Template:1986 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings

1986 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Minnesota Morris $	5	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	2
No. 17 Northern State	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Bemidji State	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Winona State	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Moorhead State	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Southwest State (MN)	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota Duluth	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Minnesota Duluth forfeited 8 wins and 2 ties including 4 conference wins—over Northern State, Winona State; Moorhead State, and Southwest State—and 2 conference ties—with Minnesota Morris and Bemidji State. Rankings from NAIA Division I poll