1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season


The 1994 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-AA level, began in August 1994, and concluded with the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 17, 1994, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The defending champion Youngstown State Penguins won their third I-AA championship, defeating the Boise State Broncos by a final score of 28−14. It was the fourth consecutive year that Youngstown State played in the I-AA title game.

Conference changes and new programs

Conference standings

Conference champions

Conference Champions

American West Conference – Cal Poly
Big Sky Conference – Boise State
Gateway Football Conference – Northern Iowa
Ivy League – Penn
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Marist and St. John's
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina State
Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky
Patriot League – Lafayette
Pioneer Football League – Butler and Dayton
Southern Conference – Marshall
Southland Conference – North Texas
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alcorn State and Grambling State
Yankee Conference – New Hampshire

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

Only the top four teams in the bracket were seeded. The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been determined in March 1994.
* By team name denotes host institution
* By score denotes overtime periods
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