2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season


The 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 2003, and concluded with the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 2003, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Colgate Raiders by a final score of 40−0.

Conference changes and new programs

Conference standings

Conference champions

Conference Champions

Atlantic 10 Conference – Delaware and UMass
Big Sky Conference – Montana, Montana State, and Northern Arizona

Big South Conference – Gardner-Webb
Gateway Football Conference – Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois
Ivy League – Penn
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Duquesne
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – North Carolina A&T
Northeast Conference – Albany and Monmouth
Ohio Valley Conference – Jacksonville State
Patriot League – Colgate
Pioneer Football League – Valparaiso
Southern Conference – Wofford
Southland Conference – McNeese State
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

The top four teams in the tournament were seeded; seeded teams were assured of hosting games in the first two rounds.
* By team name denotes host institution
* By score denotes overtime period