1999 NCAA Division I-A football season

 

The 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State named national champions, defeating Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl.

Florida State became the first team in history to start out preseason #1 and remain there through the entire season. Their 12-0 season gave them 109 victories in the 90's, the most for any decade.

Virginia Tech also had a remarkable season behind freshman quarterback Michael Vick, who was being touted as college football's best player.

Vick was outshined in the national championship game by Florida State Wide Receiver Peter Warrick. Warrick had early problems with the law, charged with a misdemeanor he sat out two games early in the season. But he scored three touchdowns in the title game, earning MVP honors.

The BCS adopted a new rule, named the "Kansas State Rule," which stated that any team ranked in the top four in the final BCS poll is ensured of an invitation to a BCS bowl game.

A lot of teams faced debacles. East Carolina faced Hurricane Floyd, and in that same week, faced the #9 Miami Hurricanes. The Pirates were down 23-3, but scored 24 unanswered points to win the football game, 27-23.

Kansas State finished 6th in the BCS standings but again received no invitation, this time being passed over in favor of Michigan (ranked 8th). Kansas State's predicament demonstrated early on the problem of trying to balance historic bowl ties and creating a system which gives top bowl bids to the most deserving teams.

Four members from the WAC's Mountain Division and Pacific Division broke off from the unstable sixteen team conference to form the Mountain West Conference.

Final Conference Standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against

Conference Champion

Atlantic Coast Conference

	Conference				Overall
	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Florida St.	8	0	310	123	12	0	458	203
Georgia Tech	5	3	307	261	8	4	461	361
Virginia	5	3	222	210	7	5	345	365
Clemson	5	3	262	171	6	6	322	253
Wake Forest	3	5	145	178	7	5	266	209
N.C. State	3	5	167	250	6	6	244	302
Duke	3	5	182	290	3	8	217	363
Maryland	2	6	202	250	5	6	292	260
North Carolina	2	6	129	194	3	8	186	272

Big East Conference

	Conference				Overall
	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Virginia Tech	7	0	315	88	11	1	484	162
Miami-FL	6	1	257	107	9	4	432	220
Boston College	4	3	161	156	8	4	297	308
Syracuse	3	4	138	189	7	5	300	256
West Virginia	3	4	198	168	4	7	292	289
Pittsburgh	2	5	167	198	5	6	281	278
Temple	2	5	138	261	2	9	153	366
Rutgers	1	6	110	317	1	10	155	427

Big Ten Conference

	Conference				Overall
	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Wisconsin	7	1	281	108	10	2	409	154
Michigan	6	2	245	175	10	2	361	247
Michigan St.	6	2	240	171	10	2	378	245
Penn St.	5	3	235	163	10	3	417	234
Minnesota	5	3	225	158	8	4	368	196
Illinois	4	4	205	205	8	4	388	275
Purdue	4	4	226	225	7	5	384	305
Ohio St.	3	5	157	208	6	6	285	287
Indiana	3	5	205	291	4	7	291	386
Northwestern	1	7	106	254	3	8	141	301
Iowa	0	8	121	288	1	10	162	347

Big 12 Conference

	Conference				Overall
North	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Nebraska	8	1	304	130	12	1	442	171
Kansas St.	7	1	313	137	11	1	457	164
Colorado	5	3	242	176	7	5	405	311
Kansas	3	5	170	242	5	7	294	354
Iowa St.	1	7	173	255	4	7	247	272
Missouri	1	7	118	292	4	7	224	371

	Conference				Overall
South	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Texas	6	3	299	194	9	5	450	295
Texas A&M	5	3	196	172	8	4	318	232
Oklahoma	5	3	284	147	7	5	430	229
Texas Tech	5	3	188	213	6	5	253	282
Oklahoma St.	3	5	186	229	5	6	267	274
Baylor	0	8	61	347	1	10	137	414

Big West Conference

	Conference				Overall
	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Boise St.	5	1	248	111	10	3	430	277
Idaho	4	2	159	157	7	4	304	283
New Mexico St.	3	2	120	97	6	5	311	274
Utah St.	3	3	127	134	4	7	234	301
Arkansas St.	2	3	106	151	4	7	246	332
Nevada	2	4	177	219	3	8	283	418
North Texas	1	5	81	149	2	9	118	291

