1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1999 Big Sky football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant; Includes six forfeits by Northern Arizona, with conference forfeits to Idaho State, Montana State, Weber State, & Cal State Northridge; Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

1999 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

1999 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Duration	August – November 1999
Playoff
Duration	November 27 – December 20, 1999
Championship date	December 20, 1999
Championship site	Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, TN
Champion	Georgia Southern Eagles
Payton Award	Adrian Peterson – RB (Georgia Southern)
Buchanan Award	Al Lucas – DT (Troy State)
Division I-AA football season
	«1998 2000»

The 1999 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 1999, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 20, 1999, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their fifth I-AA championship, defeating the Youngstown State Penguins by a final score of 59−24^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	1998 Conference	1999 Conference
Alabama A&M	D-II Independent	SWAC (I-AA)
Albany	Eastern (D-II)	Northeast
Buffalo	I-AA Independent	MAC (I-A)
Elon	D-II Independent	I-AA Independent
Middle Tennessee State	Ohio Valley (I-AA)	I-A Independent
Norfolk State	I-AA Independent	MEAC
Stony Brook	Eastern (D-II)	Northeast
Western Kentucky	I-AA Independent	Ohio Valley

Conference standings

1999 Gateway Football Conference standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Illinois State $^		6	–	0		11	–	3
#2 Youngstown State ^		5	–	1		12	–	3
#15 Northern Iowa		3	–	3		8	–	3
Western Illinois		2	–	4		7	–	4
Southwest Missouri State		2	–	4		5	–	6
Indiana State		2	–	4		3	–	8
Southern Illinois		1	–	5		5	–	6

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1999 Ivy League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#25 Brown +		6	–	1		9	–	1
Yale +		6	–	1		9	–	1
Cornell		5	–	2		7	–	3
Penn		4	–	3		5	–	5
Harvard		3	–	4		5	–	5
Dartmouth		2	–	5		2	–	8
Columbia		1	–	6		3	–	7
Princeton		1	–	6		3	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

1999 MAAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Duquesne $		6	–	1		8	–	3
Georgetown		6	–	1		9	–	2
Marist		5	–	2		6	–	5
Iona		4	–	3		5	–	5
Siena		3	–	4		3	–	7
La Salle		3	–	4		4	–	6
Saint Peter's		1	–	6		1	–	10
Canisius		0	–	7		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1999 MEAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#10 North Carolina A&T $^		8	–	0		11	–	2
#4 Florida A&M ^		7	–	1		11	–	4
Hampton		5	–	3		8	–	4
Bethune–Cookman		4	–	4		7	–	4
Howard		4	–	4		5	–	6
Delaware State		4	–	4		4	–	7
South Carolina State		2	–	5		4	–	6
Norfolk State		1	–	7		2	–	9
Morgan State		0	–	7		2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1999 NEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Robert Morris $		7	–	0		8	–	2
Albany		6	–	1		7	–	2
Wagner		5	–	2		5	–	5
Stony Brook		4	–	3		5	–	5
Central Connecticut		3	–	4		4	–	6
Monmouth		2	–	5		2	–	8
Saint Francis (PA)		1	–	6		2	–	9
Sacred Heart		0	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1999 Ohio Valley football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#11 Tennessee State $^		7	–	0		11	–	1
Murray State		5	–	2		7	–	4
Eastern Kentucky		4	–	3		7	–	4
Western Kentucky		4	–	3		6	–	5
Tennessee Tech		4	–	3		5	–	5
Southeast Missouri State		2	–	5		3	–	8
Eastern Illinois		2	–	5		2	–	10
UT Martin		0	–	7		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1999 Patriot League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#14 Lehigh +^		5	–	1		10	–	2
#18 Colgate +^		5	–	1		10	–	2
Towson		4	–	2		7	–	4
Bucknell		3	–	3		7	–	4
Lafayette		2	–	4		4	–	7
Holy Cross		2	–	4		3	–	8
Fordham		0	–	6		0	–	11

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from poll=The Sports Network poll

1999 Pioneer Football League standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Dayton $		4	–	0		6	–	4
Valparaiso		3	–	1		9	–	2
Drake		2	–	2		7	–	4
San Diego		1	–	3		5	–	5
Butler		0	–	4		5	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1999 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 Georgia Southern $^		7	–	1		13	–	2
#9 Appalachian State ^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#12 Furman ^		7	–	1		9	–	3
Wofford		5	–	3		6	–	5
East Tennessee State		4	–	4		6	–	5
Chattanooga		3	–	5		5	–	6
Western Carolina		2	–	6		3	–	8
The Citadel		1	–	7		2	–	9
VMI		0	–	8		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

1999 Southland Football League standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Troy State +^	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
# 22 Stephen F. Austin +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
McNeese State	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Sam Houston State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Northwestern State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Southwest Texas State	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Jacksonville State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Nicholls State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

1999 SWAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East
#19 Jackson State x		4	–	0		9	–	3
Alabama A&M		3	–	1		6	–	5
Alcorn State		1	–	3		3	–	7
Mississippi Valley State		1	–	3		3	–	8
Alabama State		1	–	3		2	–	9
West
#17 Southern x$		4	–	0		11	–	2
Texas Southern		3	–	1		6	–	5
Grambling State		2	–	2		7	–	4
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		1	–	3		6	–	5
Prairie View A&M		0	–	4		2	–	8
Championship: Southern 31, Jackson State 30 December 11, 1999
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

1999 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#5 Hofstra ^		0	–	0		10	–	1
#21 Elon		0	–	0		9	–	2
Davidson		0	–	0		8	–	3
Southern Utah		0	–	0		8	–	3
#23 South Florida		0	–	0		7	–	4
Samford		0	–	0		7	–	4
St. Johns (NY)		0	–	0		7	–	4
Morehead State		0	–	0		5	–	5
Charleston Southern		0	–	0		4	–	6
Liberty		0	–	0		4	–	7
Jacksonville		0	–	0		3	–	6
Cal Poly		0	–	0		3	–	8
Austin Peay		0	–	0		3	–	8
Saint Mary's		0	–	0		2	–	9

^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Conference champions

Conference Champions
Atlantic 10 Conference – James Madison and Massachusetts Big Sky Conference – Montana Gateway Football Conference – Illinois State Ivy League – Brown and Yale Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Duquesne Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – North Carolina A&T Northeast Conference – Robert Morris Ohio Valley Conference – Tennessee State Patriot League – Colgate and Lehigh Pioneer Football League – Dayton Southern Conference – Appalachian State, Furman, and Georgia Southern Southland Football League – Stephen F. Austin and Troy State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round November 27 Campus Sites		Quarterfinals December 4 Campus Sites		Semifinals December 11 Campus Sites		National Championship Game December 18 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN


Tennessee State*	10

North Carolina A&T	24
		North Carolina A&T	3

		Youngstown State*	41
Montana*	27

Youngstown State	30
				Youngstown State*	27

				Florida A&M	24
Troy State*	27

James Madison	7
		Troy State*	10

		Florida A&M	17
Appalachian State*	29

Florida A&M	44
						Youngstown State	24

						Georgia Southern	59
Hofstra*	27

Lehigh	15
		Hofstra*	20

		Illinois State	37
Illinois State*	56

Colgate	13
				Illinois State	17

				Georgia Southern*	31
Furman*	23

Massachusetts	30*
		Massachusetts	21

		Georgia Southern*	38
Georgia Southern*	72

Northern Arizona	29

* Denotes host institution

References

↑ "1999 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 16. Retrieved December 29, 2013.

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[1] "1999 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 16. Retrieved December 29, 2013.

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Champion – Georgia Southern Eagles