1985 NCAA Division I-A football season

1985 NCAA Division I-A season
Number of teams	110^[1]
Preseason AP #1	Oklahoma Sooners^[2]
Post-season
Bowl games	18
Heisman Trophy	Bo Jackson, Auburn RB
Winner	Oklahoma Sooners
Division I-A football seasons
← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners, led by head coach Barry Switzer, win the national championship.

Oklahoma finished the season 11-1, with their only loss to Miami at home, in a game in which future NFL star Troy Aikman was lost for the season. The Sooners regrouped and went undefeated the rest of the way, finishing the season with a win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl.

Michigan would finish #2, the highest finish of a Bo Schembechler led team. The team shined on defense, led by All-Americans Mike Hammerstein and Mark Messner.

Tennessee finished the season with a victory over #2 Miami in the Sugar Bowl. This team won the school's first SEC championship in 16 years and was nicknamed the "Sugar Vols". The SEC title was the first of three for coach Johnny Majors.

Air Force Falcons, under Fisher DeBerry had what is considered^[3] their best season ever, defeating Texas in the Bluebonnet Bowl and finishing #5.

This year's edition of the Iron Bowl is widely considered^[4] to be one of the greatest ever. Despite Auburn having Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson on its side, Alabama won this game with a last second field goal.

This would be the last year for the Missouri Valley Conference in Division 1-A football. 5 of the 7 teams in the conference (Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State, Southern Illinois, and West Texas State) would drop from Division 1-A football the following season with the other 2 members (Tulsa and Wichita State) becoming independents the following season.

Rule changes

Kickoffs that sail through the end zone untouched will be placed at the 20-yard line, rescinding a rule adopted in 1984 that required the ball be placed at the 30-yard line.
Offensive lineman will be allowed to use extended arms and open hands on all blocks, not just retreat blocks.
The use of "offset uprights" (two goalposts) is prohibited. All goalposts must now be of the "tuning fork" or "slingshot" style, with the crossbar rising from a single post.

Conference standings

1985 ACC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#18 Maryland $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#19 Georgia Tech	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Virginia	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Clemson	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
North Carolina	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Duke	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
NC State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1985 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#11 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Colorado	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1985 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 Iowa $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#2 Michigan	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
Illinois	5	–	2	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
#14 Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Michigan State	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Indiana	1	–	7	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1985 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Bowling Green $	9	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Miami	7	–	1	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Central Michigan	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Western Michigan	4	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Northern Illinois	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Ball State	3	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Eastern Michigan	3	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Toledo	3	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Kent State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Ohio	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1985 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Tulsa $	3	–	0	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
West Texas State	3	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Illinois State	3	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Indiana State	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Wichita State	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Drake	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Southern Illinois	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1985 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Fresno State $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	1
Cal State Fullerton	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
UNLV	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Long Beach State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Utah State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
San Jose State	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	8	–	1
Pacific	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	7	–	0
New Mexico State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1985 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 UCLA $	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Arizona	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Washington	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Oregon	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
California	2	–	7	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1985 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Tennessee $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	2
#5 Florida	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
#13 Alabama	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
#20 LSU	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	2
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Vanderbilt	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	0	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Florida ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Rankings from AP Poll

1985 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Texas A&M $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#12 Arkansas	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#17 Baylor	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Texas	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
SMU	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Houston	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Texas Tech	1	–	7	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	0	–	8	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1985 WAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 Air Force +	7	–	1	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
#16 BYU +	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	3	–	0
Utah	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Hawaii	4	–	3	–	1	4	–	6	–	2
Colorado State	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	7	–	0
San Diego State	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	6	–	1
New Mexico	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Wyoming	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
UTEP	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1985 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
#9 Miami (FL)		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
#15 Florida State		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–		4	–	8	–	0
Memphis		–		–		2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

AP Final Poll

Final Coaches Poll

Oklahoma
Michigan
Penn St.
Tennessee
Air Force
UCLA
Texas A&M
Miami (FL)
Iowa
Nebraska
Ohio St.
Arkansas
Florida St.
Alabama
Baylor
Fresno St.
Brigham Young
Georgia Tech
Maryland
LSU

Notable rivalry games

AP Poll #1 and #2 progress

WEEKS	#1	#2	Event
PRE-1	Oklahoma	Auburn	Auburn 49, LA-Lafayette 7	Sep 7
2-4	Auburn	Oklahoma	Tennessee 38, Auburn 20	Sep 28
5-6	Iowa	Oklahoma	Oklahoma 14, Texas 7	Oct 12
7	Iowa	Michigan	Iowa 12, Michigan 10	Oct 19
8-9	Iowa	Florida	Ohio State 22, Iowa 13	Nov 2
10	Florida	Penn State	Georgia 24, Florida 3	Nov 9
11-12	Penn State	Nebraska	Oklahoma 27, Nebraska 7	Nov 23
13	Penn State	Air Force	Miami 58, Notre Dame 7	Nov 30
14-15	Penn State	Miami	Oklahoma 25, Penn State 10	Jan 1

Bowl games

Rose Bowl: #13 UCLA 45, #4 Iowa 28
Fiesta: #5 Michigan 27, #7 Nebraska 23
Sugar Bowl: #8 Tennessee 35, #2 Miami (Fl) 7
Cotton Bowl Classic: #11 Texas A&M 36, #16 Auburn 16
Orange Bowl: #3 Oklahoma 25, #1 Penn State 10
Florida Citrus Bowl: #17 Ohio State 10, #9 Brigham Young 7
Gator Bowl: #18 Florida State 34, #19 Oklahoma State 23
Holiday Bowl: #14 Arkansas 18, Arizona State 17
Peach Bowl: Army 31, Illinois 29
Sun Bowl: #20 Arizona 13, Georgia 13
Independence Bowl: Minnesota 20, Clemson 13
Liberty Bowl: Baylor 21, #12 LSU 7
Aloha Bowl: #15 Alabama 24, USC 3
Bluebonnet Bowl: #11 Air Force 24, Texas 16
California Bowl: Fresno State 51, #20 Bowling Green 7
All-American Bowl: #18 Georgia Tech 17, Michigan State 14
Freedom Bowl: Washington 20, Colorado 17
Cherry Bowl: Maryland 35, Syracuse 18

Heisman Trophy voting

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award is given to the

Most Outstanding Player of the year
Winner: Bo Jackson, Auburn, RB (1,509 points)

2. Chuck Long, Iowa, QB (1,464 points)
3. Robbie Bosco, Brigham Young, QB (459 points)
4. Lorenzo White, Michigan State, RB (391 points)
5. Vinny Testaverde, Miami-Fl, QB (249 points)

Other annual awards

Maxwell Award (College Player of the Year) - Chuck Long, Iowa
Walter Camp Award (Back) - Bo Jackson, Auburn
Davey O'Brien Award (Quarterback) - Chuck Long, Iowa
Dick Butkus Award (Linebacker) - Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma
Lombardi Award (Lineman or Linebacker) - Tony Casillas, Oklahoma
Outland Trophy (Interior Lineman) - Mike Ruth, Boston College, 0T
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award - Fisher DeBerry, Air Force

References

↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1985.htm
↑ http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=589
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