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1999 NCAA Division I-A season
The Superdome was the site of the national championship
Number of teams114
Preseason AP No. 1Florida State Seminoles
Postseason
DurationDecember 18, 1999 –
January 4, 2000
Bowl games23
Heisman TrophyRon Dayne, Wisconsin RB
Bowl Championship Series
2000 Sugar Bowl
SiteLouisiana Superdome,
New Orleans, Louisiana
Champion(s)Florida State Seminoles
Division I-A football seasons
← 1998
2000 →

The 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State named national champions, defeating Virginia Tech in the BCS Sugar Bowl.

Florida State became the first team in history to start out preseason #1 and remain there through the entire season. Their 12-0 season gave them 109 victories in the 90's, the most for any decade. Virginia Tech also had a remarkable season behind freshman quarterback Michael Vick, who was being touted as college football's best player.

Vick was outshined in the national championship game by Florida State Wide Receiver Peter Warrick. Warrick had early problems with the law, charged with a misdemeanor he sat out two games early in the season. But he scored three touchdowns in the title game, earning MVP honors.

The BCS adopted a new rule after the previous season, nicknamed the "Kansas State Rule," which stated that any team ranked in the top four in the final BCS poll is ensured of an invitation to a BCS bowl game.

A lot of teams faced debacles. East Carolina faced Hurricane Floyd, and in that same week, faced the #9 Miami Hurricanes. The Pirates were down 23-3, but scored 24 unanswered points to win the football game, 27-23.

Kansas State finished 6th in the BCS standings but again received no BCS bowl invitation, this time being passed over in favor of Michigan (ranked 8th). Kansas State's predicament demonstrated early on the problem of trying to balance historic bowl ties and creating a system which gives top bowl bids to the most deserving teams. In addition, for a second straight season, an undefeated team from outside the BCS conferences (Marshall) went undefeated but did not receive a bid to a BCS bowl game, which illustrated the problem of non-BCS teams being shut out of the major BCS bowls.

Rule changes

The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the following changes for the 1999 season:[1]

  • Holding penalties committed behind the line of scrimmage will be enforced from the previous spot, modifying a 1991 rule that penalized holding (as well as illegal use of hands and clipping) committed behind the scrimmage line from the spot of the foul.
  • The penalty for intentional grounding was changed from a five-yard penalty from the spot of the foul plus loss-of-down to simply a loss-of-down at the spot of the foul.
  • Bandannas that are visible are considered illegal equipment.
  • Offensive teams may not break a huddle with 12 or more players.
  • Continuing action dead-ball fouls against both teams are disregarded, however any disqualified players must leave the game.

Conference and program changes

Two teams upgraded from Division I-AA, thus increasing the number of Division I-A schools from 112 to 114.

Conference changes

School 1998 Conference 1999 Conference
Air Force Falcons WAC Mountain West
Alabama–Birmingham Blazers I-A Independent Conference USA
Arkansas State Indians I-A Independent Big West
Buffalo Bulls I-AA Independent MAC (I-A)
BYU Cougars WAC Mountain West
Colorado State Rams WAC Mountain West
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Ohio Valley (I-AA) I-A Independent
New Mexico Lobos WAC Mountain West
San Diego State Aztecs WAC Mountain West
UNLV Rebels WAC Mountain West
Utah Utes WAC Mountain West
Wyoming Cowboys WAC Mountain West

Program changes

Two programs, each playing as independents, changed their names prior to the season:

