# 2000–01 NCAA football bowl games

The 2000–01 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the third year of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era, Oklahoma defeated Florida State in the 2001 Orange Bowl, designated as the BCS National Championship Game for the 2000 season.
A total of 25 bowl games were played between December 20, 2000, and January 3, 2001, by 50 bowl-eligible teams. Two short-lived bowl games were established for the 2000–01 season: the galleryfurniture.com Bowl (dissolved after its 2005 iteration as the Houston Bowl), and the Silicon Valley Football Classic (dissolved after its 2004 iteration).

## Non-BCS bowls

| Date | Game | Site | Television | Teams | Affiliations | Results |
| Dec. 20 | Mobile Alabama Bowl | Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 8:00 pm | ESPN2 | Southern Miss Golden Eagles (7–4) No. 13 TCU Horned Frogs (10–1) | C–USA WAC | Southern Miss 28 TCU 21 |
| Dec. 21 | Las Vegas Bowl | Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV 8:00 pm | ESPN2 | UNLV Rebels (7–5) Arkansas Razorbacks (6–5) | Mountain West SEC | UNLV 31 Arkansas 14 |
| Dec. 24 | Oahu Bowl | Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI 8:30 pm | ESPN | No. 24 Georgia Bulldogs (7–4) Virginia Cavaliers (6–5) | SEC ACC | Georgia 37 Virginia 14 |
| Dec. 25 | Aloha Bowl | Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI 3:30 pm | ABC | Boston College Eagles (6–5) Arizona State Sun Devils (6–5) | Big East Pac-10 | Boston College 31 Arizona State 17 |
| Dec. 27 | Motor City Bowl | Pontiac Silverdome Detroit, MI 4:00 pm | ESPN2 | Marshall Thundering Herd (7–5) Cincinnati Bearcats (7–4) | MAC C–USA | Marshall 25 Cincinnati 14 |
| Dec. 27 | Galleryfurniture.com Bowl | Astrodome Houston, TX 8:00 pm | ESPN | East Carolina Pirates (7–4) Texas Tech Red Raiders (6–6) | C–USA Big 12 | East Carolina 40 Texas Tech 27 |
| Dec. 28 | Humanitarian Bowl | Bronco Stadium Boise, ID 1:30pm | ESPN2 | Boise State Broncos (9–2) UTEP Miners (8–3) | Big West WAC | Boise State 38 UTEP 23 |
| Dec. 28 | Music City Bowl | Adelphia Coliseum Nashville, TN 4:00pm | ESPN | West Virginia Mountaineers (7–4) Ole Miss Rebels (7–4) | Big East SEC | West Virginia 49 Ole Miss 38 |
| Dec. 28 | MicronPC.com Bowl | Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 7:00pm | TBS | NC State Wolfpack (7–4) Minnesota Golden Gophers (6–5) | ACC Big Ten | NC State 38 Minnesota 30 |
| Dec. 28 | Insight.com Bowl | Bank One Ballpark Phoenix, AZ 7:30pm | ESPN | Iowa State Cyclones (8–3) Pittsburgh Panthers (7–4) | Big 12 Big East | Iowa State 37 Pittsburgh 29 |
| Dec 29 | Liberty Bowl | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN 1:30pm | ESPN | No. 23 Colorado State Rams (9–2) No. 22 Louisville Cardinals (9–2) | Mountain West C–USA | Colorado State 22 Louisville 17 |
| Dec 29 | Sun Bowl | Sun Bowl El Paso, TX 2:00 pm | CBS | Wisconsin Badgers (8–4) UCLA Bruins (6–5) | Big Ten Pac-10 | Wisconsin 21 UCLA 20 |
| Dec 29 | Peach Bowl | Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 5:00 pm | ESPN | LSU Tigers (7–4) No. 15 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (9–2) | SEC ACC | LSU 28 Georgia Tech 14 |
| Dec 29 | Holiday Bowl | Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA 8:30 pm | ESPN | No. 8 Oregon Ducks (9–2) No. 12 Texas Longhorns (9–2) | Pac-10 Big 12 | Oregon 35 Texas 30 |
| Dec. 30 | Alamo Bowl | Alamodome San Antonio, TX 8:00 pm | ESPN | No. 9 Nebraska Cornhuskers (9–2) No. 18 Northwestern Wildcats (8–3) | Big 12 Big Ten | Nebraska 66 Northwestern 17 |
| Dec. 31 | Silicon Valley Classic | Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA 7:00 pm | FSN | Air Force Falcons (9–2) Fresno State Bulldogs (7–4) | Mountain West WAC | Air Force 37 Fresno State 34 |
| Dec. 31 | Independence Bowl | Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA 8:00 pm | ESPN | Mississippi State Bulldogs (7–4) Texas A&M Aggies (7–4) | SEC Big 12 | Mississippi State 43 Texas A&M 41 |
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL 11:00 am | ESPN | South Carolina Gamecocks (7–4) No. 19 Ohio State Buckeyes (8–3) | SEC Big Ten | South Carolina 24 Ohio State 7 |
| Jan. 1 | Cotton Bowl | Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX 11:00 am | FOX | No. 11 Kansas State Wildcats (10–3) No. 21 Tennessee Volunteers (8–3) | Big 12 SEC | Kansas State 35 Tennessee 21 |
| Jan. 1 | Gator Bowl | Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL 12:30 pm | NBC | No. 6 Virginia Tech Hokies (10–1) No. 16 Clemson Tigers (9–2) | Big East ACC | Virginia Tech 41 Clemson 20 |
| Jan. 1 | Florida Citrus Bowl | Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 1:00 pm | ABC | No. 17 Michigan Wolverines (8–3) No. 20 Auburn Tigers (9–3) | Big Ten SEC | Michigan 31 Auburn 28 |
| Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## BCS bowls

Each of the games in the following table was televised by ABC.
| Date | Game | Site | Teams | Affiliations | Results |
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 4:30 pm | No. 4 Washington Huskies (10–1) No. 14 Purdue Boilermakers (8–3) | Pac-10 Big Ten | Washington 34 Purdue 24 |
| Jan. 1 | Fiesta Bowl | Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ 8:30 pm | No. 5 Oregon State Beavers (10–1) No. 10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9–2) | Pac-10 Independent | Oregon State 41 Notre Dame 9 |
| Jan. 2 | Sugar Bowl | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA 8:00 pm | No. 2 Miami Hurricanes (10–1) No. 7 Florida Gators (10–2) | Big East SEC | Miami (FL) 37 Florida 20 |
| Jan. 3 | Orange Bowl (BCS National Championship Game) | Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 8:00 pm | No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners (12–0) No. 3 Florida State Seminoles (11–1) | Big 12 ACC | Oklahoma 13 Florida State 2 |
| Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||