1985 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

The 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the NCAA Division I-AA football committee. This is for the 1985 season.

Legend

  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
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  Win–loss record
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  Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Week 1
Sept 24[1]
Week 2
Oct 1[2]
Week 3
Oct 8[3]
Week 4
Oct 15[4]
Week 5
Oct 22[5]
Week 6
Oct 29[6]
Week 7
Nov 5[7]
Week 8
Nov 12[8]
Week 9
Nov 19[9]
Week 10
Nov 26[10]
1.Richmond (3–0)Richmond (4–0)Richmond (5–0)Richmond (6–0)Richmond (7–0)Middle Tennessee State (7–0)Middle Tennessee State (8–0)Middle Tennessee State (9–0)Middle Tennessee State (10–0)Middle Tennessee State (11–0)1.
2.Nevada (3–0)Grambling State (3–0)Grambling State (4–0)Grambling State (5–0)Grambling State (6–0)Furman (7–1)Furman (8–1)Furman (8–1)Furman (9–1) тFurman (10–1) т2.
3.Marshall (4–0)Marshall (5–0)Idaho (4–1) тMiddle Tennessee State (5–0)Middle Tennessee State (6–0)Nevada (7–1)Nevada (8–1)Nevada (9–1)Nevada (10–1) тNevada (10–1) т3.
4.Grambling State (2–0)Middle Tennessee State (4–0)Middle Tennessee State (4–0) тIdaho (5–1)Idaho (6–1)Richmond (7–1)Grambling State (7–1)Grambling State (8–1)Northern Iowa (9–1)Northern Iowa (10–1)4.
5.Middle Tennessee State (3–0)William & Mary (3–1)William & Mary (4–1) тFurman (5–1)Furman (6–1)Grambling State (6–1) тNorthern Iowa (7–1)Northern Iowa (8–1)Idaho (8–2)Idaho (9–2)5.
6.Arkansas State (2–2)Idaho (3–1)Murray State (4–0–1)Mississippi Valley State (5–0)Nevada (6–1)Northern Iowa (6–1) тIdaho (7–2)Idaho (8–2)Arkansas State (7–3)Arkansas State (8–3)6.
7.William & Mary (2–1)Murray State (3–0–1)Marshall (5–0–1)Nevada (5–1)Northern Iowa (5–1)Georgia Southern (6–1)Mississippi Valley State (7–1)Arkansas State (6–3) тRhode Island (9–2)Rhode Island (9–2)7.
8.Delaware State (4–0) тIllinois State (3–0–1) тMississippi Valley State (5–0)Louisiana Tech (5–1) тGeorgia Southern (5–1)Idaho (6–2)Arkansas State (5–3)Akron (7–2) тGrambling State (8–2) тGrambling State (9–2)8.
9.Murray State (2–0–1) тMississippi Valley State (4–0) тFurman (4–1)Northern Iowa (5–1) тDelaware State (6–1)Mississippi Valley State (6–1) тLouisiana Tech (7–2) тRichmond (8–2)Murray State (7–2–1) тGeorgia Southern (9–2)9.
10.Idaho (2–1)Furman (3–1)Eastern Washington (5–0)Georgia Southern (5–1)Eastern Washington (6–1)Eastern Washington (6–1) тAkron (6–2) тRhode Island (8–2)Georgia Southern (8–2) тAkron (8–3)10.
11.Lamar Tech (3–0)Nevada (3–1)Nevada (5–0)Delaware State (6–1)Marshall (6–1–1)Marshall (6–1–1)Richmond (7–2)Murray State (7–2–1)Eastern Washington (7–2)Eastern Washington (8–2)11.
12.Illinois State (2–0–1)Louisiana Tech (3–1) тNorthern Iowa (4–1) тWilliam & Mary (4–2)Mississippi Valley State (5–1)Louisiana Tech (6–2)Rhode Island (7–2)Georgia Southern (7–2)Delaware State (8–2)Appalachian State (8–3) т12.
13.Mississippi Valley State (3–0)Western Carolina (3–1) тLouisiana Tech (4–1) тMurray State (4–1–1) тAkron (5–2)Akron (5–2)Murray State (6–2–1)Delaware (7–3) тAkron (7–3)Delaware State (9–2) т13.
14.Delaware (2–1)Northern Iowa (3–1)Western Carolina (3–1–1)Northeast Louisiana (4–1) тArkansas State (4–3)New Hampshire (6–1)Colgate (6–2)Eastern Washington (6–2) тJackson State (7–2)Louisiana Tech (8–3)14.
15.Rhode Island (2–1)Lamar Tech (3–1)Lamar Tech (3–1)Southwest Missouri State (4–1–1)Appalachian State (4–2)Arkansas State (4–3)Eastern Washington (6–2)Delaware State (7–2)Alcorn State (7–2)Jackson State (8–2)15.
16.Appalachian State (2–1)Harvard (2–0)Delaware State (5–1)Marshall (5–1–1)Colgate (5–1)Murray State (5–2–1)Georgia Southern (6–2)Jackson State (7–2)Mississippi Valley State (8–2)William & Mary (7–4)16.
17.UMass (2–1) [note 1]Delaware State (4–1)Eastern Kentucky (3–1) тEastern Washington (5–1)Delaware (5–2)Rhode Island (6–2) тDelaware (6–3) тColgate (6–2–1)Appalachian State (7–3)Murray State (7–3–1)17.
18.Furman (2–1)Southwest Missouri State (3–1–1)Southwest Missouri State (4–1–1) тAkron (4–2)Louisiana Tech (5–2)Eastern Kentucky (5–2) тDelaware State (6–2) тMississippi Valley State (7–2) тWilliam & Mary (7–4)Richmond (8–3)18.
19.Western Carolina (2–1)Eastern Kentucky (2–1)Georgia Southern (4–1)Appalachian State (3–2) тMurray State (4–2–1)Idaho State (5–2) тPenn (6–1) тAlcorn State (6–2) тLouisiana Tech (8–3)Eastern Kentucky (8–3)19.
20.Louisiana Tech (2–1)North Texas State (2–2)Holy Cross (3–1)Western Carolina (3–2–1) тNew Hampshire (5–1)Delaware State (6–2) тChattanooga (5–3)Marshall (7–2–1)Richmond (8–3) тAlcorn State (8–3)20.
21.   Southern (4–1) т    Boise State (7–3) т 21.
22.   Arkansas State (3–3) т      22.
23.   Colgate (4–1) т      23.
24.   Delaware (4–2) т      24.
Week 1
Sept 24[11]
Week 2
Oct 1[12]
Week 3
Oct 8[13]
Week 4
Oct 15[14]
Week 5
Oct 22[15]
Week 6
Oct 29[16]
Week 7
Nov 5[17]
Week 8
Nov 12[18]
Week 9
Nov 19[19]
Week 10
Nov 26[20]
Dropped:
  • 6 Arkansas State
  • 14 Delaware
  • 15 Rhode Island
  • 16 Appalachian State
  • 17 UMass
Dropped:
  • 8 Illinois State
  • 16 Harvard
  • 20 North Texas State
Dropped:
  • 15 Lamar Tech
  • 17 Eastern Kentucky
  • 20 Holy Cross
Dropped:
  • 12 William & Mary
  • 14 Northeast Louisiana
  • 15 Southwest Missouri State
  • 20 Western Carolina
  • 20 Southern
Dropped:
  • 15 Appalachian State
  • 16 Colgate
  • 17 Delaware
Dropped:
  • 11 Marshall
  • 14 New Hampshire
  • 18 Eastern Kentucky
  • 19 Idaho State
Dropped:
  • 9 Louisiana Tech
  • 19 Penn
  • 20 Chattanooga
Dropped:
  • 13 Delaware
  • 17 Colgate
  • 20 Marshall
Dropped:
  • 16 Mississippi Valley State
  • 20 Boise State

