The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their first national championship and their first conference championship since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer.
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was in his second season as head coach, having been the defensive coordinator of Steve Spurrier's 1996 National Champion Florida Gators, and also having helped Bill Snyder turn the Kansas State Wildcats around in the early 1990s. Stoops erased a three-game losing streak against rival Texas by a score of 63–14, one of the worst defeats in Texas' football history. Despite the lopsided victory, this game marked a return of the Red River Shootout to a rivalry game with national title implications.
The BCS title game was not without controversy, as the system shut fourth-ranked Washington out of the championship game, despite being the only team who had beaten each #2 Miami and #5 Oregon State and having the same 10-1 record as #3 Florida State during the regular season. 10–1 Miami, who handed #3 Florida State their only loss, was ranked higher in both the AP Writers' Poll and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll, and had the same record as the Seminoles, was also seen as a possible title contender.
Virginia Tech also was left out of the BCS bowls, despite being ranked higher than one of the at-large teams, Notre Dame.
The South Carolina Gamecocks broke a 21-game losing streak, stretching back into 1998, to go 8–4 including a win over Ohio State in the Outback Bowl.
Two new bowl games began in the 2000 season: the Silicon Valley Bowl, which had a contractual tie-in with the WAC, and the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season

Final Stats:

AP Poll Summary
School	Conf	Final
Oklahoma	Big 12	1
Miami (FL)	Big East	2
Washington	Pac-10	3
Oregon State	Pac-10	4
Florida State	ACC	5
Virginia Tech	Big East	6
Oregon	Pac-10	7
Nebraska	Big 12	8
Kansas State	Big 12	9
Florida	SEC	10
Michigan	Big Ten	11
Texas	Big 12	12
Purdue	Big Ten	13
Colorado State	MWC	14
Notre Dame	Ind	15
Clemson	ACC	16
Georgia Tech	ACC	17
Auburn	SEC	18
South Carolina	SEC	19
Georgia	SEC	20
Texas Christian	WAC	21
Louisiana State	SEC	22
Wisconsin	Big Ten	23
Mississippi State	SEC	24
Iowa State	Big 12	25
Top 10 2001 NFL Draft Picks:
Rnd	Pick	Tm		Pos	College/Univ
2	32	SDG	Drew Brees	QB	Purdue
1	5	SDG	LaDainian Tomlinson	RB	TCU
1	30	IND	Reggie Wayne	WR	Miami (FL)
3	74	CAR	Steve Smith	WR	Utah
1	4	CIN	Justin Smith	DE	Missouri
1	17	SEA	Steve Hutchinson	G	Michigan
1	1	ATL	Michael Vick	QB	Virginia Tech
1	6	NWE	Richard Seymour	DE	Georgia
2	48	NWE	Matt Light	T	Purdue
2	36	CIN	Chad Johnson	WR	Oregon St.