# 2000 Auburn Tigers football team

The 2000 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They finished the season with a 9–4 record and won the Southeastern Conference West Division championship. Second-year head coach Tommy Tuberville led the Tigers to their first winning season since 1997, their second SEC Championship Game appearance, and a New Year's Day appearance in the Florida Citrus Bowl against Michigan, which marked the Tigers return to post-season play for the first time in three years. The Tigers shut out arch rival Alabama, 9–0, on November 18 in the first Iron Bowl game played in Tuscaloosa since 1901. The Tigers finished the season ranked #18 in the AP Poll and #20 in the Coaches Poll.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 7:00 pm | Wyoming* | | Jordan-Hare StadiumAuburn, AL | ESPN | W 35–21 | 76,128 |
| September 9 | 6:00 pm | at No. 19 Ole Miss | | Vaught–Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS (rivalry) | ESPN2 | W 35–27 | 52,368 |
| September 16 | 6:30 pm | LSU | No. 24 | Jordan-Hare StadiumAuburn, AL (Tiger Bowl) | ESPN | W 34–17 | 85,612 |
| September 23 | 4:00 pm | Northern Illinois* | No. 20 | Jordan-Hare StadiumAuburn, AL | PPV | W 31–14 | 79,635 |
| September 30 | 1:00 pm | Vanderbilt | No. 19 | Jordan-Hare StadiumAuburn, AL | PPV | W 33–0 | 84,276 |
| October 7 | 2:30 pm | at No. 20 Mississippi State | No. 15 | Scott FieldStarkville, MS | CBS | L 10–17 | 43,917 |
| October 14 | 2:30 pm | at No. 10 Florida | No. 19 | Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL (rivalry) | CBS | L 7–38 | 85,710 |
| October 21 | 1:00 pm | Louisiana Tech* | | Jordan-Hare StadiumAuburn, AL | PPV | W 38–28 | 82,140 |
| October 28 | 1:00 pm | Arkansas | No. 25 | Jordan-Hare StadiumAuburn, AL | PPV | W 21–19 | 83,642 |
| November 11 | 6:30 pm | No. 14 Georgia | No. 22 | Jordan-Hare StadiumAuburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) | ESPN | W 29–26 $^{OT}$ | 85,612 |
| November 18 | 2:30 pm | at Alabama | No. 17 | Bryant–Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL (Iron Bowl) | CBS | W 9–0 | 85,986 |
| December 2 | 3:30 pm | vs. No. 7 Florida | No. 18 | Georgia DomeAtlanta, GA (rivalry) (SEC Championship Game) | ABC | L 6–28 | 73,427 |
| January 1 | 12:00 pm | vs. No. 17 Michigan* | No. 20 | Florida Citrus BowlOrlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl) | ABC | L 28–31 | 66,928 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | 24 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 19 | — | 25 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 18 |
| Coaches Poll | — | — | — | 24 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 19 | — | 25 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |

## Game summaries
### Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Auburn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |