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1985-86 Women's College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: Texas

Final Four: USC, Tennessee, Texas and Western Kentucky

AP Player of the Year: Cheryl Miller

AP Preseason #1: Texas

AP Final #1: Texas

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ
1	Atlantic 10 Conference	9	148	113	.567	3	0
2	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	143	91	.611	4	0
3	Big East Conference	9	137	120	.533	2	0
4	Big Eight Conference	8	142	95	.599	2	0
5	Big South Conference	1	13	13	.500
6	Big Ten Conference	10	155	128	.548	3	0
7	Colonial Athletic Association	7	107	93	.535	1	0
8	Cosmopolitan Conference	5	59	84	.413
9	East Coast Conference	7	106	88	.546
10	Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Metro	3	36	45	.444
11	Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference	10	132	147	.473	2	0
12	Gulf Star Conference	5	74	66	.529			Northwestern State
13	High Country Athletic Conference	7	87	112	.437	1	0
14	Independent	17	223	238	.484	1	0
15	Ivy League	7	83	97	.461
16	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	7	113	91	.554	1	0
17	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	7	97	102	.487	1	0
18	Mid-American Conference	10	138	136	.504	1	0
19	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	8	101	119	.459
20	Mountain West Athletic Conference	8	118	101	.539	1	0
21	New South Women's Athletic Conference	6	81	85	.488
22	North Star Conference	9	115	135	.460
23	Northern Pacific Conference	7	106	92	.535	1	0
24	Ohio Valley Conference	8	113	111	.504	1	0
25	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	7	105	104	.502	2	0
26	Pacific West Conference	5	90	55	.621	1	1
27	Seaboard Conference	6	72	90	.444
28	Southeastern Conference	10	207	99	.676	7	1
29	Southern Conference	7	97	89	.522
30	Southland Conference	7	104	89	.539	1	0
31	Southwest Athletic Conference	8	105	111	.486
32	Southwest Conference	9	141	122	.536	3	1
33	Sun Belt Conference	7	112	93	.546	1	1
34	West Coast Athletic Conference	6	89	80	.527