Oklahoma finished the season 11-1, with their only loss to Miami at home, in a game future NFL star Troy Aikman was lost for the season. The Sooners regrouped and went undefeated the rest of the way, finishing the season with a win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl.
Michigan would finish #2, the highest finish of a Bo Schembechler led team. The team shined on defense, led by All-Americans Mike Hammerstein and Mark Messner.
Tennessee finished the season with a victory over #2 Miami in the Sugar Bowl. This team won the school's first SEC championship in 16 years and was nicknamed the "Sugar Vols". The SEC title was the first of three for coach Johnny Majors.
Air Force Falcons, under Fisher DeBerry had what is considered[3] their best season ever, defeating Texas in the Bluebonnet bowl and finishing #5.
This year's edition of the Iron Bowl is widely considered[4] to be one of the greatest ever. Despite Auburn having Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson on its side, Alabama won this game with a last second field goal.
This would be the last year for the Missouri Valley Conference in Division 1-A football. 5 of the 7 teams in the conference (Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State, Southern Illinois, and West Texas State) would drop from Division 1-A football the following season with the other 2 members (Tulsa and Wichita State) becoming independents the following season. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season
Final Stats:
| AP Poll Summary | |||||
| School | Conf | Final | |||
| Oklahoma | Big 8 | 1 | |||
| Michigan | Big Ten | 2 | |||
| Penn State | Ind | 3 | |||
| Tennessee | SEC | 4 | |||
| Florida | SEC | 5 | |||
| Texas A&M | SWC | 6 | |||
| UCLA | Pac-10 | 7 | |||
| Air Force | WAC | 8 | |||
| Miami (FL) | Ind | 9 | |||
| Iowa | Big Ten | 10 | |||
| Nebraska | Big 8 | 11 | |||
| Arkansas | SWC | 12 | |||
| Alabama | SEC | 13 | |||
| Ohio State | Big Ten | 14 | |||
| Florida State | Ind | 15 | |||
| Brigham Young | WAC | 16 | |||
| Baylor | SWC | 17 | |||
| Maryland | ACC | 18 | |||
| Georgia Tech | ACC | 19 | |||
| Louisiana State | SEC | 20 | |||
| Top 10 NFL Players drafted in 1986 | |||||
| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | College/Univ | |
| 3 | 60 | NOR | Pat Swilling | LB | Georgia Tech |
| 1 | 8 | SDG | Leslie O'Neal | DE | Oklahoma St. |
| 1 | 3 | HOU | Jim Everett | QB | Purdue |
| 9 | 233 | PHI | Clyde Simmons | DE | West. Carolina |
| 8 | 208 | PHI | Seth Joyner | LB | Texas-El Paso |
| 4 | 96 | SFO | Charles Haley HOF | DE | James Madison |
| 8 | 201 | STL | Ray Brown | G | Arkansas St. |
| 2 | 51 | NYG | Pepper Johnson | LB | Ohio St. |
| 1 | 20 | BUF | Will Wolford | T | Vanderbilt |
| 2 | 50 | RAM | Tom Newberry | G | Wisc-LaCrosse |
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