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1985-86 Men's Southeastern Conference Season Summary

Record: 185-133, .582 W-L% (6th of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 11.75 (4th of 33)

SOS: 9.24 (4th of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Kentucky

Player of the Year: Kenny Walker

Coach of the Year: Eddie Sutton

Conference Tournament Champion: Kentucky

NCAA Tournament: 4 teams (Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky and LSU)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Auburn, Kentucky and LSU)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Kentucky)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Kentucky	17	1	.944	32	4	.889	74.1	61.2	21.8	9.6	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Auburn	13	5	.722	22	11	.667	72.1	66.5	14.9	9.7	NCAA Tournament
3	Alabama	13	5	.722	24	9	.727	75.5	67.7	16.7	9.1	NCAA Tournament
4	Florida	10	8	.556	19	14	.576	70.2	66.8	10.5	7.1
5	Louisiana State	9	9	.500	26	12	.684	75.7	70.5	15.1	10.7	NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF
6	Georgia	9	9	.500	17	13	.567	77.9	72.2	13.7	7.9
7	Vanderbilt	7	11	.389	13	15	.464	69.6	72.5	5.7	8.6
8	Tennessee	5	13	.278	12	16	.429	67.3	68.2	9.1	10.0
9	Mississippi	4	14	.222	12	17	.414	66.8	68.7	5.2	9.3
10	Mississippi State	3	15	.167	8	22	.267	60.6	66.6	4.7	10.3

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/25	12/2	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/3	Final
Auburn	10	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alabama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	18	-	-	-	-
Mississippi State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ole Miss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LSU	14	12	11	11	9	9	8	8	14	14	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kentucky	11	10	9	9	13	13	12	11	11	11	8	12	11	8	5	3	3
Florida	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Kentucky	36	32	4	.889	17	1	18	0	10	3				28.6	55.6	.514					16.8	23.4	.721		33.1	17.0	7.8	2.7	12.3	17.8	74.1	61.2	21.80	9.63
2	Alabama	33	24	9	.727	13	5	13	1	5	7				30.2	56.1	.539					15.1	19.8	.760		34.0	15.3	6.5	4.2	12.9	17.7	75.5	67.7	16.73	9.09
3	Auburn	33	22	11	.667	13	5	9	1	6	7				29.6	58.6	.505					12.9	17.2	.750		35.0	15.9	6.6	3.1	13.3	14.8	72.1	66.5	14.88	9.65
4	Florida	33	19	14	.576	10	8	16	1	3	8				28.8	59.7	.482					12.5	18.2	.690		32.2	13.8	6.9	3.0	10.4	18.1	70.2	66.8	10.55	7.12
5	Georgia	30	17	13	.567	9	9	8	3	7	8				32.3	61.8	.522					13.3	18.5	.717		33.9	16.0	7.6	2.4	13.9	17.1	77.9	72.2	13.71	7.95
6	LSU	38	26	12	.684	9	9	11	3	6	8				30.8	61.2	.503					14.1	18.8	.750		34.2	15.2	8.1	2.0	14.4	17.3	75.7	70.5	15.13	10.71
7	Vanderbilt	28	13	15	.464	7	11	9	6	3	7				27.7	57.3	.483					14.2	20.0	.709		33.1	12.6	5.4	1.5	14.5	18.5	69.6	72.5	5.68	8.64
8	Tennessee	28	12	16	.429	5	13	11	4	0	10				27.4	56.0	.489					12.5	17.1	.733		29.4	11.9	6.9	3.3	14.6	17.2	67.3	68.2	9.07	9.97
9	Ole Miss	29	12	17	.414	4	14	6	5	0	11				27.2	56.9	.479					12.3	19.0	.647		31.7	14.7	7.4	2.7	13.4	17.0	66.8	68.7	5.21	9.25
10	Mississippi State	30	8	22	.267	3	15	3	8	1	11				25.2	53.6	.471					10.1	14.8	.686		29.4	14.7	6.2	1.8	14.7	17.3	60.6	66.6	4.73	10.34

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.