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2000 Florida

10–⁠3 (7–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Steve Spurrier, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Florida in 2000, game by game: won vs. Ball State 40–19; won vs. Middle Tennessee 55–0; won at No. 11 Tennessee 27–23; won vs. Kentucky 59–31; lost at Mississippi State 35–47; won vs. LSU 41–9; won vs. No. 19 Auburn 38–7; won vs. No. 13 Georgia 34–23; won at Vanderbilt 43–20; won vs. No. 21 South Carolina 41–21; lost at No. 3 Florida State 7–30; won vs. No. 20 Auburn 28–6; lost vs. No. 2 Miami 20–37+55−23Won 40–19 vs. Ball State+21Ball StateWon 55–0 vs. Middle Tennessee+55Middle TennesseeWon 27–23 at No. 11 Tennessee+4No. 11 TennesseeWon 59–31 vs. Kentucky+28KentuckyLost 35–47 at Mississippi State-12Mississippi Sta…Won 41–9 vs. LSU+32LSUWon 38–7 vs. No. 19 Auburn+31No. 19 AuburnWon 34–23 vs. No. 13 Georgia+11No. 13 GeorgiaWon 43–20 at Vanderbilt+23VanderbiltWon 41–21 vs. No. 21 South Carolina+20No. 21 South CarolinaLost 7–30 at No. 3 Florida State-23No. 3 Florida StateWon 28–6 vs. No. 20 Auburn+22No. 20 AuburnLost 20–37 vs. No. 2 Miami-17No. 2 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsBall StateW 40–⁠1991%
Sep 9vsMiddle TennesseeW 55–⁠090%
Sep 16at11TennesseeW 27–⁠2337%
Sep 23vsKentuckyW 59–⁠3177%
Sep 30atMississippi StateL 35–⁠4752%
Oct 7vsLSUW 41–⁠977%
Oct 14vs19AuburnW 38–⁠767%
Oct 28vs13GeorgiaW 34–⁠2357%
Nov 4atVanderbiltW 43–⁠2082%
Nov 11vs21South CarolinaW 41–⁠2181%
Nov 18at3Florida StateL 7–⁠3029%
Dec 2Bowls & playoffvs20AuburnSEC Championship GameW 28–⁠662%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs2MiamiSugar BowlL 20–⁠3745%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 37–⁠20 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 8
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 3
  6. Wk 6: 3
  7. Wk 7: 12
  8. Wk 8: 10
  9. Wk 9: 8
  10. Wk 10: 8
  11. Wk 11: 6
  12. Wk 12: 5
  13. Wk 13: 4
  14. Wk 14: 7
  15. Wk 15: 7
  16. Wk 16: 7
  17. Final: 10

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.

Southeastern Conference champions7–⁠1 in the conference, won the SEC Championship Game

Record
10–⁠3
Conference
7–⁠1 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 3
Points
468–⁠273
Coach
Steve Spurrier
Elo
1717 +79 this season
SP+ rating
28.2 No. 4 of 116; offense No. 5, defense No. 13
SRS
20.4 No. 7 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 2
Defensive coordinator
Jon Hoke
Captains
Alex Brown, Derrick Chambers, Jesse Palmer, Gerard Warren and Alex Willis
Offense
Fun and gun
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Brock Berlin PRO★★★★★No. 2
Darrell Lee WDE★★★★★No. 13
Cory Bailey S★★★★★No. 28
Carlos Perez WR★★★★No. 48
Tre Orr S★★★★No. 50
Shannon Snell OG★★★★No. 52
Reggie Vickers WR★★★★No. 57
Kelvin Kight WR★★★★No. 90

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks15.01.000
Running backs14.00.965
Receivers34.00.976
Offensive line14.00.979
Defensive line24.50.980
Defensive backs24.50.984
Whole class104.30.980

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 1Gerard Warren DTCleveland Browns
Rd 1Kenyatta Walker OTTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 4Jesse Palmer QBNew York Giants
Rd 7John Capel WRChicago Bears

All-SEC

6 first team, 3 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.