| Montpellier beat CS Thonon les Bains 1-0 (H) on 13 Sep 1985 |
| CS Thonon les Bains beat CO Le Puy 1-0 (H) on 6 Sep 1985 |
| CO Le Puy beat Montceau Bourgogne 4-0 (A) on 9 Aug 1985 |
| Montceau Bourgogne beat Cannes 3-1 (H) on 13 Sep 1985 |
| Cannes beat Gueugnon 4-2 (H) on 26 Jul 1985 |
| Gueugnon beat Martigues 2-0 (H) on 16 Aug 1985 |
| Martigues beat Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 (H) on 7 Sep 1985 |
| Olympique Lyonnais beat Saint Étienne 2-1 (H) on 30 Aug 1985 |
| Saint Étienne beat Football Club Grenoble Dauphiné 2-1 (H) on 9 Aug 1985 |
| Football Club Grenoble Dauphiné beat Istres Sports 3-1 (A) on 23 Aug 1985 |
| Istres Sports beat Nîmes 2-1 (H) on 16 Jul 1985 |
| Nîmes beat Sète 4-0 (H) on 16 Aug 1985 |
| Sète beat Red Star 93 1-0 (A) on 16 Jul 1985 |
| Red Star 93 beat Entente Chaumont Athlétic des Cheminots 1-0 (H) on 9 Aug 1985 |
| Entente Chaumont Athlétic des Cheminots beat Olympique d'Alès en Cévennes 2-1 (H) on 20 Jul 1985 |
| Olympique d'Alès en Cévennes beat Béziers 2-1 (A) on 16 Aug 1985 |
| Béziers beat Tours 4-0 (H) on 26 Jul 1985 |
| Tours beat Montpellier 2-1 (H) on 2 Aug 1985 |
HWC: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team and returns to its start.