The 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Miami winning its third National Championship during the 1980s, cementing its claim as the decade's top team, winning more titles than any other program.
Notre Dame signed a six-year, $30 million deal with NBC, granting the network the exclusive rights to broadcast Notre Dame football.
Florida State begins 0–2, but finishes the season 10–2, having beaten the National Champions Miami earlier in the season and beating Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl.
Two big names retired from the coaching ranks, Michigan's Bo Schembechler and Oklahoma's Barry Switzer, while Steve Spurrier was hired by Florida away from Duke in an effort to clean up after a decade of NCAA sanctions.
The number of schools increased by 2 to 106 with the addition of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs as an independent, and the SMU Mustangs of the Southwest Conference resuming play in the wake of the so-called "death penalty".
Houston quarterback Andre Ware ran the run and shoot offense all the way to the Heisman Trophy and numerous records. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season.

Final Stats:

Conference	Best Team	Coach	Top NFL Players
Ind	Notre Dame	Lou Holtz	Tim Grunhard C picked 40th by KAN
			Anthony Johnson RB picked 36th by IND
Big 8	Colorado	Bill McCartney	Jeff Campbell WR picked 118th by DET
SEC	Tennessee	Johnny Majors	Reggie Cobb RB picked 30th by TAM
			Tracy Hayworth LB picked 174th by DET
Big Ten	Michigan	Bo Schembechler	Leroy Hoard RB picked 45th by CLE
			Chris Calloway WR picked 97th by PIT
Pac-10	Southern California	Larry Smith	Junior Seau LB picked 5th by SDG
			Mark Carrier DB picked 6th by CHI
ACC	Clemson	Danny Ford	Terry Allen RB picked 241st by MIN
SWC	Arkansas	Ken Hatfield	Barry Foster RB picked 128th by PIT
WAC	Brigham Young	LaVell Edwards	Mohammed Elewonibi T picked 76th by WAS
Big West	Fresno State	Jim Sweeney	Ron Cox LB picked 33rd by CHI
			James Williams DB picked 16th by BUF
MAC	Eastern Michigan	Jim Harkema