1985–86 NCAA football bowl games

1985–86 NCAA football bowl games
Season1985
Number of bowls18
Bowl gamesDecember 14, 1985 –
January 1, 1986
National Championship1986 Orange Bowl
Location of ChampionshipMiami Orange Bowl,
Miami
ChampionsOklahoma Sooners
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Number of teams
in final AP poll
Big Ten 6 3–3 (0.500) 3
SEC 5 2–2–1 (0.500) 4
Pac-10 5 2–2–1 (0.500) 1
Independents 5 2–3 (0.400) 3
SWC 4 3–1 (0.750) 3
Big Eight 4 1–3 (0.250) 2
ACC 3 2–1 (0.667) 2
WAC 2 1–1 (0.500) 2
PCAA 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
MAC 1 0–1 (0.000) 0

The 1985–86 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1985 and January 1986 to end the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 18 team-competitive games, and two all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the California Bowl on December 14, 1985, and concluded on January 18, 1986, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.

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