1966 NCAA College Division football rankings

The 1966 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches and from the Associated Press. The 1966 NCAA College Division football season was the ninth year UPI published a Coaches Poll in what was termed the "Small College" division. It was the seventh year for the AP version of the poll.

The UPI poll only included Win/Loss records for the Top 10 in the weekly rankings. In the AP poll, the Win/Loss records were not published except in the Final poll. However, the Win/Loss records are provided in the AP poll section if the UPI also ranked the team.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

The AP poll

	Week 1 Sept 22[1]	Week 2 Sept 29[2]	Week 3 Oct 6[3]	Week 4 Oct 13[4]	Week 5 Oct 20[5]	Week 6 Oct 27[6]	Week 7 Nov 3[7]	Week 8 Nov 10[8]	Week 9 Nov 17[9]	Week 10 Nov 24[10]	Week 11 Dec 1[11]
1.	North Dakota State (2)	North Dakota State (5)	North Dakota State (4–0) (7)	North Dakota State (5–0) (10)	North Dakota State (6–0) (8)	North Dakota State (7–0) (11)	North Dakota State (8–0) (10)	San Diego State (7–0) (11)	San Diego State (8–0) (13)	San Diego State (9–0) (11)	San Diego State (10–0) (14)	1.
2.	Southern Illinois	North Dakota (1)	Montana State (4–0) (5)	North Dakota (4–0)	North Dakota (5–0) (2)	San Diego State (5–0) (2)	San Diego State (6–0) (5)	North Dakota State (8–1)	Tennessee State (7–0) (2)	Tennessee State (8–0) (2)	Tennessee State (9–0) (2)	2.
3.	North Dakota	Montana State (3)	North Dakota (3–0)	Middle Tennessee State (5–0) (2)	San Diego State (5–0) (2)	Montana State (6–1)	Montana State (7–1) (1)	Montana State (8–1) (1)	Montana State (8–2)	Montana State (8–2)	Montana State (8–2)	3.
4.	Weber State (4)	Sul Ross State	Sul Ross State (4–0) (1)	San Diego State (4–0) (1)	Chattanooga (4–1)	North Dakota (5–1)	Tennessee State (5–0) (1)	Tennessee State (6–0) (2)	Northwestern State (8–0) (1)	Northwestern State (9–0)	Northwestern State (9–0)	4.
5.	Montana State	San Diego State (1)	Middle Tennessee State (3–0) (1)	Sul Ross State (3–0) (1)	Sul Ross State (4–0) (1)	Arkansas State (5–0) (1)	Northwestern State (6–0)	Northwestern State (7–0) (1)	Weber State (6–2)	Parsons (9–1)	Parsons (9–1)	5.
6.	Sul Ross State	Eastern Kentucky (1)	San Diego State (3–0)	Weber State (3–1)	Montana State (5–1)	Tennessee State	Arkansas State (5–1)	Parsons (7–1)	Parsons (8–1)	Arkansas State (7–2)	Arkansas State (7–2)	6.
7.	San Diego State	Ball State (1)	Eastern Kentucky (3–0) (1)	Montana State (4–1)	Weber State (4–1)	Middle Tennessee State (6–1)	UMass (5–1)	Arkansas State (6–1) (1)	North Dakota (7–2)	Muskingum (9–0)	Muskingum (9–0)	7.
8.	Southwest Texas State	Wittenberg	Wittenberg (2–0)	Tennessee State (5–0)	Arkansas State (4–0) (1)	Northwestern State (5–0) (1)	Eastern Kentucky (6–1) (1)	Weber State (6–2)	Muskingum (8–0)	North Dakota (7–2)	North Dakota (7–2)	8.
9.	Akron т	Parsons	Weber State (2–1) (1)	Arkansas State (1)	Middle Tennessee State (5–1)	Sul Ross State (4–0–1) (1)	Weber State (5–2)	North Dakota (6–2)	North Dakota State (7–2)	North Dakota State (8–2)	North Dakota State (8–2)	9.
10.	Florida A&M т	Arkansas State т	Tennessee State (2–0)	Chattanooga (3–1)	Tennessee State (1)	New Mexico Highlands (6–0) (1)	Waynesburg	Muskingum (7–0)	Clarion State (9–0)	Weber State (6–3)	Waynesburg (9–0) т	10.
11.		Middle Tennessee State (1) т									Weber State (6–3) т	11.
	Week 1 Sept 22[12]	Week 2 Sept 29[13]	Week 3 Oct 6[14]	Week 4 Oct 13[15]	Week 5 Oct 20[16]	Week 6 Oct 27[17]	Week 7 Nov 3[18]	Week 8 Nov 10[19]	Week 9 Nov 17[20]	Week 10 Nov 24[21]	Week 11 Dec 1[22]
		Dropped: 2 Southern Illinois 4 Weber State 8 Southwest Texas State 9 Akron 10 Florida A&M	Dropped: 7 Ball State 9 Parsons 10 Arkansas State	Dropped: 7 Eastern Kentucky 8 Wittenberg	None	Dropped: 4 Chattanooga 7 Weber State	Dropped: 4 North Dakota 7 Middle Tennessee State 9 Sul Ross State 10 New Mexico Highlands	Dropped: 7 UMass 8 Eastern Kentucky 10 Waynesburg	Dropped: 7 Arkansas State	Dropped: 10 Clarion State	None

