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Exhibit (j)(1)
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 54 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-95973)
of One Group Mutual Funds, of our reports dated August 18, 2000, relating to the
financial statements and financial highlights which appear in the June 30, 2000,
Annual Reports to Shareholders of the Prime Money Market Fund, the U.S. Treasury
Securities Money Market Fund, the Municipal Money Market Fund, the Michigan
Municipal Money Market Fund, the Ohio Municipal Money Market Fund, the Ultra
Short-Term Bond Fund, the Short-Term Bond Fund, the Intermediate Bond Fund, the
Bond Fund, the Income Bond Fund, the Government Bond Fund, the Treasury & Agency
Fund, the High Yield Bond Fund, the Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund, the
Intermediate Tax-Free Bond Fund, the Tax-Free Bond Fund, the Municipal Income
Fund, the Arizona Municipal Bond Fund, the Kentucky Municipal Bond Fund, the
Louisiana Municipal Bond Fund, the Michigan Municipal Bond Fund, the Ohio
Municipal Bond Fund, the West Virginia Municipal Bond Fund, the Institutional
Prime Money Market Fund, the Treasury Only Money Market Fund, the Government
Money Market Fund, the Cash Management Money Market Fund, the Treasury Prime
Cash Management Money Market Fund, the U.S. Government Securities Cash
Management Money Market Fund, the Treasury Cash Management Money Market Fund,
the Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, the Small Cap Growth Fund, the
Small Cap Value Fund, the Mid Cap Growth Fund, the Mid Cap Value Fund, the
Diversified Mid Cap Fund, the Large Cap Growth Fund, the Large Cap Value Fund,
the Equity Income Fund, the Diversified Equity Fund, the Balanced Fund, the
Equity Index Fund, the Market Expansion Index Fund, the International Equity
Index Fund, the Diversified International Fund, the Investor Conservative Growth
Fund, the Investor Balanced Fund, the Investor Growth & Income Fund and the
Investor Growth Fund constituting One Group Mutual Funds which also are
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. We also consent to
the references to us under the headings "Experts" and "Financial Statements" in
such Registration Statement.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Columbus, Ohio
November 14, 2000
