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2001 Mississippi State

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jackie Sherrill.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 2001, game by game: won vs. Memphis 30–10; lost vs. South Carolina 14–16; lost at No. 2 Florida 0–52; lost at Auburn 14–16; lost vs. Troy 9–21; lost vs. LSU 0–42; won vs. Kentucky 17–14; lost at Alabama 17–24; lost at Arkansas 21–24; won vs. Ole Miss 36–28; lost vs. No. 10 BYU 38–41+20−52Won 30–10 vs. Memphis+20MemphisLost 14–16 vs. South Carolina-2South CarolinaLost 0–52 at No. 2 Florida-52No. 2 FloridaLost 14–16 at Auburn-2AuburnLost 9–21 vs. Troy-12TroyLost 0–42 vs. LSU-42LSUWon 17–14 vs. Kentucky+3KentuckyLost 17–24 at Alabama-7AlabamaLost 21–24 at Arkansas-3ArkansasWon 36–28 vs. Ole Miss+8Ole MissLost 38–41 vs. No. 10 BYU-3No. 10 BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsMemphisW 30–⁠1073%
Sep 20vsSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠1658%
Sep 29at2FloridaL 0–⁠5228%
Oct 6atAuburnL 14–⁠1640%
Oct 13vsTroyL 9–⁠2184%
Oct 20vsLSUL 0–⁠4248%
Nov 3vsKentuckyW 17–⁠1472%
Nov 10atAlabamaL 17–⁠2438%
Nov 17atArkansasL 21–⁠2428%
Nov 22vsOle MissW 36–⁠2841%
Dec 1vs10BYUL 38–⁠4128%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to BYU 41–⁠38; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 2: 20
  3. Wk 3: 18
  4. Wk 6: 21

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.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
196–⁠288
Coach
Jackie Sherrill
Elo
1469 −109 this season
SP+ rating
5.0 No. 54 of 117; offense No. 88, defense No. 29
SRS
0.9 No. 61 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 45
Offensive coordinator
Sparky Woods
Defensive coordinator
Joe Lee Dunn
Offense
Multiple I formation
Defense
3–⁠3 stack

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 33— allowed
Defense-0.1own 35— 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

Clarence McDougal S★★★★No. 119

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

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive backs14.00.964

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 3Dorsett Davis DTDenver Broncos

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Pig PratherSAP-1; Coaches-2

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.