2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season

2000 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 2000
Playoff
Duration	November 25 – December 16, 2000
Championship site	Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, TN
Champion	Georgia Southern Eagles
Payton Award	Louis Ivory – RB (Furman)
Buchanan Award	Edgerton Hartwell – LB (Western Illinois)
Division I-AA football season
«1999 2001»

The 2000 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 Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 2000, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 16, 2000, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their sixth I-AA championship, defeating the Montana Grizzlies by a final score of 27−25^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	1999 Conference	2000 Conference
Connecticut	Atlantic 10 (I-AA)	I-A Independent
Georgetown	MAAC	I-AA Independent
St. John's (NY)	MAAC	Northeast

Conference standings

2000 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Delaware +^		7	–	1		12	–	2
#6 Richmond +^		7	–	1		10	–	3
UMass		5	–	3		7	–	4
James Madison		4	–	4		6	–	5
New Hampshire		4	–	4		6	–	5
William & Mary		4	–	4		5	–	6
Maine		3	–	5		5	–	6
Villanova		3	–	5		5	–	6
Rhode Island		2	–	6		3	–	8
Northeastern		1	–	7		4	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

2000 Ivy League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Penn $		6	–	1		7	–	3
Cornell		5	–	2		5	–	5
Yale		4	–	3		7	–	3
Harvard		4	–	3		5	–	5
Princeton		3	–	4		3	–	7
Columbia		1	–	6		3	–	7
Dartmouth		1	–	6		2	–	8
Brown*		4	–	3		7	–	3

$ – Conference champion *Brown ineligible for conference championship

2000 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 Georgia Southern $^		7	–	1		13	–	2
#4 Appalachian State ^		6	–	2		10	–	4
#10 Furman ^		6	–	2		9	–	3
#23 Wofford		5	–	3		7	–	4
East Tennessee State		4	–	4		6	–	5
Chattanooga		3	–	5		5	–	6
Western Carolina		3	–	5		4	–	7
The Citadel		1	–	7		2	–	9
VMI		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

2000 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#9 Troy State $^	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#16 McNeese State	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#25 Southwest Texas State	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Sam Houston State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Stephen F. Austin	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Jacksonville State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Northwestern State	1	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Nicholls State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

Conference champions

Conference Champions
Atlantic 10 Conference – Delaware and Richmond Big Sky Conference – Montana Gateway Football Conference – Western Illinois Ivy League – Penn Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Duquesne Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Florida A&M Northeast Conference – Robert Morris Ohio Valley Conference – Western Kentucky Patriot League – Lehigh Pioneer Football League – Dayton and Valparaiso Southern Conference – Georgia Southern Southland Conference – Troy State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round November 25 Campus Sites		Quarterfinals December 2 Campus Sites		Semifinals December 9 Campus Sites		National Championship Game December 16 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN


Montana*	45

Eastern Illinois	13
		Montana*	34

		Richmond	20
Richmond*	10

Youngstown State	3
				Montana*	19*

				Appalachian State	16
Western Kentucky*	27

Florida A&M	0
		Western Kentucky	14

		Appalachian State*	17
Troy State*	30

Appalachian State	33
						Montana	25

						Georgia Southern	27
Georgia Southern*	42

McNeese State	17
		Georgia Southern*	48

		Hofstra	20
Furman*	24

Hofstra	31
				Georgia Southern	27

				Delaware*	18
Western Illinois*	7

Lehigh	37*
		Lehigh	22

		Delaware*	47
Delaware*	49

Portland State	14

* Denotes host institution

References

↑ "2000 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 16. Retrieved December 29, 2013.

2000 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Appalachian State Delaware Eastern Illinois Florida A&M Furman Georgia Southern Hofstra Lehigh McNeese State Montana Portland State Richmond Troy Western Illinois Western Kentucky Youngstown State

Champion – Georgia Southern Eagles

NCAA football seasons

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