1999 NCAA Division I FBS football season

1999 NCAA Division I-A season
The Superdome was the site of the national championship
Number of teams	114
Preseason AP #1	Florida State Seminoles
Post-season
Duration	December 18, 1999 – January 4, 2000
Bowl games	23
Heisman Trophy	Ron Dayne, Wisconsin RB
Bowl Championship Series
2000 Sugar Bowl
Site	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Winner	Florida State Seminoles
Division I-A football seasons
← 1998 2000 →

1999 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 1 Florida State $#		8	–	0		12	–	0
No. 17 Georgia Tech		5	–	3		8	–	4
Virginia		5	–	3		7	–	5
Clemson		5	–	3		6	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5		7	–	5
NC State		3	–	5		6	–	6
Duke		3	–	5		3	–	8
Maryland		2	–	6		5	–	6
North Carolina		2	–	6		3	–	8

# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1999 Big East football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 2 Virginia Tech $		7	–	0		11	–	1
No. 15 Miami (FL)		6	–	1		9	–	4
Boston College		4	–	3		8	–	4
Syracuse		3	–	4		7	–	5
West Virginia		3	–	4		4	–	7
Pittsburgh		2	–	5		5	–	6
Temple		2	–	5		2	–	9
Rutgers		1	–	6		1	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1999 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 4 Wisconsin $		7	–	1		10	–	2
No. 5 Michigan %		6	–	2		10	–	2
No. 7 Michigan State		6	–	2		10	–	2
No. 11 Penn State		5	–	3		10	–	3
No. 18 Minnesota		5	–	3		8	–	4
No. 24 Illinois		4	–	4		8	–	4
No. 25 Purdue		4	–	4		7	–	5
Ohio State		3	–	5		6	–	6
Indiana		3	–	5		4	–	7
Northwestern		1	–	7		3	–	8
Iowa		0	–	8		1	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

1999 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
No. 3 Nebraska xy$		7	–	1		12	–	1
No. 6 Kansas State x		7	–	1		11	–	1
Colorado		5	–	3		7	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5		5	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7		4	–	7
Missouri		1	–	7		4	–	7
Southern Division
No. 21 Texas xy		6	–	2		9	–	5
No. 23 Texas A&M		5	–	3		8	–	4
Oklahoma		5	–	3		7	–	5
Texas Tech		5	–	3		6	–	5
Oklahoma State		3	–	5		5	–	6
Baylor		0	–	8		1	–	10
Championship: Nebraska 22, Texas 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

1999 Big West Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Boise State $		5	–	1		10	–	3
Idaho		4	–	2		7	–	4
New Mexico State		3	–	2		6	–	5
Utah State		3	–	3		4	–	7
Arkansas State		2	–	3		4	–	7
Nevada		2	–	4		3	–	8
North Texas		1	–	5		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1999 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 14 Southern Miss $		6	–	0		9	–	3
East Carolina		4	–	2		9	–	3
Louisville		4	–	2		7	–	5
UAB		4	–	2		5	–	6
Memphis		4	–	2		5	–	6
Houston		3	–	3		7	–	4
Army		1	–	5		3	–	8
Tulane		1	–	5		3	–	8
Cincinnati		0	–	6		3	–	8

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1999 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
No. 10 Marshall x$		8	–	0		13	–	0
Miami		6	–	2		7	–	4
Akron		5	–	3		7	–	4
Ohio		5	–	3		5	–	6
Bowling Green		3	–	5		5	–	6
Kent State		2	–	6		2	–	9
Buffalo		0	–	8		0	–	11
West Division
Western Michigan x		6	–	2		7	–	5
Toledo		5	–	3		6	–	5
Northern Illinois		5	–	3		5	–	6
Eastern Michigan		4	–	4		4	–	7
Central Michigan		3	–	5		4	–	7
Ball State		0	–	8		0	–	11
Championship: Marshall 34, Western Michigan 30
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1999 Mountain West football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Utah +		5	–	2		9	–	3
BYU +		5	–	2		8	–	4
Colorado State +		5	–	2		8	–	4
Wyoming		4	–	3		7	–	4
San Diego State		3	–	4		5	–	6
New Mexico		3	–	4		4	–	7
Air Force		2	–	5		6	–	5
UNLV		1	–	6		3	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1999 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Stanford $		7	–	1		8	–	4
No. 19 Oregon		6	–	2		9	–	3
Washington		6	–	2		7	–	5
Arizona State		5	–	3		6	–	6
Oregon State		4	–	4		7	–	5
Arizona		3	–	5		6	–	6
USC		3	–	5		6	–	6
California		3	–	5		4	–	7
UCLA		2	–	6		4	–	7
Washington State		1	–	7		3	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Cal later vacated 4 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State named national champions, defeating Virginia Tech in the BCS 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 '90s, 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 after the previous season, nicknamed the "Kansas State Rule," which stated that any team ranked in the top four in the final BCS poll is assured 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 BCS bowl 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. In addition, for a second straight season, an undefeated team from outside the BCS conferences (Marshall) went undefeated but did not receive a bid to a BCS bowl game, which illustrated the problem of non-BCS teams being shut out of the major BCS bowls.

The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the following changes for the 1999 season:

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