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2000 Texas A&M

7–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Big 12), coached by R.C. Slocum.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 2000, game by game: lost at Notre Dame 10–24; won vs. Wyoming 51–3; won vs. UTEP 45–17; won vs. Texas Tech 33–15; lost vs. Colorado 19–26; won at Baylor 24–0; won at Iowa State 30–7; won vs. No. 10 Kansas State 26–10; won at Oklahoma State 21–16; lost vs. No. 1 Oklahoma 31–35; lost at No. 12 Texas 17–43; lost vs. Mississippi State 41–43+48−26Lost 10–24 at Notre Dame-14Notre DameWon 51–3 vs. Wyoming+48WyomingWon 45–17 vs. UTEP+28UTEPWon 33–15 vs. Texas Tech+18Texas TechLost 19–26 vs. Colorado-7ColoradoWon 24–0 at Baylor+24BaylorWon 30–7 at Iowa State+23Iowa StateWon 26–10 vs. No. 10 Kansas State+16No. 10 Kansas StateWon 21–16 at Oklahoma State+5Oklahoma StateLost 31–35 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma-4No. 1 OklahomaLost 17–43 at No. 12 Texas-26No. 12 TexasLost 41–43 vs. Mississippi State-2Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atNotre DameL 10–⁠2453%
Sep 9vsWyomingW 51–⁠364%
Sep 16vsUTEPW 45–⁠1778%
Sep 30vsTexas TechW 33–⁠1562%
Oct 7vsColoradoL 19–⁠2673%
Oct 14atBaylorW 24–⁠075%
Oct 21atIowa StateW 30–⁠755%
Oct 28vs10Kansas StateW 26–⁠1047%
Nov 4atOklahoma StateW 21–⁠1675%
Nov 11vs1OklahomaL 31–⁠3550%
Nov 24at12TexasL 17–⁠4341%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsMississippi StateIndependence BowlL 41–⁠4354%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 43–⁠41 in the Independence Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big 12.

In program history: The tied 41st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 25
  2. Wk 11: 24
  3. Wk 12: 23
  4. Wk 13: 21
  5. Wk 14: 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 2000.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 5th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked peak No. 21
Points
348–⁠239
Coach
R.C. Slocum
Elo
1622 +27 this season
SP+ rating
18.3 No. 11 of 116; offense No. 25, defense No. 15
SRS
12.8 No. 18 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 31
Offensive coordinator
Steve Kragthorpe
Defensive coordinator
Mike Hankwitz
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Adam Black CB★★★★No. 73

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive backs14.00.974

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 2Robert Ferguson WRGreen Bay Packers
Rd 3Ron Edwards DTBuffalo Bills
Rd 6Michael Jameson DBCleveland Browns
Rd 6Jason Glenn LBDetroit Lions
Rd 7Chris Taylor WRPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Ronald Flemons DEAtlanta Falcons

All-Big 12

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ja’Mar ToombsRBCoaches-2
  • Brian GambleLBMedia-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 Big 12 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma8–⁠013–⁠01
Texas7–⁠19–⁠312
Nebraska6–⁠210–⁠28
Kansas State6–⁠211–⁠39
Iowa State5–⁠39–⁠325
Texas A&M5–⁠37–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠57–⁠6
Colorado3–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠63–⁠8
Oklahoma State1–⁠73–⁠8
Baylor0–⁠82–⁠9

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