# 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

The 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the Sports Network poll of Division I-AA head coaches, athletic directors, sports information directors and media members. This is for the 2000 season.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## The Sports Network poll

| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 5 | Week 2 Sept 12 | Week 3 Sept 19 | Week 4 Sept 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | Week 11 Nov 14 | Week 12 Nov 21 | Week 13 Postseason | |
| 1. | Georgia Southern (66) | Georgia Southern (0–1) (32) | Troy State (2–0) (10) | Troy State (3–0) (72) | Troy State (3–0) (68) | Georgia Southern (4–1) (63) | Georgia Southern (5–1) (75) | Georgia Southern (6–1) (79) | Georgia Southern (7–1) (81) | Georgia Southern (8–1) (81) | Montana (8–1) (78) | Montana (9–1) (84) | Montana (10–1) (61) | Georgia Southern (13–2) (48) | 1. |
| 2. | Montana (5) | Troy State (1–0) (21) | Georgia Southern (1–1) (16) | Georgia Southern (2–1) (18) | Georgia Southern (3–1) (18) | Youngstown State (4–0) (2) | Portland State (5–0) (16) | Portland State (6–0) (17) | Delaware (7–0) (9) | Delaware (8–0) (11) | Youngstown State (8–1) (11) | Delaware (9–1) | Delaware (10–1) (2) | Montana (13–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Troy State (4) | UMass (1–0) (9) | UMass (1–0) (1) | Youngstown State (3–0) (1) | Youngstown State (3–0) | Florida A&M (5–0) (7) | Youngstown State (5–0) (2) | Youngstown State (6–0) | Western Illinois (7–1) (2) | Montana (7–1) (1) | Troy State (7–2) (2) | Troy State (8–2) (3) | Troy State (9–2) (3) | Delaware (12–2) | 3. |
| 4. | UMass | Appalachian State (1–0) (12) | Hofstra (2–0) | Florida A&M (3–0) | Florida A&M (4–0) (1) | Portland State (4–0) (16) | Delaware (6–0) (4) | Delaware (7–0) (3) | Montana (6–1) (1) | Western Illinois (8–1) (3) | Delaware (8–1) (1) | Furman (8–2) (2) | Furman (9–2) (2) | Appalachian State (10–4) | 4. |
| 5. | Illinois State (4) | Illinois State (1–0) (3) | Florida A&M (2–0) | Portland State (3–0) (2) | Portland State (3–0) (4) | Troy State (3–1) (3) | Appalachian State (4–1) | Montana (5–1) | Northwestern State (6–1) | Youngstown State (7–1) | Furman (7–2) (4) | Georgia Southern (9–2) | Georgia Southern (9–2) (1) | Western Kentucky (11–2) | 5. |
| 6. | Appalachian State | Hofstra (1–0) (1) | Youngstown State (2–0) | Furman (3–0) | Furman (4–0) (1) | Furman (5–0) (1) | Montana (4–1) | Western Illinois (6–1) | Appalachian State (5–2) | Western Kentucky (8–0) | Georgia Southern (8–2) | Western Illinois (8–2) | Western Illinois (9–2) | Richmond (10–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Youngstown State | Youngstown State (1–0) | Furman (2–0) | Delaware (3–0) (2) | Appalachian State (2–1) | Delaware (5–0) (4) | Western Illinois (5–1) | Furman (6–1) (1) | Youngstown State (6–1) | Troy State (6–2) | Western Illinois (8–2) (1) | Western Kentucky (9–1) | Western Kentucky (10–1) | Hofstra (9–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Florida A&M | Florida A&M (1–0) | Appalachian State (1–1) | Appalachian State (1–1) | Delaware (4–0) (2) | Appalachian