2000 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

W-L

PTS

CP

Last Week

1

<  3

Nebraska (36)

Big 12

12-1

1732

DNP

2

<  1

Florida State (29)

ACC

12-0

1720

DNP

3

<  8

Alabama (3)

SEC

10-3

1570

DNP

4

<  4

Wisconsin (1)

Big Ten

10-2

1408

DNP

5

<  15

Miami (FL)

Big East

9-4

1392

DNP

6

<  5

Michigan

Big Ten

10-2

1380

DNP

7

<  21

Texas (2)

Big 12

9-5

1297

DNP

8

<  6

Kansas State

Big 12

11-1

1276

DNP

9

<  12

Florida

SEC

9-4

1255

DNP

10

<  16

Georgia

SEC

8-4

1226

DNP

11

<  2

Virginia Tech

Big East

11-1

1044

DNP

12

<  9

Tennessee

SEC

9-3

940

DNP

13

<  NR

Washington

Pac-10

7-5

816

DNP

14

<  25

Purdue

Big Ten

7-5

751

DNP

15

<  NR

USC

Pac-10

6-6

723

DNP

16

<  NR

Ohio State

Big Ten

6-6

601

DNP

17

<  NR

Clemson

ACC

6-6

599

DNP

18

<  22

Mississippi

SEC

8-4

541

DNP

19

<  NR

Oklahoma

Big 12

7-5

455

DNP

20

<  NR

TCU

WAC

8-4

404

DNP

21

<  24

Illinois

Big Ten

8-4

361

DNP

22

<  11

Penn State

Big Ten

10-3

359

DNP

23

<  14

Southern Miss

C-USA

9-3

224

DNP

24

<  NR

Colorado

Big 12

7-5

166

DNP

25

<  7

Michigan State

Big Ten

10-2

145

DNP

NR

<  17

Arkansas

SEC

8-4

DNP

NR

<  20

Georgia Tech

ACC

8-4

DNP

NR

<  10

Marshall (WV)

MAC

13-0

DNP

NR

<  18

Minnesota

Big Ten

8-4

DNP

NR

<  13

Mississippi State

SEC

10-2

DNP

NR

<  19

Oregon

Pac-10

9-3

DNP

NR

<  23

Texas A&M

Big 12

8-4

DNP

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NOTES
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- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
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- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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