1986 big-ten Year Summary

Record: 62-56-0, .525 W-L% (4th of 10) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 4.39 (3rd of 10), SOS: 3.34 (2nd of 10)

Conference Champion: Michigan and Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Iowa, Michigan and Ohio State)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Michigan	11	2	0	.846	7	1	0	.875	29.2	15.6	17.71	5.40	2	2	8
Ohio State	10	3	0	.769	7	1	0	.875	26.7	13.8	15.04	4.81	9	7	7
Iowa	9	3	0	.750	5	3	0	.625	32.6	17.8	9.31	0.98		8	16
Minnesota	6	6	0	.500	5	3	0	.625	21.8	26.3	3.52	3.77
Michigan State	6	5	0	.545	4	4	0	.500	25.9	17.9	7.67	3.31	20	17
Indiana	6	6	0	.500	3	5	0	.375	22.8	18.9	3.81	1.06
Illinois	4	7	0	.364	3	5	0	.375	17.2	27.2	0.37	5.37
Northwestern	4	7	0	.364	2	6	0	.250	19.7	22.8	-3.89	0.39
Purdue	3	8	0	.273	2	6	0	.250	14.5	30.5	-6.83	5.44
Wisconsin	3	9	0	.250	2	6	0	.250	16.8	22.2	-2.83	2.84

5 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
1987-01-01	Cotton Bowl	Ohio State (11)	28	Texas A&M (8)	12	Dallas, TX
1987-01-01	Rose Bowl	Arizona State (7)	22	Michigan (4)	15	Pasadena, CA
1986-12-31	All-American Bowl	Florida State	27	Indiana	13	Birmingham, AL
1986-12-30	Holiday Bowl	Iowa (19)	39	San Diego State	38	San Diego, CA
1986-12-29	Liberty Bowl	Tennessee	21	Minnesota	14	Memphis, TN