1986: Week 9

50 games. Six ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. 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 25, 19866Penn State 23, 2Alabama 3upsetBox score
Oct 25, 19867Auburn 35, 13Mississippi State 6Box score
Oct 25, 198620NC State 27, 16Clemson 3upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 25, 19866Penn State 23, 2Alabama 3upsetBox score
Oct 25, 1986Colorado 20, 3Nebraska 10upsetBox score
Oct 25, 198620NC State 27, 16Clemson 3upsetBox score
Oct 25, 1986Texas 27, 18SMU 24upsetBox score
Oct 25, 1986USC 10, 19Stanford 0upsetBox 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 25, 1986Air Force 22, San Diego State 10Box score
Oct 25, 198615Arizona 33, California 16Box score
Oct 25, 19869Arizona State 52, Utah 7Box score
Oct 25, 198614Arkansas 30, Houston 13Box score
Oct 25, 19867Auburn 35, 13Mississippi State 6Box score
Oct 25, 1986Ball State 24, Western Michigan 10Box score
Oct 25, 1986Baylor 28, TCU 17Box score
Oct 25, 1986Boston College 19, West Virginia 10Box score
Oct 25, 1986Bowling Green 31, Kent State 15Box score
Oct 25, 1986BYU 37, UTEP 13Box score
Oct 25, 1986Cincinnati 24, Wichita State 19Box score
Oct 25, 1986Colorado 20, 3Nebraska 10upsetBox score
Oct 25, 1986Colorado State 20, Wyoming 15Box score
Oct 25, 1986Eastern Michigan 34, Central Michigan 16upsetBox score
Oct 25, 1986Florida State 54, Louisville 18Box score
Oct 25, 1986Fresno State 25, Long Beach State 12Box score
Oct 25, 1986Georgia 31, Kentucky 9Box score
Oct 25, 1986Georgia Tech 14, Tennessee 13Box score
Oct 25, 1986Hawai’i 26, Cal State Fullerton 15Box score
Oct 25, 198611Iowa 27, Northwestern 20Box score
Oct 25, 198612LSU 30, North Carolina 3Box score
Oct 25, 1986Maryland 27, Duke 19Box score
Oct 25, 1986Miami (OH) 20, Northern Illinois 6Box score
Oct 25, 19864Michigan 38, Indiana 14Box score
Oct 25, 1986Michigan State 37, Purdue 3Box score
Oct 25, 1986Ole Miss 28, Vanderbilt 12Box score
Oct 25, 1986Missouri 17, Kansas State 6Box score
Oct 25, 1986New Mexico 45, New Mexico State 14Box score
Oct 25, 198620NC State 27, 16Clemson 3upsetBox score
Oct 25, 1986Ohio State 33, Minnesota 0Box score
Oct 25, 19865Oklahoma 38, Iowa State 0Box score
Oct 25, 1986Oklahoma State 24, Kansas 6Box score
Oct 25, 19866Penn State 23, 2Alabama 3upsetBox score
Oct 25, 1986Pittsburgh 56, Navy 14Box score
Oct 25, 1986Rutgers 35, Army 7Box score
Oct 25, 1986San José State 44, Pacific 15Box score
Oct 25, 1986South Carolina 38, East Carolina 3Box score
Oct 25, 1986USC 10, 19Stanford 0upsetBox score
Oct 25, 1986Syracuse 27, Temple 24upsetBox score
Oct 25, 1986Texas 27, 18SMU 24upsetBox score
Oct 25, 198610Texas A&M 45, Rice 10Box score
Oct 25, 1986Toledo 24, Ohio 21Box score
Oct 25, 1986Tulane 35, Southern Miss 20Box score
Oct 25, 198617UCLA 54, Washington State 16Box score
Oct 25, 1986Utah State 7, UNLV 6Box score
Oct 25, 1986Virginia Tech 42, Virginia 10Box score
Oct 25, 19868Washington 38, Oregon 3Box score
Oct 25, 1986Wisconsin 15, Illinois 9Box score

Everyone else

Oct 25, 1986Louisiana 28, Stephen F. Austin 14Box score
Oct 25, 1986Oregon State 34, Boise State 3Box score