1986 Final AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)		Conf		WLT		PTS		CP		Last Week
1	<  2		Penn State (54)		Ind		12-0		1137				W 14-10 vs #1 Miami (FL) (Fiesta)
2	<  1		Miami (FL)		Ind		11-1		1064				L 14-10 vs #2 Penn State (Fiesta)
3	<  3		Oklahoma (3)		Big 8		11-1		1045				W 42-8 vs #9 Arkansas (Orange)
4	<  7		Arizona State		Pac-10		10-1-1		938
5	<  6		Nebraska		Big 8		10-2		937
6	<  10		Auburn		SEC		10-2		791
7	<  11		Ohio State		Big Ten		10-3		762
8	<  4		Michigan		Big Ten		11-2		758
9	<  13		Alabama		SEC		10-3		680
10	<  5		LSU		SEC		9-3		526
11	<  16		Arizona		Pac-10		9-3		494				W 30-21 vs North Carolina (Aloha)
12	<  14		Baylor		SWC		9-3		491
13	<  8		Texas A&M		SWC		9-3		458
14	<  15		UCLA		Pac-10		8-3-1		439
15	<  9		Arkansas		SWC		9-3		342
16	<  19		Iowa		Big Ten		9-3		247
17	<  NR		Clemson		ACC		8-2-2		209
18	<  12		Washington		Pac-10		8-3-1		206.5
19	<  NR		Boston College		Ind		9-3		140
20	<  NR		Virginia Tech		Ind		9-2-1		107.5
NR	<  17		Georgia		SEC
NR	<  18		NC State		ACC
NR	<  20		Stanford		Pac-10

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Florida State 60, San Jose State 41, NC State 27, Georgia 19, Stanford 19, Mississippi 15, San Diego State 14, USC 9, Tennessee 4

NOTES
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- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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