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»

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 Ivy League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Harvard $		7	–	0		9	–	0
Penn		6	–	1		8	–	1
Brown		5	–	2		6	–	3
Princeton		3	–	4		3	–	6
Columbia		3	–	4		3	–	7
Cornell		2	–	5		2	–	7
Dartmouth		1	–	6		1	–	8
Yale		1	–	6		3	–	6

$ – Conference champion

2001 Southland Football League 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

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

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 Football League – McNeese State and Sam Houston State
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State