Conference USA

	Conference				Overall
	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Southern Miss.	6		189	88	9	3	333	189
East Carolina	4	2	191	133	9	3	333	225
Louisville	4	2	196	180	7	5	443	365
Memphis	4	2	158	96	5	6	232	182
UAB	4	2	140	129	5	6	248	279
Houston	3	3	131	152	7	4	254	211
Army	1	5	125	197	3	8	225	317
Tulane	1	5	127	236	3	8	279	399
Cincinnati		6	121	167	3	8	275	289

Mid-American Conference

	Conference				Overall
Eastern	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Marshall	9	0	332	121	13	0	463	137
Miami-OH	6	2	238	166	7	4	335	264
Akron	5	3	231	200	7	4	315	314
Ohio	5	3	227	178	5	6	271	287
Bowling Green	3	5	213	237	5	6	296	312
Kent	2	6	159	257	2	9	213	376
Buffalo	0	8	96	333	0	11	130	426

	Conference				Overall
Western	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Western Michigan	6	3	267	211	7	5	373	342
Toledo	5	3	240	157	6	5	293	229
Northern Illinois	5	3	237	204	5	6	289	289
Eastern Michigan	4	4	216	211	4	7	239	338
Central Michigan	3	5	173	222	4	7	229	344
Ball St.	0	8	117	249	0	11	157	361

Mountain West Conference

	Conference				Overall
	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
BYU	5	2	185	98	8	4	335	251
Colorado State	5	2	190	148	8	4	345	269
Utah	5	2	236	143	9	3	380	210
Wyoming	4	3	178	179	7	4	302	270
San Diego St.	3	4	159	139	5	6	272	226
New Mexico	3	4	148	216	4	7	240	298
Air Force	2	5	149	170	6	5	264	218
UNLV	1	6	95	247	3	8	160	324

Pacific 10 Conference

	Conference				Overall
	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Stanford	7	1	313	197	8	4	418	364
Oregon	6	2	247	199	9	3	410	284
Washington	6	2	231	188	7	5	331	302
Arizona St.	5	3	227	192	6	6	285	311
Oregon St.	4	4	208	177	7	5	347	277
Arizona	3	5	229	252	6	6	339	364
USC	3	5	193	206	6	6	348	278
California	3	5	131	164	4	7	180	254
UCLA	2	6	137	241	4	7	230	311
Washington St.	1	7	158	258	3	9	248	327

Southeastern Conference

	Conference				Overall
Eastern	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Florida	7	2	233	152	9	4	403	272
Tennessee	6	2	251	116	9	3	369	194
Georgia	5	3	198	204	7	5	336	310
Kentucky	4	4	198	218	6	6	328	343
Vanderbilt	2	6	129	211	5	6	252	256
South Carolina	0	8	63	216	0	11	87	278

	Conference				Overall
Western	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Alabama	8	1	244	177	10	3	378	265
Mississippi St.	6	2	156	121	10	2	255	156
Arkansas	4	4	198	196	8	4	353	214
Mississippi	4	4	235	176	8	4	323	228
Auburn	2	6	153	188	5	6	233	236
LSU	1	7	135	218	3	8	223	259

Western Athletic Conference

	Conference				Overall
Pacific	W	L	PF	PA	W	L	PF	PA
Fresno St.	5	2	226	141	8	5	413	282
Hawaii	5	2	214	161	9	4	371	349
TCU	5	2	245	123	8	4	362	213
Rice	4	3	198	161	5	6	237	261
SMU	3	3	107	113	4	6	193	235
UTEP	3	4	183	235	5	7	306	389
San Jose St.	1	5	120	268	3	7	258	402
Tulsa	1	6	129	220	2	9	230	386

I-A Independents

	W	L	PF	PA
Louisiana Tech	8	3	389	306
UL-Monroe	5	6	186	322
Navy	5	7	326	306
Notre Dame	5	7	348	331
Central Florida	4	7	277	318
Middle Tennessee	3	8	272	379
UL-Lafayette	2	9	203	415

Bowl Games

Main article: D1A Bowl Games, 1999-00

BCS Bowls

• Sugar Bowl: Florida State (BCS #1) 46, Virginia Tech (BCS #2) 29
• Orange Bowl: Michigan (At Large) 35, Alabama (SEC Champ) 34 (OT)
• Rose Bowl: Wisconsin (Big 10 Champ) 17, Stanford (Pac 10 Champ) 9
• Fiesta Bowl: Nebraska (Big 12 Champ) 31, Tennessee (At Large) 21

