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2000 Arizona

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Dick Tomey.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 2000, game by game: won at Utah 17–3; lost vs. No. 18 Ohio State 17–27; won vs. San Diego State 17–3; won at Stanford 27–3; won at No. 18 USC 31–15; won vs. Washington State 53–47; lost at No. 7 Oregon 10–14; lost vs. UCLA 24–27; lost at No. 8 Washington 32–35; lost vs. No. 10 Oregon State 9–33; lost vs. Arizona State 17–30+24−24Won 17–3 at Utah+14UtahLost 17–27 vs. No. 18 Ohio State-10No. 18 Ohio StateWon 17–3 vs. San Diego State+14San Diego StateWon 27–3 at Stanford+24StanfordWon 31–15 at No. 18 USC+16No. 18 USCWon 53–47 vs. Washington State+6Washington StateLost 10–14 at No. 7 Oregon-4No. 7 OregonLost 24–27 vs. UCLA-3UCLALost 32–35 at No. 8 Washington-3No. 8 WashingtonLost 9–33 vs. No. 10 Oregon State-24No. 10 Oregon StateLost 17–30 vs. Arizona State-13Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atUtahW 17–⁠336%
Sep 9vs18Ohio StateL 17–⁠2757%
Sep 16vsSan Diego StateW 17–⁠367%
Sep 30atStanfordW 27–⁠344%
Oct 7at18USCW 31–⁠1543%
Oct 14vsWashington StateW 53–⁠4776%
Oct 21at7OregonL 10–⁠1437%
Oct 28vsUCLAL 24–⁠2773%
Nov 4at8WashingtonL 32–⁠3536%
Nov 11vs10Oregon StateL 9–⁠3351%
Nov 24vsArizona StateL 17–⁠3068%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona State 30–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 22
  2. Wk 9: 21
  3. Wk 10: 24

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2000.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 21
Points
254–⁠237
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1522 −10 this season
SP+ rating
11.6 No. 33 of 116; offense No. 55, defense No. 17
SRS
9.5 No. 29 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 39
Offensive coordinator
Dino Babers
Defensive coordinator
Rich Ellerson
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 4Brandon Manumaleuna TESt. Louis Rams
Rd 7Joe Tafoya DETampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Marques McFaddenOLCoaches-2
  • Joe TafoyaDECoaches-2
  • Michael JolivetteDBCoaches-2
  • Peter HansenAPBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 2000 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2000 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠111–⁠13
Oregon State7–⁠111–⁠14
Oregon7–⁠110–⁠27
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State3–⁠56–⁠6
UCLA3–⁠56–⁠6
Arizona3–⁠55–⁠6
USC2–⁠65–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠64–⁠7
California2–⁠63–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.