1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

The 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

Legend

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Italics   Number of first place votes
(#–#)   Win–loss record
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

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All AP polls for this season included only ten ranked teams.

Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 7[1]
Week 3
Dec. 14[1]
Week 4
Dec. 21[1]
Week 5
Dec. 28[1]
Week 6
Jan. 4[1]
Week 7
Jan. 11[1]
Week 8
Jan. 18[1]
Week 9
Jan. 25[1]
Week 10
Feb. 1[1]
Week 11
Feb. 8[1]
Week 12
Feb. 15[1]
Week 13
Feb. 22[2]
Week 14
Mar. 1[2]
Final
Mar. 8[2]
1.UCLAUCLA (2–0)Duke (4–1)Duke (6–1)Duke (7–1)Duke (9–1)Duke (11–1)Duke (14–1)Duke (14–1)Duke (15–1)Kentucky (17–0)Kentucky (19–0)Kentucky (21–0)Kentucky (23–0)Kentucky (23–1)1.
2.MichiganMichigan (3–0)Saint Joseph's (4–0)Saint Joseph's (6–0)Vanderbilt (8–0)Kentucky (8–0)Kentucky (10–0)Kentucky (12–0)Kentucky (12–0)Kentucky (14–0)Duke (15–1)Duke (17–2)Duke (19–2)Texas Western (22–0)Duke (23–3)2.
3.DukeSaint Joseph's (2–0)Michigan (4–1)Michigan (4–1)Bradley (10–0)Vanderbilt (10–1)Vanderbilt (12–1)Saint Joseph's (11–2)Providence (12–1)Vanderbilt (15–2)Loyola-Chicago (16–1)Texas Western (18–0)Texas Western (20–0)Duke (20–3)Texas Western (23–1)3.
4.Saint Joseph'sVanderbilt (1–0)Kansas (5–0)Vanderbilt (6–0)Iowa (7–0)Saint Joseph's (9–2)Saint Joseph's (10–2)Providence (12–1)Vanderbilt (14–2)Providence (13–1)Texas Western (16–0)Loyola-Chicago (17–2)Loyola-Chicago (20–2)Loyola-Chicago (21–2)Kansas (21–3)4.
5.VanderbiltMinnesota (2–0)Vanderbilt (4–0)Bradley (8–0)Kentucky (7–0)Bradley (10–1)Bradley (13–1)Vanderbilt (14–2)Saint Joseph's (13–3)Loyola-Chicago (15–1)Vanderbilt (16–3)Vanderbilt (17–3)Vanderbilt (19–3)Vanderbilt (21–3)St. Joseph's (22–4)5.
6.ProvidenceDuke (2–0)Minnesota (3–0)Minnesota (4–0)BYU (6–0)Providence (8–1)Providence (10–1)Kansas (13–2)Texas Western (12–0)Texas Western (14–0)Providence (15–1)Providence (17–2)Kansas (18–3)Kansas (20–3)Loyola-Chicago (21–2)6.
7.MinnesotaKansas (2–0)Providence (3–0)Providence (5–0)Michigan (4–3)Iowa (8–1)BYU (10–1)Bradley (14–2)Loyola-Chicago (13–1)Kansas (14–3)Kansas (15–3)Kansas (16–3)Saint Joseph's (19–4)Saint Joseph's (21–4)Cincinnati (21–5)7.
8.KansasProvidence (1–0)UCLA (2–2)Wichita State (4–0)Saint Joseph's (6–2)BYU (8–1)Texas Western (12–0)Texas Western (12–0)Cincinnati (13–2)Saint Joseph's (13–4)Saint Joseph's (15–4)Saint Joseph's (17–4)Nebraska (17–3)Providence (21–3)Vanderbilt (22–4)8.
9.BradleyBradley (1–0)Bradley (6–0)Iowa (7–0)Minnesota (5–1)Texas Western (10–0)UCLA (9–3)Loyola-Chicago (13–1)Kansas (14–3)Michigan (11–4)Nebraska (14–2)Nebraska (16–3)Providence (19–3)Nebraska (18–4)Michigan (17–6)9.
10.Kansas StateSouth Carolina (2–0)Wichita State (3–0)Kentucky (6–0)Providence (5–1)UCLA (7–3)Kansas (11–2)UCLA (10–4)UCLA (10–4)Cincinnati (14–3)Michigan (12–5)Michigan (13–5)Michigan (14–5)Cincinnati (20–5)Western Kentucky (24–2)10.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 7[1]
Week 3
Dec. 14[1]
Week 4
Dec. 21[1]
Week 5
Dec. 28[1]
Week 6
Jan. 4[1]
Week 7
Jan. 11[1]
Week 8
Jan. 18[1]
Week 9
Jan. 25[1]
Week 10
Feb. 1[1]
Week 11
Feb. 8[1]
Week 12
Feb. 15[1]
Week 13
Feb. 22[2]
Week 14
Mar. 1[2]
Final
Mar. 8[2]
Dropped:
Kansas State
Dropped:
South Carolina (4–0)
Dropped:
  • Kansas (5–2)
  • UCLA (3–3)
Dropped:
Wichita State (4–2)
Dropped:
  • Michigan (6–4)
  • Minnesota (7–3)
Dropped:
  • Iowa (8–2)
Dropped:
  • BYU (10–3)
Dropped:
Bradley (14–3)
Dropped:
UCLA (10–5)
Dropped:
Cincinnati (14–5)
NoneNoneDropped:
Michigan (15–6)
Dropped:
  • Providence (22–4)
  • Nebraska (20–5)

