| Year: | 2000 |
| Team: | Florida Gators |
| Sport: | baseball |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Coachrank: | 21 |
| Cbrank: | 17 |
| Record: | 44–23–1 |
| Conf Record: | 18–11–1 |
| Head Coach: | Andy Lopez (6th year) |
| Asst Coach1: | Steve Kling (6th year) |
| Asst Coach2: | Mark Wasikowski (2nd year) |
| Stadium: | Alfred A. McKethan Stadium |
| Tourney: | Waco Regional |
| Tourney Result: | 3–2 |
The 2000 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2000 college baseball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Andy Lopez, who was in his sixth season at Florida.
! style="background:#FF4A00;color:white;"| Regular season: 38–20–1|- valign="top" |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| January 20 ||at ||No. 24|Rainbow Stadium
Honolulu, HI|12–6|Belflower (1–0)|Ho (0–1)|None|2,162|1–0||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| January 21 ||at Hawaiʻi||No. 24|Rainbow Stadium|10–1|Smalley (1–0)|Snider (0–1)|None|2,251|2–0||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| January 22 ||at Hawaiʻi||No. 24|Rainbow Stadium|8–7|McFarland (1–0)|Aloy (0–1)|Simon (1)|2,595|3–0||–|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| February 4 ||at No. 5
Rivalry||No. 24||Mark Light Stadium
Coral Gables, FL||8–16||Howell (1–0)||Ramshaw (0–1)||None||3,633||3–1||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| February 5 ||at No. 5 Miami (FL)
Rivalry||No. 24||Mark Light Stadium||1–17||Roberson (1–0)||Smalley (1–1)||None||4,004||3–2||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| February 9 ||||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||11-13||Shippee (1–0)||Simon (0–1)||Bell (1)||1,828||3–3||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| February 12 ||No. 5 Miami (FL)
Rivalry||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||4–3||Simon (1–1)||DeBold (1–1)||None||3,012||4–3|–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| February 13 ||No. 5 Miami (FL)
Rivalry||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||20-11||Ramshaw (1–1)||Walker (0–1)||None||3,513||5–3|–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| February 19 ||No. 1 Florida State
Rivalry||No. 20|| McKethan Stadium ||2–6||McDonald (3–0)||Hart (0–1)||None||5,613||5–4|–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| February 20 ||No. 1 Florida State
Rivalry||No. 20|| McKethan Stadium ||8–17||Ziegler (3–0)||Mosher (0–1)||None||4,809||5–5|–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| February 22 ||||No. 27|| McKethan Stadium ||10–3||Smalley (2–1)||Barton (1–2)||None||1,188||6–5||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| February 26 ||at No. 1 Florida State
Rivalry||No. 27||Dick Howser Stadium
Tallahassee, FL||2–6||McDonald (4–0)||Belflower (1–1)||None||5,039||6–6||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| February 27 ||at No. 1 Florida State
Rivalry||No. 27||Dick Howser Stadium||7–8||Jernigan (1–0)||Simon (1–2)||None||2,011||6–7||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| February 29 |||||| McKethan Stadium ||9–2||Smalley (3–1)||Phalines (1–1)||None||1,503||7–7||–|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| March 1 ||UNC Greensboro|||| McKethan Stadium ||4–12||Gordon (1–0)||Sobieraj (0–1)||None||781||7–8||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 3 |||||| McKethan Stadium ||11–9||Belflower (2–1)||Skirkanich (0–1)||Birch (1)||1,522||8–8|–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 4 ||Massachusetts|||| McKethan Stadium ||7–1||Cardozo (1–0)||Santos (0–1)||None||1,252||9–8|–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 5 ||Massachusetts|||| McKethan Stadium ||7–5||Birch (1–0)||Szado (0–1)||None||1,457||10–8|–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| March 7 |||||| McKethan Stadium ||7–11||Mattingly (2–3)||Mosher (0–2)||None||1,143||10–9||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 8 ||Louisville|||| McKethan Stadium ||||Sobieraj (1–1)||Green (0–3)||None||847||11–9||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| March 10 |||||| McKethan Stadium ||5–11||McAvoy (4–1)||Smalley (3–2)||Goodwin (2)||1,072||11–10||0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| March 11 ||Ole Miss|||| McKethan Stadium ||12–15||Morris (1–0)||Belflower (2–2)||Huisman (4)||1,643||11–11||0–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 12 ||Ole Miss|||| McKethan Stadium ||13–3||Cardozo (2–0)||Cramblitt (3–2)||Birch (2)||1,360||12–11|1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 14 |||||| McKethan Stadium ||6–4||Simon (2–2)||Kelly (0–1)||Mosher (1)||1,172||13–11|–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 15 ||Fordham|||| McKethan Stadium ||25–1||Belflower (3–2)||Reyes (0–3)||None||1,181||14–11|–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| March 17 ||at No. 5 ||||Sarge Frye Field
Columbia, SC||2–5||Bouknight (7–0)||Smalley (3–3)||Barber (5)||4,128||14–12||1–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| March 18 ||at No. 5 South Carolina||||Sarge Frye Field||3–7||Bauer (4–0)||Cardozo (2–1)||None||3,387||14–13||1–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 19 ||at No. 5 South Carolina||||Sarge Frye Field||17–8||Birch (2–0)||Collins (1–1)||None||3,848||15–13||2–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 24 ||at ||||Baum Stadium
Fayetteville, AR||8–711||Birch (3–0)||McCrotty (0–4)||None||2,472||16–13||3–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 25 ||at Arkansas||||Baum Stadium||8–710||Simon (3–2)||Merryman (0–1)||None||2,447||17–13||4–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 26 ||at Arkansas||||Baum Stadium||7–4||Rojas (1–0)||Riethmaier (0–4)||None||1,493||18–13||5–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 28 |||||| McKethan Stadium ||16–8||Simon (4–2)||Anderson (2–4)||None||1,370||19–13||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| March 29 ||Samford|||| McKethan Stadium ||9–6||Birch (4–0)||–||–||–||20–13||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| March 31 |||||| McKethan Stadium ||4–7||Yee (4–2)||Smalley (3–4)||Beal (2)||1,586||20–14||5–5|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 1 ||Vanderbilt|||| McKethan Stadium ||5–2||Cardozo (3–1)||Cook (1–3)||None||1,322||21–14||6–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 2 ||Vanderbilt|||| McKethan Stadium ||10–6||Simon (5–2)||Beal (2–5)||Belflower (1)||1,298||22–14|7–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 4 |||||| McKethan Stadium ||15–3||Rojas (2–0)||Marrero (1–4)||None||810||23–14|–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 5 ||Bethune–Cookman|||| McKethan Stadium ||10–3||Simon (6–2)||Martin (2–3)||None||860||24–14|–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 7 ||at ||||Cliff Hagan Stadium
Lexington, KY||7–2||Belflower (4–2)||Webb (5–1)||None||891||25–14|8–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 8 ||at Kentucky||||Cliff Hagan Stadium||18–0||Cardozo (4–1)||Michael (4–1)||Rojas (1)||315||26–14|9–5|- align="center" bgcolor="F0E8E8"| April 9 ||at Kentucky||||Cliff Hagan Stadium||6–6||None||None||None||559||26–14–1||9–5–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 12 ||No. 25 ||No. 29|| McKethan Stadium ||10–3||Birch (5–0)||Wilson (3–1)||None||1,218||27–14–1||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| April 15 (1) ||No. 7 LSU||No. 29|| McKethan Stadium ||4–10||Gomez (6–0)||Smalley (3–5)||McMurray (1)||–||27–15–1||9–6–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| April 15 (2) ||No. 7 LSU||No. 29|| McKethan Stadium ||6–9||Tallet (8–2)||Cardozo (4–2)||None||2,327||27–16–1||9–7–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 16 ||No. 7 LSU||No. 29|| McKethan Stadium ||7–5||Simon (7–2)||Hodges (2–2)||None||1,629||28–16–1||10–7–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 19 ||at Jacksonville||||Wolfson Park
Jacksonville, FL||9–1||Rojas (3–0)||Williams (2–3)||None||3,419||29–16–1||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| April 21 ||at ||||
