# 2000 NAIA football rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| * | NAIA National Champion |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
One human poll made up the 2000 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. Once the regular season was complete, the NAIA sponsored a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2000 NAIA Football National Championship.

## Poll release dates

The poll release dates were:
* (Preseason)
* September 12, 2000 (Week 1)
* September 19, 2000 (Week 2)
* September 26, 2000 (Week 3)
* October 3, 2000 (Week 4)
* October 10, 2000 (Week 5)
* October 17, 2000 (Week 6)
* October 24, 2000 (Week 7)
* October 31, 2000 (Week 8)
* November 7, 2000 (Week 9)
* November 12, 2000 (Final)
* December 20, 2000 (Postseason)

## Week by week poll

| | Week 0-Preseason | Week Poll 1 Sep 12 | Week Poll 2 Sep 19 | Week Poll 3 Sep 26 | Week Poll 4 Oct 3 | Week Poll 5 Oct 10 | Week Poll 6 Oct 17 | Week Poll 7 Oct 24 | Week Poll 8 Oct 31 | Week Poll 9 Nov 7 | Week Final Nov 12 | Week Postseason Dec 20 | |
| 1. | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | *Georgetown (KY) | 1. |
| 2. | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Northwestern Oklahoma State | 2. |
| 3. | Mary (ND) | Mary (ND) | Saint Francis (IN) | Geneva (PA) | McKendree (IL) | Mary (ND) | Mary (ND) | Mary (ND) | Mary (ND) | (T) Saint Francis (IN) | Benedictine (KS) | Carroll (MT) | 3. |
| 4. | Hastings (NE) | Saint Francis (IN) | Dickinson State (ND) | Dickinson State (ND) | Mary (ND) | McKendree (IL) | McKendree (IL) | McKendree (IL) | McKendree (IL) | (T) Benedictine (KS) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Northwestern (IA) | 4. |
| 5. | Azusa Pacific (CA) | Southern Oregon | Geneva (PA) | McKendree (IL) | Saint Francis (IN) | (T) Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Northwestern (IA) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | 5. |
| 6. | McKendree (IL) | Taylor (IN) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Huron (SD) | (T) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Valley City State (ND) | Valley City State (ND) | Saint Francis (IN) | 6. |
| 7. | Missouri Valley (MO) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Montana Tech | Mary (ND) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Peru State (NE) | Peru State (NE) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Huron (SD) | Saint Francis (IN) | St. Ambrose (IA) | 7. |
| 8. | Taylor (IN) | Dickinson State (ND) | Mary (ND) | Huron (SD) | Benedictine (KS) | Peru State (NE) | Valley City State (ND) | Valley City State (ND) | Valley City State (ND) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Huron (SD) | Huron (SD) | 8. |
| 9. | Saint Francis (IN) | Geneva (PA) | McKendree (IL) | Saint Francis (IN) | Geneva (PA) | Lambuth (TN) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Huron (SD) | Ottawa (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | 9. |
| 10. | Lambuth (TN) | Lambuth (TN) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Evangel (MO) | Southern Oregon | Valley City State (ND) | Huron (SD) | Huron (SD) | Ottawa (KS) | Mary (ND) | Lambuth (TN) | Valley City State (ND) | 10. |
| 11. | Montana Tech | Hastings (NE) | Huron (SD) | Southern Oregon | Doane (NE) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Lambuth (TN) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Lambuth (TN) | 11. |
| 12. | Southern Oregon | Virginia-Wise | Evangel (MO) | Benedictine (KS) | Dickinson State (ND) | Geneva (PA) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Ottawa (KS) | Lambuth (TN) | McKendree (IL) | Mary (ND) | Mary (ND) | 12. |
| 13. | Southwestern (KS) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | Concordia (NE) | Montana Tech | Peru State (NE) | Bethany (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | Nebraska Wesleyan | Montana Tech | Montana Tech | Olivet Nazarene (IL) | Nebraska Wesleyan | 13. |
| 14. | Dickinson State (ND) | McKendree (IL) | Southern Oregon | Doane (NE) | Lambuth (TN) | Huron (SD) | Nebraska Wesleyan | Lambuth (TN) | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | Nebraska Wesleyan | Ottawa (KS) | 14. |
