2000–01 NCAA football bowl games

2000–01 NCAA football bowl games
2000–01 NCAA football bowl games
Season	2000
Number of bowls	25
Bowl games	December 20, 2000 – ; January 3, 2001
National Championship	Orange Bowl
Location of Championship	Pro Player Stadium ; Miami Gardens, FL
Champions	Oklahoma
Conference
Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls
SEC	9
Big 12	7
Big Ten	6
Big East	5
Pac-10	5
ACC	5
CUSA	4
MW	3
WAC	3
Big West	1
MAC	1
	←1999–00; Bowl game; 2001–02→;

The 2000–01 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the third year of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era, Oklahoma defeated Florida State in the 2001 Orange Bowl, designated as the BCS National Championship Game for the 2000 season.

A total of 25 bowl games were played between December 20, 2000, and January 3, 2001, by 50 bowl-eligible teams.^[1] Two short-lived bowl games were established for the 2000–01 season: the galleryfurniture.com Bowl (dissolved after its 2005 iteration as the Houston Bowl), and the Silicon Valley Football Classic (dissolved after its 2004 iteration).

Non-BCS bowls

Date	Game	Site	Television	Teams^[a]	Affiliations^[b]	Results
Dec. 20	Mobile Alabama Bowl	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 8:00 pm	ESPN2	Southern Miss Golden Eagles (7–4) No. 13 TCU Horned Frogs (10–1)	C–USA WAC	Southern Miss 28 TCU 21
Dec. 21	Las Vegas Bowl	Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV 8:00 pm	ESPN2	UNLV Rebels (7–5) Arkansas Razorbacks (6–5)	Mountain West SEC	UNLV 31 Arkansas 14
Dec. 24	Oahu Bowl	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI 8:30 pm	ESPN	No. 24 Georgia Bulldogs (7–4) Virginia Cavaliers (6–5)	SEC ACC	Georgia 37 Virginia 14
Dec. 25	Aloha Bowl	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI 3:30 pm	ABC	Boston College Eagles (6–5) Arizona State Sun Devils (6–5)	Big East Pac-10	Boston College 31 Arizona State 17
Dec. 27	Motor City Bowl	Pontiac Silverdome Detroit, MI 4:00 pm	ESPN2	Marshall Thundering Herd (7–5) Cincinnati Bearcats (7–4)	MAC C–USA	Marshall 25 Cincinnati 14
Dec. 27	Galleryfurniture.com Bowl	Astrodome Houston, TX 8:00 pm	ESPN	East Carolina Pirates (7–4) Texas Tech Red Raiders (6–6)	C–USA Big 12	East Carolina 40 Texas Tech 27
Dec. 28	Humanitarian Bowl	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID 1:30pm	ESPN2	Boise State Broncos (9–2) UTEP Miners (8–3)	Big West WAC	Boise State 38 UTEP 23
	Music City Bowl	Adelphia Coliseum Nashville, TN 4:00pm	ESPN	West Virginia Mountaineers (7–4) Ole Miss Rebels (7–4)	Big East SEC	West Virginia 49 Ole Miss 38
	MicronPC.com Bowl	Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 7:00pm	TBS	NC State Wolfpack (7–4) Minnesota Golden Gophers (6–5)	ACC Big Ten	NC State 38 Minnesota 30
	Insight.com Bowl	Bank One Ballpark Phoenix, AZ 7:30pm	ESPN	Iowa State Cyclones (8–3) Pittsburgh Panthers (7–4)	Big 12 Big East	Iowa State 37 Pittsburgh 29
Dec 29	Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN 1:30pm	ESPN	No. 23 Colorado State Rams (9–2) No. 22 Louisville Cardinals (9–2)	Mountain West C–USA	Colorado State 22 Louisville 17
	Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX 2:00 pm	CBS	Wisconsin Badgers (8–4) UCLA Bruins (6–5)	Big Ten Pac-10	Wisconsin 21 UCLA 20
	Peach Bowl	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 5:00 pm	ESPN	LSU Tigers (7–4) No. 15 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (9–2)	SEC ACC	LSU 28 Georgia Tech 14
	Holiday Bowl	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA 8:30 pm	ESPN	No. 8 Oregon Ducks (9–2) No. 12 Texas Longhorns (9–2)	Pac-10 Big 12	Oregon 35 Texas 30
Dec. 30	Alamo Bowl	Alamodome San Antonio, TX 8:00 pm	ESPN	No. 9 Nebraska Cornhuskers (9–2) No. 18 Northwestern Wildcats (8–3)	Big 12 Big Ten	Nebraska 66 Northwestern 17
Dec. 31	Silicon Valley Classic	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA 7:00 pm	FSN	Air Force Falcons (9–2) Fresno State Bulldogs (7–4)	Mountain West WAC	Air Force 37 Fresno State 34
Dec. 31	Independence Bowl	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA 8:00 pm	ESPN	Mississippi State Bulldogs (7–4) Texas A&M Aggies (7–4)	SEC Big 12	Mississippi State 43 Texas A&M 41
Jan. 1	Outback Bowl	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL 11:00 am	ESPN	South Carolina Gamecocks (7–4) No. 19 Ohio State Buckeyes (8–3)	SEC Big Ten	South Carolina 24 Ohio State 7
	Cotton Bowl	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX 11:00 am	FOX	No. 11 Kansas State Wildcats (10–3) No. 21 Tennessee Volunteers (8–3)	Big 12 SEC	Kansas State 35 Tennessee 21
	Gator Bowl	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL 12:30 pm	NBC	No. 6 Virginia Tech Hokies (10–1) No. 16 Clemson Tigers (9–2)	Big East ACC	Virginia Tech 41 Clemson 20
	Florida Citrus Bowl	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 1:00 pm	ABC	No. 17 Michigan Wolverines (8–3) No. 20 Auburn Tigers (9–3)	Big Ten SEC	Michigan 31 Auburn 28
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.^[2]

