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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.[1]

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 StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern 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 State2.
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 OregonGeneva (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 TechMary (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 OregonValley City State (ND)Huron (SD)Huron (SD)Ottawa (KS)Mary (ND)Lambuth (TN)Valley City State (ND)10.
11.Montana TechHastings (NE)Huron (SD)Southern OregonDoane (NE)Azusa Pacific (CA)Azusa Pacific (CA)Azusa Pacific (CA)St. Ambrose (IA)Lambuth (TN)St. Ambrose (IA)Lambuth (TN)11.
12.Southern OregonVirginia-WiseEvangel (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 TechPeru State (NE)Bethany (KS)Ottawa (KS)Nebraska WesleyanMontana TechMontana TechOlivet Nazarene (IL)Nebraska Wesleyan13.
14.Dickinson State (ND)McKendree (IL)Southern OregonDoane (NE)Lambuth (TN)Huron (SD)Nebraska WesleyanLambuth (TN)Northwestern (IA)Northwestern (IA)Nebraska WesleyanOttawa (KS)14.
15.Evangel (MO)Montana TechTaylor (IN)Peru State (NE)Concordia (NE)Sioux Falls (SD)Lambuth (TN)Baker (KS)Southern OregonPeru 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 OregonBaker (KS)Southern OregonBaker (KS)Geneva (PA)Baker (KS)Campbellsville (KY)17.
18.Virginia-WiseMidAmerica 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 OregonSouthwestern (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 TechGeneva (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 WesleyanPeru State (NE)Geneva (PA)21.
22.Bethany (KS)Doane (NE)Virginia-WiseCampbellsville (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 WesleyanCampbellsville (KY)(T) Northwestern (IA)Bethany (KS)Baker (KS)Montana TechMontana Tech23.
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 Wesleyan24.
25.Carroll (MT)Concordia (NE)Peru State (NE)Bethel (KS)Montana TechBaker (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-Wise
  • Baker (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 Wesleyan
  • Southwestern (KS)
  • Rocky Mountain (MT)
Dropped:
  • Southern Oregon
  • Sioux 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 State12 (1)
Georgetown (KY)10 (1)
Azusa Pacific (CA)3

References

  1. "Football Week-by-Week Coaches' Polls" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
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