The UPI Coaches poll

	Week 1 Sept 21[23]	Week 2 Sept 28[24]	Week 3 Oct 5[25]	Week 4 Oct 12[26]	Week 5 Oct 19[27]	Week 6 Oct 26[28]	Week 7 Nov 2[29]	Week 8 Nov 9[30]	Week 9 Nov 16[31]	Week 10 Nov 23[32]	Week 11 Nov 30[33]
1.	North Dakota State (2–0) (16)	North Dakota State (3–0) (14)	North Dakota State (4–0) (14)	North Dakota State (5–0) (25)	North Dakota State (6–0) (20)	North Dakota State (7–0) (25)	North Dakota State (8–0) (23)	San Diego State (7–0) (33)	San Diego State (8–0) (32)	San Diego State (9–0) (30)	San Diego State (10–0) (30)	1.
2.	Middle Tennessee State (1–0) (2)	North Dakota (2–0) (7)	North Dakota (3–0) (4)	North Dakota (4–0) (3)	San Diego State (5–0) (6)	San Diego State (5–0) (6)	San Diego State (6–0) (7)	Montana State (8–1) (1)	Montana State (8–2) (2)	Montana State (8–2) (4)	Montana State (8–2) (3)	2.
3.	Weber State (1–0) (3)	San Diego State (2–0) (4)	Montana State (4–0) (8)	San Diego State (4–0) (1)	North Dakota (5–0) (4)	Montana State (6–1)	Montana State (7–1) (5)	North Dakota State (8–1) (1)	Weber State (6–2)	Tennessee State (8–0)	Tennessee State (9–0) (1)	3.
4.	UMass (1–0) (1)	Middle Tennessee State (2–0) (1)	San Diego State (3–0) (2)	Middle Tennessee State (5–0) (2)	Chattanooga (4–1) (1)	North Dakota (5–1)	UMass (5–1)	Weber State (6–2)	Tennessee State (7–0)	North Dakota (7–2)	Northwestern State (9–0)	4.
5.	North Dakota (1–0)	Montana State (3–0)	Middle Tennessee State (4–0) (3)	Weber State (3–1) (1)	Weber State (4–1)	UMass (4–1) (1)	Weber State (5–2) т	Arkansas State (6–1)	UMass (6–2)	New Mexico Highlands (8–1)	North Dakota (7–2)	5.
6.	Northern Illinois (1–0)	Long Beach State (1–0) (1)	Sul Ross State (3–0)	Sul Ross State (3–0)	Montana State (5–1) (1)	Arkansas State (5–0) (1)	Delaware (5–1) т	North Dakota (6–2)	North Dakota (7–2)	Northwestern State (9–0)	New Mexico Highlands (8–1)	6.
7.	St. John's (NY) (1–0)	Sul Ross State (2–0)	Weber State (2–1)	UMass (2–1)	Sul Ross State (4–0)	Middle Tennessee State (6–1)	North Dakota (5–2)	Tennessee State (6–0)	New Mexico Highlands (8–1)	Muskingum (9–0)	Muskingum (9–0)	7.
8.	Sul Ross State (2–0)	UC Santa Barbara (2–0) (1)	Long Beach State (2–0) (1)	Montana State (4–1)	UMass (3–1)	Sul Ross State (4–0–1)	Eastern Kentucky (6–1)	UMass (5–2)	North Dakota State (7–2)	North Dakota State (8–2)	North Dakota State (8–2)	8.
9.	Long Beach State (0–0)	Weber State (1–1)	UMass (1–1)	Chattanooga (3–1) (1)	Arkansas State (4–0) (1)	Chattanooga (4–2)	Arkansas State (5–1)	Middle Tennessee State (7–2)	Muskingum (8–0)	Weber State (6–3)	Weber State (6–3)	9.
10.	San Diego State (1–0)	UMass (1–1) (1)	Eastern Kentucky (3–0)	Delaware (3–0) (1)	Middle Tennessee State (5–1)	New Mexico Highlands (6–0) (1)	Tennessee State (5–0)	New Mexico Highlands (7–1)	Northwestern State (8–0)	UMass (6–3)	UMass (6–3)	10.