Other New Years Day Bowls

• Cotton Bowl: Arkansas 27, Texas (Big 12 Runner Up) 6
• Florida Citrus Bowl: Michigan State 37, Florida (SEC Runner Up) 34
• Outback Bowl: Georgia 28, Purdue 25 (OT)
• Gator Bowl: Miami 28, Georgia Tech 13

December Bowl Games

• Peach Bowl: Mississippi State 17, Clemson 7
• MicronPC Bowl: Illinois 63, Virginia 21
• Sun Bowl: Oregon 24, Minnesota 20
• Alamo Bowl: Penn State 24, Texas A&M 0
• Insight.com Bowl: Colorado 62, Boston College 28
• Holiday Bowl: Kansas State 24, Washington 20
• Liberty Bowl: Southern Mississippi (C-USA Champ) 23, Colorado State 17
• Aloha Bowl: Wake Forest 23, Arizona State 3
• Oahu Bowl: Hawaii-Manoa 23, Oregon State 17
• Independence Bowl: Mississippi 27, Oklahoma 25
• Music City Bowl: Syracuse 20, Kentucky 13
• Las Vegas Bowl: Utah 17, Fresno State (WAC Champ) 16
• Motor City Bowl: Marshall (MAC Champ) 21, BYU (MWC Champ) 3
• Humanitarian Bowl: Boise State (Big West Champ) 34, Louisville 31
• Mobile Alabama Bowl: TCU 28, East Carolina 14

Final AP Poll

Team	Final Record	Points
1. Florida St. (70)	12-0	1750
2. Virginia Tech	11-1	1647
3. Nebraska	12-1	1634
4. Wisconsin	10-2	1519
5. Michigan	10-2	1406
6. Kansas St.	11-1	1402
7. Michigan St.	10-2	1357
8. Alabama	10-3	1236
9. Tennessee	9-3	1168
10. Marshall	13-0	1136
11. Penn St.	10-3	1038
12. Florida	9-4	941
13. Mississippi St.	10-2	923
14. Southern Miss.	9-3	788
15. Miami-FL	9-4	678
16. Georgia	8-4	640
17. Arkansas	8-4	575
18. Minnesota	8-4	452
19. Oregon	9-3	358
20. Georgia Tech	8-4	345
21. Texas	9-5	340
22. Mississippi	8-4	281
23. Texas A&M	8-4	272
24. Illinois	8-4	201
25. Purdue	8-4	198

Others receiving votes: 26. Stanford (8-4, 168 points); 27. East Carolina (9-3, 97 pts); 28. Colorado (7-5, 75 pts); 29. TCU (8-4, 45 pts); 30. Syracuse (7-5, 21 pts); 31. Utah (9-3, 20 pts); 32. Hawaii (9-4, 19 pts); 33. Washington (7-5, 7 pts); 34. Wake Forest (7-5, 5 pts); 35. Boise St. (10-3, 3 pts) and Oklahoma (7-5, 3 pts); 37. Colorado St. (8-4, 2 pts).

Heisman Trophy Voting

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award is given to the

Most Outstanding Player of the year
Winner: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, Running Back (2042 points)

• 2. Joe Hamilton, Ga. Tech (994 points)
• 3. Michael Vick, Va. Tech (319 points)
• 4. Drew Brees, Purdue (308 points)
• 5. Chad Pennington, Marshall (247 points)

Other Major Awards

• Maxwell Award (College Player of the Year) - Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
• Walter Camp Award (Back) - Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
• Davey O'Brien Award (Quarterback) - Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech
• Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (Senior Quarterback) - Chris Redman, Louisville
• Doak Walker Award (Running Back) - Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
• Fred Biletnikoff Award (Wide Receiver) - Troy Walters, Stanford
• Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Defensive Player) - Corey Moore, Virginia Tech, DE
• Chuck Bednarik Award - LaVar Arrington, Penn State
• Dick Butkus Award (Linebacker) - LaVar Arrington, Penn State
• Lombardi Award (Lineman or Linebacker) - Corey Moore, Virginia Tech, DE
• Outland Trophy (Interior Lineman) - Chris Samuels, Alabama, OT
• Jim Thorpe Award (Defensive Back) - Tyrone Carter, Minnesota
• Lou Groza Award (Placekicker) - Sebastian Janikowski, Florida St.
• Paul "Bear" Bryant Award - Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
• Football Writers Association of America Coach of the Year Award - Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech

Preceded by 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season

Division I-A Seasons 1999

Succeeded by 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season

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