Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1986 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP UPI Bowl Game Results
1 PENN STATE 119.0178 12-0 1 1 Beat Miami (F) 14-10
2 OKLAHOMA 114.5320 11-1 3 3 Beat Arkansas 42-8
3 MIAMI (F) 110.0618 11-1 2 2 Lost to Penn State
4 UCLA 81.7169 8-3-1 14 14 Beat BYU 31-10
5 ARIZONA STATE 80.7926 10-1-1 4 5 Beat Michigan 22-15
6 ARIZONA 75.7509 9-3 11 10 Beat North Carolina 30-21
7 OREGON 72.4854 5-6 NR NR No Bowl Game
8 ALABAMA 71.7812 10-3 9 9 Beat Washington 28-6
9 WASHINGTON 71.6842 8-3-1 18 17 Lost to Alabama
10 STANFORD 68.4714 8-4 24 21..27 Lost to Clemson
11 NEBRASKA 66.8861 10-2 5 4 Beat LSU 30-15
12 AUBURN 66.1899 10-3 6 8 Beat USC 16-7
13 LSU 66.1242 9-3 10 11 Lost to Nebraska
14 WASHINGTON STATE 66.0810 3-7-1 NR NR No Bowl Game
15 USC 65.4280 7-5 28 21..27 Lost to Auburn
16 ARKANSAS 65.0621 9-3 15 16 Lost to Oklahoma
17 SAN JOSE STATE 65.0610 10-2 22 21..27 Beat Miami (O) 37-7
18 BAYLOR 63.5193 9-3 12 13 Beat Colorado 21-9
19 OHIO STATE 61.8704 10-3 7 6 Beat Texas A+M 28-12
20 TEXAS A+M 61.1085 9-3 13 12 Lost to Ohio State
21 MICHIGAN 60.5600 11-2 8 7 Lost to Arizona State
22 NOTRE DAME 59.9234        
23 BOSTON COLLEGE 59.6329        
24 CALIFORNIA 59.4426        
25 GEORGIA 58.7919        
26 TEXAS 57.5708        
27 MISSISSIPPI 57.0806        
28 SMU 56.1305        
29 CLEMSON 56.1254        
30 TEXAS TECH 55.8438        
31 COLORADO 55.0679        
32 FLORIDA 52.3182        
33 TENNESSEE 51.7058        
34 FLORIDA STATE 50.5801        
35 KENTUCKY 50.2227        
36 MARYLAND 49.9978        
37 VIRGINIA TECH 49.1793        
38 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 48.2664        
39 SYRACUSE 48.2639        
40 NORTH CAROLINA 47.9578        
41 PITTSBURGH 47.8833        
42 SOUTH CAROLINA 47.8029        
43 MISSISSIPPI STATE 46.9170        
44 OREGON STATE 46.4963        
45 TEMPLE 45.7338        
46 RUTGERS 44.9718        
47 WEST VIRGINIA 44.6974        
48 ARMY 43.1757        
49 WAKE FOREST 41.5912        
50 GEORGIA TECH 41.5289        
51 IOWA 41.2850        
52 VIRGINIA 41.1382        
53 BYU 40.6077        
54 SAN DIEGO STATE 40.2344        
55 FRESNO STATE 40.1175        
56 MINNESOTA 40.0208        
57 RICE 38.6829        
58 HAWAII 36.8131        
59 MICHIGAN STATE 36.7934        
60 ILLINOIS 36.4761        
61 AIR FORCE 36.2500        
62 CINCINNATI 36.0163        
63 TULSA 35.6008        
64 TCU 35.4555        
65 NORTHWESTERN 34.8999        
66 DUKE 34.8828        
67 INDIANA 34.4457        
68 OKLAHOMA STATE 34.3667        
69 EAST CAROLINA 34.0686        
70 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 33.8988        
71 IOWA STATE 33.5980        
72 PURDUE 31.7172        
73 WYOMING 31.1121        
74 SWLOUISIANA 30.8364        
75 HOUSTON 30.6288        
76 WISCONSIN 30.2483        
77 NAVY 27.6224        
78 TULANE 26.0810        
79 COLORADO STATE 25.8014        
80 UTEP 25.4636        
81 LOUISVILLE 24.3488        
82 UNLV 23.7219        
83 LONG BEACH 23.0740        
84 NEW MEXICO 21.2805        
85 UTAH 20.6098        
86 WICHITA STATE 20.0377        
87 VANDERBILT 18.7896        
88 UTAH STATE 17.6309        
89 MISSOURI 17.4352        
90 MEMPHIS STATE 16.1472        
91 PACIFIC 15.5852        
92 FULLERTON 15.5040        
93 MIAMI (O) 14.2777        
94 TOLEDO 13.6392        
95 WESTERN MICHIGAN 11.5186        
96 KENT STATE 10.7567        
97 KANSAS STATE 7.2809        
98 KANSAS 5.9465        
99 EASTERN MICHIGAN 5.9146        
100 BGU 5.3774        
101 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 3.3332        
102 BALL STATE 2.5713        
103 OHIOU -2.8658        
104 NORTHERN ILLINOIS -3.6278        
105 NEW MEXICO STATE -11.5084        

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