- Source: 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season
- 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season
- NCAA Division I Football Championship
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- 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season
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- NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
- 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season
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- List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs
The 1988 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 1988, and concluded with the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 17, 1988, at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. The Furman Paladins won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Georgia Southern Eagles by a score of 17−12.
Conference changes and new programs
Conference standings
Conference champions
Postseason
The top four teams were seeded, and thus assured of home games in the first round.
= NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
=* Next to team name denotes host institution
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