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2000 Colorado

3–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Big 12), coached by Gary Barnett.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 2000, game by game: lost vs. Colorado State 24–28; lost at No. 11 USC 14–17; lost vs. No. 9 Washington 14–17; lost vs. No. 5 Kansas State 21–44; won at Texas A&M 26–19; lost vs. No. 25 Texas 14–28; lost at Kansas 15–23; won vs. Oklahoma State 37–21; won at Missouri 28–18; lost vs. Iowa State 27–35; lost at No. 9 Nebraska 32–34+16−23Lost 24–28 vs. Colorado State-4Colorado StateLost 14–17 at No. 11 USC-3No. 11 USCLost 14–17 vs. No. 9 Washington-3No. 9 WashingtonLost 21–44 vs. No. 5 Kansas State-23No. 5 Kansas StateWon 26–19 at Texas A&M+7Texas A&MLost 14–28 vs. No. 25 Texas-14No. 25 TexasLost 15–23 at Kansas-8KansasWon 37–21 vs. Oklahoma State+16Oklahoma StateWon 28–18 at Missouri+10MissouriLost 27–35 vs. Iowa State-8Iowa StateLost 32–34 at No. 9 Nebraska-2No. 9 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsColorado StateL 24–⁠2849%
Sep 9at11USCL 14–⁠1737%
Sep 16vs9WashingtonL 14–⁠1750%
Sep 30vs5Kansas StateL 21–⁠4433%
Oct 7atTexas A&MW 26–⁠1927%
Oct 14vs25TexasL 14–⁠2853%
Oct 21atKansasL 15–⁠2347%
Oct 28vsOklahoma StateW 37–⁠2166%
Nov 4atMissouriW 28–⁠1858%
Nov 11vsIowa StateL 27–⁠3563%
Nov 24at9NebraskaL 32–⁠3414%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 34–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24
  2. Wk 2: 23

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
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
252–⁠284
Coach
Gary Barnett
Elo
1500 −69 this season
SP+ rating
10.1 No. 37 of 116; offense No. 46, defense No. 33
SRS
5.4 No. 41 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 13
Offensive coordinator
Shawn Watson
Defensive coordinators
Tom McMahon and Vince Okruch
Captains
Tom Ashworth and Brady McDonnell
Most valuable player
Tom Ashworth and Michael Lewis
Offense
Multiple
Defense
Multiple 4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Marcus Houston RB★★★★★No. 5
Craig Ochs PRO★★★★No. 74
Quinn Sypniewski TE★★★★No. 88

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.974
Running backs15.00.998
Receivers14.00.968
Whole class34.30.980

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.

All-Big 12

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

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.