1986 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

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The 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the NCAA Division I-AA football committee. This is for the 1986 season.

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NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Preseason
[1] 		Week 1
Sept 16 [2] 		Week 2
Sept 23 [3] 		Week 3
Sept 30 [4] 		Week 4
Oct 7 [5] 		Week 5
Oct 14 [6] 		Week 6
Oct 21 [7] 		Week 7
Oct 28 [8] 		Week 8
Nov 4 [9] 		Week 9
Nov 11 [10] 		Week 10
Nov 18 [11] 		Week 11
Nov 25 [12]
1. Georgia Southern (4)Nevada (2–0)Nevada (3–0) (3)Nevada (4–0) (3)Nevada (5–0) (3)Nevada (6–0) (3)Nevada (7–0) (4)Nevada (8–0) (4)Nevada (9–0) (4)Nevada (10–0) (4)Nevada (10–0) (4)Nevada (11–0) (4)1.
2. Nevada Arkansas State (3–0)Arkansas State (3–0–1)Arkansas State (4–0–1)Arkansas State (4–0–1)Georgia Southern (5–1) (1)Morehead State (6–0)Arkansas State (6–1–1)Arkansas State (6–1–1) тArkansas State (7–1–1) тArkansas State (8–1–1) тArkansas State (9–1–1)2.
3. Northern Iowa Furman (1–0–1)Furman (2–0–1)Furman (3–0–1)Georgia Southern (4–1) (1)Morehead State (5–0)William & Mary (6–0)Holy Cross (7–0)Holy Cross (8–0) тHoly Cross (9–0) тHoly Cross (10–0) тEastern Illinois (10–1)3.
4. Middle Tennessee State Georgia Southern (1–1)Georgia Southern (2–1) (1)Georgia Southern (3–1) (1)Morehead State (4–0)William & Mary (5–0)Arkansas State (5–1–1)Nicholls State (8–0)Eastern Illinois (8–1)Eastern Illinois (9–1)Eastern Illinois (10–1)Georgia Southern (9–2)4.
5. Appalachian State Eastern Washington (2–0)William & Mary (3–0)Morehead State (4–0) тWilliam & Mary (4–0)Arkansas State (4–1–1)Appalachian State (6–1)Tennessee State (8–0)Georgia Southern (6–2)Georgia Southern (7–2)Georgia Southern (8–2)Holy Cross (10–1)5.
6. Delaware Northern Iowa (1–0–1)Eastern Washington (2–0)William & Mary (3–0) тAppalachian State (4–1)Appalachian State (5–1)Holy Cross (6–0)Eastern Illinois (7–1)Penn (7–0)Penn (8–0)Penn (9–0)Appalachian State (9–1–1)6.
7. Arkansas State Appalachian State (2–1)Tennessee State (3–0)Delaware State (3–0)Tennessee State (5–0)Holy Cross (5–0)Tennessee State (7–0)Appalachian State (6–1–1)Appalachian State (6–1–1)Appalachian State (7–1–1)Appalachian State (8–1–1)Penn (10–0)7.
8. Eastern Washington Tennessee State (3–0)Delaware State (3–0)Appalachian State (3–1)Northern Iowa (3–0–1)Tennessee State (6–0)Eastern Illinois (6–1) тPenn (6–0)William & Mary (7–1)William & Mary (8–1)Tennessee State (9–0–1)William & Mary (9–2)8.
9. Furman тWilliam & Mary (2–0) Morehead State (3–0)Tennessee State (4–0)Holy Cross (4–0) тEastern Illinois (5–1) тGeorgia Southern (5–2) тGeorgia Southern (5–2)Tennessee State (8–0–1)Tennessee State (9–0–1)William & Mary (8–2)Jackson State (9–2)9.
10. Richmond тDelaware State (2–0)Appalachian State (2–1)Northern Iowa (2–0–1)Nicholls State (5–0) тNicholls State (6–0) тNicholls State (7–0)William & Mary (6–1)Nicholls State (8–1)Akron (7–2) тJackson State (8–2)Eastern Kentucky (8–2–1)10.
11. Louisiana Tech Eastern Kentucky (1–0)Northern Iowa (1–0–1) Holy Cross (3–0)Eastern Illinois (4–1)Furman (3–1–1)Penn (5–0)New Hampshire (6–1)New Hampshire (7–1)Jackson State (8–2) тDelaware (8–2)Sam Houston State (9–2)11.