State (3–1) | James Madison (4–1) | Appalachian State (4–2) | Portland State (6–1) | Hofstra (7–2) | Lehigh (9–0) | Lehigh (10–0) (1) | Lehigh (11–0) (1) | Lehigh (12–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Furman | Furman (1–0) | Montana (1–1) | Montana (2–1) | Montana (3–1) | Montana (4–1) | Furman (5–1) | Northwestern State (5–1) | Western Kentucky (7–0) | Lehigh (8–0) | Portland State (7–2) | Youngstown State (8–2) | Youngstown State (9–2) | Troy State (9–3) | 9. |
| 10. | Northern Iowa | Montana (0–1) | James Madison (2–0) | Stephen F. Austin (3–0) | Hofstra (3–1) | Hofstra (4–1) (1) | Northwestern State (4–1) | Troy State (4–2) | Troy State (5–2) | Northwestern State (6–2) | Western Kentucky (8–1) | Richmond (8–2) | Richmond (9–2) | Furman (9–3) | 10. |
| 11. | Hofstra | Northern Iowa (1–0) | Delaware (2–0) | UMass (1–1) | UMass (2–1) | Western Illinois (4–1) | Florida A&M (5–1) | Hofstra (5–2) | Hofstra (6–2) | Furman (6–2) | Richmond (7–2) | Grambling State (9–1) (2) | Grambling State (9–1) (2) | Youngstown State (9–3) | 11. |
| 12. | Portland State | Portland State (1–0) | Portland State (1–0) (1) | Hofstra (2–1) | Western Illinois (3–1) | Villanova (3–1) | Troy State (3–2) | Western Kentucky (6–0) | Lehigh (7–0) | Portland State (6–2) | Grambling State (9–1) (1) | Hofstra (7–3) | Hofstra (8–3) | Western Illinois (9–3) | 12. |
| 13. | Southern | Delaware (1–0) | North Carolina A&T (2–0) | North Carolina A&T (2–0) | Villanova (3–1) | James Madison (3–1) | Hofstra (4–2) | Lehigh (6–0) | Furman (6–2) | Richmond (6–2) | Hofstra (7–3) | Florida A&M (8–2) | Florida A&M (9–2) | Grambling State (10–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Villanova | James Madison (1–0) | Eastern Kentucky (2–0) | Eastern Kentucky (2–0) | Stephen F. Austin (3–1) | Stephen F. Austin (3–1) | Western Kentucky (5–0) | North Carolina A&T (5–1) | UMass (5–2) | Grambling State (8–1) | Appalachian State (6–3) | Appalachian State (7–3) | Appalachian State (8–3) | Florida A&M (9–3) | 14. |
| 15. | North Carolina A&T | Tennessee State (1–0) | Stephen F. Austin (2–0) | Western Illinois (2–1) | Northwestern State (2–1) | Northwestern State (3–1) | Lehigh (5–0) | UMass (4–2) | James Madison (5–2) | Appalachian State (5–3) | Florida A&M (8–2) | Portland State (7–3) | Portland State (8–3) | Portland State (8–4) | 15. |
| 16. | Delaware | Eastern Kentucky (1–0) | Northern Iowa (1–1) | Villanova (2–1) | James Madison (2–1) | Richmond (3–1) | UMass (3–2) | James Madison (4–2) | Richmond (5–2) | Florida A&M (7–2) | McNeese State (7–2) | Bethune-Cookman (9–1) | McNeese State (8–3) | McNeese State (8–4) | 16. |
| 17. | Stephen F. Austin | North Carolina A&T (1–0) | Illinois State (1–1) | Northern Arizona (2–0) | Northern Arizona (2–1) | Lehigh (4–0) | North Carolina A&T (4–1) | McNeese State (5–1) | Grambling State (7–1) | McNeese State (6–2) | James Madison (6–3) | McNeese State (7–3) | Eastern Illinois (8–3) | Eastern Illinois (8–4) | 17. |
| 18. | James Madison | Villanova (0–1) т | Villanova (1–1) | James Madison (2–1) | Eastern Washington (3–1) | Eastern Kentucky (3–1) | Villanova (3–2) | Villanova (4–2) | Villanova (5–2) | North Carolina A&T (6–2) | Northwestern State (6–3) | Northern Iowa (7–3) | Weber State (7–4) | Weber State (7–4) | 18. |
