1986 SMU Mustangs football team

1986 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Bobby Collins in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Mustangs compiled an overall record 6–5 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the SWC.^[1] Though Collins himself was not sanctioned by the NCAA, he lost his job as a result of the Southern Methodist University football scandal that resulted in the death penalty. SMU did not play again until 1989.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	at Rice		Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 45–3	14,045
September 20	at No. 18 Arizona State*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 0-30	70,511
September 27	TCU		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	W 31–21	35,481
October 4	Boston College*		Texas Stadium Irving, TX	W 31–29	26,432
October 11	at No. 13 Baylor		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	W 27–21	36,927
October 18	Houston	No. 20	Texas Stadium Irving, TX	W 10–3	25,967
October 25	at Texas	No. 18	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 24–27	65,481
November 1	No. 10 Texas A&M		Texas Stadium Irving, TX	L 35–39	58,125
November 8	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 29–61	59,075
November 15	at Texas Tech		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 13–7	35,887
November 22	No. 11 Arkansas		Texas Stadium Irving, TX	L 0–41	32,382
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1986 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Texas A&M $	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Arkansas	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 12 Baylor	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
SMU	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Houston	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll