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2000 NC State

8–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Chuck Amato.

Schedule and results

NC State in 2000, game by game: won vs. Arkansas State 38–31; won at Indiana 41–38; won vs. SMU 41–0; won vs. Georgia Tech 30–23; lost at No. 5 Clemson 27–34; won at North Carolina 38–20; lost vs. No. 6 Florida State 14–58; lost at Maryland 28–35; won vs. Duke 35–31; lost at Virginia 17–24; won vs. Wake Forest 32–14; won vs. Minnesota 38–30+41−44Won 38–31 vs. Arkansas State+7Arkansas StateWon 41–38 at Indiana+3IndianaWon 41–0 vs. SMU+41SMUWon 30–23 vs. Georgia Tech+7Georgia TechLost 27–34 at No. 5 Clemson-7No. 5 ClemsonWon 38–20 at North Carolina+18North CarolinaLost 14–58 vs. No. 6 Florida State-44No. 6 Florida StateLost 28–35 at Maryland-7MarylandWon 35–31 vs. Duke+4DukeLost 17–24 at Virginia-7VirginiaWon 32–14 vs. Wake Forest+18Wake ForestWon 38–30 vs. Minnesota+8Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsArkansas StateW 38–⁠3170%
Sep 9atIndianaW 41–⁠3849%
Sep 16vsSMUW 41–⁠066%
Sep 21vsGeorgia TechW 30–⁠2349%
Oct 7at5ClemsonL 27–⁠3432%
Oct 14atNorth CarolinaW 38–⁠2049%
Oct 28vs6Florida StateL 14–⁠5827%
Nov 4atMarylandL 28–⁠3554%
Nov 11vsDukeW 35–⁠3186%
Nov 18atVirginiaL 17–⁠2442%
Nov 25vsWake ForestW 32–⁠1475%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvsMinnesotaMicronPC.com BowlW 38–⁠3047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Minnesota 38–⁠30 in the MicronPC.com Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 24
  2. Wk 10: 21

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
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 21
Points
379–⁠338
Coach
Chuck Amato
Elo
1555 +72 this season
SP+ rating
1.2 No. 68 of 116; offense No. 33, defense No. 82
SRS
3.1 No. 51 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Norm Chow
Defensive coordinator
Buddy Green

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 1Koren Robinson WRSeattle Seahawks
Rd 3Adrian Wilson DBArizona Cardinals

All-ACC

2 first team, 2 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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠011–⁠25
Clemson6–⁠29–⁠316
Georgia Tech6–⁠29–⁠317
Virginia5–⁠36–⁠6
NC State4–⁠48–⁠4
North Carolina3–⁠56–⁠5
Maryland3–⁠55–⁠6
Wake Forest1–⁠72–⁠9
Duke0–⁠80–⁠11

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