1986 season · week 8
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Pac-105
- SEC4
- Southwest3
- Other8
- 1–MiamiFBS Independents11–1
- 2–AlabamaSEC10–3
- 3–NebraskaBig 810–2
- 4–MichiganBig Ten11–2
- 5–OklahomaBig 811–1
- 6–Penn StateFBS Independents12–0
- 7–AuburnSEC10–2
- 8▲1WashingtonPac-108–3
- 9▲1Arizona StatePac-1010–1
- 10▲1Texas A&MSouthwest9–3
- 11▼3IowaBig Ten9–3
- 12–LSUSEC9–3
- 13–Mississippi StateSEC6–5
- 14–ArkansasSouthwest9–3
- 15▲1ArizonaPac-109–3
- 16▲1ClemsonACC8–2
- 17▲2UCLAPac-108–3
- 18▲2SMUSouthwest6–5
- 19NewStanfordPac-108–4
- 20NewNC StateACC8–3