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1966 Week 8 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
100.539Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–01.0001+11Beat North Carolina 32–0
250.875Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC5–01.0001+10Beat New Mexico 37–7
360.941Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI5–01.0001+9Beat Auburn 17–3
400.950UCLAPAC5–01.0001+11Beat Penn State 49–11
5-20.954North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC4–10.80015+12Lost to Tulsa 27–30
6-10.992USCPAC5–01.0001+10Beat Stanford 21–7
7161.005Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–10.75026+8Beat North Texas 30–27
851.020Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–01.0001+7Beat Tennessee 11–10
911.069Purdue (PURDUE)B104–10.80015+10Beat Michigan 22–21
1041.176Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–01.0001+7Beat Kansas 35–0
1141.242Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat Mississippi State 28–0
12-61.254Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC5–01.0001+9Beat Marshall 12–0
13-21.276Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B105–01.0001+8Beat Ohio State 11–8
14-121.297Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–10.75026+7Lost to Harvard 0–21
15-31.324Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–01.0001+7Beat NC State 17–10
1691.480Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY4–01.0001+3Beat Cornell 21–0
1751.552Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–10.80015+6Beat Rutgers 14–9
1821.633Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–10.75026+6BYE
19-21.650Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B85–01.0001+4Beat Kansas State 21–10
2071.698Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–10.80015+5Beat Cincinnati 28–21
2101.705Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–10.80015+6Beat Texas 12–7
2271.709Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–10.80015+5Beat Oklahoma State 7–0
23-41.736Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–20.60040+6Beat Southern Miss 14–7
24-161.744Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–10.80015+6Lost to Miami 6–7
2511.798Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI3–1–10.70034+4Beat Vanderbilt 21–6
26211.901SMUIND SWC3–10.75026+4Beat Rice 28–24
27392.000Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–20.50049+5Beat Duke 9–6
2822.022Ohio (OHIO)MAC4–10.80015+5Beat Xavier 24–10
29222.032Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI4–10.80015+3Beat Buffalo 13–3
30182.042West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI4–10.80015+2Beat Richmond 41–7
31482.109Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–20.50049+4Beat Georgia 7–6
32122.197Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–20.60040+5Beat Boston College 30–0
33-152.200Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–20.50049+3Lost to Alabama 10–11
34252.206Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC2–20.50049+3Beat Toledo 14–13
3512.208New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI5–10.83314+1Beat Wichita State 45–17
36102.221Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC4–10.80015+3Beat Kent State 23–20
3742.239Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY3–10.75026+2Beat Brown 49–14
38122.252Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–1–10.70034+1Beat Princeton 7–0
39-72.289UTEPIND FBSI3–20.60040+2Beat Texas Arlington 68–21
40232.291William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–1–10.70034+3Beat Citadel 24–6
41-132.311Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–1–10.62539+2Beat Boston University 17–14
42-262.336BYUIND WAC3–10.75026+1Lost to Arizona State 7–10
43132.374Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50049+3Beat Texas Tech 42–33
44162.403LSUSEC3–1–10.70034+2Beat Kentucky 30–0
45162.443Utah (UTAH)IND WAC2–10.66738+3Beat Washington State 26–15
46-32.645Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI3–10.75026+1Beat Quantico Marines 20–14
47-232.709Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–20.60040+1Lost to Oregon 6–17
48-102.741Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–30.40065+2Lost to Purdue 21–22
4952.805Yale (YALE)IND IVY3–10.75026-1Beat Columbia 44–21
50192.880Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI3–20.60040+1Beat Furman 41–2
51-182.900Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–20.500490Lost to Army 9–14
52-182.984Duke (DUKE)ACC3–20.600400Lost to Clemson 6–9
5393.013Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC3–20.600400Beat West Virginia 28–9
54-53.048Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–30.40065+3Lost to UCLA 11–49
55-203.072Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–30.40065+1Lost to Arkansas 7–12
56163.077Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–2–10.50049+1Beat TCU 35–7
57323.130Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC2–30.40065+1Beat BYU 10–7
58-193.170Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY2–20.500490Lost to Colgate 0–7
5963.171Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–30.40065+1Lost to USC 7–21
60-23.197Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–2–10.50049+2Tied Northwestern 3–3
61-193.217Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–30.40065+1Lost to Houston 0–28
62233.340Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–30.40065+1Beat Air Force 17–6
