1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season

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1986 NCAA Division I-AA season
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Regular season
Number of teams85
DurationAugust–November
Playoff
DurationNovember 29–December 19
Championship date December 19, 1986
Championship site Tacoma Dome
Tacoma, Washington
Champion Georgia Southern
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons
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The 1986 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-AA level, began in August 1986, and concluded with the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 1986, [1] [2] at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their second consecutive I-AA championship, defeating the Arkansas State Indians by a score of 48–21. [3]

Contents

Conference changes and new programs

School1985 Conference1986 Conference
Bucknell I-AA Independent Colonial
Colgate I-AA Independent Colonial
Delaware I-AA Independent Yankee
Drake Missouri Valley (I-AA) D-III Independent
Florida A&M I-AA Independent MEAC
Holy Cross I-AA Independent Colonial
Indiana State Missouri Valley Gateway
Lafayette I-AA Independent Colonial
Lehigh I-AA Independent Colonial
Richmond I-AA Independent Yankee
Southeastern Louisiana Gulf Star Dropped Program
Texas–Arlington Southland Dropped Program
West Texas State Missouri Valley (I-AA) Lone Star (II)

Conference standings

1986 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Nevada $^ 7 0 013 1 0
No. 16 Idaho ^ 5 2 08 4 0
Northern Arizona 5 2 07 4 0
Montana* 4 4 06 4 0
Boise State 3 4 05 6 0
Weber State 2 5 03 8 0
Montana State 2 5 03 8 0
Idaho State* 1 7 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • * – Montana and Idaho State played twice.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll
1986 Colonial League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Holy Cross $ 4 0 010 1 0
Lafayette 2 2 06 5 0
Lehigh 2 2 05 6 0
Colgate 1 3 04 7 0
Bucknell 1 3 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1986 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Eastern Illinois $^ 5 1 011 2 0
No. 17 Southern Illinois 4 2 07 4 0
Northern Iowa 4 2 07 3 1
Illinois State 3 3 05 5 0
Western Illinois 2 4 06 5 0
SW Missouri State 1 5 03 7 0
Indiana State 1 5 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1986 Gulf Star Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Sam Houston State $^ 3 1 08 3 0
No. 12 Nicholls State ^ 2 2 010 3 0
Northwestern State 2 2 05 5 1
Southwest Texas State 2 2 04 7 0
Stephen F. Austin 1 3 05 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1986 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Penn $ 7 0 010 0 0
Cornell 6 1 08 2 0
Brown 4 2 15 4 1
Dartmouth 3 3 13 6 1
Harvard 3 4 03 7 0
Yale 2 5 03 7 0
Princeton 2 5 02 8 0
Columbia 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1986 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 20 North Carolina A&T $^ 4 1 09 3 0
Howard 3 2 08 3 0
Delaware State 3 2 07 4 0
South Carolina State 3 2 05 6 0
Bethune–Cookman 2 3 03 8 0
Morgan State 0 5 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1986 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Eastern Kentucky ^ 6 1 010 3 1
No. 18 Murray State $^ 6 1 07 4 1
Akron 4 3 07 4 0
Middle Tennessee 4 3 06 5 0
Morehead State 3 4 07 4 0
Austin Peay 3 4 05 6 0
Youngstown State 2 5 02 9 0
Tennessee Tech 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1986 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Appalachian State $^ 6 0 19 2 1
Western Carolina 5 2 06 5 0
No. 15 Furman ^ 4 2 17 3 2
East Tennessee State 4 3 06 5 0
Marshall 3 3 06 4 1
Chattanooga 2 4 04 7 0
VMI 1 5 01 10 0
The Citadel 0 6 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1986 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Arkansas State $^ 5 0 012 2 1
North Texas State 3 2 06 4 0
Louisiana Tech 3 2 06 4 1
Northeast Louisiana 3 2 05 6 0
McNeese State 1 4 02 9 0
Lamar 0 5 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1986 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Jackson State $^ 7 0 09 3 0
Alcorn State 5 2 05 5 0
Grambling State 4 3 07 4 0
Southern 4 3 05 5 1
Mississippi Valley State 3 3 14 4 1
Alabama State 2 5 04 7 0
Texas Southern 1 5 12 8 1
Prairie View A&M 1 6 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1986 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Delaware +^ 5 2 09 4 0
No. 19 Connecticut + 5 2 08 3 0
UMass + 5 2 08 3 0
New Hampshire 4 3 07 4 0
Maine 3 4 07 4 0
Richmond 3 4 04 7 0
Boston University 3 4 04 7 0
Rhode Island 0 7 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1986 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Georgia Southern ^   13 2 0
No. 14 Tennessee State ^   10 2 1
No. 8 William & Mary ^   9 3 0
Eastern Washington   5 5 0
James Madison   5 5 1
Florida A&M   4 6 0
Northeastern   4 6 0
Western Kentucky   4 6 1
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Conference champions

Conference Champions

Big Sky Conference – Nevada
Colonial League – Holy Cross
Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Eastern Illinois
Gulf Star Conference – Sam Houston State
Ivy League – Penn
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – North Carolina A&T
Ohio Valley Conference – Murray State
Southern Conference – Appalachian State
Southland Conference – Arkansas State
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State
Yankee Conference – Connecticut, Delaware, and Massachusetts

Postseason

The playoffs expanded from twelve to sixteen teams this season, eliminating the bye for the top four seeds.

The I-AA playoff field remained at sixteen through the 2009 season, expanding to twenty in 2010 and 24 in 2013.

NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket

The top four teams were seeded, [4] with remaining teams placed in the bracket based on geographical considerations.

First Round
November 29
Campus sites
Quarterfinals
December 6
Campus sites
Semifinals
December 13
Campus sites
National Championship Game
December 19 [1] [2]
Tacoma Dome
Tacoma, Washington
            
Idaho 7
1 Nevada * 27
1 Nevada* 33
Tennessee State 6
Tennessee State 32
Jackson State* 23
1 Nevada* 38
4 Georgia Southern48
North Carolina A&T 21
4 Georgia Southern * 52
4 Georgia Southern* 55
Nicholls State 31
Nicholls State 28
Appalachian State* 26
4 Georgia Southern48
2 Arkansas State 21
Sam Houston State 7
2 Arkansas State * 48
2 Arkansas State55
Delaware* 14
Delaware 51
William & Mary* 21
2 Arkansas State* 24
Eastern Kentucky 10
Murray State 21
3 Eastern Illinois * 28
3 Eastern Illinois* 22
Eastern Kentucky24
Eastern Kentucky 23
Furman* 10

*Denotes host institution

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