1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1984 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1984
Playoff
Duration	November 24 – December 15, 1984
Championship site	Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Champion	Montana State Bobcats
Division I-AA football season
«1983 1985»

1984 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Montana State $^	6	–	1	–	0	12	–	2	–	0
Nevada ^	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Idaho	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Boise State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Idaho State	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Weber State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northern Arizona	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Montana	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Montana State earned automatic berth and Nevada earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll (released before playoffs)

1984 Ivy League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Pennsylvania $		7	–	0		8	–	1
Yale		5	–	2		6	–	3
Harvard		5	–	2		5	–	4
Brown		4	–	3		4	–	5
Princeton		3	–	4		4	–	5
Cornell		2	–	5		2	–	7
Dartmouth		2	–	5		2	–	7
Columbia		0	–	7		0	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

1984 Mid-Continent football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Eastern Illinois +	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Northern Iowa +	2	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Southwest Missouri State	1	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Western Illinois	0	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions

1984 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Chattanooga $^		5	–	1		6	–	5
Western Carolina		5	–	2		8	–	3
The Citadel		4	–	2		7	–	4
Furman		3	–	3		8	–	3
East Tennessee State		2	–	4		6	–	5
Marshall		2	–	4		6	–	5
Appalachian State		2	–	5		4	–	7
VMI		1	–	4		1	–	9
Davidson		0	–	5		2	–	8

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

1984 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#9 Louisiana Tech $^	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	5	–	0
#10 Arkansas State ^	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Texas–Arlington	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
#20 McNeese State	2	–	3	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Lamar	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
North Texas State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

1984 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team		W		L			W		L
#2 Rhode Island +^	4	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
#4 Boston University +^	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#11 New Hampshire	3	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Maine	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Connecticut	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
UMass	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

1984 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Tennessee State		–		11	–	0	–	0
Georgia Southern		–		8	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross		–		8	–	3	–	0
Richmond ^		–		8	–	4	–	0
Eastern Washington		–		7	–	2	–	1
Delaware		–		7	–	4	–	0
James Madison		–		6	–	5	–	0
William & Mary		–		6	–	5	–	0
Bucknell		–		5	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	5	–	0
Lafayette		–		5	–	5	–	0
Lehigh		–		5	–	6	–	0
Western Kentucky		–		2	–	9	–	0

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

The 1984 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 1984, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 15, 1984, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, SC. The Montana State Bobcats won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a final score of 19−6.

Big Sky Conference – Montana State
Ivy League – Penn
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Bethune-Cookman
Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky
Southern Conference – Chattanooga
Southland Conference – Louisiana Tech
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alcorn State
Yankee Conference – Boston University and Rhode Island

*indicates overtime period