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2000 Mississippi State

8–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jackie Sherrill, finished No. 24 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 2000, game by game: won at Memphis 17–3; won at BYU 44–28; lost at South Carolina 19–23; won vs. No. 3 Florida 47–35; won vs. No. 15 Auburn 17–10; lost at LSU 38–45; won vs. Middle Tennessee 61–35; won at Kentucky 35–17; won vs. Alabama 29–7; lost vs. Arkansas 10–17; lost at Ole Miss 30–45; won vs. Texas A&M 43–41+26−15Won 17–3 at Memphis+14MemphisWon 44–28 at BYU+16BYULost 19–23 at South Carolina-4South CarolinaWon 47–35 vs. No. 3 Florida+12No. 3 FloridaWon 17–10 vs. No. 15 Auburn+7No. 15 AuburnLost 38–45 at LSU-7LSUWon 61–35 vs. Middle Tennessee+26Middle TennesseeWon 35–17 at Kentucky+18KentuckyWon 29–7 vs. Alabama+22AlabamaLost 10–17 vs. Arkansas-7ArkansasLost 30–45 at Ole Miss-15Ole MissWon 43–41 vs. Texas A&M+2Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atMemphisW 17–⁠356%
Sep 14atBYUW 44–⁠2851%
Sep 23atSouth CarolinaL 19–⁠2367%
Sep 30vs3FloridaW 47–⁠3548%
Oct 7vs15AuburnW 17–⁠1061%
Oct 21atLSUL 38–⁠4562%
Oct 28vsMiddle TennesseeW 61–⁠3586%
Nov 4atKentuckyW 35–⁠1771%
Nov 11vsAlabamaW 29–⁠770%
Nov 18vsArkansasL 10–⁠1780%
Nov 23atOle MissL 30–⁠4555%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsTexas A&MIndependence BowlW 43–⁠4146%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas A&M 43–⁠41 in the Independence Bowl; No. 24 in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 25
  2. Wk 7: 20
  3. Wk 8: 15
  4. Wk 9: 13
  5. Wk 10: 20
  6. Wk 11: 18
  7. Wk 12: 15
  8. Wk 13: 13
  9. Wk 14: 23
  10. Final: 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 2000.

Consensus All-AmericanFred Smoot, CB

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 24 peak No. 13
Points
390–⁠306
Coach
Jackie Sherrill
Elo
1617 +30 this season
SP+ rating
16.3 No. 15 of 116; offense No. 12, defense No. 50
SRS
10.4 No. 24 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Sparky Woods
Defensive coordinator
Joe Lee Dunn
Offense
Multiple I formation
Defense
3–⁠3 stack

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 2Fred Smoot DBWashington Redskins
Rd 3Willie Blade DTDallas Cowboys
Rd 4Floyd Womack OTSeattle Seahawks
Rd 6Ellis Wyms DETampa Bay Buccaneers

All-SEC

4 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dicenzo MillerRBAP-2
  • Michael FairCAP-2
  • Conner StephensDEAP-2
  • Willie BladeDEAP-2
  • Scott WesterfieldKAP-2

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.