Final AP Top 25 Poll for College Football's 2000–2001 Season
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
Voted on by panel of 71 sportswriters & broadcasters and released on Jan. 4, 2001, following the Orange Bowl: winning team receives the Bear Bryant Trophy, given since 1983; first place votes in parentheses, records, total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.) bowl game result, head coach and career record, preseason rank (released Aug. 6, 2000) and final regular season rank (released Dec. 4, 2000).
| Final Record |
Points | Bowl Game | Head Coach | Aug. 6 Rank |
Dec. 4 Rank |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma (71) | 13-0 | 1775 | won Orange | Bob Stoops (2 yrs: 20-5) | 19 | 1 |
| 2 | Miami-FL | 11-1 | 1690 | won Sugar | Butch Davis (6 yrs: 51-20) | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Washington | 11-1 | 1634 | won Rose | Rick Neuheisel (5 yrs: 44-15) | 13 | 4 |
| 4 | Oregon St. | 11-1 | 1539 | won Fiesta | Dennis Erickson (15 yrs: 131-46-1) | NR | 5 |
| 5 | Florida St. | 11-2 | 1488 | lost Orange | Bobby Bowden (35 yrs: 315-87-4) | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 11-1 | 1432 | won Gator | Frank Beamer (20 yrs: 141-84-4) | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Oregon | 10-2 | 1299 | won Holiday | Mike Bellotti (11 yrs: 70-47-2) | NR | 8 |
| 8 | Nebraska | 10-2 | 1282 | won Alamo | Frank Solich (3 yrs: 31-7) | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Kansas St. | 11-3 | 1258 | won Cotton | Bill Snyder (12 yrs: 99-43-1) | 8 | 11 |
| 10 | Florida | 10-3 | 1128 | lost Sugar | Steve Spurrier (14 yrs: 132-38-2) | 9 | 7 |
| 11 | Michigan | 9-3 | 1061 | won Citrus | Lloyd Carr (6 yrs: 58-16) | 6 | 17 |
| 12 | Texas | 9-3 | 894 | lost Holiday | Mack Brown (17 yrs: 113-85-1) | 7 | 12 |
| 13 | Purdue | 8-4 | 765 | lost Rose | Joe Tiller (10 yrs: 72-46-1) | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Colorado St. | 10-2 | 640 | won Liberty | Sonny Lubick (12 yrs: 88-48) | NR | 23 |
| 15 | Notre Dame | 9-3 | 611 | lost Fiesta | Bob Davie (4 yrs: 30-19) | NR | 10 |
| 16 | Clemson | 9-3 | 563 | lost Gator | Tommy Bowden (4 yrs: 33-13) | 17 | 16 |
| 17 | Georgia Tech | 9-3 | 545 | lost Peach | George O'Leary (7 yrs: 45-28-0) | NR | 15 |
| 18 | Auburn | 9-4 | 498 | lost Citrus | Tommy Tuberville (6 yrs: 39-30) | NR | 20 |
| 19 | South Carolina | 8-4 | 486 | won Outback | Lou Holtz (29 yrs: 224-110-7) | NR | NR |
| 20 | Georgia | 8-4 | 430 | won Oahu | Jim Donnan (11 yrs: 104-40-0) | 10 | 24 |
| 21 | TCU | 10-2 | 406 | lost Mobile | Dennis Franchione (18 yrs: 138-65-2) | 20 | 13 |
| & Gary Patterson (1 yr: 0-1-0) | |||||||
| 22 | LSU | 8-4 | 340 | won Peach | Nick Saban (7 yrs: 51-30-1) | NR | NR |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 9-4 | 208 | won Sun | Barry Alvarez (11 yrs: 79-48-4) | 4 | NR |
| 24 | Mississippi St. | 8-4 | 197 | won Independence | Jackie Sherrill (23 yrs: 172-93-4) | NR | NR |
| 25 | Iowa St. | 9-3 | 188 | won Insight.com | Dan McCarney (6 yrs: 22-45-0) | NR | NR |
Other teams receiving votes: 26. Tennessee (8-4, 187 points, lost Cotton); 27. Toledo (10-1, 173 pts, no bowl); 28. Northwestern (8-4, 103 pts, lost Alamo); 29. Ohio State (8-4, 62 pts, lost Outback); 30. Louisville (9-3, 53 pts, lost Liberty); 31. Southern Mississippi (8-4, 47 pts, won Mobile); 32. Air Force (9-3, 40 pts, won Silicon Valley); 33. Boise State (10-2, 24 pts, won Humanitarian); 34. N.C. State (8-4, 13 pts, won MicronPC.com); 35. East Carolina (8-4, 8 pts, won GalleryFurniture.com); 36. Boston College (7-5, 4 pts, won Aloha); 37. Texas A&M (7-5, 2 pts, lost Independence); 38. UNLV (8-5, 1 pt, won Las Vegas) and West Virginia (7-5, 1 pt, won Music City).
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