2000 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

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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.

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The Sports Network poll

Preseason
[1] 		Week 1
Sept 5 [2] 		Week 2
Sept 12 [3] 		Week 3
Sept 19 [4] 		Week 4
Sept 26 [5] 		Week 5
Oct 3 [6] 		Week 6
Oct 10 [7] 		Week 7
Oct 17 [8] 		Week 8
Oct 24 [9] 		Week 9
Oct 31 [10] 		Week 10
Nov 7 [11] 		Week 11
Nov 14 [12] 		Week 12
Nov 21 [13] 		Week 13
Postseason [14]
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) тVillanova (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) тWestern 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
[15] 		Week 1
Sept 5 [16] 		Week 2
Sept 12 [17] 		Week 3
Sept 19 [18] 		Week 4
Sept 26 [19] 		Week 5
Oct 3 [20] 		Week 6
Oct 10 [21] 		Week 7
Oct 17 [22] 		Week 8
Oct 24 [23] 		Week 9
Oct 31 [24] 		Week 10
Nov 7 [25] 		Week 11
Nov 14 [26] 		Week 12
Nov 21 [27] 		Week 13
Postseason [28]
Dropped:
  • 24 Lehigh
  • 25 Colgate
Dropped:
  • 21 Jackson State
  • 22 Southern
Dropped:
  • 16 Northern Iowa
  • 22 Tennessee State
  • 23 Sam Houston State
  • 24 Elon
Dropped:
23 Illinois State		Dropped:
23 New Hampshire		Dropped:
  • 18 Eastern Kentucky
  • 24 Northern Arizona
  • 26 Hampton
Dropped:
  • 23 Northern Iowa
  • 24 Stephen F. Austin
  • 25 Idaho State
Dropped:
  • 22 Sam Houston State
  • 25 Eastern Washington
Dropped:
25 Texas Southern		Dropped:
23 Villanova		Dropped:
  • 21 UMass
  • 24 New Hampshire
Dropped:
  • 21 Sam Houston State
  • 23 James Madison
  • 25 Northwestern State
None

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