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»

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 Football League 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

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

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 Football League – Troy State
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State

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