1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1990 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1990
Playoff
Duration	November 25 – December 15, 1990
Championship site	Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
Champion	Georgia Southern
Payton Award	Walter Dean – RB (Grambling State)
Division I-AA football season
«1989 1991»

1990 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Nevada $^	7	–	1	–	0	13	–	2	–	0
#13 Idaho ^	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
#10 Boise State ^	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	4	–	0
Montana	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Montana State	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northern Arizona	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Weber State	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Eastern Washington	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Idaho State	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Nevada earned automatic berth and Idaho and Boise State earned at-large berths in I-AA playoffs.

1990 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Furman $^		6	–	1		9	–	4
Appalachian State		5	–	2		6	–	5
Chattanooga		4	–	2		6	–	5
The Citadel ^		4	–	3		7	–	5
Marshall		4	–	3		6	–	5
Western Carolina		2	–	5		3	–	8
VMI		1	–	5		4	–	7
East Tennessee State		1	–	6		2	–	9

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

1990 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#14 Northeast Louisiana $^	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
McNeese State	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Southwest Texas State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Northwestern State	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Sam Houston State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
North Texas	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Stephen F. Austin	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

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

1990 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#9 UMass $^	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	1
#19 New Hampshire	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Delaware	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Villanova	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Boston University	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Maine	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Richmond	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

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

The 1990 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 1990, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 15, 1990, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their fourth I-AA championship, defeating the Nevada Wolf Pack by a final score of 36−13 at their home stadium.

* By team name denotes host institution

* By score denotes overtime periods