The 1988 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-AA level, began in August 1988, and concluded with the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 17, 1988, at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. The Furman Paladins won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Georgia Southern Eagles by a score of 17−12.
Conference changes and new programs School 1987 Conference 1988 Conference Florida A&M I-AA Independent MEAC Liberty D-II Independent I-AA Independent Tennessee State I-AA Independent Ohio Valley Villanova I-AA Independent Yankee Youngstown State Ohio Valley I-AA Independent
Conference standings
Conference champions
Conference ChampionsBig Sky Conference – Idaho Colonial League – Lafayette Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Western Illinois Ivy League – Cornell and Penn Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Bethune-Cookman, Delaware State, and Florida A&M Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Southern Conference – Furman and Marshall Southland Conference – Northwestern State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State Yankee Conference – Delaware and Massachusetts
Postseason The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the first round.
NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
* Next to team name denotes host institution
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