2000 NCAA Division III football season

2000 NCAA Division III football season
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Regular season	August – November 2000
College football seasons « 1999 2001 »

The 2000 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2000, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2000 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their fifth Division III championship by defeating the Saint John's (MN) Johnnies, 10−7.

The Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Chad Johnson, quarterback from Pacific Lutheran.

Conference champions

See also: List of NCAA Division III football seasons

Conference champions

American Southwest Conference – Hardin–Simmons Atlantic Central Football Conference – Wesley Centennial Conference – McDaniel College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan, Millikin, and Wheaton (IL) Dixie Intercollegiate Football Conference – No Champion Named Freedom Football Conference – Springfield Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Bluffton and Hanover Illini-Badger Football Conference – Aurora Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Central (IA) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Widener Midwest Conference – St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Bethel (MN) New England Football Conference – Nichols and Salve Regina (Blue Division), Bridgewater State (Red Division) Championship Game: Bridgewater State 27, Salve Regina 24 New England Small College Athletic Conference – Amherst, Colby, and Middlebury New Jersey Athletic Conference – Montclair State North Coast Athletic Conference – Wittenberg Northwest Conference – Linfield Ohio Athletic Conference – Mount Union Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Emory & Henry Presidents' Athletic Conference – Washington & Jefferson Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference – DePauw, Sewanee, and Trinity (TX) University Athletic Association – Chicago Upper Midwest Athletic Conference – Mount Senario Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference – Hobart, Rochester, and Union (NY) Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–Stout

Postseason

The 2000 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 28th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the eighth time. This was the second bracket to feature 28 teams since last expanding in 1999.

Playoff bracket

	First Round Campus Sites				Second Round Campus Sites				Quarterfinals Campus Sites				Semifinals Campus Sites				National Championship Game Salem Football Stadium Salem, Virginia
					Mount Union	32
	Ohio Northern	47			Ohio Northern	15
	Millikin	21							Mount Union	32
	Hanover	20							Wittenberg	21
	Hope	3			Hanover	21
	Wittenberg	31			Wittenberg	32
	Aurora	20											Mount Union	70
													Widener	30
					Brockport	6
	Springfield	31			Springfield	13
	Montclair State	29							Springfield	27
	Widener	33							Widener	61
	Union (NY)	26			Widener	40
	Hobart	25			Hobart	14
	Bridgewater State	0															Mount Union	10
																	Saint John's (MN)	7
					Linfield	17
	Central (IA)	28			Central (IA)	20*
	St. Norbert	14							Central (IA)	18
	Pacific Lutheran	41							Saint John's (MN)	21
	Bethel (MN)	13			Pacific Lutheran	21
	Saint John's (MN)	20			Saint John's (MN)	28*
	UW–Stout	19											Saint John's (MN)	38
													Hardin–Simmons	14
					Hardin–Simmons	32
	McDaniel	38			McDaniel	10
	Emory & Henry	14							Hardin–Simmons	33
	Trinity (TX)	21							Trinity (TX)	30
	Wesley	3			Trinity (TX)	47*
	Bridgewater (VA)	59			Bridgewater (VA)	41
	Wash. & Jefferson	42

* Overtime

See also

• 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season
• 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 2000 NCAA Division II football season