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1985 NCAA Division II football season

1985 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season August – November 1985
Playoffs December 1985
National Championship Palm Bowl
Veterans Stadium
McAllen, TX
Champion North Dakota State (2)
1985 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Texas A&I $ 5 0 0     8 3 0
Angelo State 3 2 0     7 4 0
Eastern New Mexico 3 2 0     5 5 0
Abilene Christian 2 3 0     5 4 2
East Texas State 2 3 0     5 5 0
Howard Payne 0 5 0     2 6 2
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1985 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
UC Davis $^ 5 0 0     9 2 0
Chico State 3 1 1     4 4 1
Cal State Hayward 2 2 1     6 3 1
San Francisco State 2 3 0     3 6 1
Sonoma State 1 4 0     3 7 0
Humboldt State 1 4 0     2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1985 Western Football Conference standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Santa Clara $ 4 0 1     8 2 1
Sacramento State 4 1 0     8 3 0
Portland State 2 2 1     4 5 1
Cal Poly 2 3 0     4 7 0
Cal Lutheran 1 4 0     6 5 0
Cal State Northridge 1 4 0     4 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1985 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams 8
Finals Site
Champions
Runner-Up
Semifinalists
Winning Coach

The 1985 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 14, 1985, at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas. During the game's five-year stretch in McAllen, the "City of Palms", it was referred to as the Palm Bowl. The North Dakota State Bison defeated the North Alabama Lions, 35–7, to win their second Division II national title.


Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hampton
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Hillsdale
Gulf South Conference – North Alabama
Lone Star Conference – Texas A&I
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northeast Missouri State
North Central Conference – North Dakota State
Northern California Athletic Conference – UC Davis
Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Duluth
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Bloomsburg
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado Mesa
South Atlantic Conference – Mars Hill
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State and Fort Valley State


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