| 15. | Evangel (MO) | Montana Tech | Taylor (IN) | Peru State (NE) | Concordia (NE) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Lambuth (TN) | Baker (KS) | Southern Oregon | Peru State (NE) | Campbellsville (KY) | Olivet Nazarene (IL) | 15. |
| 16. | Doane (NE) | Evangel (MO) | Bethany (KS) | Lambuth (TN) | Cumberland (TN) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Doane (NE) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Peru State (NE) | Olivet Nazarene (IL) | Carroll (MT) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | 16. |
| 17. | Huron (SD) | Huron (SD) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Concordia (NE) | Evangel (MO) | Southern Oregon | Baker (KS) | Southern Oregon | Baker (KS) | Geneva (PA) | Baker (KS) | Campbellsville (KY) | 17. |
| 18. | Virginia-Wise | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Cumberland (TN) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | Ottawa (KS) | Concordia (NE) | Campbellsville (KY) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Campbellsville (KY) | McKendree (IL) | Baker (KS) | 18. |
| 19. | Sioux Falls (SD) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Benedictine (KS) | Bethany (KS) | Bethany (KS) | Doane (NE) | Southern Oregon | Southwestern (KS) | Tri-State (IN) | Bethany (KS) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | McKendree (IL) | 19. |
| 20. | Geneva (PA) | Bethany (KS) | Doane (NE) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Saint Xavier (IL) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Montana Tech | Geneva (PA) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | Bethel (KS) | Peru State (NE) | 20. |
| 21. | Tri-State (IN) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Lambuth (TN) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Concordia (NE) | Southwestern (KS) | Geneva (PA) | Campbellsville (KY) | Nebraska Wesleyan | Peru State (NE) | Geneva (PA) | 21. |
| 22. | Bethany (KS) | Doane (NE) | Virginia-Wise | Campbellsville (KY) | Valley City State (ND) | (T) Mount Senario (WI) | Montana Tech | (T) Rocky Mountain (MT) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | Mount Senario (WI) | Geneva (PA) | Bethel (KS) | 22. |
| 23. | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Benedictine (KS) | Baker (KS) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Ottawa (KS) | (T) Nebraska Wesleyan | Campbellsville (KY) | (T) Northwestern (IA) | Bethany (KS) | Baker (KS) | Montana Tech | Montana Tech | 23. |
| 24. | Valley City State (ND) | Southwestern (KS) | Southwestern (KS) | Valley City State (ND) | Mount Senario (WI) | Dickinson State (ND) | Geneva (PA) | Tri-State (IN) | Olivet Nazarene (IL) | Carroll (MT) | (T) Kansas Wesleyan | (T) Kansas Wesleyan | 24. |
| 25. | Carroll (MT) | Concordia (NE) | Peru State (NE) | Bethel (KS) | Montana Tech | Baker (KS) | Bethany (KS) | Bethany (KS) | Mount Senario (WI) | Bethel (KS) | (T) Sioux Falls (SD) | (T) Sioux Falls (SD) | 25. |
| | Week 0-Preseason | Week Poll 1 Sep 12 | Week Poll 2 Sep 19 | Week Poll 3 Sep 26 | Week Poll 4 Oct 3 | Week Poll 5 Oct 10 | Week Poll 6 Oct 17 | Week Poll 7 Oct 24 | Week Poll 8 Oct 31 | Week Poll 9 Nov 7 | Week Final Nov 12 | Week Postseason Dec 20 | |
| | | Dropped: Tri-State (IN)Valley City State (ND)Carroll (MT) | Dropped: Hastings (NE)Missouri Valley (MO) | Dropped: Taylor (IN)Virginia-WiseBaker (KS)Southwestern (KS) | Dropped: Campbellsville (KY)Bethel (KS) | Dropped: Cumberland (TN)Evangel (MO)Montana Tech | Dropped: Sioux Falls (SD)Saint Xavier (IL)Mount Senario (WI)Dickinson State (ND) | Dropped: Doane (NE)Concordia (NE) | Dropped: Nebraska WesleyanSouthwestern (KS)Rocky Mountain (MT) | Dropped: Southern OregonSioux Falls (SD)Tri-State (IN) | Dropped: Bethany (KS)Mount Senario (WI) | Dropped: NONE | |

## Leading vote-getters

Since the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through the postseason poll of the 2000 season, the teams and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses.
There has been only one tie for the leading vote-getter in a weekly poll. In 2015, Southern Oregon was tied with Marian (IN) in the preseason poll.
In 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.
| Team | Total #1 Rankings |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State | 12 (1) |
| Georgetown (KY) | 10 (1) |
| Azusa Pacific (CA) | 3 |