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October 14, 1986 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Miami (FL) (56) Ind 6-0 1175 W 58-14 A West Virginia
2 < 2 Alabama (2) SEC 6-0 1099  
3 < 3 Nebraska Big 8 5-0 1088  
4 < 4 Michigan Big Ten 5-0 986  
5 < 6 Oklahoma Big 8 4-1 946 W 47-12 N Texas
6 < 5 Penn State (1) Ind 5-0 892  
7 < 7 Auburn SEC 5-0 861  
8 < 10 Iowa Big Ten 5-0 752  
9 < 12 Washington Pac-10 4-1 676  
10 < 15 Arizona State Pac-10 4-0-1 619  
11 < 14 Texas A&M Southwest 4-1 559  
12 < 16 LSU SEC 3-1 524  
13 < 19 Mississippi State SEC 5-1 345  
14 < 8 Arkansas Southwest 4-1 338  
15 < 9 USC Pac-10 4-1 325  
16 < 11 Arizona Pac-10 4-1 296 L 32-25 A UCLA
17 < 20 Clemson ACC 4-1 293  
18 < NR North Carolina ACC 4-0-1 147  
19 < NR UCLA Pac-10 3-2 116  
20 < 13 Baylor Southwest 4-2 94  
20 < NR SMU Southwest 4-1 94  
NR < 17 NC State ACC 0  
NR < 18 Stanford Pac-10 0  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Pac-10 5 13.8 2032
SEC 4 8.5 2829
Southwest 4 16.3 1085
Ind 2 3.5 2067
Big 8 2 4.0 2034
Big Ten 2 6.0 1738
ACC 2 17.5 440

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.