Notes

  1. In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts

References

  1. "Furman 18th in I-AA poll". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. September 24, 1985. p. C1. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  2. "Division I-AA poll". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. October 2, 1985. p. 5-C. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. "Paladins now No. 9". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 8, 1985. p. C1. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. "Paladins climb to 5th spot". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 15, 1985. p. C1. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  5. "Paladins stay at No. 5". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 22, 1985. p. C1. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  6. "Furman ranked No. 2". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 29, 1985. p. C1. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  7. "Paladins stay at No. 2". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. November 5, 1985. p. C1. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  8. "Furman stays in second spot". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. November 12, 1985. p. C2. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  9. "Furman tied for second". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. November 19, 1985. p. 2C. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  10. "NCAA I-AA poll". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. November 27, 1985. p. 15. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
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  12. "Division I-AA poll". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. October 2, 1985. p. 5-C. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  13. "Paladins now No. 9". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 8, 1985. p. C1. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  14. "Paladins climb to 5th spot". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 15, 1985. p. C1. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  15. "Paladins stay at No. 5". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 22, 1985. p. C1. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  16. "Furman ranked No. 2". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 29, 1985. p. C1. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  17. "Paladins stay at No. 2". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. November 5, 1985. p. C1. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  18. "Furman stays in second spot". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. November 12, 1985. p. C2. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  19. "Furman tied for second". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. November 19, 1985. p. 2C. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
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