2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season explained

Year:	2000
Number Of Teams:	121
Regular Season:	August–November
Playoffs:	November 25–December 16
Nc Date:	December 16, 2000
Championship:	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Champions:	Georgia Southern
Payton:	Louis Ivory (RB, Furman)
Buchanan:	Edgerton Hartwell (LB, Western Illinois)

The 2000 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 2000, and concluded with the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game 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 score of 27–25.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	1999 Conference	2000 Conference
	Atlantic 10 (I-AA)
		Northeast

Conference champions

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

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket

* By team name denotes host institution
* By score denotes overtime
Source:^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2000 NCAA Division I Football Championship . NCAA.org . December 29, 2013 . 16.
2. News: Division I-AA Football Playoff Bracket . . . B4 . November 20, 2000 . February 6, 2019 . newspapers.com.