1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1990 Gateway Football Conference standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

1990 Big Sky football standings
	$ – 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 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Duration	August – November 1990
Playoff
Duration	November 25 – December 15, 1990
Championship date	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»

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.^[1]

Notable changes

The Colonial League changed its name to the Patriot League, which it retains today, after it began to sponsor non-football sports.

Conference changes

School	1989 Conference	1990 Conference
Central Florida	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
Davidson	I-AA Independent	D-III Independent
Fordham	I-AA Independent	Patriot
Lamar	Southland	Dropped Program

Conference standings

1990 Ivy League football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#17 Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Cornell +	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Yale	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Penn	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Princeton	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Brown	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll (released before championship playoffs)

1990 MEAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Florida A&M $		6	–	0		7	–	4
#19 North Carolina A&T		5	–	1		9	–	2
Delaware State		4	–	2		7	–	3
Howard		3	–	3		6	–	5
South Carolina State		2	–	4		4	–	6
Bethune–Cookman		1	–	5		4	–	7
Morgan State		0	–	6		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Division I-AA Football Committee poll

1990 Ohio Valley football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Middle Tennessee State +^	5	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
#5 Eastern Kentucky +^	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Tennessee State	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Tennessee Tech	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Morehead State	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Murray State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Austin Peay	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

1990 Patriot League football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 Holy Cross $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
Bucknell	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Colgate	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Lehigh	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Lafayette	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Fordham	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from poll=The Sports Network poll

1990 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#12 Furman $^		6	–	1		9	–	4
Appalachian State		5	–	2		6	–	5
Chattanooga		4	–	2		6	–	5
#15 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 SWAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#16 Jackson State $^	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Alabama State	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	1
Grambling State	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi Valley State	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Southern	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Texas Southern	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Alcorn State	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee 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

1990 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Youngstown State ^	0	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#7 William & Mary ^	0	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#3 Georgia Southern ^	0	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#18 UCF ^	0	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Liberty	0	–	0	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Samford	0	–	0	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
James Madison	0	–	0	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Nicholls State	0	–	0	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Arkansas State	0	–	0	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Western Kentucky	0	–	0	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Towson	0	–	0	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Northeastern	0	–	0	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

Conference champions

Conference	Champion
Big Sky Conference	Nevada
Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference	Northern Iowa
Ivy League	Cornell and Dartmouth
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Florida A&M
Ohio Valley Conference	Eastern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State
Patriot League	Holy Cross
Southern Conference	Furman
Southland Conference	Northeast Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Jackson State
Yankee Conference	Massachusetts

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round November 24 Campus Sites		Quarterfinals December 1 Campus Sites		Semifinals December 8 Campus Sites		National Championship Game December 15 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA


Jackson State	7

Middle Tennessee State*	28
		Middle Tennessee State	13

		Boise State*	20
Northern Iowa	3

Boise State*	20
				Boise State	52

				Nevada*	59***
Northeast Louisiana	14

Nevada*	27
		Nevada*	42***

		Furman	35
Furman	45

Eastern Kentucky*	17
						Nevada	13

						Georgia Southern	36
Central Florida	20

Youngstown State	17
		Central Florida*	52

		William & Mary	38
Massachusetts	0

William & Mary*	38
				Central Florida	7

				Georgia Southern*	44
The Citadel	0

Georgia Southern*	31
		Georgia Southern*	28

		Idaho	27
Idaho	41

Southwest Missouri State*	35

* By team name denotes host institution

* By score denotes overtime periods

References

↑ "1990 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2013.

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[1] "1990 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2013.

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