2000 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 2000 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 7–5 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 5–3.

2000 Texas A&M Aggies football
Independence Bowl, L 41–43 OT vs. Mississippi State
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Record	7–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Kragthorpe (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kyle Field

2000 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 9 Kansas State xy		6	–	2					11	–	3
No. 8 Nebraska x		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 25 Iowa State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Colorado		3	–	5					3	–	8
Kansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Missouri		2	–	6					3	–	8
South Division
No. 1 Oklahoma x$#		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 12 Texas		7	–	1					9	–	3
Texas A&M		5	–	3					7	–	5
Texas Tech		3	–	5					7	–	6
Oklahoma State		1	–	7					3	–	8
Baylor		0	–	8					2	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Kansas State 24
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	11:00 am	at Notre Dame*	No. 25	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 10–24	80,232
September 9	6:00 pm	Wyoming*		Kyle Field College Station, TX	FSN	W 51–3	69,273
September 16	7:00 pm	UTEP*		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 45–17	69,184
September 30	11:30 am	Texas Tech		Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 33–15	83,644
October 7	1:00 pm	Colorado		Kyle Field College Station, TX		L 19–26	75,523
October 14	11:30 am	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos)	FSN	W 24–0	40,076
October 21	2:30 pm	at Iowa State		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ABC	W 41–20	48,931
October 28	2:30 pm	No. 10 Kansas State		Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC	W 26–10	80,659
November 4	1:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	No. 24	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 21–16	36,310
November 11	12:00 pm	No. 1 Oklahoma	No. 23	Kyle Field College Station, TX (College GameDay)	ABC	L 31–35	87,188
November 24	2:30 pm	at No. 12 Texas	No. 21	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–43	84,012
December 31	7:00 pm	vs. Mississippi State*		Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	ESPN	L 41–43 OT	36,974
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Texas A&M	0	7	3	0	10
Notre Dame	0	7	7	10	24

Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	3	0	0	0	3
Texas A&M	7	14	14	16	51

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
UTEP	7	10	0	0	17
Texas A&M	14	0	14	17	45

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	0	7	0	8	15
Texas A&M	10	6	3	14	33

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	9	3	7	7	26
Texas A&M	0	13	0	6	19

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	10	7	7	24
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0

Iowa State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	10	10	3	7	30
Iowa State	0	0	0	7	7

Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	0	0	10	0	10
Texas A&M	12	7	0	7	26

Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	7	14	0	21
Oklahoma State	0	7	3	6	16

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	3	7	3	22	35
Texas A&M	7	10	7	7	31

Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	7	10	0	17
Texas	7	3	27	6	43

Mississippi State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mississippi State	0	14	7	14	8	43
Texas A&M	14	6	0	15	6	41

Main article: 2000 Independence Bowl

Rankings

See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	23	22	—	—	—	—
Coaches Poll	24	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	24	23	22	—	—	—
BCS	Not released									—	—	—	15	—	—	—	Not released