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2000 Ole Miss

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by David Cutcliffe.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 2000, game by game: won vs. Tulane 49–20; lost vs. Auburn 27–35; won at Vanderbilt 12–7; won vs. Kentucky 35–17; won vs. Arkansas State 35–10; lost at Alabama 7–45; won vs. UNLV 43–40; won at Arkansas 38–24; lost vs. LSU 9–20; lost at No. 22 Georgia 14–32; won vs. No. 23 Mississippi State 45–30; lost vs. West Virginia 38–49+29−38Won 49–20 vs. Tulane+29TulaneLost 27–35 vs. Auburn-8AuburnWon 12–7 at Vanderbilt+5VanderbiltWon 35–17 vs. Kentucky+18KentuckyWon 35–10 vs. Arkansas State+25Arkansas StateLost 7–45 at Alabama-38AlabamaWon 43–40 vs. UNLV+3UNLVWon 38–24 at Arkansas+14ArkansasLost 9–20 vs. LSU-11LSULost 14–32 at No. 22 Georgia-18No. 22 GeorgiaWon 45–30 vs. No. 23 Mississippi State+15No. 23 Mississippi Sta…Lost 38–49 vs. West Virginia-11West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsTulaneW 49–⁠2073%
Sep 9vsAuburnL 27–⁠3563%
Sep 16atVanderbiltW 12–⁠762%
Sep 30vsKentuckyW 35–⁠1767%
Oct 7vsArkansas StateW 35–⁠1086%
Oct 14atAlabamaL 7–⁠4545%
Oct 28vsUNLVW 43–⁠4073%
Nov 4atArkansasW 38–⁠2447%
Nov 11vsLSUL 9–⁠2064%
Nov 18at22GeorgiaL 14–⁠3236%
Nov 23vs23Mississippi StateW 45–⁠3045%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvsWest VirginiaMusic City BowlL 38–⁠4959%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to West Virginia 49–⁠38 in the Music City Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 3: 19

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
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
352–⁠329
Coach
David Cutcliffe
Elo
1547 −22 this season
SP+ rating
4.0 No. 55 of 116; offense No. 35, defense No. 71
SRS
2.0 No. 58 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 41
Offensive coordinator
John Latina
Defensive coordinator
Art Kaufman
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Doug Buckles OG★★★★No. 113

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Offensive line14.00.961

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 1Deuce McAllister RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 2Ken Lucas DBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 3Derrick Burgess DEPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

2 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.