1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1986 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1986
Playoff
Duration	November 29 – December 20, 1986
Championship site	Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA
Champion	Georgia Southern Eagles
Division I-AA football season
«1985 1987»

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 Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1986, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 20, 1986, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their second consecutive I-AA championship, defeating the Arkansas State Indians (now Red Wolves) by a final score of 48−21.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

Prior to the season, the Colonial League, now known as the Patriot League, was established as a six-member, football-only league for teams in Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. The Colonial League, however, was totally separate from the current Colonial Athletic Association.
Prior to the 1986 season, the Gateway Conference was formed out of the four remaining members of the disbanded Association of Mid-Continent Universities (Eastern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Western Illinois, Southwest Missouri State) and two former members of the Missouri Valley Conference (Illinois State and Southern Illinois). The MVC stopped sponsoring Division I-A football after the 1985 season.

School	1985 Conference	1986 Conference
Bucknell	I-AA Independent	Colonial
Colgate	I-AA Independent	Colonial
Delaware	I-AA Independent	Yankee
Eastern Illinois	AMCU	Gateway
Florida A&M	I-AA Independent	MEAC
Holy Cross	I-AA Independent	Colonial
Illinois State	Missouri Valley	Gateway
Indiana State	I-AA Independent	Gateway
Lafayette	I-AA Independent	Colonial
Lehigh	I-AA Independent	Colonial
Northern Iowa	AMCU	Gateway
Richmond	I-AA Independent	Yankee
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	Gateway
Southwest Missouri State	AMCU	Gateway
Texas–Arlington	Southland	Dropped Program
Western Illinois	AMCU	Gateway

Conference standings

1986 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Nevada $^	7	–	0	–	0	13	–	1	–	0
#16 Idaho ^	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Northern Arizona	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Montana	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Boise State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Weber State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Montana State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Idaho State	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

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

Template:1986 Colonial League football standings

Template:1986 Ivy League football standings

Template:1986 Gateway football standings

Template:1986 Gulf Star football standings

Template:1986 MEAC football standings

Template:1986 Ohio Valley football standings

1986 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Appalachian State $^	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Western Carolina	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Furman ^	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	2
East Tennessee State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Marshall	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Davidson	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

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

1986 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Arkansas State $^	5	–	0	–	0	12	–	2	–	1
North Texas State	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Louisiana Tech	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Northeast Louisiana	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
McNeese State	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Lamar	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

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

Template:1986 SWAC football standings

1986 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#13 Delaware +^		5	–	2		9	–	4
UMass +		5	–	2		8	–	3
#19 Connecticut +		5	–	2		8	–	3
New Hampshire		4	–	3		7	–	4
Maine		3	–	4		7	–	4
Richmond		3	–	4		4	–	7
Boston University		3	–	4		4	–	7
Rhode Island		0	–	7		1	–	10

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

Template:1986 Division I-AA independent football standings

Conference champions

Conference Champions
Big Sky Conference – Nevada Colonial League – Holy Cross Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Eastern Illinois 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

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round November 29 Campus Sites		Quarterfinals December 6 Campus Sites		Semifinals December 13 Campus Sites		National Championship Game December 20 Tacoma Dome – Tacoma, WA


Idaho	7

Nevada*	27
		Nevada*	33

		Tennessee State	6
Tennessee State	32

Jackson State*	23
				Nevada*	38

				Georgia Southern	48
North Carolina A&T	21

Georgia Southern*	52
		Georgia Southern*	55

		Nicholls State	31
Nicholls State	28

Appalachian State*	26
						Georgia Southern	48

						Arkansas State	21
Sam Houston State	7

Arkansas State*	48
		Arkansas State	55

		Delaware*	14
Delaware	51

William & Mary*	21
				Arkansas State*	24

				Eastern Kentucky	10
Murray State	21

Eastern Illinois*	28
		Eastern Illinois*	22

		Eastern Kentucky	24
Eastern Kentucky	23

Furman*	10

* Denotes host institution

References

↑ "1986 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

1986 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Appalachian State Arkansas State Delaware Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Furman Georgia Southern Idaho Jackson State Murray State Nevada Nicholls State North Carolina A&T Sam Houston State Tennessee State William & Mary

Champion – Georgia Southern Eagles

NCAA football seasons

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