I hate all these "since 2000" statements. It's not that it happened in 2000, it's that official college football stats were barely a thing until then.
Baseball statkeepers did a better job in 1924 than college football ones did in 1994. That PLUS the NCAA having access to tons of during-the-game stats being kept, but not bothering to incorporate them as official.
It's maddening for people like me.