1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1989 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1989
Playoff
Duration	November 25 – December 16, 1989
Championship site	Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
Champion	Georgia Southern
Payton Award	John Friesz – QB (Idaho)
Division I-AA football season
«1988 1990»

1989 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Idaho $^	8	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#5 Montana ^	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	3	–	0
Nevada	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Boise State	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Eastern Washington	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Northern Arizona	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Montana State	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Idaho State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Weber State	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

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

1989 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Furman $^	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	2	–	0
Appalachian State ^	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Marshall	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
East Tennessee State	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Chattanooga	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Western Carolina	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
VMI	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	8	–	1
The Citadel	1	–	5	–	1	5	–	5	–	1

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

1989 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Stephen F. Austin $^	5	–	0	–	1	12	–	2	–	1
Northwestern State	3	–	1	–	2	4	–	5	–	2
SW Texas State	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
McNeese State Cowboys	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
North Texas	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Sam Houston State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

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

1989 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 Maine +^	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#16 Villanova +^	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#18 Connecticut +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
New Hampshire	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Delaware	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Boston University	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
UMass	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Richmond	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

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

The 1989 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 1989, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 16, 1989, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Georgia Southern won their third I-AA championship, defeating the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks by a final score of 37−34 at their home stadium.

Big Sky Conference – Idaho
Colonial League – Holy Cross
Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Southwest Missouri State
Ivy League – Princeton and Yale
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Delaware State
Ohio Valley Conference – Middle Tennessee State
Southern Conference – Furman
Southland Conference – Stephen F. Austin
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State
Yankee Conference – Connecticut, Maine, and Villanova