Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 2000 college football season:
| Rank | Team Name |
Rating |
Record | AP | ESPN/USA Today | Bowl Game Results |
| 1 | OKLAHOMA | 117.1264 | 13-0 | 1 | 1 | Beat Florida State 13-2 |
| 2 | MIAMI (F) | 112.0767 | 11-1 | 2 | 2 | Beat Florida 37-20 |
| 3 | FLORIDA STATE | 111.2918 | 11-2 | 5 | 5 | Lost to Oklahoma |
| 4 | OREGON STATE | 100.4806 | 11-1 | 4 | 4 | Beat Notre Dame 41-9 |
| 5 | VIRGINIA TECH | 97.0170 | 11-1 | 6 | 6 | Beat Clemson 41-20 |
| 6 | WASHINGTON | 95.7177 | 11-1 | 3 | 3 | Beat Purdue 34-24 |
| 7 | OREGON | 88.7864 | 10-2 | 7 | 9 | Beat Texas 35-30 |
| 8 | FLORIDA | 87.0840 | 10-3 | 10 | 11 | Lost to Miami (F) |
| 9 | NEBRASKA | 82.6356 | 10-2 | 8 | 7 | Beat Northwestern 66-16 |
| 10 | KANSAS STATE | 81.2731 | 11-3 | 9 | 8 | Beat Tennessee 35-21 |
| 11 | MICHIGAN | 71.7147 | 9-3 | 11 | 10 | Beat Auburn 31-28 |
| 12 | AUBURN | 70.8537 | 9-4 | 18 | 20 | Lost to Michigan |
| 13 | WISCONSIN | 70.7406 | 9-4 | 23 | 24 | Beat UCLA 21-20 |
| 14 | GEORGIA | 68.9731 | 8-4 | 20 | 17 | Beat Virginia 37-14 |
| 15 | NOTRE DAME | 68.7551 | 9-3 | 15 | 16 | Lost to Oregon State |
| 16 | PURDUE | 67.0739 | 8-4 | 13 | 13 | Lost to Washington |
| 17 | TENNESSEE | 66.4333 | 8-4 | 26 | 25 | Lost to Kansas State |
| 18 | LSU | 66.2043 | 8-4 | 22 | 29 | Beat Georgia Tech 28-14 |
| 19 | NORTHWESTERN | 65.8621 | 8-4 | 28 | 26 | Lost to Nebraska |
| 20 | GEORGIA TECH | 65.5025 | 9-3 | 17 | 19 | Lost to LSU |
| 21 | SOUTH CAROLINA | 65.2956 | 8-4 | 19 | 21 | Beat Ohio State 24-7 |
| 22 | OHIO STATE | 64.5938 | 8-4 | 29 | 28 | Lost to South Carolina |
| 23 | TEXAS | 63.1063 | 9-3 | 12 | 12 | Lost to Oregon |
| 24 | CLEMSON | 63.0947 | 9-3 | 16 | 14 | Lost to Virginia Tech |
| 25 | MISSISSIPPI STATE | 61.5026 | 8-4 | 24 | 22 | Beat Texas A+M 43-41 |
| 26 | TEXAS A+M | 60.8009 | 7-5 | 37 | 36 | Lost to Mississippi State |
| 27 | ARKANSAS | 60.5713 | ||||
| 28 | IOWA STATE | 60.3051 | ||||
| 29 | MICHIGAN STATE | 59.0336 | ||||
| 30 | STANFORD | 58.7552 | ||||
| 31 | PENN STATE | 58.0450 | ||||
| 32 | IOWA | 57.9678 | ||||
| 33 | WEST VIRGINIA | 57.4586 | ||||
| 34 | MISSISSIPPI | 57.4440 | ||||
| 35 | NORTH CAROLINA STATE | 57.3138 | ||||
| 36 | UCLA | 56.6346 | ||||
| 37 | MINNESOTA | 56.6120 | ||||
| 38 | ILLINOIS | 55.7397 | ||||
| 39 | ARIZONA | 55.6199 | ||||
| 40 | SYRACUSE | 55.5606 | ||||
| 41 | USC | 55.3645 | ||||
| 42 | BOSTON COLLEGE | 55.0519 | ||||
| 43 | ARIZONA STATE | 54.5794 | ||||
| 44 | PITTSBURGH | 54.3870 | ||||
| 45 | INDIANA | 54.2346 | ||||
| 46 | VIRGINIA | 54.2245 | ||||
| 47 | CALIFORNIA | 54.0545 | ||||
| 48 | NORTH CAROLINA | 53.8883 | ||||
| 49 | WASHINGTON STATE | 53.3648 | ||||
| 50 | BOISE STATE | 53.1774 | ||||
| 51 | MARYLAND | 53.0178 | ||||
| 52 | TOLEDO | 52.0257 | ||||
| 53 | UNLV | 51.4825 | ||||
| 54 | ALABAMA | 50.2102 | ||||
| 55 | COLORADO STATE |