| This is a listing of the top 20 teams in the 2000 STX/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll, as voted upon by NFHCA member coaches, with records through November 5, 2000 and total points (first-place votes are in parentheses). |
| No. |
Institution (record) |
Points |
Previous Ranking |
| 1. |
Old Dominion University (21-1) |
360 (18) |
1 |
| 2. |
University of Maryland (17-3) |
339 |
3 |
| 3. |
University of North Carolina (17-3) |
316 |
2 |
| 4. |
Wake Forest University (16-3) |
297 |
4 |
| 5. |
University of Michigan (18-3) |
291 |
5 |
| 6. |
Princeton University (13-3) |
263 |
6 |
| 7. |
Penn State University (17-5) |
246 |
7 |
| 8. |
University of Massachusetts (18-3) |
229 |
8 |
| 9. |
University of Virginia (14-7) |
221 |
9 |
| 10. |
University of Connecticut (16-6) |
205 |
10 |
| 11. |
Kent State University (19-3) |
178 |
11 |
| 12. |
James Madison University (12-9) |
142 |
13 |
| 13. |
Boston University (15-7) |
141 |
14 |
| 14. |
College of William & Mary (12-7) |
112 |
12 |
| 15. |
Ohio State University (12-8) |
94 |
15 |
| 16. |
Harvard University (12-5) |
85 |
16 |
| 17. |
Syracuse University (12-8) |
83 |
17 |
| 18. |
Boston College (10-8) |
40 |
18 |
| 19. |
University of Iowa (12-8) |
27 |
Not ranked |
| 20. |
University of New Hampshire (14-7) |
25 |
Not ranked |
