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2000 Boston College

7–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Big East), coached by Tom O’Brien.

Schedule and results

Boston College in 2000, game by game: lost at West Virginia 14–34; won at Army 55–17; won vs. Navy 48–7; lost vs. No. 4 Virginia Tech 34–48; won vs. UConn 55–3; won vs. Syracuse 20–13; lost at Pittsburgh 26–42; won vs. Rutgers 42–13; won vs. Temple 31–3; lost at No. 11 Notre Dame 16–28; lost at No. 2 Miami 6–52; won vs. Arizona State 31–17+52−46Lost 14–34 at West Virginia-20West VirginiaWon 55–17 at Army+38ArmyWon 48–7 vs. Navy+41NavyLost 34–48 vs. No. 4 Virginia Tech-14No. 4 Virginia TechWon 55–3 vs. UConn+52UConnWon 20–13 vs. Syracuse+7SyracuseLost 26–42 at Pittsburgh-16PittsburghWon 42–13 vs. Rutgers+29RutgersWon 31–3 vs. Temple+28TempleLost 16–28 at No. 11 Notre Dame-12No. 11 Notre DameLost 6–52 at No. 2 Miami-46No. 2 MiamiWon 31–17 vs. Arizona State+14Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atWest VirginiaL 14–⁠3439%
Sep 9atArmyW 55–⁠1753%
Sep 23vsNavyW 48–⁠769%
Sep 30vs4Virginia TechL 34–⁠4831%
Oct 7vsUConnW 55–⁠383%
Oct 14vsSyracuseW 20–⁠1349%
Oct 21atPittsburghL 26–⁠4244%
Oct 28vsRutgersW 42–⁠1379%
Nov 4vsTempleW 31–⁠369%
Nov 11at11Notre DameL 16–⁠2833%
Nov 25at2MiamiL 6–⁠5216%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvsArizona StateAloha BowlW 31–⁠1749%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona State 31–⁠17 in the Aloha Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big East.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

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
7–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
378–⁠277
Coach
Tom O’Brien
Elo
1545 +59 this season
SP+ rating
9.4 No. 39 of 116; offense No. 28, defense No. 57
SRS
8.0 No. 32 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 32
Offensive coordinator
Dana Bible
Defensive coordinator
Frank Spaziani
Captains
Tim Hasselbeck, RaMon Johnson and Paul Zukauskas
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Justin Hinds SDE★★★★No. 77

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive line14.00.973

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 7Paul Zukauskas OGCleveland Browns

All-Big East

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Robert EllisTECoaches-2
  • Michael CookOTCoaches-2
  • Paul LaQuerreOGCoaches-2
  • Dan KoppenCCoaches-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 East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Miami7–⁠011–⁠12
Virginia Tech6–⁠111–⁠16
Pittsburgh4–⁠37–⁠5
Syracuse4–⁠36–⁠5
West Virginia3–⁠47–⁠5
Boston College3–⁠47–⁠5
Temple1–⁠64–⁠7
Rutgers0–⁠73–⁠8

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