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2002 South Carolina

5–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Lou Holtz.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 2002, game by game: won vs. New Mexico State 34–24; lost at Virginia 21–34; lost vs. No. 9 Georgia 7–13; won vs. Temple 42–21; won at Vanderbilt 20–14; won vs. Mississippi State 34–10; won at Kentucky 16–12; lost at No. 14 LSU 14–38; lost vs. No. 25 Tennessee 10–18; lost vs. Arkansas 0–23; lost at No. 20 Florida 7–28; lost at Clemson 20–27+24−24Won 34–24 vs. New Mexico State+10New Mexico StateLost 21–34 at Virginia-13VirginiaLost 7–13 vs. No. 9 Georgia-6No. 9 GeorgiaWon 42–21 vs. Temple+21TempleWon 20–14 at Vanderbilt+6VanderbiltWon 34–10 vs. Mississippi State+24Mississippi Sta…Won 16–12 at Kentucky+4KentuckyLost 14–38 at No. 14 LSU-24No. 14 LSULost 10–18 vs. No. 25 Tennessee-8No. 25 TennesseeLost 0–23 vs. Arkansas-23ArkansasLost 7–28 at No. 20 Florida-21No. 20 FloridaLost 20–27 at Clemson-7Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsNew Mexico StateW 34–⁠2475%
Sep 7atVirginiaL 21–⁠3463%
Sep 14vs9GeorgiaL 7–⁠1350%
Sep 21vsTempleW 42–⁠2174%
Sep 28atVanderbiltW 20–⁠1466%
Oct 5vsMississippi StateW 34–⁠1073%
Oct 12atKentuckyW 16–⁠1250%
Oct 19at14LSUL 14–⁠3828%
Nov 2vs25TennesseeL 10–⁠1853%
Nov 9vsArkansasL 0–⁠2352%
Nov 16at20FloridaL 7–⁠2821%
Nov 23atClemsonL 20–⁠2736%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 27–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 22
  2. Wk 2: 22
  3. Wk 3: 22

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 2002.

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
225–⁠262
Coach
Lou Holtz
Elo
1488 −82 this season
SP+ rating
0.4 No. 66 of 117; offense No. 103, defense No. 28
SRS
0.6 No. 60 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 13
Offensive coordinator
Skip Holtz
Defensive coordinator
Charlie Strong
Offense
Spread
Defense
3–⁠3–⁠5

Top recruits in the 2002 class

Ricardo Hurley ILB★★★★★No. 17
Jabari Levey OT★★★★No. 121
Bennett Swygert DUAL★★No. 898
Kris Clark DUAL★★No. 898

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

The 2002 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks22.00.767
Offensive line14.00.930
Linebackers15.00.992
Whole class43.30.864

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 2003

The 2003 draft
Rd 6Langston Moore DTCincinnati Bengals
Rd 6Corey Jenkins DBMiami Dolphins
Rd 7Andrew Pinnock RBSan Diego Chargers

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2002 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2002 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia7–⁠113–⁠13
Alabama6–⁠210–⁠311
Florida6–⁠28–⁠5
Auburn5–⁠39–⁠414
Arkansas5–⁠39–⁠5
LSU5–⁠38–⁠5
Tennessee5–⁠38–⁠5
Kentucky3–⁠57–⁠5
Ole Miss3–⁠57–⁠6
South Carolina3–⁠55–⁠7
Mississippi State0–⁠83–⁠9
Vanderbilt0–⁠82–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.