🏀 The 1966-67 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 19 conferences · 23-team tournament

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1966-67 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

UCLA

30-0Final AP #1

Title gameDayton 64, UCLA 79 (Mar 25)

Final FourUCLADaytonHoustonNorth Carolina

The 1967 NCAA tournament

23 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

23-team field · 4 regions

First Round

Dayton69

Western Kentucky67

Toledo76

Virginia Tech82

Second Round

Dayton53

Tennessee52

Indiana70

Virginia Tech79

Regional Finals

Dayton71

Virginia Tech66

Mideast region

First Round

Dayton69

Western Kentucky67

Toledo76

Virginia Tech82

Second Round

Dayton53

Tennessee52

Indiana70

Virginia Tech79

Regional Finals

Dayton71

Virginia Tech66

East region

First Round

Temple53

Second Round

Regional Finals

Midwest region

First Round

Houston59

New Mexico State58

Second Round

Houston66

Kansas53

Louisville81

SMU83

Regional Finals

Houston83

SMU75

West region

First Round

Seattle54

Texas Western62

Second Round

Pacific72

Texas Western69

UCLA109

Wyoming60

Regional Finals

Pacific64

UCLA80

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

Dayton76

North Carolina62

Mideast vs East · Mar 24

Houston58

UCLA73

Midwest vs West · Mar 24

Championship game: UCLA

Dayton64

UCLA79

Mideast vs West · Mar 25

Third-place games

Kansas70

Louisville68

Regional Third Place · Midwest · Mar 18

Princeton78

St. John's58

Regional Third Place · East · Mar 18

Indiana51

Tennessee44

Regional Third Place · Mideast · Mar 18

Texas Western69

Wyoming67

Regional Third Place · Mar 18

Houston84

North Carolina62

Third Place Game · Midwest vs East · Mar 25

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 3 conference tournaments held in 1966-67.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
Atlantic Coast	North Carolina 82-73, Mar 11	Duke	82-73, Mar 11
Ohio Valley	Western Kentucky	East Tennessee State
Southern	West Virginia 81-65, Mar 4	Davidson	81-65, Mar 4

The 1966-67 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Nov29	Dec6	13	20	27	Jan3	10	17	24	31	Feb7	14	21	28	Mar7
UCLA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Louisville	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Kansas				9		9	8	7	7	7	7	6	4	4	3
North Carolina	9	8	6	3	3	3	5	4	2	2	2	4	5	3	4
Princeton							7	5	5	5	4	3	6	5	5
Western Kentucky	8								8	8	6	5	3	6	6
Houston	7	5	9	8	6	5	4	3	3	6	5	7	7	7	7
Tennessee													9	8	8
Boston College											10			10	9
Texas Western	2	2	2	4	4	6	6	6	6	4	8	8	10	9	10
Syracuse												10	8
Vanderbilt				10	9				9	9		9
Providence						7	9	10	10	10	9
Florida							10	8
New Mexico	6	6	5	6	5	4	3	9
Cincinnati	10	10	10	7	7	8
Bradley						10
Mississippi State						10
St. John's					8
Michigan State			8	5	10
Kentucky	3	3	4
BYU		9	7
Duke	4	7

Tap a rank to read it.

1967 final AP Top 10

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

1967 final AP Top 10AP

1UCLA30-0
2Louisville23-5
3Kansas23-4
4North Carolina26-6
5Princeton25-3

1967 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

1967 standings by conference19 conferences

AAWU8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UCLA	30-0	14-0	★ NCAA AP 1
Washington State	15-11	8-6
Oregon State	14-14	8-6
Stanford	15-11	7-7
California	17-10	6-8
USC	13-12	6-8
Washington	13-12	6-8
Oregon	9-17	1-13

Atlantic Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina	26-6	12-2	★ 🏆 NCAA AP 4
Duke	18-9	9-3
South Carolina	16-7	8-4
Clemson	17-8	9-5
Maryland	11-14	5-9
Wake Forest	9-18	5-9
Virginia	9-17	4-10
North Carolina State	7-19	2-12

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas	23-4	13-1	★ NCAA AP 3
Colorado	17-8	10-4
Nebraska	16-9	10-4
Kansas State	17-8	9-5
Iowa State	13-12	6-8
Oklahoma	8-17	5-9
Oklahoma State	7-18	2-12
Missouri	3-22	1-13

Big Sky6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Gonzaga	21-6	7-3	★
Montana State	14-11	7-3	★
Weber State	18-7	5-5
Idaho	14-11	5-5
Idaho State	10-15	5-5
Montana	6-18	1-9

Big Ten10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Michigan State	16-7	10-4	★
Indiana	18-8	10-4	★ NCAA
Iowa	16-8	9-5
Wisconsin	13-11	8-6
Purdue	15-9	7-7
Northwestern	11-11	7-7
Ohio State	13-11	6-8
Illinois	12-12	6-8
Minnesota	9-15	5-9
Michigan	8-16	2-12

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Princeton	25-3	13-1	★ NCAA AP 5
Cornell	19-5	11-3
Yale	14-7	11-3
Pennsylvania	11-14	7-7
Columbia	11-14	6-8
Harvard	10-14	4-10
Brown	10-16	3-11
Dartmouth	7-17	1-13

Metropolitan8 teams

School	W-L	Conf
St. Peter's	18-6	7-2
St. Francis (NY)	15-8	7-2
Manhattan	13-8	7-2
NYU	10-16	6-3
Wagner	19-9	4-5
Iona	11-10	4-5
Seton Hall	7-17	3-6
Hofstra	12-13	2-7

Mid-American7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Toledo	23-2	11-1	★ NCAA
Marshall	20-8	10-2
Miami (OH)	14-10	7-5
Bowling Green	11-13	5-7
Western Michigan	10-14	4-8
Ohio	8-15	4-8
Kent State	5-18	1-11

Middle Atlantic11 teams

School	W-L	Note
Temple	20-8	★ NCAA
American	16-8
Delaware	15-9
St. Joseph's	16-10
Gettysburg	12-10
La Salle	14-12
Bucknell	11-11
Lehigh	11-12
Rider	11-12
West Chester	8-15
Lafayette	4-21

Missouri Valley8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Louisville	23-5	12-2	★ NCAA AP 2
Tulsa	19-8	10-4
Wichita State	14-12	9-5
Bradley	17-9	6-8
Cincinnati	17-9	6-8
Saint Louis	13-13	5-9
North Texas	12-13	4-10
Drake	9-16	4-10

Ohio Valley8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Western Kentucky	23-3	13-1	★ 🏆 NCAA AP 6
Morehead State	16-8	8-6
East Tennessee State	17-9	8-6
Murray State	14-9	8-6
Austin Peay	14-9	7-7
Tennessee Tech	12-11	6-8
Middle Tennessee State	10-15	4-10
Eastern Kentucky	5-18	2-12

Southeastern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Tennessee	21-7	15-3	★ NCAA AP 8
Florida	21-4	14-4
Vanderbilt	21-5	14-4
Auburn	17-8	12-6
Mississippi State	14-11	8-10
Kentucky	13-13	8-10
Mississippi	13-12	7-11
Alabama	13-13	6-12
Georgia	9-17	5-13
LSU	3-23	1-17

Southern9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
West Virginia	19-9	9-1	★ 🏆 NCAA
Davidson	15-12	8-4
William & Mary	14-11	8-5
Richmond	11-12	9-7
Citadel	8-16	6-7
George Washington	6-18	5-7
Furman	9-15	4-6
East Carolina	7-17	4-8
VMI	5-16	4-12

Southland5 teams

School	W-L	Note
Trinity	16-6
Arkansas State	17-7	★
Texas-Arlington	14-12
Abilene Christian	11-11
Lamar	5-19