11.	UC Santa Barbara	Ball State	Delaware	Arkansas State	Long Beach State	Weber State	Middle Tennessee State	Chattanooga	Chattanooga	Arkansas State	Arkansas State	11.
12.	Pacific (CA)	Arkansas State	Concordia (MN)	Long Beach State	Temple	Temple	Sul Ross State т	Long Beach State	Arkansas State	Whitewater State	Whitewater State	12.
13.	Montana State т	Delaware (2)	Chattanooga (1)	Lenoir–Rhyne (1)	New Mexico Highlands (1)	Delaware	Long Beach State т	Muskingum	Gettysburg (1)	Parsons	Parsons	13.
14.	Ball State т	Concordia (MN)	UC Santa Barbara	New Mexico Highlands т	Delaware	Eastern Kentucky	Muskingum	Delaware	Whitewater State	Gettysburg (1)	Central College (IA) т	14.
15.	Linfield	Eastern Kentucky	Lenoir–Rhyne (1)	UC Santa Barbara т	Eastern Kentucky	Luther (1)	Chattanooga	Eastern Kentucky	Parsons	Eastern Kentucky	Waynesburg (1) т	15.
16.	Grambling State	Southwest Texas State	New Mexico Highlands	Temple т	Luther (1)	Tennessee State	New Mexico Highlands	Sul Ross State	Central College (IA)	Central College (IA)	Eastern Kentucky	16.
17.	Cal State Los Angeles	Michigan Tech	Arkansas State т	Luther т	Tennessee State	Lenoir–Rhyne	Gettysburg	Gettysburg	Waynesburg	Waynesburg	Gettysburg	17.
18.	Arkansas State (1)	Parsons	Michigan Tech т	Eastern Kentucky	Gettysburg	Muskingum т	Central College (IA)	Northwestern State	Eastern Kentucky	Clarion State	Clarion State	18.
19.	Florida A&M	Grambling State т	Wittenberg (1)	Baldwin-Wallace (1)	Fort Hays State	Gettysburg т	Lamar Tech	Northeast Louisiana	Northeast Louisiana	Northeast Louisiana	Chattanooga т	19.
20.	Southern Illinois	Northern Illinois т	Abilene Christian	Michigan Tech	Lenoir–Rhyne	Long Beach State	Northeast Louisiana	Parsons	Western Colorado State	Chattanooga	Wittenberg т	20.
	Week 1 Sept 21[34]	Week 2 Sept 28[35]	Week 3 Oct 5[36]	Week 4 Oct 12[37]	Week 5 Oct 19[38]	Week 6 Oct 26[39]	Week 7 Nov 2[40]	Week 8 Nov 9[41]	Week 9 Nov 16[42]	Week 10 Nov 23[43]	Week 11 Nov 30[44]
		Dropped: 7 St. John's (NY) 12 Pacific (CA) 15 Linfield 17 Cal State Los Angeles 19 Florida A&M 20 Southern Illinois	Dropped: 11 Ball State 16 Southwest Texas State 18 Parsons 19 Grambling State 20 Northern Illinois	Dropped: 12 Concordia (MN) 19 Wittenberg 20 Abilene Christian	Dropped: 15 UC Santa Barbara 19 Baldwin-Wallace 20 Michigan Tech	Dropped: 19 Fort Hays State	Dropped: 12 Temple 15 Luther 17 Lenoir–Rhyne	Dropped: 18 Central College (IA) 19 Lamar Tech	Dropped: 9 Middle Tennessee State 12 Long Beach State 14 Delaware 16 Sul Ross State	Dropped: 20 Western Colorado	Dropped: 19 Northeast Louisiana

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