The 1990 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 1990, and concluded with the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 15, 1990, at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their fourth I-AA championship, defeating the Nevada Wolf Pack by a score of 36–13.
Conference changes and new programs The Colonial League adopted its present-day Patriot League name, and began to sponsor sports other than football.
School 1989 Conference 1990 Conference Central Florida D-II Independent I-AA Independent Fordham I-AA Independent Patriot Lamar I-AA Independent Dropped Program Prairie View A&M SWAC Dropped Program
Conference standings
Conference champions
Conference ChampionBig Sky Conference NevadaGateway Collegiate Athletic Conference Northern IowaIvy League Cornell and DartmouthMid-Eastern Athletic Conference Florida A&MOhio Valley Conference Eastern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee StatePatriot League Holy CrossSouthern Conference FurmanSouthland Conference Northeast LouisianaSouthwestern Athletic Conference Jackson StateYankee Conference Massachusetts
Postseason The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the opening round. The location of the final, the Georgia Southern Eagles' Paulson Stadium, had been predetermined via a three-year agreement the university reached with the NCAA in February 1989.
NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
* By team name denotes host institution
* By score denotes overtime periods
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