2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season

2004 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August 28 – November
Playoff
Duration	November 27, 2004 – December 17, 2004
Championship site	Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, TN
Champion	James Madison
Payton Award	QB Lang Campbell, William & Mary
Buchanan Award	LB Jordan Beck, Cal Poly
Division I-AA football season
«2003 2005»

2004 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 James Madison $^		7	–	1		13	–	2
#3 William & Mary $^		7	–	1		11	–	3
#7 Delaware $^		7	–	1		9	–	4
#6 New Hampshire ^		7	–	2		11	–	3
Northeastern		4	–	4		5	–	6
Villanova		4	–	5		7	–	4
Maine		4	–	5		6	–	6
UMass		4	–	5		6	–	6
Hofstra		3	–	5		5	–	6
Rhode Island		2	–	6		4	–	7
Richmond		2	–	6		3	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

2004 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Montana $^		6	–	1		12	–	3
E. Washington ^		6	–	1		9	–	4
Montana State		4	–	3		6	–	5
Portland State		4	–	3		7	–	4
Northern Arizona		3	–	4		4	–	7
Idaho State		2	–	5		3	–	8
Sacramento State		2	–	5		3	–	8
Weber State		1	–	6		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

2004 Big South football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#24 Coastal Carolina $		4	–	0		10	–	1
Liberty		3	–	1		6	–	5
Gardner–Webb		2	–	2		5	–	6
Charleston Southern		1	–	3		5	–	5
VMI		0	–	4		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2004 Ivy League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Harvard $		7	–	0		10	–	0
Penn		6	–	1		8	–	2
Cornell		4	–	3		4	–	6
Brown		3	–	4		6	–	4
Princeton		3	–	4		5	–	5
Yale		3	–	4		5	–	5
Dartmouth		1	–	6		1	–	9
Columbia		1	–	6		1	–	9

$ – Conference champion

2004 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#5 Furman $^		6	–	1		10	–	3
#10 Georgia Southern ^		6	–	1		9	–	3
#18 Wofford		4	–	3		8	–	3
Appalachian State		4	–	3		6	–	5
Western Carolina		2	–	5		4	–	7
The Citadel		2	–	5		3	–	7
Elon		2	–	5		3	–	8
Chattanooga		2	–	5		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

2004 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Sam Houston State $^	4	–	1	–	0	11	–	3	–	0
#17 Northwestern State ^	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Texas State	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Nicholls State	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
McNeese State	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Stephen F. Austin	1	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0

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

The 2004 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 on August 28, 2004, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 17, 2004, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. James Madison won their first I-AA championship, defeating Montana by a final score of 31−21.

* Denotes host institution