2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season

2001 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 2001
Playoff
Duration	December 1 – December 21, 2001
Championship site	Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, TN
Champion	Montana Grizzlies
Payton Award	Brian Westbrook – RB (Villanova)
Buchanan Award	Derrick Lloyd – LB (James Madison)
Division I-AA football season
«2000 2002»

The 2001 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 2001, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 21, 2001, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Montana Grizzlies won their second I-AA championship, defeating the Furman Paladins by a final score of 13−6^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	2000 Conference	2001 Conference
Austin Peay	I-AA Independent	Pioneer
Davidson	I-AA Independent	Pioneer
Florida Atlantic	New Program	I-AA Independent
Georgetown	I-AA Independent	Patriot
Jacksonville	I-AA Independent	Pioneer
Morehead State	I-AA Independent	Pioneer
South Florida	I-AA Independent	I-A Independent
Troy State	Southland	I-AA Independent
Western Kentucky	Ohio Valley	Gateway

Conference standings

2001 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#11 Hofstra +^		7	–	2		9	–	3
#10 Maine +^		7	–	2		9	–	3
#20 Villanova +		7	–	2		8	–	3
#17 William & Mary +^		7	–	2		8	–	4
#21 Rhode Island		6	–	3		8	–	3
Delaware		4	–	5		4	–	6
Northeastern		4	–	5		5	–	6
UMass		3	–	6		3	–	8
Richmond		3	–	6		3	–	8
New Hampshire		2	–	7		4	–	7
James Madison		0	–	9		2	–	9

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

2001 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#2 Furman $^		7	–	1		12	–	3
#3 Georgia Southern $^		7	–	1		12	–	2
#6 Appalachian State ^		6	–	2		9	–	4
Western Carolina		5	–	3		7	–	4
East Tennessee State		4	–	4		6	–	5
Wofford		3	–	5		4	–	7
The Citadel		2	–	6		3	–	7
Chattanooga		1	–	7		3	–	8
VMI		1	–	7		1	–	10

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

2001 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 Sam Houston State $^	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
#13 McNeese State ^	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#14 Northwestern State ^	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Stephen F. Austin	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Jacksonville State	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Nicholls State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Southwest Texas State	0	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

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

Conference champions

Conference Champions
Atlantic 10 Conference – Hofstra, Maine, Villanova, and William & Mary Big Sky Conference – Montana Gateway Football Conference – Northern Iowa Ivy League – Harvard Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Duquesne Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Florida A&M Northeast Conference – Sacred Heart Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Illinois Patriot League – Lehigh Pioneer Football League – Dayton Southern Conference – Furman and Georgia Southern Southland Conference – McNeese State and Sam Houston State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round December 1 Campus Sites		Quarterfinals December 8 Campus Sites		Semifinals December 15 Campus Sites		National Championship Game December 21 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN


Montana*	28

Northwestern State	19
		Montana*	49

		Sam Houston State	24
Sam Houston State*	34

Northern Arizona	31
				Montana*	38

				Northern Iowa	10
McNeese State*	10

Maine	14
		Maine	28

		Northern Iowa*	56
Eastern Illinois*	43

Northern Iowa	49
						Montana	13

						Furman	6
Georgia Southern*	60

Florida A&M	35
		Georgia Southern*	38

		Appalachian State	24
Appalachian State*	40

William & Mary	27
				Georgia Southern*	17

				Furman	24
Lehigh*	27*

Hofstra	24
		Lehigh	17

		Furman*	34
Furman*	24

Western Kentucky	20

* Denotes host institution

References

↑ "2001 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 16. Retrieved December 29, 2013.

2001 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Appalachian State Eastern Illinois Florida A&M Furman Georgia Southern Hofstra Lehigh Maine McNeese State Montana Northern Arizona Northern Iowa Northwestern State Sam Houston State Western Kentucky William & Mary

Champion – Montana Grizzlies

NCAA football seasons

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