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1986 Iowa State

6–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Jim Criner, then Chuck Banker (interim, final 2 games).

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1986, game by game: lost at Iowa 7–43; won vs. Indiana State 64–9; won vs. Wichita State 36–14; won vs. Wyoming 21–10; won at Kansas 13–10; lost at Colorado 3–31; lost vs. No. 5 Oklahoma 0–38; won at Missouri 37–14; lost vs. No. 7 Nebraska 14–35; won vs. Kansas State 48–19; lost at Oklahoma State 14–21+55−38Lost 7–43 at Iowa-36IowaWon 64–9 vs. Indiana State+55Indiana StateWon 36–14 vs. Wichita State+22Wichita StateWon 21–10 vs. Wyoming+11WyomingWon 13–10 at Kansas+3KansasLost 3–31 at Colorado-28ColoradoLost 0–38 vs. No. 5 Oklahoma-38No. 5 OklahomaWon 37–14 at Missouri+23MissouriLost 14–35 vs. No. 7 Nebraska-21No. 7 NebraskaWon 48–19 vs. Kansas State+29Kansas StateLost 14–21 at Oklahoma State-7Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atIowaL 7–⁠4319%
Sep 20vsIndiana StateW 64–⁠971%
Sep 27vsWichita StateW 36–⁠1474%
Oct 4vsWyomingW 21–⁠1054%
Oct 11atKansasW 13–⁠1042%
Oct 18atColoradoL 3–⁠3149%
Oct 25vs5OklahomaL 0–⁠3822%
Nov 1atMissouriW 37–⁠1456%
Nov 8vs7NebraskaL 14–⁠3529%
Nov 15vsKansas StateW 48–⁠1979%
Nov 22atOklahoma StateL 14–⁠2137%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 21–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 63rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
257–⁠244
Coach
Jim Criner, then Chuck Banker (interim, final 2 games)
Elo
1459 +25 this season
SP+ rating
-3.4 No. 63 of 101; offense No. 68, defense No. 59
SRS
−3.8 No. 64 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Phil Bennett

All-Big Eight

8 second team

Second team

  • Alex EspinozaQBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Robbie MinorWRAP-2; UPI-2
  • Channon MawdsleyCUPI-2
  • Brett LawrenceOTUPI-2
  • Greg LiterDTAP-2; UPI-2
  • Dennis GibsonLBUPI-2
  • Terrence AnthonyDBUPI-2
  • Rick FrankPAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠13
Colorado6–⁠16–⁠6
Nebraska5–⁠210–⁠25
Oklahoma State4–⁠36–⁠5
Iowa State3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas State1–⁠62–⁠9
Kansas0–⁠73–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.