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The '''1966 Michigan State Spartans football team''' represented [[Michigan State University]] in the [[1966 Big Ten Conference football season]]. Michigan State lodged a 9–0–1 record, with a season-concluding [[1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football game|tie against Notre Dame]] in the "game of the century", considered among the greatest games in college football history.
Despite repeating as Big Ten champion, the Spartans knew going into the season they would not be going to a bowl game. Conference rules at the time barred the same team from representing the conference in the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] in consecutive seasons and barred teams from appearing in any bowl game other than the Rose Bowl. The former rule was rescinded in 1972 and the latter in 1975.
The [[College Football Researchers Association]] selected Michigan State as national champion, while the [[Helms Athletic Foundation]], [[National Football Foundation]] (NFF), and [[Poling System]] selected them as co-national champion.<ref name="2018ncaabook">{{cite book | url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2018/FBS.pdf | title=2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records | publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association | date=August 2018 | access-date=December 11, 2018}}</ref>{{RP|113}} Notre Dame was selected as national champion by the AP and Coaches polls.<ref name="FBS Past National Champions">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html |title = Past Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I FBS) National Champions (formerly called Division I-A) | publisher= ncaa.org | access-date=2009-01-01|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509084329/http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html |archive-date = May 9, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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