1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1985 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1985
Playoff
Duration	November 30 – December 21, 1985
Championship site	Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA
Champion	Georgia Southern Eagles
Division I-AA football season
«1984 1986»

The 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 21, 1985, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Furman Paladins by a final score of 44−42.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	1984 Conference	1985 Conference
Villanova	Revived Program	I-AA Independent

Conference standings

1985 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 Idaho $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#2 Nevada	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
Boise State	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Weber State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Idaho State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Montana	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northern Arizona	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Montana State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Idaho earned automatic berth in NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. Nevada earned at-large berth in NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll (released before championship playoffs)

Template:1985 Ivy League football standings

Template:1985 Gateway football standings

Template:1985 Gulf Star football standings

Template:1985 MEAC football standings

Template:1985 Ohio Valley football standings

1985 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Furman $^	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	2	–	0
Appalachian State	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Chattanooga	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Marshall	3	–	3	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
The Citadel	2	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Western Carolina	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
VMI	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Davidson	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
East Tennessee State	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

Template:1985 Southland Conference football standings

Template:1985 SWAC football standings

1985 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 Rhode Island $^	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
UMass	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Maine	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Boston University	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

Template:1985 Division I-AA independent football standings

Conference champions

Conference Champions
Big Sky Conference – Idaho Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Northern Iowa Ivy League – Penn Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Delaware State Ohio Valley Conference – Middle Tennessee State Southern Conference – Furman Paladins Southland Conference – Arkansas State Yankee Conference – Rhode Island

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round
November 30
Campus Sites

Quarterfinals
December 7
Campus Sites

Semifinals
December 14
Campus Sites

National Championship Game
December 21

Murfreesboro, TN

Statesboro, GA

Middle Tennessee State

Georgia Southern

Cedar Falls, IA

Georgia Southern

Jackson State

Georgia Southern

Cedar Falls, IA

Moscow, ID

Northern Iowa

Northern Iowa

Idaho

Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome

Eastern Washington

Eastern Washington

Georgia Southern

Greenville, SC

Kingston, RI

Furman

Furman

Rhode Island

Greenville, SC

Rhode Island

Akron

Furman

Reno, NV

Jonesboro, AR

Nevada

Nevada

Arkansas State

Arkansas State

Grambling State

References

↑ "1984 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

1985 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Akron Arkansas State Eastern Washington Furman Georgia Southern Grambling State Idaho Jackson State Middle Tennessee Nevada Northern Iowa Rhode Island

Champion – Georgia Southern Eagles

NCAA football seasons

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NCAA Division II	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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