63-63.344Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–30.25096+1Lost to Missouri 0–7
64113.366Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC2–20.50049-2Beat Drake 66–26
6593.375Colorado (COLORADO)IND B83–20.60040-1Beat Iowa State 41–21
66-263.381Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–30.400650Lost to LSU 0–30
6733.403Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–2–10.50049-1Beat Iowa 17–0
68-313.407North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–20.500490Lost to Notre Dame 0–32
69-383.445Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–30.40065-1Lost to California 20–24
70133.488Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–30.400650Beat Indiana 24–10
71313.499George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON2–30.400650Beat East Carolina 20–7
7213.537California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–20.60040-2Beat Washington 24–20
7343.712Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50049-2Beat Utah State 10–7
74-213.740Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–30.25096+1Lost to Virginia Tech 6–21
75-203.753Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–30.250960Lost to SMU 24–28
76313.905Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC2–30.40065-2Beat Virginia Military Institute 38–27
77-94.095Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–30.40065-3Lost to Bowling Green 13–14
78-114.138Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI2–30.40065-3Lost to Ohio 10–24
79-154.174East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–2–10.500490Lost to George Washington 7–20
80174.236Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–30.40065-3Beat Pittsburgh 24–7
81224.268Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–20.50049-3Beat Presbyterian 49–13
82-304.354San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–30.40065+1Lost to San Diego State 0–25
83-74.437Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI2–30.40065+1Lost to Dayton 3–13
84-394.593Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–20.500490Lost to Bucknell 21–28
85214.618Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI2–30.40065-5Beat Montana 28–0
86-54.620Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–30.40065-4Lost to Georgia Tech 3–17
87244.641Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–30.40065-3Beat Idaho 14–7
88-174.646Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–40.200103-2Lost to Colorado 21–41
8954.678Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–30.40065-5Beat Delaware 16–14
90-124.777Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI2–30.40065-6Lost to Ole Miss 7–14
91-44.798Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–40.200103-2Lost to Utah 15–26
92-24.865Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–30.40065-5Lost to Oklahoma 0–35
9364.909Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–3–10.30092-1Tied Wisconsin 3–3
94-144.992Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–30.40065-6Lost to Virginia 27–38
9505.078New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–30.40065-5Lost to Wyoming 7–37
96-55.080Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC1–40.200103-5Lost to Western Michigan 20–23
97-55.270Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–30.25096-5Lost to Tulane 21–28
9825.423Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–30.40065-7Lost to William & Mary 6–24
99-175.435West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–3–10.30092-5Lost to Maryland 9–28
100-75.520Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–30.40065-4Lost to Oregon State 7–14
10175.587Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–30.25096-5Lost to Michigan State 8–11
102-185.696Indiana (INDIANA)B101–3–10.30092-5Lost to Illinois 10–24
103-75.776Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–30.25096-4Lost to Dartmouth 14–49
104-35.867Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–30.25096-5BYE
10545.868NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–40.200103-5Lost to Florida 10–17
106-185.919Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–40.200103-6Lost to Navy 7–24
107-35.947Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–40.200103-7Lost to Syracuse 0–30
108-226.021South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–40.200103-6Lost to Wake Forest 6–10
109-116.049TCUIND SWC1–40.200103-5Lost to Texas A&M 7–35
11046.227Iowa (IOWA)B101–40.200103-7Lost to Minnesota 0–17
11146.273Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–50.000115-7Lost to Nebraska 10–21
11206.373Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–40.000115-4Lost to Yale 21–44
113-36.441Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–3–10.30092-2Lost to Tampa 2–41
114-96.465Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI0–50.000115-7Lost to Colorado State 7–10
115-26.823Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–40.200103-9Lost to Florida State 33–42
11627.495Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–40.200103-11Beat South Carolina 10–6
117-17.905Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–50.000115-11Lost to West Texas A&M 7–41
118-18.100Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC1–40.200103-3Lost to Miami (OH) 0–12
119011.053Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–40.000115-4Lost to New Mexico State 17–45

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