| Mulhouse 1893 beat Tours 1-0 (H) on 31 Oct 1986 |
| Tours beat Orléans 2-0 (H) on 26 Sep 1986 |
| Orléans beat Amiens 3-1 (H) on 20 Sep 1986 |
| Amiens beat Beauvais Oise 2-1 (A) on 31 Oct 1986 |
| Beauvais Oise beat Reims 1-0 (H) on 11 Oct 1986 |
| Reims beat Dunkerque 3-2 (H) on 31 Oct 1986 |
| Dunkerque beat Guingamp 1-0 (H) on 20 Aug 1986 |
| Guingamp beat Valenciennes Anzin 2-0 (A) on 31 Oct 1986 |
| Valenciennes Anzin beat Strasbourg Alsace 2-0 (H) on 14 Aug 1986 |
| Strasbourg Alsace beat AEP Le Bourg sous La Roche 4-3 (H) on 25 Oct 1986 |
| AEP Le Bourg sous La Roche beat Stade Quimpérois 3-1 (H) on 13 Sep 1986 |
| Stade Quimpérois beat SC Abbeville 3-1 (A) on 3 Oct 1986 |
| SC Abbeville beat Caen 2-0 (H) on 31 Oct 1986 |
| Caen beat Chamois Niortais 3-2 (H) on 7 Nov 1986 |
| Chamois Niortais beat Angers 3-2 (H) on 30 Aug 1986 |
| Angers beat CO Saint Dizier 2-1 (H) on 21 Oct 1986 |
| CO Saint Dizier beat Red Star 93 3-1 (H) on 25 Oct 1986 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.