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2001 Auburn

7–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Tommy Tuberville.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 2001, game by game: won vs. Ball State 30–0; won vs. Ole Miss 27–21; lost at Syracuse 14–31; won at Vanderbilt 24–21; won vs. Mississippi State 16–14; won vs. No. 1 Florida 23–20; won vs. Louisiana Tech 48–41; lost at Arkansas 17–42; won at No. 19 Georgia 24–17; lost vs. Alabama 7–31; lost at No. 22 LSU 14–27; lost vs. North Carolina 10–16+30−25Won 30–0 vs. Ball State+30Ball StateWon 27–21 vs. Ole Miss+6Ole MissLost 14–31 at Syracuse-17SyracuseWon 24–21 at Vanderbilt+3VanderbiltWon 16–14 vs. Mississippi State+2Mississippi Sta…Won 23–20 vs. No. 1 Florida+3No. 1 FloridaWon 48–41 vs. Louisiana Tech+7Louisiana TechLost 17–42 at Arkansas-25ArkansasWon 24–17 at No. 19 Georgia+7No. 19 GeorgiaLost 7–31 vs. Alabama-24AlabamaLost 14–27 at No. 22 LSU-13No. 22 LSULost 10–16 vs. North Carolina-6North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsBall StateW 30–⁠079%
Sep 8vsOle MissW 27–⁠2164%
Sep 22atSyracuseL 14–⁠3151%
Sep 29atVanderbiltW 24–⁠2164%
Oct 6vsMississippi StateW 16–⁠1460%
Oct 13vs1FloridaW 23–⁠2037%
Oct 20vsLouisiana TechW 48–⁠4176%
Oct 27atArkansasL 17–⁠4259%
Nov 10at19GeorgiaW 24–⁠1737%
Nov 17vsAlabamaL 7–⁠3169%
Dec 1at22LSUL 14–⁠2732%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsNorth CarolinaPeach BowlL 10–⁠1641%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 16–⁠10 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 10: 17
  2. Wk 12: 24
  3. Wk 13: 17
  4. Wk 15: 25

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.

SEC West champions5–⁠3 in the conference, shared with LSU

Consensus All-AmericanDamon Duval, K

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
254–⁠281
Coach
Tommy Tuberville
Elo
1520 −49 this season
SP+ rating
8.5 No. 45 of 117; offense No. 74, defense No. 24
SRS
4.5 No. 48 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 7
Offensive coordinator
Noel Mazzone
Defensive coordinator
John Lovett
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
Multiple 4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 33— allowed
Defense-0.1own 32— 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

Carnell Williams RB★★★★★No. 15
Lemarcus Rowell OLB★★★★★No. 39
Anthony Mix WR★★★★No. 104
Wayne Dickens DT★★★★No. 114

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

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs15.00.994
Receivers14.00.968
Defensive line14.00.965
Linebackers15.00.985
Whole class44.50.978

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 1Kendall Simmons OGPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 2Tim Carter WRNew York Giants
Rd 7Mike Pucillo OGBuffalo Bills

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 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.