# 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

The 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the NCAA Division I-AA football committee. This is for the 1984 season.
Tennessee State was ranked number 1 in the next to last poll of the year and was unranked in the last poll. This was the result of 14 players being declared ineligible prior to the Division I-AA final poll and playoffs. Tennessee State finished 11–0, but was not invited to the post-season.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

| | Week 1 Sept 18 | Week 2 Sept 25 | Week 3 Oct 2 | Week 4 Oct 9 | Week 5 Oct 16 | Week 6 Oct 23 | Week 7 Oct 30 | Week 8 Nov 6 | Week 9 Nov 13 | Week 10 Nov 20 | |
| 1. | Furman (3–0) (8) | Furman (4–0) | Indiana State (4–0) | Indiana State (5–0) | Indiana State (6–0) | Indiana State (7–0) (4) | Indiana State (8–0) | Indiana State (9–0) (4) | Tennessee State (10–0) (4) | Alcorn State (9–0) (4) | 1. |
| 2. | McNeese State (3–0) | Indiana State (3–0) | McNeese State (4–0) | Holy Cross (4–0) | Holy Cross (5–0) | Holy Cross (6–0) | Holy Cross (7–0) | Tennessee State (9–0) | Alcorn State (8–0) | Montana State (9–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Indiana State (2–0) | McNeese State (4–0) | Holy Cross (3–0) | Murray State (5–0) | Tennessee State (6–0) | Tennessee State (7–0) | Tennessee State (8–0) | Alcorn State (7–0) | Indiana State (9–1) | Rhode Island (9–2) | 3. |
| 4. | Northeast Louisiana (3–0) | Holy Cross (2–0) | Murray State (4–0) | Alcorn State (4–0) | Alcorn State (4–0) | Alcorn State (5–0) | Alcorn State (6–0) | New Hampshire (8–1) | New Hampshire (9–1) | Boston University (9–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Holy Cross (1–0) | Northeast Louisiana (3–0) | Boston University (4–0) | Boston University (5–0) | Middle Tennessee State (6–0) | Mississippi Valley State (6–0) | Mississippi Valley State (7–0) | Boston University (7–2) | Boston University (8–2) | Indiana State (9–2) | 5. |
| 6. | Murray State (2–0) | Murray State (3–0) | Furman (4–1) | Furman (4–1) | Furman (5–1) | Rhode Island (7–1) | Rhode Island (8–1) | Holy Cross (7–1) | Montana State (8–2) т | Mississippi Valley State (9–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Boston University (2–0) | Delaware State (3–0) | Alcorn State (3–0) | Tennessee State (5–0) | McNeese State (5–1) | Middle Tennessee State (6–1) | Georgia Southern (8–1) | Northeast Louisiana (7–2) | Rhode Island (9–2) т | Middle Tennessee State (9–2) | 7. |
| 8. | William & Mary (2–0) | Boston University (3–0) | Chattanooga (3–1) | Middle Tennessee State (5–0) | Mississippi Valley State (5–0) | Boise State (5–2) | New Hampshire (7–1) | Mississippi Valley State (7–1) | Mississippi Valley State (8–1) | Eastern Kentucky (8–3) | 8. |
| 9. | Delaware State (2–0) | Arkansas State (3–1) | Tennessee State (4–0) | Arkansas State (4–2) | Murray State (5–1) | McNeese State (5–1–1) | Louisiana Tech (6–3) | Rhode Island (8–2) | Middle Tennessee State (8–2) | Louisiana Tech (7–4) | 9. |
| 10. | Tennessee State (3–0) | Alcorn State (2–0) | Colgate (3–1) | McNeese State (4–1) | Northeast Louisiana (5–1) | Murray State (6–1) | Northeast Louisiana (6–2) | Montana State (7–2) | Eastern Kentucky (7–3) | Arkansas State (7–3–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Marshall (3–0) | Southern (3–0) | Northern Iowa (4–0) | Northeast Louisiana (4–1) | Rhode Island (6–1) | Georgia Southern (7–1) | Colgate (5–2) | Georgia Southern (8–2) | Louisiana Tech (7–4) | New Hampshire (9–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Northern Arizona (3–0) | Colgate (2–1) т | Eastern Kentucky (3–1) | Colgate (3–1) | William & Mary (4–2) | Furman (5–2) | Arkansas State (5–3–1) | Eastern Kentucky (6–3) т | Arkansas State (6–3–1) | Richmond (7–3) | 12. |
