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2000 Stanford

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Tyrone Willingham.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 2000, game by game: won at Washington State 24–10; lost vs. San José State 27–40; won vs. No. 5 Texas 27–24; lost vs. Arizona 3–27; lost at No. 25 Notre Dame 14–20; lost at No. 23 Oregon State 6–38; won vs. USC 32–30; lost vs. No. 9 Washington 28–31; lost at UCLA 35–37; won vs. Arizona State 29–7; won at California 36–30+22−32Won 24–10 at Washington State+14Washington StateLost 27–40 vs. San José State-13San José StateWon 27–24 vs. No. 5 Texas+3No. 5 TexasLost 3–27 vs. Arizona-24ArizonaLost 14–20 at No. 25 Notre Dame-6No. 25 Notre DameLost 6–38 at No. 23 Oregon State-32No. 23 Oregon StateWon 32–30 vs. USC+2USCLost 28–31 vs. No. 9 Washington-3No. 9 WashingtonLost 35–37 at UCLA-2UCLAWon 29–7 vs. Arizona State+22Arizona StateWon 36–30 at California+6California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atWashington StateW 24–⁠1061%
Sep 9vsSan José StateL 27–⁠4081%
Sep 16vs5TexasW 27–⁠2450%
Sep 30vsArizonaL 3–⁠2756%
Oct 7at25Notre DameL 14–⁠2038%
Oct 14at23Oregon StateL 6–⁠3832%
Oct 21vsUSCW 32–⁠3050%
Oct 28vs9WashingtonL 28–⁠3136%
Nov 4atUCLAL 35–⁠3735%
Nov 11vsArizona StateW 29–⁠751%
Nov 18atCaliforniaW 36–⁠3049%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 36–⁠30; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 63rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 4th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
261–⁠294
Coach
Tyrone Willingham
Elo
1520 −42 this season
SP+ rating
9.2 No. 40 of 116; offense No. 42, defense No. 39
SRS
6.0 No. 37 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 11
Offensive coordinator
Bill Diedrick
Defensive coordinator
Kent Baer
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Kwame Harris OT★★★★★No. 6
Teyo Johnson ATH★★★★No. 42
Amon Gordon OLB★★★★No. 55

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Offensive line15.00.998
Linebackers14.00.978
Athletes and specialists14.00.983
Whole class34.30.986

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 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 2Willie Howard DEMinnesota Vikings
Rd 6Riall Johnson LBCincinnati Bengals

All-Pac-10

3 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 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.