Record: 47-30-4, .605 W-L% (1st of 12) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 9.58 (3rd of 12) ▪ SOS: 7.08 (4th of 12)
Conference Champion: UCLA
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Southern California)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Southern California and UCLA)
| Overall | Conference | Pts/G | SRS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| UCLA | 8 | 2 | 1 | .773 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 23.4 | 15.3 | 21.11 | 14.56 | |
| Southern California | 7 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 26.2 | 9.2 | 20.65 | 9.05 | |
| Washington State | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 13.9 | 10.3 | 3.66 | -0.74 | |
| Washington | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 20.5 | 18.5 | 9.66 | 8.56 | |
| Stanford | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 7.93 | 6.03 | |
| California | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 12.5 | 19.4 | 8.58 | 9.98 | |
| Oregon State | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 12.5 | 16.2 | 4.16 | 6.26 | |
| Oregon | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 16.5 | 18.6 | 0.87 | 2.97 | |
| School | Pre | 9/20 | 9/27 | 10/4 | 10/11 | 10/18 | 10/25 | 11/1 | 11/8 | 11/15 | 11/22 | 11/29 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| Southern California | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Date | Bowl | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966-01-01 | Rose Bowl | UCLA | 14 | Michigan State | 12 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) |