# 2000 NAIA football season

The 2000 NAIA football season was the component of the 2000 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 16, at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The Georgetown Tigers defeated the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers, 20–0, in the title game to win the program's second NAIA championship.

## Conference and membership changes
### Conference changes

* This was the first season for the Dakota Athletic Conference. The DAC was formed by former members of the newly-disbanded North Dakota College Athletic and South Dakota-Iowa Intercollegiate conferences from North Dakota and South Dakota.
* This was also the first season for the Great Plains Athletic Conference, which rebranded from the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference after adding four former members of the South Dakota-Iowa Intercollegiate Conference from South Dakota and Iowa.

### Membership changes

| Team | 1999 conference | 2000 conference |
| Black Hills State | South Dakota-Iowa | Dakota |
| Dakota State | South Dakota-Iowa | Dakota |
| Dakota Wesleyan | South Dakota-Iowa | Great Plains |
| Dickinson Sate | North Dakota | Dakota |
| Dordt | South Dakota-Iowa | Great Plains |
| Jamestown | North Dakota | Dakota |
| Mary | North Dakota | Dakota |
| Mayville State | North Dakota | Dakota |
| Minot State | North Dakota | Dakota |
| Mount Marty | South Dakota-Iowa | Great Plains |
| Si Tanka | South Dakota-Iowa | Dakota |
| Sioux Falls | South Dakota-Iowa | Great Plains |
| South Dakota Mines | South Dakota-Iowa | Dakota |
| Valley City State | North Dakota | Dakota |

## Conference standings

2000 Central States Football League standings :
| 2000 Central States Football League standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 2 NW Oklahoma State $^  5 –0  13 –1   No. 20 Peru State  4 –1  8 –2   Langston  3 –2  5 –4   Lincoln (MO)  2 –3  3 –6   Haskell  1 –4  2 –8   SAGU  0 –5  2 –8   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2000 Dakota Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 10 Valley City State +^  8 –1  9 –2   No. 8 Huron +^  8 –1  9 –3   No. 12 Mary  7 –2  7 –2   Dickinson State  5 –4  6 –4   Minot State  5 –4  5 –5   Mayville State  4 –5  4 –6   Dakota State  3 –6  3 –7   Black Hills State  3 –6  3 –7   Jamestown  2 –7  3 –6   South Dakota Mines  0 –9  0 –10   + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2000 Frontier Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 3 Carroll (MT) $^  6 –2  10 –4   No. 23 Montana Tech  6 –2  7 –4   Rocky Mountain  5 –3  5 –5   Montana State–Northern  2 –6  2 –8   Western Montana  1 –7  1 –9   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2000 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 13 Nebraska Wesleyan +^  6 –2  8 –3   No. 4 Northwestern (IA) +^  6 –2  9 –4   Hastings  5 –3  6 –3   Sioux Falls  5 –3  6 –4   Doane  5 –3  5 –4   Concordia (NE)  4 –4  7 –4   Midland Lutheran  4 –4  5 –5   Dakota Wesleyan  1 –7  2 –8   Dana  0 –8  1 –9   + – Conference co-champions^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2000 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 9 Benedictine (KS) $^  9 –0  10 –1   No. 5 MidAmerica Nazarene  8 –1  11 –2   No. 18 Baker  7 –2  9 –2   Evangel  5 –4  5 –4   Lindenwood  4 –5  4 –8   Missouri Valley  3 –6  3 –7   William Jewell  3 –6  3 –7   Culver–Stockton  3 –6  3 –8   Graceland  2 –7  2 –8   Central Methodist  1 –8  3 –8   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2000 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 14 Ottawa $^  9 –0  9 –2   No. 22 Bethel (KS)  7 –2  8 –2   Bethany (KS)  6 –3  7 –3   No. T–24 Kansas Wesleyan  6 –3  7 –4   Southwestern (KS)  6 –3  6 –4   Sterling  4 –5  4 –6   Friends  3 –6  3 –7   Tabor  3 –6  3 –7   McPherson  1 –8  1 –8   Saint Mary (KS)  0 –9  0 –9   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |
| 2000 Mid-South Conference football standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 1 Georgetown (KY) $^  8 –0  14 –0   No. 11 Lambuth ^  6 –1  7 –4   No. 17 Campbellsville  5 –2  7 –4   Belhaven  4 –3  5 –5   Cumberland (TN)  3 –5  5 –5   Union (KY)  2 –5  3 –7   Cumberland (KY)  1 –6  2 –8   North Greenville  0 –8  0 –10   $ – Conference champion^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2000 Mid-States Football Association standings vteConfOverall Team W L W L  Mideast League No. 6 Saint Francis (IN) x^  6 –0  10 –2   Walsh  4 –2  6 –5   No. 21 Geneva  3 –3  7 –3   Tri-State  3 –3  6 –5   Malone  2 –4  4 –7   Tiffin  2 –4  3 –7   Urbana  1 –5  1 –9   Midwest League No. 7 St. Ambrose x^  7 –0  9 –3   No. 15 Olivet Nazarene ^  6 –1  8 –3   No. 19 McKendree  5 –2  7 –3   Saint Xavier  4 –3  6 –4   St. Francis (IL)  3 –4  5 –6   Taylor  2 –5  3 –7   Trinity International  1 –6  4 –7   Iowa Wesleyan  0 –7  0 –10   x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll | 2000 NAIA independents football records vteConfOverall Team W L W L  No. 16 Azusa Pacific ^   –  6 –4   Southern Oregon   –  5 –4   Virginia–Wise   –  3 –7   ^ – NAIA playoff participantRankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll |