	4	0	3.20	1.81	5.01	28.17	5.55
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Dartmouth	Ivy		7	2	0	6.20	-1.50	4.70	33.72	10.59
42	Missouri	Big 8		6	3	1	-3.44	7.49	4.05	21.91	2.59
43	Tulane	Ind		5	4	1	2.66	1.27	3.93	26.94	7.40
44	Rice	SWC		2	8	0	5.02	-1.16	3.86	30.11	8.24
45	Texas Tech	SWC		4	6	0	6.24	-2.48	3.76	31.43	11.00
46	Penn State	Ind		5	5	0	3.56	0.10	3.67	28.94	10.74
47	Oregon State	AAWU		7	3	0	0.79	2.84	3.62	25.98	7.31
48	Tulsa	MVC		6	4	0	2.47	1.04	3.51	29.71	10.18
49	Stanford	AAWU		5	5	0	0.69	2.27	2.97	25.80	5.14
50	Illinois	Big Ten		4	6	0	3.44	-0.58	2.86	29.21	8.77
51	Colgate	Ind		8	1	1	-2.82	5.61	2.79	25.17	4.05
52	Auburn	SEC		4	6	0	-0.50	3.21	2.71	24.03	6.07
53	Southern Mississippi	Ind		6	4	0	-2.32	4.65	2.33	22.28	4.94
54	Oklahoma State	Big 8		4	5	1	-2.85	4.73	1.88	20.90	2.76
55	Duke	ACC		5	5	0	1.12	0.47	1.59	25.62	13.10
56	Navy	Ind		4	6	0	-0.31	1.79	1.49	23.53	5.95
57	Arizona State	WAC		5	5	0	1.04	-0.33	0.72	25.61	5.94
58	Utah	WAC		5	5	0	1.23	-0.84	0.38	27.37	7.83
59	Kentucky	SEC		3	6	1	-0.95	1.28	0.33	23.81	8.73
60	Princeton	Ivy		7	2	0	-4.73	4.90	0.17	18.38	4.08
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Mississippi State	SEC		2	8	0	-3.94	3.91	-0.04	20.77	4.15
62	Northwestern	Big Ten		3	6	1	0.14	-0.30	-0.17	24.73	9.22
63	Ohio State	Big Ten		4	5	0	-2.35	2.03	-0.31	21.77	5.36
64	Air Force	Ind		4	6	0	-2.62	2.28	-0.33	26.79	5.53
65	Maryland	ACC		4	6	0	1.29	-1.62	-0.33	25.71	10.39
66	Cornell	Ivy		6	3	0	1.17	-1.94	-0.77	24.44	10.73
67	Bowling Green	MAC		6	3	0	0.20	-1.20	-0.99	25.85	10.07
68	Virginia	ACC		4	6	0	5.81	-7.06	-1.25	29.84	15.58
69	Minnesota	Big Ten		4	5	1	-2.66	1.37	-1.28	21.81	8.80
70	Texas Christian	SWC		2	8	0	-6.67	5.30	-1.37	18.53	3.10
71	Dayton	Ind		8	2	0	-5.43	3.89	-1.54	18.46	6.21
72	Utah State	Ind		4	6	0	-3.97	2.00	-1.97	25.41	5.00
73	Louisville	MVC		6	4	0	1.43	-3.57	-2.14	26.88	11.35
74	Oregon	AAWU		3	7	0	-4.46	1.79	-2.67	21.53	4.48
75	Kent State	MAC		4	6	0	0.68	-3.50	-2.82	25.88	11.22
76	Indiana	Big Ten		1	8	1	-2.39	-0.70	-3.09	22.84	12.03
77	South Carolina	ACC		1	9	0	-2.62	-0.59	-3.21	23.15	9.44
78	California	AAWU		3	7	0	-1.79	-1.66	-3.45	22.95	9.62
79	Wake Forest	ACC		3	7	0	-6.11	2.38	-3.72	18.80	6.77
80	North Carolina	ACC		2	8	0	-4.44	0.54	-3.90	20.03	7.39
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Holy Cross	Ind		6	3	1	-4.01	-0.20	-4.21	18.70	10.18
82	Yale	Ivy		4	5	0	-5.03	0.80	-4.23	18.83	7.58
83	Vanderbilt	SEC		1	9	0	-3.87	-0.52	-4.39	21.17	12.58
84	Ohio	MAC		5	5	0	-3.19	-1.27	-4.45	21.80	12.62
85	Iowa State	Big 8		2	6	2	-0.15	-4.60	-4.75	25.38	13.22
86	Buffalo	Ind		5	5	0	0.85	-5.73	-4.87	26.02	15.27
87	Washington State	AAWU		3	7	0	-2.96	-2.36	-5.31	22.87	10.83
88	Wisconsin	Big Ten		3	6	1	-5.49	0.08	-5.41	18.90	10.97
89	Western Michigan	MAC		7	3	0	0.29	-5.75	-5.46	22.96	14.60
90	Rutgers	Ind		5	4	0	2.49	-8.02	-5.52	25.83	17.23
91	Kansas	Big 8		2	7	1	-5.38	-0.57	-5.95	19.63	10.43
92	Arizona	WAC		3	7	0	2.70	-9.01	-6.31	27.29	16.49
93	West Virginia	Southern		3	5	2	-3.27	-3.57	-6.83	21.23	13.95
94	Iowa	Big Ten		2	8	0	-5.51	-1.40	-6.91	19.04	15.70
95	Cincinnati	MVC		3	7	0	-2.61	-4.51	-7.11	21.96	13.34
96	Idaho	Ind		4	6	0	-4.07	-3.52	-7.59	22.41	12.48
97	William & Mary	Southern		5	4	1	-3.50	-4.36	-7.85	19.72	13.54
98	San Jose State	Ind		3	7	0	-3.87	-4.71	-8.58	21.89	12.25
99	Villanova	Ind		6	3	0	-6.89	-1.89	-8.78	15.88	11.40
100	Xavier	Ind		4	6	0	-7.13	-1.86	-8.99	17.58	12.02
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Tampa	Ind		4	5	0	-6.83	-2.54	-9.36	19.35	16.04
102	Toledo	MAC		2	7	1	-5.10	-4.39	-9.48	19.51	12.55
103	Boston College	Ind		4	6	0	-4.92	-4.79	-9.71	17.73	15.33
104	Pitt	Ind		1	9	0	-1.81	-8.84	-10.65	22.30	20.92
105	Wichita State	MVC		2	8	0	-5.31	-6.15	-11.47	20.48	19.80
106	George Washington	Southern		4	6	0	-7.93	-4.10	-12.03	15.28	16.34
107	Pacific	Ind		4	7	0	-2.77	-9.42	-12.19	24.15	21.39
108	New Mexico	WAC		2	8	0	-7.39	-5.92	-13.30	19.72	18.92
109	Pennsylvania	Ivy		2	7	0	-0.92	-12.38	-13.30	23.33	21.38
110	East Carolina	Southern		4	5	1	-7.13	-6.71	-13.84	18.55	17.10
111	Kansas State	Big 8		0	9	1	-8.59	-5.65	-14.25	16.30	15.63
112	Marshall	MAC		2	8	0	-9.07	-6.70	-15.78	15.81	16.03
113	Columbia	Ivy		2	7	0	-0.96	-15.07	-16.03	23.28	27.18
114	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		2	8	0	-5.42	-11.27	-16.69	18.06	27.27
115	Davidson	Southern		4	5	0	-2.10	-15.40	-17.50	21.97	26.60
116	Brown	Ivy		1	8	0	-4.86	-13.14	-18.00	19.76	24.75
117	The Citadel	Southern		4	6	0	-11.90	-6.20	-18.10	10.13	17.19
118	Richmond	Southern		2	8	0	-9.27	-13.09	-22.35	14.27	24.23
119	Furman	Southern		2	7	1	-10.47	-11.92	-22.39	12.15	23.04