1986: Week 8

52 games. Four ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Three games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 18, 1986	4Michigan 20, 8Iowa 17	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	10Arizona State 29, 15USC 20	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	11Texas A&M 31, 20Baylor 30	Box score

Upsets

Oct 18, 1986

NC State 35, 18North Carolina 34upset

Box score

A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.

FBS vs. FBS

Oct 18, 1986	2Alabama 56, Tennessee 28	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	16Arizona 23, Oregon State 12	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	10Arizona State 29, 15USC 20	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	14Arkansas 21, Texas 14	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	7Auburn 31, Georgia Tech 10	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Ball State 26, Kent State 17	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Boston College 41, Louisville 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	BYU 34, Wyoming 22	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Cal State Fullerton 33, Utah State 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	17Clemson 35, Duke 3	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Colorado 31, Iowa State 3	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Colorado State 31, Hawai’i 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Eastern Michigan 33, Ohio 31	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Florida 15, Rutgers 3	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Florida State 59, Wichita State 3	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Fresno State 10, Pacific 9	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Georgia 38, Vanderbilt 16	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Kansas State 29, Kansas 12upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Long Beach State 38, New Mexico State 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	12LSU 25, Kentucky 16	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	1Miami 45, Cincinnati 13	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	4Michigan 20, 8Iowa 17	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Michigan State 29, Illinois 21	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Minnesota 19, Indiana 17	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Ole Miss 21, Louisiana 20	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	13Mississippi State 34, Tulane 27	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	3Nebraska 48, Missouri 17	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	New Mexico 47, Utah 43	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	NC State 35, 18North Carolina 34upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Notre Dame 31, Air Force 3	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Ohio State 39, Purdue 11	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	5Oklahoma 19, Oklahoma State 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	6Penn State 42, Syracuse 3	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	San Diego State 15, UTEP 10	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	San José State 23, UNLV 20	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	20SMU 10, Houston 3	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Southern Miss 14, Memphis 9	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Stanford 41, Oregon 7	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Temple 29, Virginia Tech 13	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	11Texas A&M 31, 20Baylor 30	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Texas Tech 49, Rice 21	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Toledo 29, Northern Illinois 28	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Tulsa 42, Central Michigan 6	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	19UCLA 36, California 10	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Wake Forest 27, Maryland 21upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	9Washington 48, Bowling Green 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Western Michigan 27, Miami (OH) 17upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Wisconsin 35, Northwestern 27	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 18, 1986	East Carolina 35, Georgia Southern 33	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Holy Cross 17, Army 14upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	North Texas 24, TCU 20upset	Box score
Oct 18, 1986	Pennsylvania 30, Navy 26upset	Box score