2000–01 NCAA football bowl games

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.

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
Bowl record by conference Conference Bowls Record Final AP Poll SEC 9 4–5 (0.444) 6 Big 12 7 4–3 (0.571) 5 Big Ten 6 2–4 (0.333) 3 Big East 5 4–1 (0.800) 2 Pac-10 5 3–2 (0.600) 3 ACC 5 1–4 (0.200) 3 CUSA 4 2–2 (0.500) 0 MW 3 3–0 (1.000) 1 WAC 3 0–3 (0.000) 1 Big West 1 1–0 (1.000) 0 MAC 1 1–0 (1.000) 0

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	Time	Game	Site	Matchup	Ref.
Dec 20	8:00 PM	Mobile Alabama Bowl	Ladd–Peebles Stadium  · Mobile, AL	Southern Miss 28, No. 13 TCU 21
Dec 21	8:00 PM	Las Vegas Bowl	Sam Boyd Stadium  · Las Vegas, NV	UNLV 31, Arkansas 14
Dec 24	8:30 PM	Oahu Bowl	Aloha Stadium  · Honolulu, HI	No. 24 Georgia 37, Virginia 14
Dec 25	3:30 PM	Aloha Bowl	Aloha Stadium  · Honolulu, HI	Boston College 31, Arizona State 17
Dec 27	4:00 PM	Motor City Bowl	Pontiac Silverdome  · Detroit, MI	Marshall 25, Cincinnati 14
	8:00 PM	Galleryfurniture.com Bowl	Astrodome  · Houston, TX	East Carolina 40, Texas Tech 27
Dec 28	1:30 PM	Humanitarian Bowl	Bronco Stadium  · Boise, ID	Boise State 38, UTEP 23
	4:00 PM	Music City Bowl	Adelphia Coliseum  · Nashville, TN	West Virginia 49, Ole Miss 38
	7:00 PM	MicronPC.com Bowl	Pro Player Stadium  · Miami Gardens, FL	NC State 38, Minnesota 30
	7:30 PM	Insight.com Bowl	Bank One Ballpark  · Phoenix, AZ	Iowa State 37, Pittsburgh 29
Dec 29	1:30 PM	Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium  · Memphis, TN	No. 23 Colorado State 22, No. 22 Louisville 17
	2:00 PM	Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl  · El Paso, TX	Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20
	5:00 PM	Peach Bowl	Georgia Dome  · Atlanta, GA	LSU 28, No. 15 Georgia Tech 14
	8:30 PM	Holiday Bowl	Qualcomm Stadium  · San Diego, CA	No. 8 Oregon 35, No. 12 Texas 30
Dec 30	8:00 PM	Alamo Bowl	Alamodome  · San Antonio, TX	No. 9 Nebraska 66, No. 18 Northwestern 17
Dec 31	7:00 PM	Silicon Valley Classic	Spartan Stadium  · San Jose, CA	Air Force 37, Fresno State 34
	8:00 PM	Independence Bowl	Independence Stadium  · Shreveport, LA	Mississippi State 43, Texas A&M 41
Jan 1	11:00 AM	Outback Bowl	Raymond James Stadium  · Tampa, FL	South Carolina 24, No. 19 Ohio State 7
	11:00 AM	Cotton Bowl	Cotton Bowl  · Dallas, TX	No. 11 Kansas State 35, No. 21 Tennessee 21
	12:30 PM	Gator Bowl	Alltel Stadium  · Jacksonville, FL	No. 6 Virginia Tech 41, No. 16 Clemson 20
	1:00 PM	Florida Citrus Bowl	Florida Citrus Bowl  · Orlando, FL	No. 17 Michigan 31, No. 20 Auburn 28
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[2]

BCS bowls

Date	Time	Game	Site	Matchup	Ref.
Jan 1	4:30 PM	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl  · Pasadena, CA	No. 4 Washington 34, No. 14 Purdue 24
	8:00 PM	Fiesta Bowl	Sun Devil Stadium  · Tempe, AZ	No. 5 Oregon State 41, No. 10 Notre Dame 9
Jan 2	8:00 PM	Sugar Bowl	Louisiana Superdome  · New Orleans, LA	No. 2 Miami (FL) 37, No. 7 Florida 20
Jan 3	8:00 PM	Orange Bowl (BCS National Championship Game)	Pro Player Stadium  · Miami Gardens, FL	No. 1 Oklahoma 13, No. 3 Florida State 2
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[2]

References

1. "2000 College Football Bowl Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
2. "Bowl Schedule". Philadelphia Daily News. December 1, 2000 – via Newspapers.com.