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2000 Baylor

2–⁠9 (0–⁠8 Big 12), coached by Kevin Steele.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 2000, game by game: won at North Texas 20–7; lost vs. Minnesota 9–34; won vs. South Florida 28–13; lost vs. Iowa State 17–31; lost at Texas Tech 0–28; lost vs. Texas A&M 0–24; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 0–59; lost at No. 22 Texas 14–48; lost vs. No. 1 Oklahoma 7–56; lost vs. Missouri 22–47; lost at Oklahoma State 22–50+15−59Won 20–7 at North Texas+13North TexasLost 9–34 vs. Minnesota-25MinnesotaWon 28–13 vs. South Florida+15South FloridaLost 17–31 vs. Iowa State-14Iowa StateLost 0–28 at Texas Tech-28Texas TechLost 0–24 vs. Texas A&M-24Texas A&MLost 0–59 at No. 1 Nebraska-59No. 1 NebraskaLost 14–48 at No. 22 Texas-34No. 22 TexasLost 7–56 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma-49No. 1 OklahomaLost 22–47 vs. Missouri-25MissouriLost 22–50 at Oklahoma State-28Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atNorth TexasW 20–⁠744%
Sep 16vsMinnesotaL 9–⁠3436%
Sep 23vsSouth FloridaW 28–⁠1362%
Sep 30vsIowa StateL 17–⁠3142%
Oct 7atTexas TechL 0–⁠2819%
Oct 14vsTexas A&ML 0–⁠2425%
Oct 21at1NebraskaL 0–⁠595%
Oct 28at22TexasL 14–⁠4812%
Nov 4vs1OklahomaL 7–⁠5612%
Nov 11vsMissouriL 22–⁠4748%
Nov 18atOklahoma StateL 22–⁠5028%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 50–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 120th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠8 12th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked
Points
139–⁠397
Coach
Kevin Steele
Elo
1263 −88 this season
SP+ rating
-16.7 No. 101 of 116; offense No. 101, defense No. 88
SRS
−16.9 No. 102 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Greg Meyer
Defensive coordinator
Brick Haley
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 2Gary Baxter DBBaltimore Ravens

All-Big 12

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • J.J. MosesWRCoaches-2; Media-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 Big 12 standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma8–⁠013–⁠01
Texas7–⁠19–⁠312
Nebraska6–⁠210–⁠28
Kansas State6–⁠211–⁠39
Iowa State5–⁠39–⁠325
Texas A&M5–⁠37–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠57–⁠6
Colorado3–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠63–⁠8
Oklahoma State1–⁠73–⁠8
Baylor0–⁠82–⁠9

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