2005 NCAA Division I FCS football season

2005 NCAA Division I-AA season
2005 I-AA National Championship trophy (left).
Duration	September 1 – November 25
Playoff
Duration	November 26 – December 16
Championship site	Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, TN
Champion	Appalachian State Mountaineers
Payton Award	Erik Meyer
Buchanan Award	Chris Gocong
Division I-AA football season
«2004 2006»

2005 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North
#5 New Hampshire x$^		7	–	1					11	–	2
#19 UMass		6	–	2					7	–	4
Hofstra		6	–	3					8	–	4
Maine		3	–	5					5	–	6
Northeastern		3	–	6					3	–	9
Rhode Island		2	–	6					4	–	7
South
#8 Richmond x$^		7	–	1					9	–	4
#25 James Madison		5	–	3					7	–	4
Towson		4	–	5					7	–	4
Delaware		3	–	5					6	–	5
William & Mary		3	–	5					5	–	6
Villanova		2	–	6					4	–	7
+ – Conference co-champions x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2005 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#13 E. Washington $^		5	–	2					7	–	5
#18 Montana State		5	–	2					7	–	4
#12 Montana ^		5	–	2					8	–	4
Portland State		4	–	3					6	–	5
Weber State		4	–	3					6	–	5
Idaho State		3	–	4					5	–	6
Sacramento State		1	–	6					2	–	9
Northern Arizona		1	–	6					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

2005 Big South football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#24 Coastal Carolina $		3	–	1					9	–	2
Charleston Southern		3	–	1					7	–	4
Gardner–Webb		2	–	2					5	–	6
VMI		2	–	2					3	–	8
Liberty		0	–	4					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2005 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Brown $		6	–	1					9	–	1
Princeton		5	–	2					7	–	3
Harvard		5	–	2					7	–	3
Yale		4	–	3					4	–	6
Cornell		4	–	3					6	–	4
Penn		3	–	4					5	–	5
Dartmouth		1	–	6					2	–	8
Columbia		0	–	7					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion

2005 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#1 Appalachian State $^		6	–	1					12	–	3
#3 Furman ^		5	–	2					11	–	3
#9 Georgia Southern ^		5	–	2					8	–	4
Western Carolina		4	–	3					5	–	4
Wofford		3	–	4					6	–	5
Chattanooga		3	–	4					6	–	5
The Citadel		2	–	5					4	–	7
Elon		0	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

2005 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Texas State $^	5	–	1	–	0			11	–	3	–	0
#17 Nicholls State ^	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
McNeese State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Northwestern State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Southeastern Louisiana	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sam Houston State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Stephen F. Austin	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

2005 SWAC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East
Alabama A&M x		7	–	2					9	–	3
Alabama State		6	–	3					6	–	5
Mississippi Valley State		5	–	4					6	–	5
Alcorn State		5	–	4					6	–	5
Jackson State		2	–	7					2	–	9
West
Grambling State x$		9	–	0					11	–	1
Southern		4	–	5					4	–	5
Prairie View A&M		3	–	6					5	–	6
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		3	–	6					3	–	8
Texas Southern		1	–	8					1	–	10
Championship: Grambling State 45, Alabama A&M 6 December 10, 2005
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

The 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of the college football season, began on September 1, 2005 and concluded on December 16, 2005 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the Appalachian State Mountaineers defeated the Northern Iowa Panthers to win the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship.

There are several rules that have changed for the 2005 season. Following are some highlights:

December 16
Finley Stadium
Chattanooga, Tennessee

* Host institution

Standings are from The Sports Network final 2005 poll.

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