The 1985 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 14, 1985, at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas. During the game's five-year stretch in McAllen, the "City of Palms", it was referred to as the Palm Bowl. The North Dakota State Bison defeated the North Alabama Lions, 35–7, to win their second Division II national title.
Conference changes and new programs Cal Lutheran became a full member of the Western Football Conference after joining provisionally in 1984. School 1984 Conference 1985 Conference C.W. Post D-II Independent Liberty (D-III) Eastern New Mexico Independent (NAIA D-I) Lone Star Sacramento State NCAC Western
Conference standings
Conference summaries
Conference ChampionsCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hampton Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Hillsdale Gulf South Conference – North Alabama Heartland Collegiate Conference – Butler and Ashland Lone Star Conference – Texas A&I Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northeast Missouri State North Central Conference – North Dakota State Northern California Athletic Conference – UC Davis Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Duluth Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Bloomsburg Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado Mesa South Atlantic Conference – Mars Hill Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State and Fort Valley State
Postseason
The 1985 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 13th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas, for the fifth, and final, time.
Playoff bracket
See also 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1985 NCAA Division III football season 1985 NAIA Division I football season 1985 NAIA Division II football season
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