2000 NAIA football season

The 2000 NAIA football season was the component of the 2000 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 16, at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The Georgetown Tigers defeated the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers, 20–0, in the title game to win the program's second NAIA championship.^[1]

2000 NAIA football season
National Championship	Jim Carroll Stadium Savannah, TN December 16, 2000
Champion	Georgetown (KY)
Player of the Year	Eddie Eviston (quarterback, Georgetown (KY))
← 1999 NAIA football season 2001 →

Conference and membership changes

Conference changes

• This was the first season for the Dakota Athletic Conference.^[2] The DAC was formed by former members of the newly-disbanded North Dakota College Athletic and South Dakota-Iowa Intercollegiate conferences from North Dakota and South Dakota.
• This was also the first season for the Great Plains Athletic Conference, which rebranded from the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference after adding four former members of the South Dakota-Iowa Intercollegiate Conference from South Dakota and Iowa.

Membership changes

Team	1999 conference	2000 conference
Black Hills State	South Dakota-Iowa	Dakota
Dakota State	South Dakota-Iowa	Dakota
Dakota Wesleyan	South Dakota-Iowa	Great Plains
Dickinson Sate	North Dakota	Dakota
Dordt	South Dakota-Iowa	Great Plains
Jamestown	North Dakota	Dakota
Mary	North Dakota	Dakota
Mayville State	North Dakota	Dakota
Minot State	North Dakota	Dakota
Mount Marty	South Dakota-Iowa	Great Plains
Si Tanka	South Dakota-Iowa	Dakota
Sioux Falls	South Dakota-Iowa	Great Plains
South Dakota Mines	South Dakota-Iowa	Dakota
Valley City State	North Dakota	Dakota

Conference standings

2000 Central States Football League standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 2 NW Oklahoma State $^   5 – 0     13 – 1   No. 20 Peru State   4 – 1     8 – 2   Langston   3 – 2     5 – 4   Lincoln (MO)   2 – 3     3 – 6   Haskell   1 – 4     2 – 8   SAGU   0 – 5     2 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2000 Dakota Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 10 Valley City State +^   8 – 1     9 – 2   No. 8 Huron +^   8 – 1     9 – 3   No. 12 Mary   7 – 2     7 – 2   Dickinson State   5 – 4     6 – 4   Minot State   5 – 4     5 – 5   Mayville State   4 – 5     4 – 6   Dakota State   3 – 6     3 – 7   Black Hills State   3 – 6     3 – 7   Jamestown   2 – 7     3 – 6   South Dakota Mines   0 – 9     0 – 10   + – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2000 Frontier Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 3 Carroll (MT) $^   6 – 2     10 – 4   No. 23 Montana Tech   6 – 2     7 – 4   Rocky Mountain   5 – 3     5 – 5   Montana State–Northern   2 – 6     2 – 8   Western Montana   1 – 7     1 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2000 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 13 Nebraska Wesleyan +^   6 – 2     8 – 3   No. 4 Northwestern (IA) +^   6 – 2     9 – 4   Hastings   5 – 3     6 – 3   Sioux Falls   5 – 3     6 – 4   Doane   5 – 3     5 – 4   Concordia (NE)   4 – 4     7 – 4   Midland Lutheran   4 – 4     5 – 5   Dakota Wesleyan   1 – 7     2 – 8   Dana   0 – 8     1 – 9   + – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2000 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 9 Benedictine (KS) $^   9 – 0     10 – 1   No. 5 MidAmerica Nazarene   8 – 1     11 – 2   No. 18 Baker   7 – 2     9 – 2   Evangel   5 – 4     5 – 4   Lindenwood   4 – 5     4 – 8   Missouri Valley   3 – 6     3 – 7   William Jewell   3 – 6     3 – 7   Culver–Stockton   3 – 6     3 – 8   Graceland   2 – 7     2 – 8   Central Methodist   1 – 8     3 – 8   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2000 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 14 Ottawa $^   9 – 0     9 – 2   No. 22 Bethel (KS)   7 – 2     8 – 2   Bethany (KS)   6 – 3     7 – 3   No. T–24 Kansas Wesleyan   6 – 3     7 – 4   Southwestern (KS)   6 – 3     6 – 4   Sterling   4 – 5     4 – 6   Friends   3 – 6     3 – 7   Tabor   3 – 6     3 – 7   McPherson   1 – 8     1 – 8   Saint Mary (KS)   0 – 9     0 – 9   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
2000 Mid-South Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 1 Georgetown (KY) $^   8 – 0     14 – 0   No. 11 Lambuth ^   6 – 1     7 – 4   No. 17 Campbellsville   5 – 2     7 – 4   Belhaven   4 – 3     5 – 5   Cumberland (TN)   3 – 5     5 – 5   Union (KY)   2 – 5     3 – 7   Cumberland (KY)   1 – 6     2 – 8   North Greenville   0 – 8     0 – 10   $ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2000 Mid-States Football Association standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Mideast League No. 6 Saint Francis (IN) x^   6 – 0     10 – 2   Walsh   4 – 2     6 – 5   No. 21 Geneva   3 – 3     7 – 3   Tri-State   3 – 3     6 – 5   Malone   2 – 4     4 – 7   Tiffin   2 – 4     3 – 7   Urbana   1 – 5     1 – 9   Midwest League No. 7 St. Ambrose x^   7 – 0     9 – 3   No. 15 Olivet Nazarene ^   6 – 1     8 – 3   No. 19 McKendree   5 – 2     7 – 3   Saint Xavier   4 – 3     6 – 4   St. Francis (IL)   3 – 4     5 – 6   Taylor   2 – 5     3 – 7   Trinity International   1 – 6     4 – 7   Iowa Wesleyan   0 – 7     0 – 10   x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll	2000 NAIA independents football records v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 16 Azusa Pacific ^   –     6 – 4   Southern Oregon   –     5 – 4   Virginia–Wise   –     3 – 7   ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

Postseason

Main article: 2000 NAIA Football National Championship

Rankings

Main article: 2000 NAIA football rankings

References

1. "Georgetown 'Finishes' NWOS For NAIA Title". The Jackson Sun. December 17, 2000. pp. 1D, 6D – via Newspapers.com.
2. "NAIA Football Regular Season Records" (PDF). NAIA. p. 20. Retrieved December 11, 2021.