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The 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I-AA level, began in August 2001, and concluded with the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game 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
Conference standings
Conference champions
Postseason
NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket
The top four teams in the tournament were seeded;[2] seeded teams were assured of hosting games in the first two rounds.[3][4]
| 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
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| 1
| Montana*
| 28
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| Northwestern State
| 19
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| | 1
| Montana*
| 49
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| Sam Houston State
| 24
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| Sam Houston State*
| 34
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| Northern Arizona
| 31
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| | 1
| Montana*
| 38
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| Northern Iowa
| 10
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| McNeese State*
| 10
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| Maine
| 14
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| | Maine
| 28
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| | | Northern Iowa*
| 56
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| 4
| Eastern Illinois*
| 43
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| Northern Iowa
| 49
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| | 1
| Montana
| 13
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| | | 3
| Furman
| 6
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| 2
| Georgia Southern*
| 60
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| Florida A&M
| 35
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| | 2
| Georgia Southern*
| 38
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| Appalachian State
| 24
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| Appalachian State*
| 40
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| William & Mary
| 27
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| | 2
| Georgia Southern*
| 17
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| | | 3
| Furman
| 24
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| Lehigh*
| 27*
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| Hofstra
| 24
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| Lehigh
| 17
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| | | 3
| Furman*
| 34
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| 3
| Furman*
| 24
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| Western Kentucky
| 20
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* By team name denotes host institution
* By score denotes overtime
References
- ^ "2001 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 3. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ "Griz will face NWestern State in playoffs". Independent Record. Helena, Montana. AP. November 26, 2001. p. 1B. Retrieved February 2, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Kasper, Jon (November 12, 2001). "NCAA changes format for playoff pairings". Missoulian. Missoula, Montana. p. D1. Retrieved February 2, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Kasper, Jon (November 12, 2001). "NCAA changes format for playoff pairings (cont'd)". Missoulian. Missoula, Montana. p. D6. Retrieved February 2, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
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Champion – Montana Grizzlies |