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National Champion: Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Bo Jackson (Auburn)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Fisher DeBerry (Air Force)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma ▪ AP Final #1: Oklahoma

Conference Summary

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			Overall					Bowls					SRS		Polls
Rk	Conference	Schs	G	W	L	T	Pct	G	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	Pre	Final	Champion
1	Southeastern Conference	10	115	68	38	9	.630	5	2	2	1	.500	9.25	5.54	3	4	Tennessee
2	Big Ten Conference	10	116	66	48	2	.578	6	3	3	0	.500	7.63	5.37	3	3	Iowa
3	Pacific-10 Conference	10	115	58	55	2	.513	5	2	2	1	.500	3.86	3.21	3	1	UCLA
4	Southwest Conference	9	103	57	46	0	.553	4	3	1	0	.750	3.84	2.88	2	3	Texas A&M
5	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	91	46	44	1	.511	3	2	1	0	.667	3.07	2.47	1	2	Maryland
6	Big Eight Conference	8	93	48	45	0	.516	4	1	3	0	.250	3.06	2.13	3	2	Oklahoma
7	Independent	21	237	111	121	5	.479	5	2	3	0	.400	1.39	2.05	4	3
8	Western Athletic Conference	9	108	52	53	3	.495	2	1	1	0	.500	-0.25	0.13	1	2	Air Force Brigham Young
9	Missouri Valley Conference	7	75	33	39	3	.460	0	0	0	0		-9.31	-8.04	0	0	Tulsa
10	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	8	91	39	49	3	.445	1	1	0	0	1.000	-11.02	-8.38	0	0	Fresno State
11	Mid-American Conference	10	110	51	57	2	.473	1	0	1	0	.000	-11.51	-9.67	0	0	Bowling Green State

AP Poll Summary

School	Conf	Pre	9/3	9/10	9/17	9/24	10/1	10/8	10/15	10/22	10/29	11/5	11/12	11/19	11/26	12/3	12/10	Final
Oklahoma	Big 8	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	10	9	7	7	5	3	4	3	1
Michigan	Big Ten				19	12	7	3	2	4	4	9	8	6	5	5	5	2
Penn State	Ind	18	19	11	10	9	9	8	6	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
Tennessee	SEC						16	14	20	16	19	19	18	16	10	8	8	4
Florida	SEC	5	5	3	11	11	11	7	5	2	2	1	11	9	6	6	6	5
Texas A&M	SWC													19	15	11	11	6
UCLA	Pac-10	20	20	10	12	13			18	17	15	14	13	8	16	14	13	7
Air Force	WAC					19	17	13	10	8	7	5	4	13	11	10	10	8
Miami (FL)	Ind									15	11	8	6	4	4	2	2	9
Iowa	Big Ten	4	4	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	6	5	3	2	3	4	10
Nebraska	Big 8	9	10	18	18	16	13	9	7	5	5	3	2	2	8	7	7	11
Arkansas	SWC	15	15	14	14	10	10	6	4	14	14	12	9	18	14	13	14	12
Alabama	SEC			20	16	15	12	10	15			20	20			15	15	13
Ohio State	Big Ten	8	9	9	7	5	5	15	11	9	8	4	3	12	19	17	17	14
Florida State	Ind	19	17	7	6	4	4	4	13	11	10	16	15	14	12	18	18	15
Brigham Young	WAC	10	8	16	13	14	15	11	9	7	17	18	16	11	9	9	9	16
Baylor	SWC						19	19	14	13	13	11	17	15				17
Maryland	ACC	7	7	17	17	17											20	18
Georgia Tech	ACC																	19
Louisiana State	SEC	13	13	12	9	8	8	20	17	18	16	15	19	17	13	12	12	20
School	Conf	Pre	9/3	9/10	9/17	9/24	10/1	10/8	10/15	10/22	10/29	11/5	11/12	11/19	11/26	12/3	12/10	Final
Army	Ind								19
Auburn	SEC	2	2	1	1	1	14	12	8	6	6	13	14	10	7	16	16
Bowling Green State	MAC															20	20
Georgia	SEC						18	18	16		18	17	12	20	20
Illinois	Big Ten	11	11	19	20
Minnesota	Big Ten									20
Notre Dame	Ind	14	14	13
Oklahoma State	Big 8	16	16	8	8	7	6	5	12	12	12	10	10	7	17	19	19
South Carolina	Ind	17	18	15	15
Southern California	Pac-10	6	6	4	3	18
Southern Methodist	SWC	3	3	6	5	6	3	16			20
Texas	SWC						20	17		19					18
Virginia	ACC					20
Washington	Pac-10	12	12