| 19. | Tennessee State | Stephen F. Austin (1–0) т | Western Illinois (1–1) | Northwestern State (1–1) | Richmond (2–1) | UMass (2–2) | Richmond (3–2) | Richmond (4–2) | Eastern Illinois (6–1) | James Madison (5–3) | Weber State (7–3) | Weber State (7–4) | North Carolina A&T (8–3) | Northern Iowa (7–4) | 19. |
| 20. | Eastern Kentucky | Northwestern State (1–0) | Northern Arizona (1–0) | Richmond (2–1) | Lehigh (3–0) | Western Kentucky (4–0) | Eastern Washington (4–2) | Grambling State (6–1) | Florida A&M (6–2) | Weber State (6–3) | Eastern Illinois (7–2) | North Carolina A&T (7–3) | Bethune-Cookman (9–2) | Bethune-Cookman (9–2) | 20. |
| 21. | Jackson State | Jackson State (1–0) | Lehigh (1–0) | Lehigh (2–0) | Eastern Kentucky (2–1) | North Carolina A&T (3–1) | Grambling State (5–1) | Florida A&M (5–2) | McNeese State (5–2) | Eastern Illinois (6–2) | UMass (6–3) | Sam Houston State (7–3) | Northern Iowa (8–3) | North Carolina A&T (8–3) | 21. |
| 22. | Northern Arizona | Southern (0–1) | Tennessee State (1–1) | Eastern Washington (2–1) | North Carolina A&T (2–1) | Northern Iowa (3–2) | McNeese State (4–1) | Sam Houston State (5–1) | Bethune-Cookman (7–0) | UMass (5–3) | Bethune-Cookman (8–1) | Eastern Illinois (7–3) | Tennessee Tech (8–3) | Tennessee Tech (8–3) | 22. |
| 23. | Western Illinois | Northern Arizona (0–0) | Sam Houston State (2–0) | Illinois State (1–2) | New Hampshire (4–0) | Eastern Washington (3–2) | Northern Iowa (3–2) | Bethune-Cookman (7–0) (1) | North Carolina A&T (5–2) | Villanova (5–3) | Northern Iowa (6–3) | James Madison (6–4) | Wofford (7–4) | Wofford (7–4) | 23. |
| 24. | Lehigh | Sam Houston State (1–0) | Elon (1–1) | Western Kentucky (3–0) | Western Kentucky (3–0) | Northern Arizona (2–2) | Stephen F. Austin (3–2) | Eastern Illinois (5–1) | Weber State (5–3) | Northern Iowa (5–3) | New Hampshire (6–3) | Tennessee Tech (7–3) | SW Texas State (7–4) | Illinois State (7–4) | 24. |
| 25. | Colgate | Western Illinois (0–1) | Northwestern State (1–1) | New Hampshire (3–0) | Northern Iowa (2–2) | Hampton (4–1) | Idaho State (4–1) | Eastern Washington (4–3) | Texas Southern (7–0) | Bethune-Cookman (7–1) | North Carolina A&T (6–3) | Northwestern State (6–4) | Illinois State (7–4) | SW Texas State (7–4) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 5 | Week 2 Sept 12 | Week 3 Sept 19 | Week 4 Sept 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | Week 11 Nov 14 | Week 12 Nov 21 | Week 13 Postseason | |
| | | Dropped: 24 Lehigh25 Colgate | Dropped: 21 Jackson State22 Southern | Dropped: 16 Northern Iowa22 Tennessee State23 Sam Houston State24 Elon | Dropped: 23 Illinois State | Dropped: 23 New Hampshire | Dropped: 18 Eastern Kentucky24 Northern Arizona26 Hampton | Dropped: 23 Northern Iowa24 Stephen F. Austin25 Idaho State | Dropped: 22 Sam Houston State25 Eastern Washington | Dropped: 25 Texas Southern | Dropped: 23 Villanova | Dropped: 21 UMass24 New Hampshire | Dropped: 21 Sam Houston State23 James Madison25 Northwestern State | None | |