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»

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

1985 Ivy League football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Penn $	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Harvard	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Princeton	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Brown	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Yale	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Cornell	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Columbia	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

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

1985 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Arkansas State $^	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
#14 Louisiana Tech	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
McNeese State	3	–	1	–	2	6	–	3	–	2
Northeast Louisiana	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
North Texas State	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Texas–Arlington	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Lamar	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

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

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

1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
#9 Georgia Southern ^		–		13	–	2	–	0
Eastern Washington ^		–		9	–	3	–	0
Richmond		–		8	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		7	–	3	–	1
Delaware		–		7	–	4	–	0
Tennessee State		–		7	–	4	–	0
#16 William & Mary		–		7	–	4	–	0
Lafayette		–		6	–	5	–	0
James Madison		–		5	–	6	–	0
Lehigh		–		5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		4	–	6	–	1
Western Kentucky		–		4	–	7	–	0
Bucknell		–		3	–	7	–	0

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

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.

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