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2000 Alabama

3–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Mike DuBose.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 2000, game by game: lost at UCLA 24–35; won vs. Vanderbilt 28–10; lost vs. No. 25 Southern Miss 0–21; lost at Arkansas 21–28; won vs. No. 23 South Carolina 27–17; won vs. Ole Miss 45–7; lost at Tennessee 10–20; lost vs. UCF 38–40; lost at LSU 28–30; lost at No. 15 Mississippi State 7–29; lost vs. No. 18 Auburn 0–9+38−22Lost 24–35 at UCLA-11UCLAWon 28–10 vs. Vanderbilt+18VanderbiltLost 0–21 vs. No. 25 Southern Miss-21No. 25 Southern MissLost 21–28 at Arkansas-7ArkansasWon 27–17 vs. No. 23 South Carolina+10No. 23 South CarolinaWon 45–7 vs. Ole Miss+38Ole MissLost 10–20 at Tennessee-10TennesseeLost 38–40 vs. UCF-2UCFLost 28–30 at LSU-2LSULost 7–29 at No. 15 Mississippi State-22No. 15 Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–9 vs. No. 18 Auburn-9No. 18 Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atUCLAL 24–⁠3562%
Sep 9vsVanderbiltW 28–⁠1080%
Sep 16vs25Southern MissL 0–⁠2161%
Sep 23atArkansasL 21–⁠2840%
Sep 30vs23South CarolinaW 27–⁠1769%
Oct 14vsOle MissW 45–⁠755%
Oct 21atTennesseeL 10–⁠2041%
Oct 28vsUCFL 38–⁠4071%
Nov 4atLSUL 28–⁠3047%
Nov 11at15Mississippi StateL 7–⁠2930%
Nov 18vs18AuburnL 0–⁠949%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Auburn 9–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 106th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 3
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 13
  4. Wk 4: 15

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2000.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
228–⁠246
Coach
Mike DuBose
Elo
1525 −116 this season
SP+ rating
7.9 No. 43 of 116; offense No. 78, defense No. 20
SRS
2.9 No. 52 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 4
Offensive coordinators
Neil Callaway and Charlie Stubbs
Defensive coordinator
Ellis Johnson
Captains
Paul Hogan, Bradley Ledbetter and Kenny Smith

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Mac Tyler DT★★★★★No. 20
Albert Means SDE★★★★★No. 25
Antwan Odom SDE★★★★★No. 33
Harold James S★★★★No. 41
Anthony Bryant SDE★★★★No. 46
Brooks Daniels OLB★★★★No. 87
Maurice Mitchell OT★★★★No. 111
Nautyn McKay-Loescher WDE★★★★No. 119

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Offensive line14.00.961
Defensive line54.60.976
Linebackers14.00.970
Defensive backs14.00.983
Whole class84.40.974

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 2Tony Dixon DBDallas Cowboys
Rd 3Kenny Smith DTNew Orleans Saints
Rd 5Shawn Draper OTMiami Dolphins

2000 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida7–⁠110–⁠310
Auburn6–⁠29–⁠418
South Carolina5–⁠38–⁠419
Tennessee5–⁠38–⁠4
Georgia5–⁠38–⁠420
LSU5–⁠38–⁠422
Mississippi State4–⁠48–⁠424
Ole Miss4–⁠47–⁠5
Arkansas3–⁠56–⁠6
Alabama3–⁠53–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠73–⁠8
Kentucky0–⁠82–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.