1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1995 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1995
Playoff
Duration	November 25 – December 16, 1995
Championship site	Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV
Champion	Montana Grizzlies
Payton Award	Dave Dickenson – QB (Montana)
Buchanan Award	Dexter Coakley – LB (Appalachian State)
Division I-AA football season
«1994 1996»

1995 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 Montana $^	6	–	1	–	0	13	–	2	–	0
#17 Idaho ^	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
#21 Boise State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
#22 Northern Arizona	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Weber State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Idaho State	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Montana State	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Eastern Washington	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Montana earned automatic berth and Idaho earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs. Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

1995 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Appalachian State $^		8	–	0		12	–	1
Marshall ^		7	–	1		12	–	3
Georgia Southern ^		5	–	3		9	–	4
Furman		5	–	3		6	–	5
East Tennessee State		4	–	4		4	–	7
VMI		3	–	5		4	–	7
Chattanooga		2	–	6		4	–	7
Western Carolina		2	–	6		3	–	7
The Citadel		0	–	8		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

1995 Ivy League football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Princeton $	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
Pennylvania	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Cornell	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Columbia	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
Brown	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Yale	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Harvard	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

1995 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 McNeese State $^	5	–	0	–	0	13	–	1	–	0
#4 Stephen F. Austin	4	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
Northwestern State	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Sam Houston State	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Southwest Texas State	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Nicholls State	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

1995 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
New England
Rhode Island x	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
#23 Connecticut	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
UMass	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Boston University	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Maine	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Mid–Atlantic
#7 Delaware x$^	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
#13 James Madison ^	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#19 William & Mary	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
#20 Richmond	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Villanova	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northeastern	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 1995 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 Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1995, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 17, 1994, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Montana Grizzlies won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a final score of 22−20.

One team upgraded to Division I-A and two new programs upgraded from Division II.

American West Conference – Sacramento State
Big Sky Conference – Montana
Gateway Football Conference – Eastern Illinois and Northern Iowa
Ivy League – Princeton
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Duquesne
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Florida A&M
Ohio Valley Conference – Murray State
Patriot League – Lehigh
Pioneer Football League – Drake
Southern Conference – Appalachian State
Southland Conference – McNeese State
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State
Yankee Conference – Delaware