12. Northeast Louisiana UMass (2–0) [note 1] UMass (2–0)Nicholls State (4–0)Furman (3–1–1)Idaho (4–1)Delaware State (5–1)Akron (5–2) тAkron (6–2) тDelaware (7–2)Eastern Kentucky (7–2–1)Nicholls State (9–2)12.
13. Eastern Kentucky Delaware (1–1)Louisiana Tech (2–1) тGrambling State (3–0)Idaho (4–1)New Hampshire (5–1)New Hampshire (5–1)Jackson State (7–2) тJackson State (7–2) тNorth Carolina A&T (8–1)North Carolina A&T (9–1)Delaware (8–3)13.
14. Jackson State Grambling State (1–0) Maine (3–0) тJackson State (4–1) т New Hampshire (4–1)Delaware (4–1) тNorth Carolina A&T (6–0)Morehead State (6–1) тDelaware (6–2) тEastern Kentucky (6–2–1)Sam Houston State (8–2)Tennessee State (9–1–1)14.
15. Boise State Louisiana Tech (1–1)Eastern Illinois (3–1)UMass (3–0) тDelaware (3–1)Delaware State (4–1) тIdaho (4–2)Delaware (5–2)Delaware State (7–1) т Sam Houston State (7–2)Cornell (8–2)Furman (7–2–2)15.
16. Colgate Akron (2–0)Grambling State (2–0)Eastern Illinois (3–1) Southern (4–1) тNorthern Iowa (3–1–1)Delaware (4–2)Delaware State (6–1)Southern Illinois (7–3) Cornell (7–1)Nicholls State (8–2)Idaho (8–3)16.
17. Delaware State Middle Tennessee State (1–1) Nicholls State (3–0) Idaho (3–1) Stephen F. Austin (4–0) тPenn (4–0)Akron (4–2)UMass (6–1)Marshall (6–2–1)Nicholls State (8–2)Akron (7–3)Southern Illinois (7–4)17.
18. Eastern Illinois North Texas State (1–0)Jackson State (3–1)Connecticut (3–0) North Carolina A&T (5–0)North Carolina A&T (6–0)Furman (3–2–1) тSouthern Illinois (6–3)Eastern Kentucky (5–2–1) Northern Arizona (7–3)UMass (8–2) Murray State (7–3–1) т18.
19. William & Mary Richmond (1–1)Delaware (2–1)Delaware (3–1) Penn (3–0)Stephen F. Austin (4–1)Stephen F. Austin (4–2) тNorth Texas State (5–2)Louisiana Tech (5–3–1)Delaware State (7–2)Furman (6–2–2)Connecticut (8–3) т19.
20. North Texas State Southern Illinois (2–1) Connecticut (2–0)Eastern Kentucky (2–0–1)Grambling State (3–1)Louisiana Tech (4–2)Southern Illinois (5–3) Marshall (5–2–1)North Carolina A&T (7–1)New Hampshire (7–2)Southern Illinois (7–4) тNorth Carolina A&T (9–2)20.
21.          Idaho (7–3) т 21.
Preseason
[13] 		Week 1
Sept 16 [14] 		Week 2
Sept 23 [15] 		Week 3
Sept 30 [16] 		Week 4
Oct 7 [17] 		Week 5
Oct 14 [18] 		Week 6
Oct 21 [19] 		Week 7
Oct 28 [20] 		Week 8
Nov 4 [21] 		Week 9
Nov 11 [22] 		Week 10
Nov 18 [23] 		Week 11
Nov 25 [24]
Dropped:
  • 12 Northeast Louisiana
  • 14 Jackson State
  • 15 Boise State
  • 16 Colgate
  • 18 Eastern Illinois
Dropped:
  • 11 Eastern Kentucky
  • 16 Akron
  • 17 Middle Tennessee State
  • 18 North Texas State
  • 19 Richmond
  • 20 Southern Illinois
Dropped:
  • 6 Eastern Washington
  • 13 Louisiana Tech
  • 14 Maine
Dropped:
  • 7 Delaware State
  • 14 Jackson State
  • 15 UMass
  • 18 Connecticut
  • 20 Eastern Kentucky
Dropped:
  • 16 Southern
  • 20 Grambling State
Dropped:
  • 16 Northern Iowa
  • 20 Louisiana Tech
Dropped:
  • 14 North Carolina A&T
  • 15 Idaho
  • 18 Furman
  • 19 Stephen F. Austin
  • 20 Southern Illinois
Dropped:
  • 14 Morehead State
  • 17 UMass
  • 19 North Texas State
Dropped:
  • 16 Southern Illinois
  • 17 Marshall
  • 19 Louisiana Tech
Dropped:
  • 18 Northern Arizona
  • 19 Delaware State
  • 20 New Hampshire
Dropped:
  • 15 Cornell
  • 17 Akron
  • 18 UMass

Notes

  1. ↑ In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts

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