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2000 Oregon

10–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Mike Bellotti, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 2000, game by game: won vs. Nevada 36–7; lost at No. 5 Wisconsin 23–27; won vs. Idaho 42–13; won vs. No. 6 UCLA 29–10; won vs. No. 6 Washington 23–16; won at USC 28–17; won vs. No. 21 Arizona 14–10; won at Arizona State 56–55; won at Washington State 27–24; won vs. California 25–17; lost at No. 8 Oregon State 13–23; won vs. No. 12 Texas 35–30+29−10Won 36–7 vs. Nevada+29NevadaLost 23–27 at No. 5 Wisconsin-4No. 5 WisconsinWon 42–13 vs. Idaho+29IdahoWon 29–10 vs. No. 6 UCLA+19No. 6 UCLAWon 23–16 vs. No. 6 Washington+7No. 6 WashingtonWon 28–17 at USC+11USCWon 14–10 vs. No. 21 Arizona+4No. 21 ArizonaWon 56–55 at Arizona State+1Arizona StateWon 27–24 at Washington State+3Washington StateWon 25–17 vs. California+8CaliforniaLost 13–23 at No. 8 Oregon State-10No. 8 Oregon StateWon 35–30 vs. No. 12 Texas+5No. 12 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsNevadaW 36–⁠781%
Sep 9at5WisconsinL 23–⁠2733%
Sep 16vsIdahoW 42–⁠1378%
Sep 23vs6UCLAW 29–⁠1066%
Sep 30vs6WashingtonW 23–⁠1661%
Oct 14atUSCW 28–⁠1756%
Oct 21vs21ArizonaW 14–⁠1063%
Oct 28atArizona StateW 56–⁠5561%
Nov 4atWashington StateW 27–⁠2475%
Nov 11vsCaliforniaW 25–⁠1784%
Nov 18at8Oregon StateL 13–⁠2346%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs12TexasHoliday BowlW 35–⁠3048%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas 35–⁠30 in the Holiday Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 20
  2. Wk 7: 9
  3. Wk 8: 9
  4. Wk 9: 7
  5. Wk 10: 7
  6. Wk 11: 7
  7. Wk 12: 6
  8. Wk 13: 5
  9. Wk 14: 10
  10. Wk 15: 9
  11. Wk 16: 8
  12. Final: 7

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 State and Washington

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Pac-10
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 5
Points
351–⁠249
Coach
Mike Bellotti
Elo
1699 +98 this season
SP+ rating
16.1 No. 17 of 116; offense No. 27, defense No. 22
SRS
14.1 No. 14 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Jeff Tedford
Defensive coordinator
Nick Aliotti

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 5A.J. Feeley QBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pac-10

2 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.