UPI Poll

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Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 6[1]
Week 3
Dec. 13[1]
Week 4
Dec. 20[1]
Week 5
Dec. 27[1]
Week 6
Jan. 3[1]
Week 7
Jan. 10[1]
Week 8
Jan. 17[1]
Week 9
Jan. 24[1]
Week 10
Jan. 31[1]
Week 11
Feb. 7[1]
Week 12
Feb. 14[1]
Week 13
Feb. 21[2]
Week 14
Feb. 28[2]
Final
Mar. 7[2]
1.UCLAUCLA (2–0)Duke (4–1)Duke (6–1)Duke (7–1)Duke (9–1)Duke (11–1)Duke (14–1)Duke (14–1)Duke (15–1)Kentucky (17–0)Kentucky (19–0)Kentucky (21–0)Kentucky (23–0)Kentucky (23–1)1.
2.MichiganMichigan (3–0)Saint Joseph's (4–0)Saint Joseph's (6–0)Vanderbilt (8–0)Kentucky (8–0)Kentucky (10–0)Kentucky (12–0)Kentucky (12–0)Kentucky (14–0)Duke (15–1)Duke (17–2)Duke (19–2)Duke (20–3)Duke (23–3)2.
3.MinnesotaSaint Joseph's (2–0)Vanderbilt (4–0)Vanderbilt (6–0)BYU (6–0)Vanderbilt (10–1)Vanderbilt (12–1)Saint Joseph's (11–2)Providence (12–1)Vanderbilt (15–2)Loyola-Chicago (16–1)Texas Western (18–0)Texas Western (20–0)Texas Western (22–0)Texas Western (23–1)3.
4.Saint Joseph'sDuke (2–0)Kansas (5–0)Minnesota (4–0)Bradley (10–0)Saint Joseph's (9–2)Saint Joseph's (10–2)Providence (12–1)Vanderbilt (14–2)Providence (13–1)Providence (15–1)Providence (17–2)Loyola-Chicago (20–2)Loyola-Chicago (21–2)Kansas (21–3)4.
5.DukeMinnesota (2–0)Michigan (4–1)Michigan (4–1)Kentucky (7–0)BYU (8–1)Bradley (13–1)Vanderbilt (14–2)Saint Joseph's (13–3)Loyola-Chicago (15–1)Texas Western (16–0)Loyola-Chicago (17–2)Kansas (18–3)Kansas (20–3)Loyola-Chicago (21–2)5.
6.VanderbiltVanderbilt (1–0)Minnesota (3–0)Providence (5–0)Iowa (7–0)Providence (8–1)BYU (10–1)Bradley (14–2)Texas Western (12–0)Texas Western (14–0)Kansas (15–3)Saint Joseph's (17–4)Vanderbilt (19–3)Saint Joseph's (21–4)St. Joseph's (22–4)6.
7.ProvidenceKansas (2–0)Providence (3–0)Wichita State (4–0)Saint Joseph's (6–2)Bradley (10–1)Providence (10–1)Kansas (13–2)Loyola-Chicago (13–1)Kansas (14–3)Vanderbilt (16–3)Kansas (16–3)Saint Joseph's (19–4)Vanderbilt (21–3)Michigan (17–6)7.
8.KansasProvidence (1–0)UCLA (2–2)BYU (4–0)Providence (5–1)UCLA (7–3)UCLA (9–3)Texas Western (12–0)Bradley (14–3)Saint Joseph's (13–4)Saint Joseph's (15–4)Vanderbilt (17–3)Providence (19–3)Providence (21–3)Vanderbilt (22–4)8.
