1999–2000 NCAA football bowl games
{{short description|College football postseason game series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox College football bowl games
| season = 1999
| image =
| image_caption =
| regular_season =
| number_of_bowls = 23
| all_star_games =
| bowl_start = December 18, 1999
| bowl_end =
January 4, 2000
| championship_bowl = Sugar Bowl
| championship_location = Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, LA
| champions = Florida State
| conference1 = SEC
| conference1_teams = 8
| conference1_wins = 4
| conference1_losses = 4
| conference1_ap_poll = 7
| conference2 = Big Ten
| conference2_teams = 7
| conference2_wins = 5
| conference2_losses = 2
| conference2_ap_poll = 7
| conference3 = Big 12
| conference3_teams = 6
| conference3_wins = 3
| conference3_losses = 3
| conference3_ap_poll = 4
| conference4 = ACC
| conference4_teams = 5
| conference4_wins = 2
| conference4_losses = 3
| conference4_ap_poll = 2
| conference5 = Pac-10
| conference5_teams = 5
| conference5_wins = 1
| conference5_losses = 4
| conference5_ap_poll = 1
| conference6 = Big East
| conference6_teams = 4
| conference6_wins = 2
| conference6_losses = 2
| conference6_ap_poll = 2
| conference7 = WAC
| conference7_teams = 3
| conference7_wins = 2
| conference7_losses = 1
| conference7_ap_poll = 0
| conference8 = CUSA
| conference8_teams = 3
| conference8_wins = 1
| conference8_losses = 2
| conference8_ap_poll = 1
| conference9 = MW
| conference9_teams = 3
| conference9_wins = 1
| conference9_losses = 2
| conference9_ap_poll = 0
| conference10 = Big West
| conference10_teams = 1
| conference10_wins = 1
| conference10_losses = 0
| conference10_ap_poll = 0
| conference11 = MAC
| conference11_teams = 1
| conference11_wins = 1
| conference11_losses = 0
| conference11_ap_poll = 1
}}
The 1999–2000 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the second year of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era, Florida State defeated Virginia Tech in the 2000 Sugar Bowl, designated as the BCS National Championship Game for the 1999 season.
A total of 23 bowl games were played between December 18, 1999 and January 4, 2000 by 46 bowl-eligible teams.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1999-bowls.html|title=1999 College Football Bowl Games|website=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=December 14, 2018}} One new bowl was established for the 1999–2000 season: the Mobile Alabama Bowl (now known as the 68 Ventures Bowl).
Team selections
=BCS top 15 standings and bowl games=
{{see also|1999 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings}}
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! Rank !! Team !! Conference and standing!! Bowl game | |||
align=center| 1 | Florida State | ACC champions | Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship) |
align=center| 2 | Virginia Tech | Big East champions | Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship) |
align=center| 3 | Nebraska | Big 12 Champions | Fiesta Bowl |
align=center| 4 | Alabama | SEC Champions | Orange Bowl |
align=center| 5 | Tennessee | SEC Eastern Division second place | Fiesta Bowl |
align=center| 6 | Kansas State | Co-Big 12 North Division Champions | Holiday Bowl |
align=center| 7 | Wisconsin | Big Ten Champions | Rose Bowl |
align=center| 8 | Michigan | Big Ten second place (tie) | Orange Bowl |
align=center| 9 | Michigan State | Big Ten second place (tie) | Citrus Bowl |
align=center| 10 | Florida | SEC Eastern Division champions | Citrus Bowl |
align=center| 11 | Penn State | Big Ten fourth place (tie) | Alamo Bowl |
align=center| 12 | Marshall | MAC Champions | Motor City Bowl |
align=center| 13 | Minnesota | Big Ten fourth place (tie) | Sun Bowl |
align=center| 14 | Texas A&M | Big 12 South Division second place (tie) | Alamo Bowl |
align=center| 15 | Texas | Big 12 South Division Champions | Cotton Bowl |
=Conference champions' bowl games=
Rankings are per the final BCS standings.
