2000 NCAA Division III football season

2000 Atlantic Central Football Conference standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant;

2000 American Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant;

2000 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 2000
Playoffs	November – December 2000
National; championship	Salem Football Stadium; Salem, VA
Champion	Mount Union (5)
Gagliardi Trophy	Chad Johnson (QB), Pacific Lutheran
	NCAA Division III football seasons
	NCAA Division III football seasons

The 2000 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2000, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2000 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their fifth Division III championship by defeating the Saint John's (MN) Johnnies, 10−7.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Chad Johnson, quarterback from Pacific Lutheran.[1]

Conference standings

2000 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Central (IA) $^		10	–	0		12	–	1
Wartburg		9	–	1		9	–	1
Buena Vista		7	–	3		7	–	3
Coe		6	–	4		6	–	4
Simpson		6	–	4		6	–	4
Luther		5	–	5		5	–	5
Loras		4	–	6		4	–	6
Cornell (IA)		3	–	7		3	–	7
Upper Iowa		3	–	7		3	–	7
William Penn		2	–	8		2	–	8
Dubuque		0	–	10		0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Commonwealth
Widener x^		5	–	0		12	–	2
Moravian		3	–	2		6	–	4
Susquehanna		2	–	3		7	–	3
Lebanon Valley		2	–	3		4	–	6
Albright		2	–	3		3	–	7
Juniata		1	–	4		1	–	9
Freedom
Lycoming x		4	–	0		7	–	2
King's (PA)		3	–	1		7	–	4
Wilkes		2	–	2		5	–	5
Delaware Valley		1	–	3		3	–	7
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham		0	–	4		1	–	9

x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 New Jersey Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Montclair State $^		6	–	0		7	–	3
Rowan		5	–	1		7	–	2
Cortland		4	–	2		4	–	6
TCNJ		3	–	3		4	–	5
New Jersey City		2	–	4		3	–	7
William Paterson		1	–	5		2	–	8
Kean		0	–	6		1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Northwest Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Linfield $^		5	–	0		9	–	1
Pacific Lutheran ^		4	–	1		9	–	2
Whitworth		3	–	2		6	–	3
Puget Sound		2	–	3		5	–	4
Lewis & Clark		1	–	4		3	–	6
Willamette		0	–	5		3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

2000 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Washington & Jefferson $^		4	–	0		9	–	2
Grove City		3	–	1		6	–	4
Waynesburg		2	–	2		6	–	4
Bethany (WV)		1	–	3		5	–	5
Thiel		0	–	4		2	–	8
Westminster (PA) *		0	–	0		8	–	2

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant * Completing reclassification from NCAA Division II—games do not count in conference standings

Conference champions

Conference champions
American Southwest Conference – Hardin–Simmons Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – McDaniel College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan, Millikin, and Wheaton (IL) Dixie Intercollegiate Football Conference – No Champion Named Freedom Football Conference – Springfield Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Bluffton and Hanover Illini-Badger Football Conference – Aurora Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener Midwest Conference – St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (MN) New England Football Conference – Nichols and Salve Regina (Blue Division), Bridgewater State (Red Division) Championship Game: Bridgewater State 27, Salve Regina 24 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Amherst, Colby, and Middlebury New Jersey Athletic Conference – Montclair State North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – DePauw, Sewanee, and Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Chicago Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hobart, Rochester, and Union (NY) Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Stout

Postseason

The 2000 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 28th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the eighth time. This was the second bracket to feature 28 teams since last expanding in 1999.[2]

Playoff bracket

First Round Campus Sites		Second Round Campus Sites		Quarterfinals Campus Sites		Semifinals Campus Sites		National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia


		Mount Union	32
Ohio Northern	47	Ohio Northern	15
Millikin	21			Mount Union	32
Hanover	20			Wittenberg	21
Hope	3	Hanover	21
Wittenberg	31	Wittenberg	32
Aurora	20					Mount Union	70
						Widener	30
		Brockport	6
Springfield	31	Springfield	13
Montclair State	29			Springfield	27
Widener	33			Widener	61
Union (NY)	26	Widener	40
Hobart	25	Hobart	14
Bridgewater State	0							Mount Union	10
								Saint John's (MN)	7
		Linfield	17
Central (IA)	28	Central (IA)	20*
St. Norbert	14			Central (IA)	18
Pacific Lutheran	41			Saint John's (MN)	21
Bethel (MN)	13	Pacific Lutheran	21
Saint John's (MN)	20	Saint John's (MN)	28*
UW–Stout	19					Saint John's (MN)	38
						Hardin–Simmons	14
		Hardin–Simmons	32
McDaniel	38	McDaniel	10
Emory & Henry	14			Hardin–Simmons	33
Trinity (TX)	21			Trinity (TX)	30
Wesley	3	Trinity (TX)	47*
Bridgewater (VA)	59	Bridgewater (VA)	41
Wash. & Jefferson	42

* Overtime

References

"All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
"2000 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

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[1] "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

[2] "2000 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

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