9.BradleyBYU (1–0)BYU (2–0)Iowa (7–0) тMichigan (4–3)Iowa (8–1) тTexas Western (12–0)Loyola-Chicago (13–1)Kansas (14–3)Michigan (11–4)Nebraska (14–2)Nebraska (16–3)Michigan (14–5)Michigan (15–6)Cincinnati (21–5)9.
10.BYUBradley (1–0)Wichita State (3–0)Kentucky (6–0) тMinnesota (5–1)Kansas (9–2) тKansas (11–2)Utah (12–3)Cincinnati (13–2)Cincinnati (14–3)Michigan (12–5)Michigan (13–5)Nebraska (17–3)Cincinnati (20–5)Providence (22–4)10.
11.San FranciscoSan Francisco (2–1)Bradley (6–0)Bradley (8–0)UCLA (5–3)Texas Western (10–0)Loyola-Chicago (11–1)BYU (10–3)Michigan State (10–4)Utah (14–3)Cincinnati (14–5) тSan Francisco (16–3)Cincinnati (18–5)Utah (20–5)Nebraska (20–5)11.
12.Kansas StateIowa (3–0)Iowa (5–0)Kansas (5–2)Kansas (6–2)Cincinnati (8–1)Iowa (8–2)UCLA (10–4)Utah (13–3)Nebraska (13–2)San Francisco (15–2) тCincinnati (16–5)Utah (18–5)San Francisco (20–4)Utah (21–6)12.
13.NC StateKentucky (2–0)Kentucky (4–0)UCLA (3–3)Syracuse (7–0)Syracuse (9–2)New Mexico (10–1)Michigan (9–4)Nebraska (13–2)Bradley (14–4) тUtah (14–4)Syracuse (15–3)San Francisco (18–3)Nebraska (18–4)Oklahoma City (18–5)13.
14.DaytonLouisville (2–0)South Carolina (4–0)Syracuse (7–0)NC State (3–2) тLoyola-Chicago (9–1)Dayton (10–1)Cincinnati (11–2)UCLA (10–4)St. John's (11–3) тDayton (15–3)BYU (14–3) тWestern Kentucky (19–2)Oregon State (17–6)Houston (21–5)14.
15.Boston College тNC State (1–0)Oklahoma City (5–0)Cincinnati (5–1) тUtah (7–0) тMinnesota (7–3)Tulsa (12–3) тNew Mexico (11–2) тSt. John's (10–3)Dayton (14–3)St. John's (12–4) тUtah (17–4) тHouston (18–4)Syracuse (19–5)Oregon State (20–6)15.
16.St. John's тNew Mexico (2–0) тNew Mexico (4–0) тUtah (6–0) тCincinnati (6–1) тMichigan (6–4)Utah (10–3) тSan Francisco (12–2) тSan Francisco (12–2)San Francisco (13–2)Syracuse (13–3) тHouston (17–4)Syracuse (18–4)Dayton (21–4)Syracuse (21–5)16.
17.Louisville тOhio State (1–2) тSaint Louis (4–0) тDayton (6–0) тWichita State (4–2) тUtah (8–2)Louisville (9–3)Michigan State (10–3)BYU (11–3)BYU (11–3)BYU (12–3)St. John's (14–4)St. John's (16–4)Western Kentucky (21–2)Pacific (22–4)17.
