1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1987 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1987
Playoff
Duration	November 28 – December 19, 1987
Championship site	Mini Dome, Pocatello, ID
Champion	Northeast Louisiana Indians
Payton Award	Kenny Gamble – RB (Colgate)
Division I-AA football season
«1986 1988»

1987 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Idaho $^	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Weber State ^	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Montana	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Boise State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Nevada	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Northern Arizona	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Idaho State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Eastern Washington	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Montana State	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Idaho earned automatic berth and Weber State earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs.

1987 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Appalachian State $^		7	–	0					11	–	3
Marshall ^		4	–	2					10	–	5
Furman		4	–	3					7	–	4
Chattanooga		4	–	3					6	–	5
VMI		2	–	4					4	–	7
Western Carolina		2	–	4					4	–	7
East Tennessee State		2	–	5					5	–	6
The Citadel		1	–	5					4	–	7
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

1987 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Northeast Louisiana $^	6	–	0	–	0			13	–	2	–	0
#19 Sam Houston State	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
#16 North Texas State ^	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Northwestern State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
SW Texas State	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Stephen F. Austin	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
McNeese State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

1987 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#17 Richmond +^	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
#13 Maine +^	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Delaware	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
UMass	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Boston University	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Rhode Island	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

The 1987 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 1987, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 19, 1987, at the Mini Dome in Pocatello, Idaho. The Northeast Louisiana Indians (now known as the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks) won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a final score of 43-42.

Big Sky Conference – Idaho
Colonial League – Holy Cross
Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Northern Iowa
Ivy League – Harvard
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Howard
Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky and Youngstown State
Southern Conference – Appalachian State
Southland Conference – Northeast Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State
Yankee Conference – Richmond

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