Knoxville, TN||4–5||Bennett (8–2)||Smalley (3–6)||None||918||29–17–1||10–8–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 22 ||at Tennessee||||||8–5||Rojas (4–0)||Bertolino (4–3)||None||1,490||30–17–1||11–8–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 23 ||at Tennessee||||||10–9||–||–||–||–||31–17–1||12–8–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 28 ||No. 12 ||No. 27|| McKethan Stadium ||5–3||Smalley (4–6)||Bean (8–2)||None||1,774||32–17–1||13–8–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| April 29 ||No. 12 Auburn||No. 27|| McKethan Stadium ||8–1110||–||–||–||–||32–18–1||13–9–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| April 30 ||No. 12 Auburn||No. 27|| McKethan Stadium ||7–6||Belflower (5–3)||Bean (8–3)||None||2,612||33–18–1||14–9–1|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| May 5 ||at No. 7 ||No. 22||Dudy Noble Field
Starkville, MS|2–20||Donovan (5–3)||Smalley (4–7)||None||6,524||33–19–1||14–10–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| May 6 ||at No. 7 Mississippi State||No. 22||Dudy Noble Field||9–611||Belflower (6–3)||Larson (3–3)||None||7,285||34–19–1||15–10–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| May 7 ||at No. 7 Mississippi State||No. 22||Dudy Noble Field||7–12||Freed (8–0)||Mosher (0–3)||Wooten (1)||4,779||34-20–1||15–11–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| May 9 ||||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||10–5||Rojas (5–0)||Hubbard (0–2)||Birch (3)||1,374||35–20–1||–|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| May 12 ||||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||9–1||Smalley (5–7)||Clark (7–4)||None||2,143||36–20–1||16–11–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| May 13 ||Georgia||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||7–6||Cardozo (5–2)||Steele (6–4)||Belflower (3)||3,217||37–20–1||17–11–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| May 14 ||Georgia||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||7–4||Simon (8–2)||Sharpton (3–4)||Belflower (4)||1,754||38–20–1|| 18–11–1 |-|-! style="background:#FF4A00;color:white;"| Post-season: 6–3|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| May 17 ||vs. (5) No. 17 Auburn||(4) No. 21||Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, AL||7–2||Smalley (6–7)||Speigner (2–3)||None||–||39–20–1||1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| May 18 ||vs. (8) Kentucky||(4) No. 21||Metropolitan Stadium||8–7||Simon (9–2)||Wade (7–7)||Belflower (5)||9,252||40–20–1||2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| May 20 ||vs. (1) No. 1 South Carolina||(4) No. 21||Metropolitan Stadium||12–4||Rojas (6–0)||Whetstone (0–2)||Wiegandt (1)||3,224||41–20–1||3–0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| May 21 ||vs. (2) No. 10 LSU||(4) No. 21||Metropolitan Stadium||6–9||Gomez (9–1)||McFarland (1–1)||Tallet (1)||5,103||41–21–1||3–1|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| May 26 ||vs. (3) ||(2) No. 18||Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX||1–4||Key (12–2)||Smalley (6–8)||None||2,805||41–22–1||0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| May 27 (1) ||at (1) No. 5 ||(2) No. 18||Baylor Ballpark||10–1||Cardozo (6–2)||Evans (11–2)||None||3,316||42–22–1||1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| May 27 (2) || (4) ||(2) No. 18||Baylor Ballpark||14–0||Simon (10–2)||Casanova (3–4)||None||3,168||43–22–1||2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd"| May 28 ||vs. (3) San José State||(2) No. 18||Baylor Ballpark||8–7||Belflower (7–3)||Key (12–3)||None||2,847||44–22–1||3–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd"| May 29 ||vs. (3) No. 15 San José State||(2) No. 16||Baylor Ballpark||1–3||Sandler (2–2)||Smalley (6–9)||None||2,645||44–23–1||3–2|-Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. All times Eastern. Retrieved from FloridaGators.com