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2000 Kentucky

2–⁠9 (0–⁠8 Southeastern Conference), coached by Hal Mumme.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 2000, game by game: lost at Louisville 34–40; won vs. South Florida 27–9; won vs. Indiana 41–34; lost at No. 3 Florida 31–59; lost at Ole Miss 17–35; lost vs. South Carolina 17–20; lost at LSU 0–34; lost vs. No. 12 Georgia 30–34; lost vs. No. 18 Mississippi State 17–35; lost vs. Vanderbilt 20–24; lost at Tennessee 20–59+18−39Lost 34–40 at Louisville-6LouisvilleWon 27–9 vs. South Florida+18South FloridaWon 41–34 vs. Indiana+7IndianaLost 31–59 at No. 3 Florida-28No. 3 FloridaLost 17–35 at Ole Miss-18Ole MissLost 17–20 vs. South Carolina-3South CarolinaLost 0–34 at LSU-34LSULost 30–34 vs. No. 12 Georgia-4No. 12 GeorgiaLost 17–35 vs. No. 18 Mississippi State-18No. 18 Mississippi Sta…Lost 20–24 vs. Vanderbilt-4VanderbiltLost 20–59 at Tennessee-39Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atLouisvilleL 34–⁠4043%
Sep 9vsSouth FloridaW 27–⁠979%
Sep 16vsIndianaW 41–⁠3468%
Sep 23at3FloridaL 31–⁠5923%
Sep 30atOle MissL 17–⁠3533%
Oct 7vsSouth CarolinaL 17–⁠2060%
Oct 14atLSUL 0–⁠3439%
Oct 21vs12GeorgiaL 30–⁠3430%
Nov 4vs18Mississippi StateL 17–⁠3529%
Nov 11vsVanderbiltL 20–⁠2461%
Nov 18atTennesseeL 20–⁠5913%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 59–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 107th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠8 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
254–⁠383
Coach
Hal Mumme
Elo
1386 −123 this season
SP+ rating
-5.6 No. 80 of 116; offense No. 50, defense No. 90
SRS
−7.9 No. 85 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 22
Offensive coordinator
Tony Franklin
Defensive coordinator
Mike Major
Offense
Air raid
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Antonio Hall OT★★★★★No. 12

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Offensive line15.00.995

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 3Eric Kelly DBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 7Marlon McCree DBJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 7Quentin McCord WRAtlanta Falcons

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

  • Omar SmithOGAP-1
  • Derek SmithTEAP-1

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.