BCS bowls

Each of the games in the following table was televised by ABC.

Date	Game	Site	Teams	Affiliations	Results	Reference
Jan. 1	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 4:30 pm	No. 4 Washington Huskies (10–1) No. 14 Purdue Boilermakers (8–3)	Pac-10 Big Ten	Washington 34 Purdue 24
Jan. 1	Fiesta Bowl	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ 8:30 pm	No. 5 Oregon State Beavers (10–1) No. 10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9–2)	Pac-10 Independent	Oregon State 41 Notre Dame 9	^[3]^[4]
Jan. 2	Sugar Bowl	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA 8:00 pm	No. 2 Miami Hurricanes (10–1) No. 7 Florida Gators (10–2)	Big East SEC	Miami (FL) 37 Florida 20
Jan. 3	Orange Bowl (BCS National Championship Game)	Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 8:00 pm	No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners (12–0) No. 3 Florida State Seminoles (11–1)	Big 12 ACC	Oklahoma 13 Florida State 2
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.^[2]^[5]

Notes

^ Win–loss records are prior to the bowl game being played.
^ Reflects actual conferences of participants, for specific teams that are listed. Else, reflects conference tie-ins, which are subject to change as bowl invitations are issued and accepted.

References

^ "2000 College Football Bowl Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Bowl Schedule". Philadelphia Daily News. December 1, 2000 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Rodman, Bob (January 2, 2001). "Fiesta fireworks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
^ Baum, Bob (January 2, 2001). "Brash Beavers bash the Irish". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
^ "Game facts". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 1, 2001. p. 6E.

[2] Win–loss records are prior to the bowl game being played.

[3] Reflects actual conferences of participants, for specific teams that are listed. Else, reflects conference tie-ins, which are subject to change as bowl invitations are issued and accepted.

[1] "2000 College Football Bowl Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

[bowl_schedule-4] "Bowl Schedule". Philadelphia Daily News. December 1, 2000 – via Newspapers.com.

[fifire-5] Rodman, Bob (January 2, 2001). "Fiesta fireworks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.

[bbbash-6] Baum, Bob (January 2, 2001). "Brash Beavers bash the Irish". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.

[gctsf-7] "Game facts". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 1, 2001. p. 6E.

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v t e 2000–01 NCAA football bowl game season
Mobile Alabama (Dec. 20) Las Vegas (Dec. 21) Oahu (Dec. 24) Aloha (Dec. 25) Motor City (Dec. 27) Galleryfurniture.com (Dec. 27) Humanitarian (Dec. 28) Insight.com (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 28) MicronPC.com (Dec. 28) Liberty (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 29) Peach (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 29) Alamo (Dec. 30) Silicon Valley (Dec. 31) Independence (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1)
Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 2) Orange (Jan. 3)
All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 13) Senior Bowl (Jan. 20)

v t e 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season
Conference seasons	ACC Big 12 Big East Big Ten Big West Conference USA Mid-American Mountain West Pac-10 SEC WAC
Inter-conference	Bowl games Rankings
All-Americans	2000 College Football All-America Team