College Basketball 1999-2000 Season: Final AP Top 25 Poll
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
Voted on by panel of 70 sportswriters & broadcasters and released on Jan. 5, 2000, following the Sugar 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. 14, 1999) and final regular season rank (released Dec. 5, 1999).
| Final Record | Points | Bowl Game | Head Coach | Aug. 14 Rank | Dec. 5 Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida St. (70) | 12-0 | 1750 | won Sugar | Bobby Bowden (34 yrs: 304-85-4) | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Virginia Tech | 11-1 | 1647 | lost Sugar | Frank Beamer (19 yrs: 130-83-4) | 13 | 2 |
| 3 | Nebraska | 12-1 | 1634 | won Fiesta | Frank Solich (2 yrs: 21-5-0) | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 10-2 | 1519 | won Rose | Barry Alvarez (10 yrs: 70-44-4) | 10 | 4 |
| 5 | Michigan | 10-2 | 1406 | won Orange | Lloyd Carr (5 yrs: 49-13-0) | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | Kansas St. | 11-1 | 1402 | won Holiday | Bill Snyder (11 yrs: 88-40-1) | 20t | 7 |
| 7 | Michigan St. | 10-2 | 1357 | won Citrus | Nick Saban (6 yrs: 43-26-1) & Bobby Williams (1 yr: 1-0-0) | 29 | 9 |
| 8 | Alabama | 10-3 | 1236 | lost Orange | Mike DuBose (3 yrs: 21-15-0) | 20t | 5 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 9-3 | 1168 | lost Fiesta | Phillip Fulmer (8 yrs: 76-14-0) | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Marshall | 13-0 | 1136 | won Motor City | Bob Pruett (4 yrs: 50-4-0) | 27 | 11 |
| 11 | Penn St. | 10-3 | 1038 | won Alamo | Joe Paterno (34 yrs: 317-83-3) | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | Florida | 9-4 | 941 | lost Citrus | Steve Spurrier (13 yrs: 122-35-2) | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | Mississippi St. | 10-2 | 923 | won Peach | Jackie Sherrill (22 yrs: 164-89-4) | 28 | 15 |
| 14 | Southern Miss. | 9-3 | 788 | won Liberty | Jeff Bower (10 yrs: 59-43-1) | 40 | 16 |
| 15 | Miami-FL | 9-4 | 678 | won Gator | Butch Davis (5 yrs: 40-19-0) | 12 | 23 |
| 16 | Georgia | 8-4 | 640 | won Outback | Jim Donnan (10 yrs: 96-36-0) | 14 | 21 |
| 17 | Arkansas | 8-4 | 575 | won Cotton | Houston Nutt (7 yrs: 52-30-0) | 22 | 24 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 8-4 | 452 | lost Sun | Glen Mason (14 yrs: 75-83-1) | NR | 12 |
| 19 | Oregon | 9-3 | 358 | won Sun | Mike Bellotti (10 yrs: 60-45-2) | 39 | NR |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | 8-4 | 345 | lost Gator | George O'Leary (5 yrs: 36-25-0) | 11 | 17 |
| 21 | Texas | 9-5 | 340 | lost Cotton | Mack Brown (16 yrs: 105-82-1) | 17 | 14 |
| 22 | Mississippi | 8-4 | 281 | won Independence | David Cutcliffe (2 yrs: 9-4-0) | 31 | NR |
| 23 | Texas A&M | 8-4 | 272 | lost Alamo | R.C. Slocum (11 yrs: 102-32-2) | 7 | 18 |
| 24 | Illinois | 8-4 | 201 | won Micron PC | Ron Turner (4 yrs: 18-27-0) | NR | NR |
| 25 | Purdue | 7-5 | 198 | lost Outback | Joe Tiller (9 yrs: 64-42-1) | 23 | 19 |
Other teams receiving votes: 26. Stanford (8-4, 168 points, lost Rose); 27. East Carolina (9-3, 97 pts, lost Mobile); 28. Colorado (7-5, 75 pts, won Insight.com); 29. TCU (8-4, 45 pts, won Mobile); 30. Syracuse (7-5, 21 pts, lost Music City); 31. Utah (9-3, 20 pts, won Las Vegas); 32. Hawaii (9-4, 19 pts, won Oahu); 33. Washington (7-5, 7 pts, lost Holiday); 34. Wake Forest (7-5, 5 pts, won Aloha); 35. Boise St. (10-3, 3 pts, won Humanitarian) and Oklahoma (7-5, 3 pts, lost Independence); 37. Colorado St. (8-4, 2 pts, lost Liberty).
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