Consensus All-America Teams

* unanimous selection

Offense
Chuck Long*, QB, Iowa
Reggie Dupard, RB, Southern Methodist
Bo Jackson*, RB, Auburn
Napoleon McCallum, RB, Navy
Thurman Thomas, RB, Oklahoma State
Lorenzo White*, RB, Michigan State
Tim McGee, WR, Tennessee
David Williams*, WR, Illinois
Willie Smith, TE, Miami (FL)
Pete Anderson, OL, Georgia
Jeff Bregel, OL, Southern California
Jim Dombrowski*, OL, Virginia
Jamie Dukes, OL, Florida State
Brian Jozwiak, OL, West Virginia
Jd Maarleveld, OL, Maryland
John Rienstra, OL, Temple
John Lee*, K, UCLA

Defense
Tony Casillas, DL, Oklahoma
Tim Green*, DL, Syracuse
Mike Hammerstein, DL, Michigan
Leslie Oneal*, DL, Oklahoma State
Mike Ruth, DL, Boston College
Brian Bosworth*, LB, Oklahoma
Johnny Holland, LB, Texas A&M
Larry Station*, LB, Iowa
Brad Cochran, DB, Michigan
David Fulcher, DB, Arizona State
Scott Thomas, DB, Air Force
Barry Helton, P, Colorado

Year Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Robbie Bosco* (BYU)	364
2.	Doug Gaynor (LBS)	321
3.	Jim Everett (PUR)	285
4.	Jack Trudeau (IL)	284
5.	John Paye (STAN)	271
6.	Larry Egger (UT)	237
7.	Shawn Halloran (BC)	234
8.	Chuck Long (IA)	231
9.	Mike Norseth (KS)	227
10.	Brian McClure (BGSU)	226
	Todd Santos (SDGST)	226

Pass Attempts

1.	Robbie Bosco* (BYU)	561
2.	Doug Gaynor (LBS)	451
3.	Jim Everett (PUR)	450
4.	Jack Trudeau (IL)	446
5.	Shawn Halloran (BC)	423
6.	Larry Egger (UT)	417
7.	Mike Norseth (KS)	408
8.	John Paye (STAN)	405
9.	Dennis Swearingen (OH)	383
10.	Brian McClure (BGSU)	371

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Doug Gaynor (LBS)	71.2
2.	John Paye (STAN)	66.9
3.	Chuck Long (IA)	65.8
4.	Robbie Bosco* (BYU)	64.9
5.	Jim Harbaugh* (MI)	63.9
6.	Jack Trudeau (IL)	63.7
7.	David Norrie* (UCLA)	63.6
8.	Jim Everett (PUR)	63.3
9.	Todd Santos (SDGST)	63.3
10.	Foy White (WAKE)	62.9

Passing Yards

1.	Robbie Bosco* (BYU)	4534
2.	Jim Everett (PUR)	3651
3.	Doug Gaynor (LBS)	3563
4.	Vinny Testaverde (MIAFL)	3238
5.	Mike Norseth (KS)	2995
6.	Larry Egger (UT)	2988
7.	Chuck Long (IA)	2978
8.	Jack Trudeau (IL)	2938
9.	Shawn Halloran (BC)	2935
10.	Todd Santos (SDGST)	2877

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Kerwin Bell (FL)	9.3
2.	Tom Muecke (BAY)	9.3
3.	Don McPherson (SYR)	9.2
4.	Billy Rucker (NM)	9.2
5.	Vinny Testaverde (MIAFL)	9.2
6.	Kevin Sweeney (FREST)	8.8
7.	Mike Shula (AL)	8.8
8.	Jim Harbaugh* (MI)	8.7
9.	David Norrie* (UCLA)	8.5
10.	Chuck Long (IA)	8.5

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Kerwin Bell (FL)	9.5
2.	Don McPherson (SYR)	9.3
3.	Jim Harbaugh* (MI)	9.1
4.	Kevin Sweeney (FREST)	8.7
5.	Mike Shula (AL)	8.6
6.	Vinny Testaverde (MIAFL)	8.5
7.	Jim Karsatos* (OHST)	8.1
8.	Chuck Long (IA)	8.0
9.	Jim Everett (PUR)	8.0
10.	Danny McCoin (CIN)	7.9

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Robbie Bosco* (BYU)	31
2.	Chuck Long (IA)	26
3.	Jim Everett (PUR)	23
4.	Todd Santos (SDGST)	21
	Kerwin Bell (FL)	21
	Vinny Testaverde (MIAFL)	21
7.	Jim Karsatos* (OHST)	19
	Doug Gaynor (LBS)	19
9.	Brian McClure (BGSU)	18
	Larry Egger (UT)	18
	Chris Miller (OR)	18
	Jim Harbaugh* (MI)	18

