1986 Final Football Polls - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings

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1986 Final AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

WLT

PTS

Last Week

< 2

Penn State (54)

Ind

12-0

1137

W 14-10 vs #1 Miami (FL) (Fiesta)

< 1

Miami (FL)

Ind

11-1

1064

L 14-10 vs #2 Penn State (Fiesta)

< 3

Oklahoma (3)

Big 8

11-1

1045

W 42-8 vs #9 Arkansas (Orange)

< 7

Arizona State

Pac-10

10-1-1

938

< 6

Nebraska

Big 8

10-2

937

< 10

Auburn

SEC

10-2

791

< 11

Ohio State

Big Ten

10-3

762

< 4

Michigan

Big Ten

11-2

758

< 13

Alabama

SEC

10-3

680

< 5

LSU

SEC

9-3

526

< 16

Arizona

Pac-10

9-3

494

W 30-21 vs North Carolina (Aloha)

< 14

Baylor

SWC

9-3

491

< 8

Texas A&M

SWC

9-3

458

< 15

UCLA

Pac-10

8-3-1

439

< 9

Arkansas

SWC

9-3

342

< 19

Iowa

Big Ten

9-3

247

< NR

Clemson

ACC

8-2-2

209

< 12

Washington

Pac-10

8-3-1

206.5

< NR

Boston College

Ind

9-3

140

< NR

Virginia Tech

Ind

9-2-1

107.5

< 17

Georgia

SEC

< 18

North Carolina State

ACC

< 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