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2000 Iowa

3–⁠9 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Kirk Ferentz.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 2000, game by game: lost vs. No. 8 Kansas State 7–27; lost vs. Western Michigan 21–27; lost vs. Iowa State 14–24; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 13–42; lost at Indiana 33–45; won vs. Michigan State 21–16; lost at Illinois 0–31; lost vs. No. 14 Ohio State 10–38; lost vs. Wisconsin 7–13; won at Penn State 26–23; won vs. No. 12 Northwestern 27–17; lost at Minnesota 24–27+10−31Lost 7–27 vs. No. 8 Kansas State-20No. 8 Kansas StateLost 21–27 vs. Western Michigan-6Western MichiganLost 14–24 vs. Iowa State-10Iowa StateLost 13–42 at No. 1 Nebraska-29No. 1 NebraskaLost 33–45 at Indiana-12IndianaWon 21–16 vs. Michigan State+5Michigan StateLost 0–31 at Illinois-31IllinoisLost 10–38 vs. No. 14 Ohio State-28No. 14 Ohio StateLost 7–13 vs. Wisconsin-6WisconsinWon 26–23 at Penn State+3Penn StateWon 27–17 vs. No. 12 Northwestern+10No. 12 NorthwesternLost 24–27 at Minnesota-3Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 26vs8Kansas StateL 7–⁠2716%
Sep 9vsWestern MichiganL 21–⁠2741%
Sep 16vsIowa StateL 14–⁠2442%
Sep 23at1NebraskaL 13–⁠427%
Sep 30atIndianaL 33–⁠4527%
Oct 7vsMichigan StateW 21–⁠1620%
Oct 14atIllinoisL 0–⁠3119%
Oct 21vs14Ohio StateL 10–⁠3820%
Oct 28vsWisconsinL 7–⁠1321%
Nov 4atPenn StateW 26–⁠2315%
Nov 11vs12NorthwesternW 27–⁠1729%
Nov 18atMinnesotaL 24–⁠2722%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 27–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 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
3–⁠9
Conference
3–⁠5 8th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
203–⁠330
Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Elo
1382 −0 this season
SP+ rating
1.9 No. 61 of 116; offense No. 86, defense No. 35
SRS
−2.3 No. 74 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 30
Offensive coordinator
Ken O’Keefe
Defensive coordinator
Norm Parker
Captains
Jason Baker, A.J. Blazek, Anthony Herron, Kevin Kasper and LeVar Woods
Most valuable player
Kevin Kasper and LeVar Woods
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Jermelle Lewis RB★★★★No. 71

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs14.00.975

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 6Kevin Kasper WRDenver Broncos

All-Big Ten

1 second 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 Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠29–⁠311
Purdue6–⁠28–⁠413
Northwestern6–⁠28–⁠4
Ohio State5–⁠38–⁠4
Wisconsin4–⁠49–⁠423
Minnesota4–⁠46–⁠6
Penn State4–⁠45–⁠7
Iowa3–⁠53–⁠9
Illinois2–⁠65–⁠6
Michigan State2–⁠65–⁠6
Indiana2–⁠63–⁠8

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