1985 NAIA Division II football season

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1985 NAIA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1985
PostseasonNovember–December 1985
National Championship Lincoln Bowl
Tacoma, WA
Champions Wisconsin–La Crosse

The 1985 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1985 college football season in the United States and the 30th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 16th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

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The season was played from August to November 1985 and culminated in the 1985 NAIA Division II Football National Championship , played at the Lincoln Bowl near the campus of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. [1]

Wisconsin–La Crosse defeated Pacific Lutheran in the championship game, 24–7, to win their first NAIA national title. The Eagles won all three of their playoff games on the road.

Conference realignment

Conference changes

Membership changes

Team1984 conference1985 conference
Lewis & Clark Pacific Northwest Columbia
Linfield Pacific Northwest Columbia
Pacific (OR) Pacific Northwest Columbia
Pacific Lutheran Pacific Northwest Columbia
Willamette Pacific Northwest Columbia

Conference standings

1985 Columbia Football League standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Northern Division
No. 3 Pacific Lutheran x^ 6 –0 –010 –1 –1
No. 15 Puget Sound 4 –2 –07 –2 –0
Central Washington 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Simon Fraser 3 –3 –04 –5 –0
Whitworth 3 –3 –03 –6 –0
Western Washington 1 –4 –12 –6 –1
Eastern Oregon 0 –5 –10 –8 –2
Southern Division
No. 5 Linfield x^ 6 –0 –08 –2 –0
No. 8 Western Oregon * 5 –1 –08 –2 –0
Willamette 4 –2 –06 –2 –1
Southern Oregon 2 –3 –02 –6 –1
Oregon Tech 1 –4 –01 –7 –0
Lewis & Clark 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Pacific (OR) 1 –5 –02 –7 –0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – NAIA Division I playoff participant
    ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll for Puget Sound and Western Oregon and NAIA Division II poll for Pacific Lutheran and Linfield
1985 Frontier Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Carroll (MT) $^ 5 –1 –08 –2 –0
Western Montana 4 –2 –04 –5 –0
Rocky Mountain 2 –4 –02 –7 –0
Montana Tech 1 –5 –02 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1985 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Baker + 6 –1 –07 –2 –0
No. 16 MidAmerica Nazarene + 6 –1 –07 –2 –0
No. 19 William Jewell + 6 –1 –07 –3 –0
Missouri Valley 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
Graceland 2 –4 –15 –4 –1
Tarkio 2 –4 –13 –6 –1
Culver–Stockton 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
Central Methodist 0 –7 –02 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1985 Hoosier–Buckeye Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Findlay $^ 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
No. 11 Bluffton 5 –1 –08 –1 –0
No. 13 Wilmington (OH) 4 –2 –07 –2 –0
Hanover 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Manchester (IN) 1 –5 –04 –5 –0
Anderson (IN) 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Defiance 1 –5 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1985 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lakeland $ 4 –1 –07 –2 –0
Concordia (IL) 3 –2 –04 –5 –0
Eureka 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Concordia (WI) 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Northeastern Illinois 2 –3 –03 –7 –0
Principia 1 –4 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1985 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Southwestern (KS) $ 8 –1 –08 –2 –0
Bethany (KS) 7 –2 –07 –2 –0
No. 17 Bethel (KS) 7 –2 –07 –2 –0
Sterling 6 –3 –07 –3 –0
Ottawa 5 –4 –05 –5 –0
St. Mary of the Plains 4 –5 –05 –5 –0
Friends 3 –6 –03 –6 –0
Tabor 2 –7 –02 –7 –0
Kansas Wesleyan 2 –7 –02 –8 –0
McPherson 1 –8 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1985 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Midland $ 5 –0 –08 –2 –0
Doane 4 –1 –06 –3 –1
Hastings 2 –3 –07 –3 –0
Nebraska Wesleyan 2 –3 –06 –5 –0
Concordia (NE) 2 –3 –04 –6 –0
Dana 0 –5 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1985 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Minot State $ 5 –0 –07 –1 –1
No. 18 Dickinson State 4 –1 –07 –2 –0
Valley City State 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
Jamestown 2 –3 –03 –5 –1
Mayville State 1 –4 –01 –7 –0
NDSCS–Wahpeton 0 –5 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1985 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
South Dakota Tech $ 5 –1 –06 –3 –0
Huron 4 –2 –06 –3 –0
Sioux Falls 4 –2 –06 –3 –1
Dakota Wesleyan 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Black Hills State 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Dakota State 0 –6 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1985 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Austin + 4 –2 –07 –3 –0
Sul Ross + 4 –2 –05 –5 –0
Tarleton State 3 –3 –03 –7 –0
McMurry 1 –5 –01 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1985 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wisconsin–River Falls $ 6 –1 –18 –1 –1
No. 8 Wisconsin–La Crosse ^ 5 –1 –211 –1 –2
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 5 –2 –18 –2 –1
Wisconsin–Platteville 5 –3 –05 –5 –0
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 3 –4 –15 –4 –1
Wisconsin–Whitewater 3 –4 –13 –7 –1
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 2 –5 –14 –5 –1
Wisconsin–Stout 2 –6 –03 –7 –0
Wisconsin–Superior 1 –6 –12 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1985 NAIA Division II independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Benedictine (KS) ^  – 10 –1 –0
No. 4 Northwestern (IA) ^  – 9 –1 –1
No. 9 Azusa Pacific  – 7 –1 –1
No. 20 Loras  – 8 –2 –1
No. 6 St. Ambrose ^  – 8 –2 –1
Texas Lutheran  – 6 –3 –0
Chadron State  – 5 –3 –1
Geneva  – 5 –4 –0
Westminster (PA)  – 5 –4 –0
Oklahoma Panhandle State  – 5 –4 –1
Evangel  – 4 –6 –0
Waynesburg  – 4 –6 –0
Peru State  – 3 –7 –0
Iowa Wesleyan  – 2 –7 –0
Westmar  – 2 –8 –0
Cumberland (KY)  – 1 –9 –0
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

Conference champions

ConferenceChampionRecord
Columbia Northern Division: Pacific Lutheran
Southern Division: Linfield 		6–0
6–0
Frontier Carroll (MT) 5–1
Heart of America Baker
MidAmerica Nazarene
William Jewell 		6–1
Hoosier-Buckeye Findlay 6–0
Kansas Southwestern (KS) 8–1
Nebraska Midland Lutheran 5–0
North Dakota Minot State 5–0
South Dakota South Dakota Tech 5–1
Texas Austin
Sul Ross 		4–2
WSUC Wisconsin–River Falls 6–1–1

Postseason

Quarterfinals
Campus sites		Semifinals
Campus sites		Championship
Tacoma, WA
         
  Wisconsin–La Crosse 24
  Carroll (MT)* 0
 Wisconsin–La Crosse (3OT) 35
 Northwestern (IA) ‡‡ 28
  Northwestern (IA) 32
  Benedictine* 22
 Wisconsin–La Crosse24
 Pacific Lutheran* 7
  Linfield 12
  Pacific Lutheran * 30
 Pacific Lutheran* 40
 Findlay 29
  Saint Ambrose 0
  Findlay ‡ 7

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