18.Tennessee тBoston College (1–0) тFlorida (3–0)NC State (2–1) тDayton (7–0)DePaul (8–1) тWestern Kentucky (10–1)Nebraska (12–2)Dayton (13–3) тNew Mexico (12–2)Illinois (9–7)Oklahoma City (12–4)Oklahoma City (15–5)Pacific (20–4)Davidson (20–5)18.
19.West VirginiaTennessee (0–1) тNC State (1–1) тColorado State (5–0) тNew Mexico (6–1)New Mexico (9–1) тTemple (12–1) тIowa (9–3)Tulsa (13–4) тOklahoma City (9–4) тBradley (15–4)Western Kentucky (17–2)Oregon State (16–6)Oklahoma City (17–5)BYU (17–5) т19.
20.Iowa т
New Mexico т
Princeton т
Dayton (2–0)Utah (4–0) тSan Francisco (5–2) тNorth Carolina (6–2)Oregon State (6–3)Texas A&M (7–4) тNC State (8–4)Iowa (10–3) т
Syracuse (11–3) т
Tulsa (13–6) тMichigan State (13–4)Dayton (17–3)Boston College (16–4) т
Tennessee (17–6) т
Boston College (19–4) т
Michigan State (16–6) т
Dayton (23–4) т20.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Dec. 6[1]
Week 3
Dec. 13[1]
Week 4
Dec. 20[1]
Week 5
Dec. 27[1]
Week 6
Jan. 3[1]
Week 7
Jan. 10[1]
Week 8
Jan. 17[1]
Week 9
Jan. 24[1]
Week 10
Jan. 31[1]
Week 11
Feb. 7[1]
Week 12
Feb. 14[1]
Week 13
Feb. 21[2]
Week 14
Feb. 28[2]
Final
Mar. 7[2]
Dropped:
  • Kansas State
  • St. John's
  • West Virginia
  • Princeton
Dropped:
  • San Francisco
  • Louisville
  • Ohio State
  • Boston College
  • Tennessee
  • Dayton
Dropped:
  • South Carolina
  • Oklahoma City
  • New Mexico
  • Saint Louis
  • Florida
Dropped:
  • Colorado State
  • San Francisco
Dropped:
  • NC State
  • Wichita State
  • Dayton
  • North Carolina
Dropped:
  • Cincinnati
  • Syracuse
  • Minnesota
  • Michigan
  • DePaul
  • Oregon State
Dropped:
  • Tulsa
  • Louisville
  • Western Kentucky
  • Temple
  • Texas A&M
Dropped:
  • Michigan
  • NC State
Dropped:
  • UCLA
  • Iowa
  • Syracuse
Dropped:
  • New Mexico
  • Oklahoma City
  • Tulsa
Dropped:
  • Illinois
  • Bradley
  • Michigan State
Dropped:
  • BYU
  • Dayton
Dropped:
  • Houston
  • Tennessee
Dropped:
  • San Francisco (20–5)
  • Western Kentucky
  • Boston College (19–5)
  • Michigan State (16–7)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 733. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  2. ^ a b c d e f ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 734. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.