2000 NAIA football season

2000 NAIA football season
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 →;

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]

Conference and membership 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.

2000 Central States Football League standings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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