2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season

2008 NCAA Division I FCS season
Logo for the 2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
Duration	August 28 – November 22
Playoff
Duration	November 29 – December 19
Championship site	Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, TN
Champion	Richmond Spiders
Payton Award	Armanti Edwards
Buchanan Award	Greg Peach
Division I FCS football season
«2007 2009»

2008 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#2 Montana $^		7	–	1					14	–	2
#7 Weber State $^		7	–	1					10	–	4
Montana State		5	–	3					7	–	5
Eastern Washington		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4					6	–	5
Sacramento State		3	–	5					6	–	6
Portland State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Northern Colorado		1	–	7					1	–	10
Idaho State		1	–	7					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2008 Big South football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#14 Liberty $		5	–	0					10	–	2
Stony Brook		3	–	2					5	–	6
Charleston Southern		3	–	2					7	–	5
Gardner–Webb		2	–	3					5	–	6
Coastal Carolina		1	–	4					6	–	6
VMI		1	–	4					4	–	7
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2008 CAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North
#8 New Hampshire x^		6	–	2					10	–	3
#18 Maine ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
UMass		4	–	4					7	–	5
Hofstra		2	–	6					4	–	8
Rhode Island		1	–	7					3	–	9
Northeastern		1	–	7					2	–	10
South
#3 James Madison x$^		8	–	0					12	–	2
#6 Villanova ^		7	–	1					10	–	3
#1 Richmond ^		6	–	2					13	–	3
#20 William & Mary		5	–	3					7	–	4
Delaware		2	–	6					4	–	8
Towson		1	–	7					3	–	9
x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2008 Great West football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#10 Cal Poly $^		3	–	0					8	–	3
UC Davis		2	–	1					5	–	7
North Dakota		1	–	2					6	–	4
South Dakota		1	–	2					6	–	5
Southern Utah		1	–	3					4	–	7
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2008 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#15 Harvard $		6	–	1					9	–	1
Brown		6	–	1					7	–	3
Penn		5	–	2					6	–	4
Yale		4	–	3					6	–	4
Princeton		3	–	4					4	–	6
Cornell		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					2	–	8
Dartmouth		0	–	7					0	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2008 MEAC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
South Carolina State $^		8	–	0					10	–	2
Florida A&M		5	–	3					9	–	3
Bethune-Cookman		5	–	3					8	–	3
Hampton		5	–	3					6	–	5
Delaware State		5	–	3					5	–	6
Morgan State		4	–	4					6	–	6
Norfolk State		3	–	5					5	–	7
North Carolina A&T		1	–	7					3	–	9
Winston-Salem State*		0	–	0					3	–	8
Howard		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * Not eligible for conference championship Rankings from AP Poll

2008 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#4 Northern Iowa $^		7	–	1					12	–	3
#11 Southern Illinois ^		7	–	1					9	–	3
South Dakota State		6	–	2					7	–	5
Western Illinois		4	–	4					6	–	5
North Dakota State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Missouri State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Youngstown State		3	–	5					4	–	8
Illinois State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Indiana State		0	–	8					0	–	12
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2008 NEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Albany $		7	–	0					9	–	3
Monmouth		6	–	1					7	–	5
Sacred Heart		4	–	3					8	–	3
Central Connecticut State		4	–	3					7	–	4
Robert Morris		4	–	3					5	–	6
Duquesne		2	–	5					3	–	7
Wagner		1	–	6					3	–	8
Saint Francis		0	–	7					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2008 Ohio Valley football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#19 Eastern Kentucky $^		7	–	1					8	–	4
Jacksonville State		6	–	2					8	–	3
Tennessee-Martin		6	–	2					8	–	4
Tennessee State		5	–	3					8	–	4
Murray State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Eastern Illinois		3	–	5					5	–	7
Southeast Missouri State		2	–	6					4	–	8
Austin Peay		2	–	6					2	–	9
Tennessee Tech		1	–	7					3	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2008 NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football season, part of the college football season, began on August 28, 2008 and concluded on December 19, 2008 in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the 2008 NCAA Division I National Football Championship game, where the Richmond Spiders defeated the Montana Grizzlies to win the NCAA Division I Football Championship.

The NCAA football rules committee made several rule changes for 2008, and includes the following:

In addition to the rules changes, this was the first season in which a standard provision of NCAA rules allowed FCS teams to schedule 12 regular-season games (not counting conference championship games). In years when the period starting with the Thursday before Labor Day and ending with the final Saturday in November contains 14 Saturdays, FCS programs may play 12 games instead of the regular 11.

*Overall record, Conference record

December 19
Finley Stadium
Chattanooga, Tennessee

* Host institution

The Gridiron Classic is an annual game between the champions of the Northeast Conference and the Pioneer Football League that has been held since December 2006.

Standings are from The Sports Network final 2008 poll.

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