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2000 Oregon State

11–⁠1 (7–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Dennis Erickson, finished No. 4 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 2000, game by game: won vs. Eastern Washington 21–19; won at New Mexico 28–20; won vs. San Diego State 35–3; won vs. No. 8 USC 31–21; lost at No. 13 Washington 30–33; won vs. Stanford 38–6; won at No. 23 UCLA 44–38; won vs. Washington State 38–9; won at California 38–32; won at Arizona 33–9; won vs. No. 5 Oregon 23–13; won vs. No. 10 Notre Dame 41–9+32−3Won 21–19 vs. Eastern Washington+2Eastern Washing…Won 28–20 at New Mexico+8New MexicoWon 35–3 vs. San Diego State+32San Diego StateWon 31–21 vs. No. 8 USC+10No. 8 USCLost 30–33 at No. 13 Washington-3No. 13 WashingtonWon 38–6 vs. Stanford+32StanfordWon 44–38 at No. 23 UCLA+6No. 23 UCLAWon 38–9 vs. Washington State+29Washington StateWon 38–32 at California+6CaliforniaWon 33–9 at Arizona+24ArizonaWon 23–13 vs. No. 5 Oregon+10No. 5 OregonWon 41–9 vs. No. 10 Notre Dame+32No. 10 Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsEastern WashingtonW 21–⁠1985%
Sep 9atNew MexicoW 28–⁠2062%
Sep 23vsSan Diego StateW 35–⁠369%
Sep 30vs8USCW 31–⁠2151%
Oct 7at13WashingtonL 30–⁠3340%
Oct 14vsStanfordW 38–⁠668%
Oct 21at23UCLAW 44–⁠3852%
Oct 28vsWashington StateW 38–⁠977%
Nov 4atCaliforniaW 38–⁠3264%
Nov 11atArizonaW 33–⁠949%
Nov 18vs5OregonW 23–⁠1354%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs10Notre DameFiesta BowlW 41–⁠955%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Notre Dame 41–⁠9 in the Fiesta Bowl; No. 4 in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 23
  2. Wk 8: 23
  3. Wk 9: 19
  4. Wk 10: 18
  5. Wk 11: 14
  6. Wk 12: 10
  7. Wk 13: 8
  8. Wk 14: 5
  9. Wk 15: 5
  10. Wk 16: 5
  11. Final: 4

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.

Pac-10 champions7–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Oregon and Washington

Record
11–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Pac-10
AP final
No. 4 peak No. 4
Points
400–⁠212
Coach
Dennis Erickson
Elo
1727 +204 this season
SP+ rating
24.1 No. 7 of 116; offense No. 11, defense No. 6
SRS
23.3 No. 4 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Tim Lappano
Captains
Terrence Carroll, DeLawrence Grant, Darnell Robinson, Ken Simonton and Jonathan Smith
Offense
Single-back spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 2Chad Johnson WRCincinnati Bengals
Rd 3DeLawrence Grant DEOakland Raiders
Rd 6Mitch White OTNew Orleans Saints
Rd 7T.J. Houshmandzadeh WRCincinnati Bengals

All-Pac-10

5 first team, 4 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 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠111–⁠13
Oregon State7–⁠111–⁠14
Oregon7–⁠110–⁠27
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State3–⁠56–⁠6
UCLA3–⁠56–⁠6
Arizona3–⁠55–⁠6
USC2–⁠65–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠64–⁠7
California2–⁠63–⁠8

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