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2000 Auburn

9–⁠4 (6–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Tommy Tuberville, finished No. 18 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 2000, game by game: won vs. Wyoming 35–21; won at No. 19 Ole Miss 35–27; won vs. LSU 34–17; won vs. Northern Illinois 31–14; won vs. Vanderbilt 33–0; lost at No. 20 Mississippi State 10–17; lost at No. 10 Florida 7–38; won vs. Louisiana Tech 38–28; won vs. Arkansas 21–19; won vs. No. 14 Georgia 29–26; won at Alabama 9–0; lost vs. No. 7 Florida 6–28; lost vs. No. 17 Michigan 28–31+33−31Won 35–21 vs. Wyoming+14WyomingWon 35–27 at No. 19 Ole Miss+8No. 19 Ole MissWon 34–17 vs. LSU+17LSUWon 31–14 vs. Northern Illinois+17Northern Illino…Won 33–0 vs. Vanderbilt+33VanderbiltLost 10–17 at No. 20 Mississippi State-7No. 20 Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–38 at No. 10 Florida-31No. 10 FloridaWon 38–28 vs. Louisiana Tech+10Louisiana TechWon 21–19 vs. Arkansas+2ArkansasWon 29–26 vs. No. 14 Georgia+3No. 14 GeorgiaWon 9–0 at Alabama+9AlabamaLost 6–28 vs. No. 7 Florida-22No. 7 FloridaLost 28–31 vs. No. 17 Michigan-3No. 17 Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsWyomingW 35–⁠2155%
Sep 9at19Ole MissW 35–⁠2737%
Sep 16vsLSUW 34–⁠1767%
Sep 23vsNorthern IllinoisW 31–⁠1480%
Sep 30vsVanderbiltW 33–⁠080%
Oct 7at20Mississippi StateL 10–⁠1739%
Oct 14at10FloridaL 7–⁠3833%
Oct 21vsLouisiana TechW 38–⁠2877%
Oct 28vsArkansasW 21–⁠1965%
Nov 11vs14GeorgiaW 29–⁠2654%
Nov 18atAlabamaW 9–⁠051%
Dec 2Bowls & playoffvs7FloridaSEC Championship GameL 6–⁠2838%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs17MichiganCitrus BowlL 28–⁠3134%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 31–⁠28 in the Citrus Bowl; No. 18 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 61st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 24
  2. Wk 5: 20
  3. Wk 6: 19
  4. Wk 7: 15
  5. Wk 8: 19
  6. Wk 10: 25
  7. Wk 11: 23
  8. Wk 12: 22
  9. Wk 13: 18
  10. Wk 14: 17
  11. Wk 15: 18
  12. Wk 16: 20
  13. Final: 18

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.

SEC West champions6–⁠2 in the conference

Record
9–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠2 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 18 peak No. 15
Points
316–⁠266
Coach
Tommy Tuberville
Elo
1603 +77 this season
SP+ rating
12.8 No. 28 of 116; offense No. 50, defense No. 13
SRS
6.6 No. 36 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 15
Offensive coordinator
Noel Mazzone
Defensive coordinator
John Lovett
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
Multiple 4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Jason Campbell PRO★★★★★No. 32
Ronnie Brown RB★★★★No. 106
Marcus White SDE★★★★No. 117

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks15.00.985
Running backs14.00.963
Defensive line14.00.960
Whole class34.30.970

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 3Heath Evans RBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 4Rudi Johnson RBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 7Alex Lincoln LBSan Francisco 49ers

All-SEC

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

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.