1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1992 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Duration September 5 – November 21, 1992
Playoff
Duration November 28 – December 19, 1992
Championship date December 19, 1992
Championship site Marshall University Stadium, Huntington, West Virginia
Champion Marshall
Payton Award Michael Payton
Division I-AA football season

The 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of the college football season, began on September 5, 1992, and concluded on December 19, 1992, in Huntington, West Virginia, where the Marshall Thundering Herd defeated the Youngstown State Penguins to win the NCAA Division I Football Championship.

Notable changes

Prior to the season, the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, otherwise a women's sports league but sponsoring football as its only men's sport since the 1985 collapse of the football side of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), merged into the MVC. The football league became the standalone Gateway Football Conference, which became the Missouri Valley Football Conference, its current name, in 2008.

Conference changes

School1991 Conference1992 Conference
Arkansas StateI-AA IndependentI-A Independent
NevadaBig Sky (I-AA)Big West (I-A)
Nicholls StateI-AA IndependentSouthland
Tennessee–MartinD-II IndependentOhio Valley

Conference standings

1992 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#5 Idaho $^ 6 1 0  9 3 0
#14 Eastern Washington ^ 6 1 0  7 4 0
Weber State 4 3 0  6 5 0
Montana 4 3 0  6 5 0
Boise State 3 4 0  5 6 0
Northern Arizona 2 5 0  4 7 0
Montana State 2 5 0  4 7 0
Idaho State 1 6 0  3 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Idaho earned automatic berth and Eastern Washington earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll
(released before playoffs)
1992 Gateway Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#3 Northern Iowa $^  5 1     12 2  
#20 Western Illinois  4 2     7 4  
Southwest Missouri State  4 2     6 5  
Eastern Illinois  2 4     5 6  
Illinois State  2 4     5 6  
Indiana State  2 4     4 7  
Southern Illinois  2 4     4 7  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1992 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Dartmouth +  6 1     8 2  
Princeton +  6 1     8 2  
Penn  5 2     7 3  
Cornell  4 3     7 3  
Harvard  3 4     3 7  
Yale  2 5     4 6  
Columbia  2 5     3 7  
Brown  0 7     0 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll
1992 MEAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#17 North Carolina A&T $^  5 1     9 3  
#15 Florida A&M  4 2     7 4  
South Carolina State  4 2     7 4  
Howard  3 3     7 4  
Delaware State  3 3     6 5  
Bethune–Cookman  2 4     4 7  
Morgan State  0 6     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1992 Ohio Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#4 Middle Tennessee State $^ 8 0 0  10 3 0
#12 Eastern Kentucky ^ 7 1 0  9 3 0
Tennessee Tech 6 2 0  7 4 0
Tennessee State 5 3 0  5 6 0
Morehead State 3 5 0  3 8 0
Austin Peay 2 6 0  3 8 0
UT Martin 2 6 0  3 8 0
Southeast Missouri State 2 6 0  2 9 0
Murray State 1 7 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1992 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Lafayette $ 5 0 0  8 3 0
Holy Cross 4 1 0  6 5 0
Colgate 2 3 0  4 7 0
Lehigh 2 3 0  3 8 0
Bucknell 1 4 0  4 7 0
Fordham 1 4 0  1 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from poll=The Sports Network poll
1992 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#1 The Citadel $^  6 1     11 2  
#6 Marshall ^  5 2     12 3  
#16 Appalachian State ^  5 2     7 5  
Western Carolina  5 2     7 4  
Furman  4 3     6 5  
East Tennessee State  2 5     5 6  
VMI  1 6     3 8  
Chattanooga  0 7     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Poll
1992 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#1 Northeast Louisiana $^ 7 0 0  10 3 0
#11 McNeese State ^ 6 1 0  9 4 0
Northwestern State 4 3 0  7 4 0
Sam Houston State 3 2 2  6 3 2
North Texas 3 4 0  4 7 0
Southwest Texas State 2 4 1  5 5 1
Stephen F. Austin 1 6 0  3 8 0
Nicholls State 0 6 1  1 9 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll
1992 SWAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#18 Alcorn State $^ 7 0 0  7 4 0
Grambling State 6 1 0  10 2 0
Jackson State 4 3 0  7 4 0
Alabama State 3 4 0  5 6 0
Southern 3 4 0  5 6 0
Texas Southern 3 4 0  5 6 0
Mississippi Valley State 2 5 0  4 5 0
Prairie View A&M 0 7 0  0 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
1992 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#8 Delaware $^ 7 1 0  11 3 0
#10 Villanova ^ 6 2 0  9 3 0
UMass 5 3 0  7 3 0
Richmond 5 3 0  7 4 0
Maine 4 4 0  6 5 0
Connecticut 4 4 0  6 5 0
New Hampshire 3 5 0  5 5 1
Boston University 2 6 0  3 8 0
Rhode Island 0 8 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll
1992 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#13 William & Mary 0 0 0  9 2 0
#7 Youngstown State ^ 0 0 0  9 2 1
#9 Samford ^ 0 0 0  9 3 0
#19 Liberty 0 0 0  7 4 0
UCF 0 0 0  6 4 0
Northeastern 0 0 0  5 5 1
Towson 0 0 0  5 5 0
Hofstra 0 0 0  4 6 0
Western Kentucky 0 0 0  4 6 0
James Madison 0 0 0  4 7 0
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Conference champions

This is a listing of conference champions.[1]

ConferenceChampion
Atlantic 10 Conference Delaware
Big Sky Conference Idaho and Eastern Washington
Ivy League Dartmouth and Princeton
Gateway Football Conference Northern Iowa
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference North Carolina A&T
Ohio Valley Conference Middle Tennessee
Patriot League Lafayette
Southern Conference The Citadel
Southland Conference Northeast Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic Conference Alcorn State

Postseason

NCAA FCS Playoff bracket

First Round[2]
November 28
Quarterfinals
December 5
Semifinals
December 12
National Championship Game

December 19
Marshall University Stadium
Huntington, West Virginia

            
Alcorn State 27
1 Northeast Louisiana* 78
1 Northeast Louisiana* 18
Delaware 41
Samford 21
Delaware* 56
Delaware 7
Marshall* 28
Appalachian State 10
4 Middle Tennessee* 35
4 Middle Tennessee 21
Marshall* 35
Eastern Kentucky 0
Marshall* 44
Marshall* 31
Youngstown State 28
North Carolina A&T 0
2 The Citadel* 44
2 The Citadel* 17
Youngstown State 42
Villanova 20
Youngstown State* 23
Youngstown State 19
3 Northern Iowa 7
Eastern Washington 14
3 Northern Iowa* 17
3 Northern Iowa 29
McNeese State 7
McNeese State 23
Idaho* 20

* Host institution

Final poll standings

NCAA [3]
Ranking Team
1 The Citadel
1 Northeast Louisiana
3 Northern Iowa
4 Middle Tennessee
5 Idaho
6 Marshall
7 Youngstown State
8 Delaware
9 Samford
10 Villanova
11 McNeese State
12 Eastern Kentucky
13 William & Mary
14 Eastern Washington
15 Florida A&M
16 Appalachian State
17 North Carolina
18 Alcorn State
19 Liberty
20 Western Illinois

Notes and references

  1. "NCAA Football Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 13. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. "Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. p. 15. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  3. "2013 NCAA Football Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 50. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
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