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2001 Arkansas

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Houston Nutt.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 2001, game by game: won vs. UNLV 14–10; lost vs. No. 8 Tennessee 3–13; lost at Alabama 10–31; lost at Georgia 23–34; won vs. Weber State 42–19; won vs. No. 9 South Carolina 10–7; won vs. No. 17 Auburn 42–17; won at Ole Miss 58–56; won vs. UCF 27–20; won vs. Mississippi State 24–21; lost at LSU 38–41; lost vs. No. 10 Oklahoma 3–10+25−21Won 14–10 vs. UNLV+4UNLVLost 3–13 vs. No. 8 Tennessee-10No. 8 TennesseeLost 10–31 at Alabama-21AlabamaLost 23–34 at Georgia-11GeorgiaWon 42–19 vs. Weber State+23Weber StateWon 10–7 vs. No. 9 South Carolina+3No. 9 South CarolinaWon 42–17 vs. No. 17 Auburn+25No. 17 AuburnWon 58–56 at Ole Miss+2Ole MissWon 27–20 vs. UCF+7UCFWon 24–21 vs. Mississippi State+3Mississippi Sta…Lost 38–41 at LSU-3LSULost 3–10 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma-7No. 10 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsUNLVW 14–⁠1059%
Sep 8vs8TennesseeL 3–⁠1343%
Sep 22atAlabamaL 10–⁠3141%
Sep 29atGeorgiaL 23–⁠3429%
Oct 6vsWeber StateW 42–⁠1980%
Oct 13vs9South CarolinaW 10–⁠738%
Oct 27vs17AuburnW 42–⁠1741%
Nov 3atOle MissW 58–⁠5630%
Nov 10vsUCFW 27–⁠2061%
Nov 17vsMississippi StateW 24–⁠2172%
Nov 23atLSUL 38–⁠4136%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs10OklahomaCotton BowlL 3–⁠1024%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 10–⁠3 in the Cotton Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 14: 24

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 2001.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 24
Points
294–⁠279
Coach
Houston Nutt
Elo
1554 +44 this season
SP+ rating
14.0 No. 23 of 117; offense No. 47, defense No. 15
SRS
8.1 No. 33 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 9
Defensive coordinator
John Thompson
Captains
Curt Davis, Carlos Hall, Kenny Sandlin and La’Zerius White
Offense
I formation
Defense
Multiple

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 33— allowed
Defense-0.1own 33— caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2001 class

Ahmad Carroll CB★★★★★No. 14
De’Arrius Howard RB★★★★No. 47
Shawn Andrews OG★★★★No. 71
Jeb Huckeba OLB★★★★No. 85

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

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs14.00.982
Offensive line14.00.976
Linebackers14.00.973
Defensive backs15.00.994
Whole class44.30.981

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 2002

The 2002 draft
Rd 7Carlos Hall DETennessee Titans

All-SEC

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2001 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2001 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee7–⁠111–⁠24
Florida6–⁠210–⁠23
LSU5–⁠310–⁠37
South Carolina5–⁠39–⁠313
Georgia5–⁠38–⁠422
Auburn5–⁠37–⁠5
Ole Miss4–⁠47–⁠4
Alabama4–⁠47–⁠5
Arkansas4–⁠47–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠63–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠72–⁠9
Vanderbilt0–⁠82–⁠9

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