2000 NCAA Division I-A football season

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The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with fans singing Oklahoma! as the Sooners claimed the first national championship of the new millennium, and their first conference championship since the departure of Barry Switzer.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was in only his second season as head coach, but was a hot commodity coming in, having won a National Title with Steve Spurrier as his defensive coordinator and helped Bill Snyder turn the Kansas State Wildcats around in the early 1990s. While Oklahoma fans reveled in the national championship, it might have meant even more that Stoops erased a three-game losing streak against rival Texas in 63-14 trampling, one of Texas' worst defeats in its history. Despite the lopsided victory, this game marked a return of the Red River Shootout to a rivalry game with national title implications.

The BCS title game was not without controversy, as the system shut second ranked Miami out of the championship game, despite having beaten #3 Florida State during the regular season and having the same record as the Seminoles. 10-1 Washington, the only team who had beaten Miami, also believed they deserved a shot at the national championship.

Virginia Tech also found themselves on the outside looking in, despite being ranked higher than both the at-large teams, Notre Dame and Oregon State.

Two new bowl games started this year: the Silicon Valley Bowl, which had a contractual tie-in with the WAC, and the GalleryFurntiture.com Bowl.

1 Bowl Games
2 Heisman Trophy Voting
3 Other Major Awards

[edit] Bowl Games

Main article: D1A Bowl Games, 2000-01

[edit] BCS Bowls

Orange Bowl: #1 Oklahoma (BCS #1)13, #3 Florida State (BCS #2) 2
Rose Bowl: #4 Washington (Pac10 Champ) 34, #14 Purdue (Big10 co-Champ) 24
Fiesta Bowl: #6 Oregon State (At Large [Pac10 co-champ]) 41, #10 Notre Dame (At Large) 9
Sugar Bowl: #2 Miami (Big East Champ) 37, #7 Florida (SEC Champ) 20

[edit] Other New Years Day Bowls

Cotton Bowl: #11 Kansas State (Big 12 runner-up) 35, #21 Tennessee 21
Florida Cirtus Bowl: #17 Michigan (Big10 co-champ) 31, #20 Auburn (SEC runner-up) 28
Gator Bowl: #6 Virginia Tech 41, #16 Clemson 20
Outback Bowl: South Carolina 24, #19 Ohio State 7

[edit] December Bowl Games

Holiday Bowl: #8 Oregon (Pac10 co-champ) 35, #12 Texas 30
Peach Bowl: LSU 28, #15 Georgia Tech 14
MicronPC.com Bowl: NC State 38, Minnesota 30
Sun Bowl: Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20
Alamo Bowl: #9 Nebraska 66, #18 Northwestern (Big10 co-champ) 17
Insight.com Bowl: Iowa State 37, Pittsburgh 29
Liberty Bowl: #23 Colorado State (MWC champ) 22, #22 Louisville (C-USA champ) 17
Aloha Bowl: Boston College 31, Arizona State 17
Oahu Bowl: #24 Georgia 37, Virginia 14
Independence Bowl: Mississippi State 43, Texas A&M 41 (OT)
Music City Bowl: West Virginia 49, Mississippi 38
Las Vegas Bowl: UNLV 31, Arkansas 14
Motor City Bowl: Marshall (MAC champ) 25, Cincinnati 14
Humanitarian Bowl: Boise State (Big West champ) 38, UTEP (WAC co-champ) 23
Mobile Alabama Bowl: Southern Miss 28, #13 TCU (WAC co-champ) 21
Silicon Valley Bowl: Air Force 37, Fresno State 34
Galleryfurniture.com bowl: East Carolina 40, Texas Tech 27