Final Conference Standings
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | ||||||
| Maryland (C) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 125 |
| Clemson | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 245 | 150 |
| Virginia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 189 | 163 |
| Georgia Tech | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 142 | 102 |
| North Carolina | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 131 | 145 |
| Wake Forest | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 105 | 161 |
| North Carolina State | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 131 | 214 |
| Duke | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 216 |
| Ivy League | ||||||
| Pennsylvania (C) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 90 |
| Yale | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 169 | 165 |
| Harvard | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 155 | 139 |
| Brown | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 135 | 159 |
| Princeton | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 162 | 137 |
| Dartmouth | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 144 | 158 |
| Cornell | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 116 |
| Columbia | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 87 | 224 |
| Big Ten Conference | ||||||
| Ohio State (C) | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 308 | 166 |
| Illinois | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 274 | 171 |
| Purdue | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 222 | 207 |
| Iowa | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 211 | 157 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 161 | 138 |
| Michigan | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 164 | 142 |
| Michigan State | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 148 |
| Minnesota | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 156 | 254 |
| Northwestern | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 126 | 310 |
| Indiana | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 147 | 259 |
| Mid-American Conference | ||||||
| Toledo (C) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 130 | 82 |
| Bowling Green | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 258 | 139 |
| Central Michigan | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 220 | 107 |
| Ohio University | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 128 | 183 |
| Northern Illinois | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 128 |
| Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 120 | 112 |
| Ball State | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 104 | 199 |
| Western Michigan | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 151 | 192 |
| Kent State | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 111 | 140 |
| Eastern Michigan | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 127 | 166 |
| Southeastern Conference | ||||||
| Florida (C) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 33 |
| Louisiana State | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 117 |
| Auburn | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 97 |
| Georgia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 116 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 95 | 141 |
| Tennessee | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 150 | 141 |
| Vanderbilt | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 160 | 193 |
| Alabama | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 133 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 115 | 148 |
| Mississisppi State | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 132 |
| Southwest Conference | ||||||
| Houston (C) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 147 |
| Southern Methodist | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 198 | 144 |
| Texas | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 169 | 161 |
| Texas Christian | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 224 | 238 |
| Arkansas | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 188 | 195 |
| Baylor | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 182 | 175 |
| Texas A&M | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 165 | 162 |
| Texas Tech | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 112 | 177 |
| Rice | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 150 | 295 |
| Big Eight Conference | ||||||
| Nebraska (C) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 228 | 71 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 179 | 89 |
| Oklahoma State | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 94 |
| Kansas | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 148 | 185 |
| Missouri | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 191 | 190 |
| Kansas State | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 116 | 201 |
| Colorado | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 101 | 225 |
| Iowa State | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 76 | 149 |
| Missouri Valley Conference | ||||||
| Tulsa (C) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 61 |
| Indiana State | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 44 |
| Illinois State | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 54 |
| Wichita State | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 92 |
| Drake | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 107 |
| West Texas State | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 94 |
| Southrn Illinois | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 129 |
| Western Athletic Conference | ||||||
| Brigham Young (C) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 289 | 111 |
| Hawaii | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 155 | 116 |
| Utah | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 213 | 157 |
| San Diego State | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 203 | 165 |
| Air Force | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 209 | 131 |
| Wyoming | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 237 | 217 |
| Colorado State | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 267 |
| New Mexico | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 132 | 276 |
| Texas – El Paso | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 130 | 313 |
| Pacific 10 Conference | ||||||
| Southern California (C) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 148 | 107 |
| Washington | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 103 |
| UCLA | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 121 |
| Arizona | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 148 | 108 |
| Washington State | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 167 |
| Arizona State | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 157 | 92 |
| Stanford | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 170 | 214 |
| Oregon | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 156 | 196 |
| Oregon State | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 202 |
| California | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 104 | 219 |
| Major Independents | ||||||
| South Carolina (C) | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 357 | 237 |
| Boston College | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 404 | 268 |
| Virginia Tech | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 127 |
| Army | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 310 | 212 |
| Florida State | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 389 | 237 |
| Rutgers | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 213 | 155 |
| Miami | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 365 | 275 |
| Notre Dame | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 279 | 212 |
| West Virginia | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 228 | 156 |
| Penn State | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 209 | 230 |
| Southwest Louisiana | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 196 |
| Syracuse | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 151 | 151 |
| Temple | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 226 | 180 |
| Memphis State | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 201 | 178 |
| Navy | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 240 | 254 |
| Southern Mississippi | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 188 | 243 |
Report
The Conference Champions in Division 1A NCAA Football in 1984 were Pennsylvania (Ivy League), Maryland (ACC), Toledo (MAC), Ohio State (Big 10), Florida (SEC), Nebraska (Big 8), Houston (SWC), Tulsa (MVC), Southern California (PAC-10), Brigham Young (WAC). Notre Dame, the Irish Catholic University, finished with a 7-4 Wins-Losses Record in the Major Independents.
References
Magazines
[2] Anon. (1984) “Major College Final Conference Standings – 1984” Touchdown. Volume 3 Number 3. pg. 40
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Colm Kincaid.
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