Southwest8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
SMU	20-6	12-2	★ NCAA
Baylor	14-10	8-6
Texas	14-10	8-6
TCU	10-14	8-6
Texas Tech	9-15	7-7
Texas A&M	6-18	5-9
Rice	7-17	4-10
Arkansas	6-17	4-10

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Pacific	24-4	14-0	★ NCAA
Loyola Marymount	16-10	10-4
Santa Clara	13-13	8-6
San Francisco	13-12	7-7
UC Santa Barbara	10-16	6-8
Pepperdine	9-17	5-9
San Jose State	9-15	4-10
St. Mary's	4-21	2-12

Western Athletic6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
BYU	14-10	8-2	★
Wyoming	15-14	8-2	★ NCAA
New Mexico	19-8	5-5
Utah	15-11	5-5
Arizona	8-17	3-7
Arizona State	5-21	1-9

Yankee6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Connecticut	17-7	9-1	★ NCAA
Rhode Island	14-12	8-2
Massachusetts	11-14	7-3
New Hampshire	10-12	4-6
Maine	8-12	1-9
Vermont	9-15	1-9

Independent53 teams

School	W-L	Note
Southern Illinois	24-2
Boston College	21-3	NCAA AP 9
Houston	27-4	NCAA AP 7
St. John's	23-5	NCAA
Dayton	25-6	NCAA
Texas Western	22-6	NCAA AP 10
St. Francis (PA)	20-6
Syracuse	20-6
Utah State	20-6
Rutgers	22-7
Providence	21-7
Virginia Tech	20-7	NCAA
Marquette	21-9
Seattle	18-8	NCAA
DePaul	17-8
Georgia Tech	17-9
Hardin-Simmons	17-9
Memphis State	17-9
Villanova	17-9
Holy Cross	16-9
Southern Mississippi	16-9
Army	13-8
Oklahoma City	16-10
Loyola-Chicago	13-9
St. Bonaventure	13-9
Canisius	14-10
Tulane	14-10
Miami (FL)	15-11
New Mexico State	15-11	NCAA
Fairfield	12-9
Colorado State	13-10
Fordham	14-11
Georgetown	12-11
Denver	13-12
Loyola (LA)	11-11
Notre Dame	14-14
Xavier	13-13
Creighton	12-13
Niagara	12-13
Navy	8-10
Colgate	10-13
Florida State	11-15
Penn State	10-14
Detroit	10-15
Portland	10-16
Butler	9-17
Centenary	9-17
Jacksonville	8-17
Duquesne	7-15
Air Force	6-18
Pittsburgh	6-19
Boston University	4-18
West Texas A&M	1-18

Elo ratings and upsets use the games in our record for this season, which is incomplete before 1995-96; team records come from the season standings.

1967 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

1967 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1UCLA2085
2Kansas1899
3Princeton1890
4Louisville1890
5Houston1872
6North Carolina1842
7Boston College1830
8St. John's1819
9Dayton1813
10Tennessee1813

Biggest upsets

Idaho State 78, Seattle 76
Feb 3 · regular season · 2.5% win chance
St. Mary's 90, Santa Clara 84
Mar 11 · regular season · 4.6% win chance
Southern Illinois 72, Duke 63
Mar 13 · postseason · 6.4% win chance
New Mexico State 82, Oklahoma City 64
Dec 1 · regular season · 6.6% win chance
East Carolina 43, Virginia Tech 33
Feb 18 · regular season · 7.8% win chance
Fordham 85, Boston College 81
Feb 11 · regular season · 8.5% win chance
Idaho 64, Gonzaga 61
Jan 14 · regular season · 9.0% win chance
Manhattan 76, Georgetown 70
Jan 14 · regular season · 9.2% win chance
George Washington 55, Davidson 54
Dec 20 · regular season · 9.5% win chance
Virginia 73, Clemson 71
Feb 27 · regular season · 9.8% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.