1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1992 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	September 5 – November 21, 1992
Playoff
Duration	November 28 – December 19, 1992
Championship site	Marshall University Stadium, Huntington, WV
Champion	Marshall
Payton Award	Michael Payton
Division I-AA football season
«1991 1993»

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

School	1991 Conference	1992 Conference
Arkansas State	I-AA Independent	I-A Independent
Nevada	Big Sky (I-AA)	Big West (I-A)
Nicholls State	I-AA Independent	Southland
Tennessee–Martin	D-II Independent	Ohio Valley

Conference standings

1992 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Idaho $^	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
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.

Template:1992 Ivy League football standings

Template:1992 Gateway Football Conference standings

Template:1992 MEAC football standings

Template:1992 Ohio Valley football standings

Template:1992 Patriot League football standings

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
Team	W		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
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
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
Team	W		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

Template:1992 Division I-AA independent football standings

Conference champions

This is a listing of conference champions.^[1]

Conference	Champion
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

For the full rankings, see 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

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

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

1992 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Alcorn State Appalachian State The Citadel Delaware Eastern Kentucky Eastern Washington Idaho Marshall McNeese State Middle Tennessee North Carolina A&T Northeast Louisiana Northern Iowa Samford Villanova Youngstown State

Champion – Marshall Thundering Herd

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