2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season

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

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   No. 3 Delaware +^   7 – 1     12 – 2   No. 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 ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

2000 Southern Conference football standings Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 1 Georgia Southern $^   7 – 1     13 – 2   No. 4 Appalachian State ^   6 – 2     10 – 4   No. 10 Furman ^   6 – 2     9 – 3   No. 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 ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

Conference champions

See also: List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons

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