1999 season
114 teams across 5 tiers
- National champion
- Virginia Techfrom Premier
- Biggest riser (1999 tiers)
- Michigan State▲ 1 tier
- Biggest faller
- UCLA▼ 1 tier
Biggest movers
Teams with the largest tier change after promotions and relegations.
- AlabamaTier 2▲ 1Premier
- Colorado StateTier 2▲ 1Premier
- East CarolinaTier 3▲ 1Tier 2
- Fresno StateTier 3▲ 1Tier 2
- HawaiiTier 5▲ 1Tier 4
- Air ForcePremier▼ 1Tier 2
- Central MichiganTier 3▼ 1Tier 4
- IowaTier 4▼ 1Tier 5
- Louisiana-MonroeTier 4▼ 1Tier 5
- MissouriTier 2▼ 1Tier 3
Regular season champions
Tier winners — the top finisher in each tier on points, before any promotion playoff or main-playoff games.
Tier standings
Final regular-season standings. Promoted rows tinted green, relegated rows tinted red, survival winners tinted amber.
| Team | ⓘ
| Status | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 9 | 2 | 38 | 326 | 213 | +113 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Florida State | 11 | 0 | 37 | 412 | 174 | +238 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nebraska | 10 | 1 | 34 | 389 | 144 | +245 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 0 | 30 | 455 | 116 | +339 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Florida | 9 | 2 | 29 | 362 | 201 | +161 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Penn State | 9 | 3 | 29 | 393 | 234 | +159 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas | 9 | 3 | 28 | 438 | 246 | +192 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Tennessee | 9 | 2 | 28 | 348 | 163 | +185 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Kansas State | 10 | 1 | 27 | 433 | 144 | +289 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Oregon | 8 | 3 | 27 | 386 | 264 | +122 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Texas A&M | 8 | 3 | 25 | 318 | 208 | +110 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Wisconsin | 9 | 2 | 24 | 392 | 145 | +247 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 3 | 23 | 448 | 333 | +115 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Virginia | 7 | 4 | 21 | 324 | 302 | +22 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Arizona | 6 | 6 | 20 | 339 | 364 | -25 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Arkansas | 7 | 4 | 19 | 326 | 208 | +118 | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | USC | 6 | 6 | 19 | 348 | 278 | +70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Syracuse | 6 | 5 | 19 | 280 | 243 | +37 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Ohio State | 6 | 6 | 19 | 285 | 287 | -2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Notre Dame | 5 | 7 | 15 | 348 | 331 | +17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Relegation Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | UCLA | 4 | 7 | 14 | 230 | 311 | -81 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | Air Force | 6 | 5 | 13 | 264 | 218 | +46 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | West Virginia | 4 | 7 | 9 | 292 | 289 | +3 | Survived | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | Tulane | 3 | 8 | 6 | 279 | 399 | -120 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
Main playoff
Twelve-team championship bracket: top 8 from Premier (seeds 1–8), top 2 from Tier 2 (seeds 9–10), top 2 from Tier 3 (seeds 11–12). Seeds 1–4 receive first-round byes. Champion: Virginia Tech.
Promotion playoffs
Each lower tier sends two teams up automatically (ranks 1 and 2); ranks 3–6 contest a single-elimination playoff for the third promotion spot.
Relegation playoffs
Bottom 4 of each upper tier play a survival bracket. The Survival Final winner stays up; the other three drop down.
2000 starting tiers
Cascade from 1999: promoted teams move up, relegated teams move down, and FBS membership is reconciled against CFBD's roster for the next year.
- Michigan1
- Florida State2
- Nebraska3
- Michigan State4
- Alabama5
- Virginia Tech6
- Florida7
- Penn State8
- Texas9
- Tennessee10
- Kansas State11
- Oregon12
- Texas A&M13
- Wisconsin14
- Colorado State15
- Georgia Tech16
- Virginia17
- Arizona18
- Arkansas19
- USC20
- Syracuse21
- Ohio State22
- Notre Dame23
- West Virginia24
- Stanford1
- East Carolina2
- Washington3
- BYU4
- Purdue5
- Miami (FL)6
- Marshall7
- Utah8
- Fresno State9
- Mississippi State10
- Ole Miss11
- Georgia12
- Wyoming13
- Southern Miss14
- Texas Tech15
- Colorado16
- TCU17
- Kentucky18
- UCLA19
- Miami (OH)20
- Air Force21
- Rice22
- Tulane23
- UCF24
- Arizona State1
- Illinois2
- Boston College3
- Oregon State4
- Houston5
- Oklahoma6
- Minnesota7
- Wake Forest8
- Louisiana Tech9
- California10
- Auburn11
- Idaho12
- NC State13
- Louisville14
- San Diego State15
- Oklahoma State16
- Bowling Green17
- LSU18
- Toledo19
- Western Michigan20
- SMU21
- Missouri22
- Ohio23
- Indiana24
- North Carolina25
- San Jose State26
- Boise State1
- Hawaii2
- Clemson3
- Navy4
- UAB5
- UTEP6
- Pittsburgh7
- Akron8
- New Mexico State9
- Maryland10
- Kansas11
- New Mexico12
- Duke13
- Vanderbilt14
- Northwestern15
- Cincinnati16
- Iowa State17
- Utah State18
- Arkansas State19
- Army20
- North Texas21
- Washington State22
- Nevada23
- Rutgers24
- Central Michigan25
- Baylor26
- Memphis1
- Eastern Michigan2
- UNLV3
- Temple4
- Northern Illinois5
- Louisiana-Monroe6
- Kent State7
- Tulsa8
- Iowa9
- Louisiana-Lafayette10
- South Carolina11
- Ball State12
- Middle Tennessee13
- Buffalo14