| 13. | Alcorn State (2–0) | Western Illinois (3–0–1) т | Arkansas State (3–2) т | East Tennessee State (4–1) | Georgia Southern (6–1) | New Hampshire (6–1) | Boston University (6–2) | Middle Tennessee State (7–2) т | Richmond (6–3) | Murray State (9–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Illinois State (2–1) | Northern Arizona (3–1) | Middle Tennessee State (4–0) т | Rhode Island (5–1) | Boise State (4–2) т | Louisiana Tech (5–3) | Middle Tennessee State (6–2) | Arkansas State (5–3–1) | Murray State (8–2) | Western Carolina (8–3) | 14. |
| 15. | East Tennessee State (2–0) т | Marshall (3–1) | Northeast Louisiana (3–1) т | Boise State (3–2) | Boston University (5–1) т | Colgate (4–2) | Montana State (6–2) | The Citadel (6–3) | The Citadel (7–3) | Holy Cross (8–2) | 15. |
| 16. | Lehigh (2–0) т | Northern Iowa (3–1) | Rhode Island (4–1) | Lehigh (4–1) т | New Hampshire (4–2) | Northeast Louisiana (5–2) | Eastern Kentucky (5–3) | Murray State (7–2) | Northwestern State (7–3) т | Furman (8–3) | 16. |
| 17. | Arkansas State (2–1) | Eastern Kentucky (2–1) | Idaho State (3–1) | Georgia Southern (5–1) | Eastern Kentucky (4–2) т | UT Arlington (5–2) | Murray State (6–2) | Boise State (6–3) | Western Carolina (8–3) т | Chattanooga (6–4) | 17. |
| 18. | Southwest Texas State (2–0) т | Idaho State (2–1) т | Bethune–Cookman (3–1) | New Hampshire (4–1) | Louisiana Tech (4–3) т | Boston University (5–2) | Chattanooga (6–2) | Western Carolina (7–3) | William & Mary (6–4) | Northern Iowa (9–2) | 18. |
| 19. | Mississippi Valley State (2–0) т | Rhode Island (3–1) т | Lehigh (3–1) | Western Carolina (4–2) | East Tennessee State (4–2) | William & Mary (4–3) | Bethune–Cookman (6–2) т | Richmond (5–3) | Holy Cross (7–2) т | Delaware (8–3) | 19. |
| 20. | New Hampshire (2–0) | Chattanooga (2–1) | Delaware State (3–1) | Chattanooga (3–2) | Colgate (3–2) | Arkansas State (4–3–1) | The Citadel (5–3) т | Louisiana Tech (6–4) т | Chattanooga (6–3) т | McNeese State (7–3–1) | 20. |
| 21. | | | | | | | Northern Iowa (7–1) т | Delaware State (7–2) т | | | 21. |
| | Week 1 Sept 18 | Week 2 Sept 25 | Week 3 Oct 2 | Week 4 Oct 9 | Week 5 Oct 16 | Week 6 Oct 23 | Week 7 Oct 30 | Week 8 Nov 6 | Week 9 Nov 13 | Week 10 Nov 20 | |
| | | Dropped: 8 William & Mary10 Tennessee State14 Illinois State15 East Tennessee State16 Lehigh18 Southwest Texas State19 Mississippi Valley State20 New Hampshire | Dropped: 11 Southern13 Western Illinois14 Northern Arizona15 Marshall | Dropped: 11 Northern Iowa12 Eastern Kentucky17 Idaho State18 Bethune–Cookman20 Delaware State | Dropped: 9 Arkansas State16 Lehigh19 Western Carolina20 Chattanooga | Dropped: 17 Eastern Kentucky19 East Tennessee State | Dropped: 8 Boise State9 McNeese State12 Furman17 UT Arlington19 William & Mary | Dropped: 11 Colgate18 Chattanooga19 Bethune–Cookman20 Northern Iowa | Dropped: 7 Northeast Louisiana11 Georgia Southern17 Boise State20 Delaware State | Dropped: 1 Tennessee State15 The Citadel16 Northwestern State18 William & Mary | |