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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 22, 1985 | 36 | Virginia Tech | W | 67-66 | 80% | 1 - 0 | +10.9 | ||
| Nov 23, 1985 | 49 | Kansas St. | W | 70-58 | 83% | 2 - 0 | +20.5 | ||
| Nov 30, 1985 | 5 | Georgia Tech | W | 49-44 | 50% | 3 - 0 | +23.9 | ||
| Dec 02, 1985 | 60 | Tennessee | W | 87-52 | 92% | 4 - 0 | +37.8 | ||
| Dec 04, 1985 | 179 | Youngstown St. | W | 56-42 | 98% | 5 - 0 | +6.5 | ||
| Dec 09, 1985 | 112 | Chicago St. | W | 79-62 | 96% | 6 - 0 | +15.4 | ||
| Dec 12, 1985 | 165 | Central Michigan | W | 82-61 | 98% | 7 - 0 | +14.6 | ||
| Dec 14, 1985 | 184 | Western Michigan | W | 74-54 | 98% | 8 - 0 | +12.2 | ||
| Dec 28, 1985 | 170 | Illinois-Chicago | W | 85-54 | 98% | 9 - 0 | +24.1 | ||
| Dec 29, 1985 | 20 | Cleveland St. | W | 105-85 | 79% | 10 - 0 | +30.2 | ||
| Jan 02, 1986 | 12 | @ Indiana | W | 78-69 | 47% | 11 - 0 | 1 - 0 | +28.5 | |
| Jan 04, 1986 | 31 | @ Ohio St. | W | 78-68 | 66% | 12 - 0 | 2 - 0 | +24.6 | |
| Jan 08, 1986 | 10 | Illinois | W | 61-59 | 71% | 13 - 0 | 3 - 0 | +15.2 | |
| Jan 11, 1986 | 24 | Purdue | W | 75-71 | 81% | 14 - 0 | 4 - 0 | +13.7 | |
| Jan 16, 1986 | 64 | @ Minnesota | L | 63-73 | 81% | 14 - 1 | 4 - 1 | -0.4 | |
| Jan 18, 1986 | 18 | @ Iowa | W | 61-57 | 53% | 15 - 1 | 5 - 1 | +22.0 | |
| Jan 25, 1986 | 11 | @ Michigan St. | L | 79-91 | 44% | 15 - 2 | 5 - 2 | +8.4 | |
| Jan 30, 1986 | 178 | Northwestern | W | 82-45 | 98% | 16 - 2 | 6 - 2 | +29.6 | |
| Feb 01, 1986 | 97 | Wisconsin | W | 91-64 | 95% | 17 - 2 | 7 - 2 | +26.4 | |
| Feb 06, 1986 | 24 | @ Purdue | W | 80-79 | 56% | 18 - 2 | 8 - 2 | +18.3 | |
| Feb 08, 1986 | 10 | @ Illinois | L | 79-83 | 42% | 18 - 3 | 8 - 3 | +16.8 | |
| Feb 13, 1986 | 64 | Minnesota | W | 92-56 | 93% | 19 - 3 | 9 - 3 | +38.0 | |
| Feb 15, 1986 | 18 | Iowa | W | 82-66 | 79% | 20 - 3 | 10 - 3 | +26.4 | |
| Feb 20, 1986 | 11 | Michigan St. | L | 59-74 | 72% | 20 - 4 | 10 - 4 | -2.2 | |
| Feb 23, 1986 | 30 | UAB | W | 62-54 | 85% | 21 - 4 | +15.8 | ||
| Feb 26, 1986 | 97 | @ Wisconsin | W | 97-74 | 86% | 22 - 4 | 11 - 4 | +30.0 | |
| Mar 01, 1986 | 178 | @ Northwestern | W | 86-64 | 95% | 23 - 4 | 12 - 4 | +22.2 | |
| Mar 06, 1986 | 31 | Ohio St. | W | 99-82 | 86% | 24 - 4 | 13 - 4 | +24.0 | |
| Mar 08, 1986 | 12 | Indiana | W | 80-52 | 74% | 25 - 4 | 14 - 4 | +39.9 | |
| Mar 14, 1986 | 114 | Akron | W | 70-64 | 93% | 26 - 4 | +8.2 | ||
| Mar 16, 1986 | 27 | Iowa St. | L | 69-72 | 70% | 26 - 5 | +10.2 | ||
| Projected Record | 26 - 5 | 14 - 4 | |||||||