Passing Interceptions

1.	Robbie Bosco* (BYU)	28
2.	Dennis Swearingen (OH)	26
3.	Shawn Halloran (BC)	23
4.	Larry Egger (UT)	22
5.	Doug Gaynor (LBS)	18
6.	Jim Miller (NMST)	17
	Todd Santos (SDGST)	17
8.	Brian McClure (BGSU)	16
	Billy Rucker (NM)	16
10.	Vinny Testaverde (MIAFL)	15
	Chuck Long (IA)	15
	Steve Bradley (IN)	15
	Jack Trudeau (IL)	15

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Kerwin Bell (FL)	159.4
2.	Jim Harbaugh* (MI)	157.9
3.	Chuck Long (IA)	153.0
4.	Mike Shula (AL)	150.0
5.	Vinny Testaverde (MIAFL)	149.8
6.	Don McPherson (SYR)	149.7
7.	Kevin Sweeney (FREST)	145.1
8.	Jim Karsatos* (OHST)	144.6
9.	Tom Muecke (BAY)	143.5
10.	Jim Everett (PUR)	143.5

Rush Attempts

1.	Lorenzo White* (MIST)	419
2.	Steve Bartalo (COST)	338
3.	Thurman Thomas* (OKST)	327
4.	George Swarn (MIAOH)	309
5.	Napoleon McCallum (NAVY)	287
6.	Bo Jackson (AUB)	278
7.	Paul Palmer (TEMP)	275
8.	Reggie Taylor (CIN)	264
9.	Dalton Hilliard (LAST)	258
10.	Allen Pinkett (NDAME)	255

Rushing Yards

1.	Lorenzo White* (MIST)	2066
2.	Bo Jackson (AUB)	1786
3.	Thurman Thomas* (OKST)	1650
4.	Paul Palmer (TEMP)	1516
5.	George Swarn (MIAOH)	1511
6.	Steve Bartalo (COST)	1368
7.	Napoleon McCallum (NAVY)	1327
8.	Reggie Dupard (SMETH)	1278
9.	Rueben Mayes (WAST)	1236
10.	Barry Word (VA)	1224

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Tom Rathman (NE)	7.5
2.	Brent Fullwood (AUB)	7.4
3.	Chris Hardy (SDGST)	7.3
4.	Gordon Brown (TLS)	7.1
5.	Victor Floyd (FLST)	6.9
6.	Clarence Jones* (ARMY)	6.8
7.	Keith Henderson (GA)	6.8
8.	Paul Miles (NE)	6.8
9.	Johnny Smith (AF)	6.7
10.	Joe Armentrout (WI)	6.4

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	Bernard White (BGSU)	18
2.	Bo Jackson (AUB)	17
	Steve Gage (TLS)	17
	Lorenzo White* (MIST)	17
5.	Thurman Thomas* (OKST)	15
6.	Dalton Hilliard (LAST)	14
	Napoleon McCallum (NAVY)	14
	Reggie Dupard (SMETH)	14
	Lakei Heimuli* (BYU)	14
10.	James Williams (FREST)	13
	Kenny Flowers* (CLEM)	13

Receptions

1.	Rodney Carter (PUR)	98
2.	David Williams (IL)	85
3.	Webster Slaughter (SDGST)	82
4.	Brad Muster (STAN)	78
5.	Lakei Heimuli* (BYU)	76
6.	Marc Zeno (TLN)	73
	Loren Richey (UT)	73
8.	Richard Estell (KS)	70
9.	Charles Lockett (LBS)	69
10.	Mark Bellini* (BYU)	68

Receiving Yards

1.	Marc Zeno (TLN)	1137
2.	Richard Estell (KS)	1109
3.	Rodney Carter (PUR)	1099
4.	Mark Bellini* (BYU)	1095
5.	Webster Slaughter (SDGST)	1071
6.	David Williams (IL)	1047
7.	Walter Murray (HI)	973
8.	Loren Richey (UT)	971
9.	Kelvin Martin (BC)	958
10.	Cris Carter* (OHST)	950

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Stephen Baker (FREST)	29.1
2.	Gene Thomas (PAC)	25.1
3.	Melvin Anderson (MN)	23.6
4.	Tori Brown (NM)	23.2
5.	Willie Marshall (TEMP)	22.3
6.	Gary Lee (GATECH)	22.2
7.	James Pruitt (CASTFU)	22.2
8.	Louis Clark (MSST)	22.0
9.	Mark Ingram* (MIST)	21.9
10.	Brian Blades (MIAFL)	21.9

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	Mark Bellini* (BYU)	14
2.	Webster Slaughter (SDGST)	10
	Charles Lockett (LBS)	10
4.	Michael Irvin (MIAFL)	9
	Kelvin Martin (BC)	9
	Willie Marshall (TEMP)	9
7.	Albert Bell (AL)	8
	Cris Carter* (OHST)	8
	Eric Kattus* (MI)	8
	David Williams (IL)	8
	Lonzell Hill (WA)	8
	Mike Siano (SYR)	8
	Doug Green (DUKE)	8
	Earl Winfield (NC)	8

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Lorenzo White* (MIST)	425
2.	Steve Bartalo (COST)	378
3.	George Swarn (MIAOH)	353
4.	Thurman Thomas* (OKST)	352
5.	Napoleon McCallum (NAVY)	331
6.	Dalton Hilliard (LAST)	292
7.	Paul Palmer (TEMP)	288
8.	Reggie Taylor (CIN)	287
9.	Bo Jackson (AUB)	282
10.	Allen Pinkett (NDAME)	272

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Lorenzo White* (MIST)	2094
2.	George Swarn (MIAOH)	1935
3.	Bo Jackson (AUB)	1859
4.	Thurman Thomas* (OKST)	1792
5.	Ronnie Harmon (IA)	1708
6.	Steve Bartalo (COST)	1692
7.	Napoleon McCallum (NAVY)	1685
8.	Paul Palmer (TEMP)	1647
9.	Rueben Mayes (WAST)	1488
10.	Reggie Dupard (SMETH)	1458

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	Bernard White (BGSU)	19
2.	Steve Gage (TLS)	17
	Lorenzo White* (MIST)	17
	Bo Jackson (AUB)	17
5.	Thurman Thomas* (OKST)	16
	Reggie Dupard (SMETH)	16
	George Swarn (MIAOH)	16
8.	Napoleon McCallum (NAVY)	15
9.	Mark Bellini* (BYU)	14
	Willie Turral (NM)	14
	Dalton Hilliard (LAST)	14
	Lakei Heimuli* (BYU)	14
	Kelly Pittman (AF)	14

Total Plays

1.	Robbie Bosco* (BYU)	634
2.	Doug Gaynor (LBS)	588
3.	Mike Norseth (KS)	543
4.	Jim Everett (PUR)	518
5.	Jack Trudeau (IL)	515
6.	Mike Greenfield (NWEST)	503
7.	Don Smith (MSST)	502
8.	Shawn Halloran (BC)	488
9.	Dennis Swearingen (OH)	487
10.	John Paye (STAN)	479

Total Yards

1.	Robbie Bosco* (BYU)	4401
2.	Jim Everett (PUR)	3589
3.	Doug Gaynor (LBS)	3467
4.	Mike Norseth (KS)	3214
5.	Vinny Testaverde (MIAFL)	3080
6.	Jack Trudeau (IL)	2914
7.	Larry Egger (UT)	2890
8.	Chuck Long (IA)	2887
9.	Don Smith (MSST)	2886
10.	Billy Rucker (NM)	2857

Total Yards Per Play

1.	Vinny Testaverde (MIAFL)	7.3
2.	Robbie Bosco* (BYU)	6.9
3.	Jim Everett (PUR)	6.9
4.	Mike Norseth (KS)	5.9
5.	Doug Gaynor (LBS)	5.9

Total Touchdowns

1.	Robbie Bosco* (BYU)	33
2.	Chuck Long (IA)	27
3.	Doug Gaynor (LBS)	25
	Vinny Testaverde (MIAFL)	25
5.	Jim Everett (PUR)	24
6.	Jim Harbaugh* (MI)	22
	Chris Miller (OR)	22
8.	Don Smith (MSST)	21
	Larry Egger (UT)	21
	Steve Gage (TLS)	21
	Jim Karsatos* (OHST)	21
	Kerwin Bell (FL)	21
	Todd Santos (SDGST)	21

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Davey O'Brien Award:	Chuck Long (Iowa)
Dick Butkus Award:	Brian Bosworth (Oklahoma)
Heisman Memorial Trophy:	Bo Jackson (Auburn)
John Outland Trophy:	Mike Ruth (Boston College)
Maxwell Award:	Chuck Long (Iowa)
Sammy Baugh Trophy:	Brian McClure (Bowling Green State)
Vince Lombardi Award:	Tony Casillas (Oklahoma)
Walter Camp Player of the Year Award:	Bo Jackson (Auburn)

AFCA Coach of the Year Award:	Fisher DeBerry (Air Force)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award:	Fisher DeBerry (Air Force)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award:	Fisher DeBerry (Air Force)

1985 Year Summary

Conference Summary

AP Poll Summary

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

Year Leaders