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1966 Year Summary

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National 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

Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS
Overall Bowls SRS Polls
Rk Conference Schs G W L T Pct G W L T Pct SRS SOS Pre Final Champion
1 Southeastern Conference 10 105 61 42 2 .590 5 4 1 0 .800 9.88 7.15 2 2 Alabama
Georgia
2 Southwest Conference 8 82 40 41 1 .494 2 1 1 0 .500 8.32 7.81 1 1 Southern Methodist
3 Athletic Association of Western Universities 8 81 43 38 0 .531 1 0 1 0 .000 3.88 2.62 2 1 Southern California
4 Big Ten Conference 10 100 45 50 5 .475 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.11 4.36 2 2 Michigan State
5 Independent 32 322 188 128 6 .593 5 1 4 0 .200 1.84 -1.21 2 3
6 Western Athletic Conference 6 61 33 28 0 .541 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.78 0 0 Wyoming
7 Big Eight Conference 8 81 36 39 6 .481 1 0 1 0 .000 1.05 2.03 1 1 Nebraska
8 Atlantic Coast Conference 8 80 30 50 0 .375 0 0 0 0 0.13 4.29 0 0 Clemson
9 Missouri Valley Conference 5 50 25 25 0 .500 0 0 0 0 -2.24 -2.28 0 0 North Texas
Tulsa
10 Mid-American Conference 7 69 35 33 1 .514 0 0 0 0 -4.40 -5.43 0 0 Miami (OH)
Western Michigan
11 Ivy Group 8 72 37 35 0 .514 0 0 0 0 -4.95 -5.42 0 0 Dartmouth
Harvard
Princeton
12 Southern Conference 9 89 30 54 5 .365 0 0 0 0 -15.29 -10.54 0 0 East Carolina
William & Mary

AP Poll Summary

School Conf Pre 9/19 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/17 10/24 10/31 11/7 11/14 11/21 11/28 Final
Notre Dame Ind 6 8 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Michigan State Big Ten 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Alabama SEC 1 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Georgia SEC                 9 9 7 4 4
UCLA AAWU 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 8 8 6 5 5
Nebraska Big 8 3 4 6 7 6 7 8 6 4 4 4 6 6
Purdue Big Ten 8 7     9 9       10 8 7 7
Georgia Tech Ind     9 9 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 8 8
Miami (FL) Ind                       9 9
Southern Methodist SWC                       10 10
School Conf Pre 9/19 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/17 10/24 10/31 11/7 11/14 11/21 11/28 Final
Arkansas SWC 5 6 7 5     9 8 6 6      
Baylor SWC   10     10                
Florida SEC       10 8 8 7 7     9    
Michigan Big Ten   9 8                    
Oklahoma Big 8           10              
Southern California AAWU 9 5 5 6 5 5 5 9 7 7 10    
Syracuse Ind 7                        
Tennessee SEC 10   10 8       10 10        
Wyoming WAC             10