Battle of Backbone Mountain

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

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.

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

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

References