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2000 Texas

9–⁠3 (7–⁠1 Big 12), coached by Mack Brown, finished No. 12 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 2000, game by game: won vs. Louisiana 52–10; lost at Stanford 24–27; won vs. Houston 48–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 42–7; lost vs. No. 10 Oklahoma 14–63; won at Colorado 28–14; won vs. Missouri 46–12; won vs. Baylor 48–14; won at Texas Tech 29–17; won at Kansas 51–16; won vs. No. 22 Texas A&M 43–17; lost vs. No. 8 Oregon 30–35+48−49Won 52–10 vs. Louisiana+42LouisianaLost 24–27 at Stanford-3StanfordWon 48–0 vs. Houston+48HoustonWon 42–7 vs. Oklahoma State+35Oklahoma StateLost 14–63 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma-49No. 10 OklahomaWon 28–14 at Colorado+14ColoradoWon 46–12 vs. Missouri+34MissouriWon 48–14 vs. Baylor+34BaylorWon 29–17 at Texas Tech+12Texas TechWon 51–16 at Kansas+35KansasWon 43–17 vs. No. 22 Texas A&M+26No. 22 Texas A&MLost 30–35 vs. No. 8 Oregon-5No. 8 Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsLouisianaW 52–⁠1087%
Sep 16atStanfordL 24–⁠2750%
Sep 23vsHoustonW 48–⁠071%
Sep 30vsOklahoma StateW 42–⁠770%
Oct 7vs10OklahomaL 14–⁠6350%
Oct 14atColoradoW 28–⁠1447%
Oct 21vsMissouriW 46–⁠1278%
Oct 28vsBaylorW 48–⁠1488%
Nov 4atTexas TechW 29–⁠1752%
Nov 11atKansasW 51–⁠1667%
Nov 24vs22Texas A&MW 43–⁠1759%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs8OregonHoliday BowlL 30–⁠3552%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 35–⁠30 in the Holiday Bowl; No. 12 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big 12.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 7
  2. Wk 2: 7
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 15
  6. Wk 6: 13
  7. Wk 7: 11
  8. Wk 8: 25
  9. Wk 10: 22
  10. Wk 11: 20
  11. Wk 12: 19
  12. Wk 13: 14
  13. Wk 14: 12
  14. Wk 15: 12
  15. Wk 16: 12
  16. Final: 12

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.

2 consensus All-AmericansLeonard Davis, OT; Casey Hampton, DT

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
7–⁠1 2nd in Big 12
AP final
No. 12 peak No. 5
Points
455–⁠232
Coach
Mack Brown
Elo
1678 +101 this season
SP+ rating
15.9 No. 19 of 116; offense No. 14, defense No. 48
SRS
17.6 No. 9 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 6
Offensive coordinator
Greg Davis
Defensive coordinator
Carl Reese
Captains
Casey Hampton and Hodges Mitchell
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

B.J. Johnson WR★★★★★No. 7
Chance Mock PRO★★★★★No. 16
Roy Williams WR★★★★★No. 18
Sloan Thomas WR★★★★★No. 34
Brock Edwards TE★★★★No. 46
Adam Doiron SDE★★★★No. 49
Steve Lee DT★★★★No. 56

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks15.00.992
Receivers44.80.989
Defensive line24.00.979
Whole class74.60.987

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 1Leonard Davis OTArizona Cardinals
Rd 1Casey Hampton DTPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 2Shaun Rogers DTDetroit Lions

All-Big 12

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • D.D. LewisLBMedia-2

From Wikipedia’s 2000 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2000 Big 12 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma8–⁠013–⁠01
Texas7–⁠19–⁠312
Nebraska6–⁠210–⁠28
Kansas State6–⁠211–⁠39
Iowa State5–⁠39–⁠325
Texas A&M5–⁠37–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠57–⁠6
Colorado3–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠63–⁠8
Oklahoma State1–⁠73–⁠8
Baylor0–⁠82–⁠9

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