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2000 North Carolina

6–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Carl Torbush.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 2000, game by game: won vs. Tulsa 30–9; won at Wake Forest 35–14; lost at No. 2 Florida State 14–63; won vs. Marshall 20–15; lost vs. Georgia Tech 28–42; lost vs. NC State 20–38; lost vs. No. 5 Clemson 24–38; lost at Virginia 6–17; won at Pittsburgh 20–17; won vs. Maryland 13–10; won at Duke 59–21+38−49Won 30–9 vs. Tulsa+21TulsaWon 35–14 at Wake Forest+21Wake ForestLost 14–63 at No. 2 Florida State-49No. 2 Florida StateWon 20–15 vs. Marshall+5MarshallLost 28–42 vs. Georgia Tech-14Georgia TechLost 20–38 vs. NC State-18NC StateLost 24–38 vs. No. 5 Clemson-14No. 5 ClemsonLost 6–17 at Virginia-11VirginiaWon 20–17 at Pittsburgh+3PittsburghWon 13–10 vs. Maryland+3MarylandWon 59–21 at Duke+38Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsTulsaW 30–⁠968%
Sep 9atWake ForestW 35–⁠1440%
Sep 16at2Florida StateL 14–⁠6314%
Sep 23vsMarshallW 20–⁠1537%
Sep 30vsGeorgia TechL 28–⁠4251%
Oct 14vsNC StateL 20–⁠3851%
Oct 21vs5ClemsonL 24–⁠3832%
Oct 28atVirginiaL 6–⁠1730%
Nov 4atPittsburghW 20–⁠1728%
Nov 11vsMarylandW 13–⁠1053%
Nov 18atDukeW 59–⁠2170%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Duke 59–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 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
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
269–⁠284
Coach
Carl Torbush
Elo
1492 +38 this season
SP+ rating
1.8 No. 62 of 116; offense No. 66, defense No. 61
SRS
0.5 No. 62 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Mike O’Cain
Defensive coordinator
Ken Browning
Captains
Alge Crumpler, Ronald Curry, Sedrick Hodge and Brandon Spoon
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 2Alge Crumpler TEAtlanta Falcons
Rd 3Sedrick Hodge LBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 4Brandon Spoon LBBuffalo Bills
Rd 7Dauntae’ Finger TETampa Bay Buccaneers

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.