Conference standings

1999 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Florida State $#   8 – 0     12 – 0  
No. 17 Georgia Tech   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Virginia   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Clemson   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Wake Forest   3 – 5     7 – 5  
NC State   3 – 5     6 – 6  
Duke   3 – 5     3 – 8  
Maryland   2 – 6     5 – 6  
North Carolina   2 – 6     3 – 8  
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1999 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Virginia Tech $   7 – 0     11 – 1  
No. 15 Miami (FL)   6 – 1     9 – 4  
Boston College   4 – 3     8 – 4  
Syracuse   3 – 4     7 – 5  
West Virginia   3 – 4     4 – 7  
Pittsburgh   2 – 5     5 – 6  
Temple   2 – 5     2 – 9  
Rutgers   1 – 6     1 – 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Wisconsin $   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 7 Michigan State   6 – 2     10 – 2  
No. 5 Michigan %   6 – 2     10 – 2  
No. 11 Penn State   5 – 3     10 – 3  
No. 18 Minnesota   5 – 3     8 – 4  
No. 24 Illinois   4 – 4     8 – 4  
No. 25 Purdue   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Ohio State   3 – 5     6 – 6  
Indiana   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Northwestern   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Iowa   0 – 8     1 – 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll
1999 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 3 Nebraska xy$   7 – 1     12 – 1  
No. 6 Kansas State x   7 – 1     11 – 1  
Colorado   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Kansas   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Iowa State   1 – 7     4 – 7  
Missouri   1 – 7     4 – 7  
South Division
No. 21 Texas xy   6 – 2     9 – 5  
Oklahoma   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Texas Tech   5 – 3     6 – 5  
No. 23 Texas A&M   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Oklahoma State   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Baylor   0 – 8     1 – 10  
Championship: Nebraska 22, Texas 6
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
1999 Big West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Boise State $   5 – 1     10 – 3  
Idaho   4 – 2     7 – 4  
New Mexico State   3 – 2     6 – 5  
Utah State   3 – 3     4 – 7  
Arkansas State   2 – 3     4 – 7  
Nevada   2 – 4     3 – 8  
North Texas   1 – 5     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
1999 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 14 Southern Miss $   6 – 0     9 – 3  
East Carolina   4 – 2     9 – 3  
Louisville   4 – 2     7 – 5  
UAB   4 – 2     5 – 6  
Memphis   4 – 2     5 – 6  
Houston   3 – 3     7 – 4  
Army   1 – 5     3 – 8  
Tulane   1 – 5     3 – 8  
Cincinnati   0 – 6     3 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1999 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 10 Marshall x$   8 – 0     13 – 0  
Miami (OH)   6 – 2     7 – 4  
Akron   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Ohio   5 – 3     5 – 6  
Bowling Green   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Kent State   2 – 6     2 – 9  
Buffalo   0 – 8     0 – 11  
West Division
Western Michigan x   6 – 2     7 – 5  
Toledo   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Northern Illinois   5 – 3     5 – 6  
Eastern Michigan   4 – 4     4 – 7  
Central Michigan   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Ball State   0 – 8     0 – 11  
Championship: Marshall 34, Western Michigan 30
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1999 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Utah +   5 – 2     9 – 3  
BYU +   5 – 2     8 – 4  
Colorado State +   5 – 2     8 – 4  
Wyoming   4 – 3     7 – 4  
San Diego State   3 – 4     5 – 6  
New Mexico   3 – 4     4 – 7  
Air Force   2 – 5     6 – 5  
UNLV   1 – 6     3 – 8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1999 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Stanford $   7 – 1     8 – 4  
No. 19 Oregon   6 – 2     9 – 3  
Washington   6 – 2     7 – 5  
Arizona State   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Oregon State   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Arizona   3 – 5     6 – 6  
USC   3 – 5     6 – 6  
California   3 – 5     4 – 7  
UCLA   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Washington State   1 – 7     3 – 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • Cal later vacated 4 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll
1999 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 12 Florida x   7 – 1     9 – 4  
No. 9 Tennessee   6 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 16 Georgia   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Kentucky   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Vanderbilt   2 – 6     5 – 6  
South Carolina   0 – 8     0 – 11  
Western Division
No. 8 Alabama x$   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 13 Mississippi State   6 – 2     10 – 2  
No. 22 Ole Miss   4 – 4     8 – 4  
No. 17 Arkansas   4 – 4     8 – 4  
Auburn   2 – 6     5 – 6  
LSU   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1999 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Hawaii +   5 – 2     9 – 4  
TCU +   5 – 2     8 – 4  
Fresno State +   5 – 2     8 – 5  
Rice   4 – 3     5 – 6  
SMU   3 – 3     4 – 6  
UTEP   3 – 4     5 – 7  
San Jose State   1 – 5     3 – 7  
Tulsa   1 – 6     2 – 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
1999 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Louisiana Tech   –     8 – 3  
Louisiana–Monroe   –     5 – 6  
Notre Dame   –     5 – 7  
Navy   –     5 – 7  
UCF   –     4 – 7  
Middle Tennessee   –     3 – 8  
Louisiana–Lafayette   –     2 – 9  
Rankings from AP Poll

Bowl games

BCS bowls

Other New Years Day bowls

December bowl games

Final polls

Main article: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Heisman Trophy voting

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award is given to the

Most Outstanding Player of the year
 Winner: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, Running Back (2042 points)

Other major awards

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Rules Changes 1999".
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