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2001 Oregon

11–⁠1 (7–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Mike Bellotti, finished No. 2 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 2001, game by game: won vs. No. 22 Wisconsin 31–28; won vs. Utah 24–10; won vs. USC 24–22; won at Utah State 38–21; won at Arizona 63–28; won at California 48–7; lost vs. Stanford 42–49; won at No. 14 Washington State 24–17; won vs. Arizona State 42–24; won at No. 17 UCLA 21–20; won vs. Oregon State 17–14; won vs. No. 3 Colorado 38–16+41−7Won 31–28 vs. No. 22 Wisconsin+3No. 22 WisconsinWon 24–10 vs. Utah+14UtahWon 24–22 vs. USC+2USCWon 38–21 at Utah State+17Utah StateWon 63–28 at Arizona+35ArizonaWon 48–7 at California+41CaliforniaLost 42–49 vs. Stanford-7StanfordWon 24–17 at No. 14 Washington State+7No. 14 Washington StateWon 42–24 vs. Arizona State+18Arizona StateWon 21–20 at No. 17 UCLA+1No. 17 UCLAWon 17–14 vs. Oregon State+3Oregon StateWon 38–16 vs. No. 3 Colorado+22No. 3 Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vs22WisconsinW 31–⁠2858%
Sep 8vsUtahW 24–⁠1075%
Sep 22vsUSCW 24–⁠2278%
Sep 29atUtah StateW 38–⁠2176%
Oct 6atArizonaW 63–⁠2863%
Oct 13atCaliforniaW 48–⁠782%
Oct 20vsStanfordL 42–⁠4977%
Oct 27at14Washington StateW 24–⁠1748%
Nov 3vsArizona StateW 42–⁠2480%
Nov 10at17UCLAW 21–⁠2055%
Dec 1vsOregon StateW 17–⁠1473%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs3ColoradoFiesta BowlW 38–⁠1653%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Colorado 38–⁠16 in the Fiesta Bowl; No. 2 in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 2001.

Pac-10 champions7–⁠1 in the conference

Heisman voteJoey Harrington, fourth

Record
11–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠1 first in Pac-10
AP final
No. 2 peak No. 2
Points
412–⁠256
Coach
Mike Bellotti
Elo
1751 +118 this season
SP+ rating
21.0 No. 7 of 117; offense No. 11, defense No. 27
SRS
16.3 No. 7 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 34
Offensive coordinator
Jeff Tedford
Defensive coordinator
Nick Aliotti
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense0.0own 36— allowed
Defense0.0own 27— caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2001 class

Kellen Clemens PRO★★★★No. 65

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

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.977

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 2002

The 2002 draft
Rd 1Joey Harrington QBDetroit Lions
Rd 2Maurice Morris RBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 3Rashad Bauman DBWashington Redskins
Rd 4Justin Peelle TESan Diego Chargers
Rd 6Wesly Mallard DBNew York Giants
Rd 7Steve Smith DBJacksonville Jaguars

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2001 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2001 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠111–⁠12
Washington State6–⁠210–⁠210
Stanford6–⁠29–⁠316
Washington6–⁠28–⁠419
USC5–⁠36–⁠6
UCLA4–⁠47–⁠4
Oregon State3–⁠55–⁠6
Arizona2–⁠65–⁠6
Arizona State1–⁠74–⁠7
California0–⁠81–⁠10

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