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2000 Arkansas

6–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Houston Nutt.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 2000, game by game: won vs. Missouri State 38–0; won vs. Boise State 38–31; won vs. Alabama 28–21; lost vs. No. 25 Georgia 7–38; won vs. UL Monroe 52–6; lost at No. 24 South Carolina 7–27; lost at No. 25 Auburn 19–21; lost vs. Ole Miss 24–38; lost at Tennessee 20–63; won at No. 13 Mississippi State 17–10; won vs. No. 24 LSU 14–3; lost vs. UNLV 14–31+46−43Won 38–0 vs. Missouri State+38Missouri StateWon 38–31 vs. Boise State+7Boise StateWon 28–21 vs. Alabama+7AlabamaLost 7–38 vs. No. 25 Georgia-31No. 25 GeorgiaWon 52–6 vs. UL Monroe+46UL MonroeLost 7–27 at No. 24 South Carolina-20No. 24 South CarolinaLost 19–21 at No. 25 Auburn-2No. 25 AuburnLost 24–38 vs. Ole Miss-14Ole MissLost 20–63 at Tennessee-43TennesseeWon 17–10 at No. 13 Mississippi State+7No. 13 Mississippi Sta…Won 14–3 vs. No. 24 LSU+11No. 24 LSULost 14–31 vs. UNLV-17UNLV
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsMissouri StateW 38–⁠089%
Sep 16vsBoise StateW 38–⁠3159%
Sep 23vsAlabamaW 28–⁠2160%
Sep 30vs25GeorgiaL 7–⁠3865%
Oct 7vsUL MonroeW 52–⁠683%
Oct 14at24South CarolinaL 7–⁠2755%
Oct 28at25AuburnL 19–⁠2135%
Nov 4vsOle MissL 24–⁠3853%
Nov 11atTennesseeL 20–⁠6323%
Nov 18at13Mississippi StateW 17–⁠1020%
Nov 24vs24LSUW 14–⁠349%
Dec 21Bowls & playoffvsUNLVLas Vegas BowlL 14–⁠3162%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UNLV 31–⁠14 in the Las Vegas Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

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
6–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
278–⁠289
Coach
Houston Nutt
Elo
1515 −57 this season
SP+ rating
5.1 No. 50 of 116; offense No. 68, defense No. 45
SRS
−1.3 No. 68 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 16
Defensive coordinator
John Thompson
Captains
Quinton Caver, Randy Garner, Michael Snowden and Rod Stinson
Offense
I formation
Defense
Multiple

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Lawrence Richardson CB★★★★No. 58
Bo Mosley CB★★★★No. 90
Jason Peters WDE★★★★No. 111

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive line14.00.961
Defensive backs24.00.973
Whole class34.00.969

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 2Quinton Caver LBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 6Randy Garner DEAtlanta Falcons

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Richie ButlerPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 2000 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

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.