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! Conference !! Champion !! Rank !! Bowl game | |||
ACC | Florida State | align=center|1 | Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship) |
Big East | Virginia Tech | align=center|2 | Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship) |
Big Ten | Wisconsin | align=center|7 | Rose Bowl |
Big 12 | Nebraska | align=center|3 | Fiesta Bowl |
Big West | Boise State | align=center|— | Humanitarian Bowl |
Conference USA | Southern Miss | align=center|— | Liberty Bowl |
MAC | Marshall | align=center|12 | Motor City Bowl |
rowspan=3 |Mountain West{{dagger}} | Utah | align=center|— | Las Vegas Bowl |
BYU | align=center|— | Motor City Bowl | |
Colorado State | align=center|— | Liberty Bowl | |
Pac-10 | Stanford | align=center|— | Rose Bowl |
SEC | Alabama | align=center|4 | Orange Bowl |
rowspan=3 |WAC{{dagger}} | Hawaii | align=center|— | Oahu Bowl |
TCU | align=center|— | Mobile Alabama Bowl | |
Fresno State | align=center|— | Las Vegas Bowl |
{{dagger}} denotes a conference that named co-champions
=Bowl eligibile teams=
- ACC (5): Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Wake Forest
- Big East (4): Boston College, Miami (FL), Syracuse, Virginia Tech
- Big Ten (7): Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
- Big 12 (6): Colorado, Kansas State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M
- Big West (1): Boise State
- Conference USA (3): East Carolina, Louisville, Southern Miss
- MAC (1): Marshall
- Mountain West (3): BYU, Colorado State, Utah
- Pac-10 (5): Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, Oregon State, Washington
- SEC (8) : Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Tennessee
- WAC (3): Fresno State, Hawaii, TCU
Non-BCS bowls
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!Date !Time !Game !Site !Television !Teams !Affiliations !Result |
Dec 18
| 6:00 PM | Sam Boyd Stadium | ESPN2 | Utah Utes | Mountain West | Utah 17 |
Dec 22
| 7:30 PM | Ladd–Peebles Stadium | ESPN2 | TCU Horned Frogs | WAC | TCU 28 |
rowspan=2|Dec 25
| 3:30 PM | ABC | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | ACC | Wake Forest 23 |
8:30 PM
| ESPN | Hawaii Rainbow Warriors | WAC | Hawaii 23 |
Dec 27
| 2:30 PM | Pontiac Silverdome | ESPN | No. 11 Marshall Thundering Herd | MAC | Marshall 21 |
Dec 28
| 7:30 PM | ESPN | No. 13 Penn State Nittany Lions | Big Ten | Penn State 24 |
rowspan=2|Dec 29
| 4:00 PM | Adelphia Coliseum | ESPN | Syracuse Orangemen | Big East | Syracuse 20 |
8:00 PM
| Qualcomm Stadium | ESPN | No. 7 Kansas State Wildcats | Big 12 | Kansas State 24 |
rowspan=3|Dec 30
| 3:00 PM | ESPN2 | Boise State Broncos | Big West | Boise State 34 |
7:00 PM
| Pro Player Stadium | TBS | Illinois Fighting Illini | Big Ten | Illinois 63 |
7:30 PM
| ESPN | No. 15 Mississippi State Bulldogs | SEC | Mississippi State 17 |
rowspan=4|Dec 31
| 1:30 PM | ESPN | Colorado Buffaloes | Big 12 | Colorado 62 |
2:15 PM
| CBS | Oregon Ducks | Pac-10 | Oregon 24 |
5:00 PM
| Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | ESPN | No. 16 Southern Miss Golden Eagles | Conference USA | Southern Miss 23 |
8:30 PM
| Independence Stadium | ESPN | Ole Miss Rebels | SEC | Ole Miss 27 |
rowspan=4|Jan 1
| 11:00 AM | Raymond James Stadium | ESPN | No. 21 Georgia Bulldogs | SEC | Georgia 28 |
11:00 AM
| Fox | No. 24 Arkansas Razorbacks | SEC | Arkansas 27 |
12:30 PM
| Alltel Stadium | NBC | No. 23 Miami (FL) Hurricanes | Big East | Miami (FL) 28 |
1:00 PM
| Florida Citrus Bowl | ABC | No. 9 Michigan State Spartans | Big Ten | Michigan State 37 |
colspan=8 style="font-size:90%;" | Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/91130416/?terms=bowl%2Bschedule|title=College Football: Bowl Schedule|date=November 30, 1999|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|page=47|url-access=limited|via=Newspapers.com}} |
BCS bowls
Each of the games in the following table was televised by ABC.
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!Date !Time !Game !Site !Teams !Affiliations !Result |
rowspan=2|Jan 1
| 4:30 PM | No. 4 Wisconsin Badgers | Big Ten | Wisconsin 17 |
8:30 PM
| Pro Player Stadium | No. 8 Michigan Wolverines | Big Ten | Michigan 35 |
Jan 2
| 8:00 PM | No. 3 Nebraska Cornhuskers | Big 12 | Nebraska 31 |
Jan 4
| 8:00 PM |Sugar Bowl | Louisiana Superdome | No. 1 Florida State Seminoles | ACC | Florida State 46 |
colspan=8 style="font-size:90%;" | Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. |