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2000 Toledo

10–⁠1 (6–⁠1 Mid-American Conference), coached by Gary Pinkel.

Schedule and results

Toledo in 2000, game by game: won at Penn State 24–6; won vs. Weber State 51–0; won vs. Eastern Illinois 31–26; lost at Western Michigan 14–21; won vs. Central Michigan 41–0; won at Eastern Michigan 42–14; won vs. Marshall 42–0; won at Navy 35–14; won at Northern Illinois 38–24; won vs. Ball State 31–3; won vs. Bowling Green 51–17+51−7Won 24–6 at Penn State+18Penn StateWon 51–0 vs. Weber State+51Weber StateWon 31–26 vs. Eastern Illinois+5Eastern IllinoisLost 14–21 at Western Michigan-7Western MichiganWon 41–0 vs. Central Michigan+41Central MichiganWon 42–14 at Eastern Michigan+28Eastern MichiganWon 42–0 vs. Marshall+42MarshallWon 35–14 at Navy+21NavyWon 38–24 at Northern Illinois+14Northern Illino…Won 31–3 vs. Ball State+28Ball StateWon 51–17 vs. Bowling Green+34Bowling Green
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atPenn StateW 24–⁠628%
Sep 9vsWeber StateW 51–⁠087%
Sep 16vsEastern IllinoisW 31–⁠2687%
Sep 23atWestern MichiganL 14–⁠2148%
Sep 30vsCentral MichiganW 41–⁠079%
Oct 7atEastern MichiganW 42–⁠1473%
Oct 14vsMarshallW 42–⁠057%
Oct 28atNavyW 35–⁠1479%
Nov 4atNorthern IllinoisW 38–⁠2461%
Nov 11vsBall StateW 31–⁠389%
Nov 22vsBowling GreenW 51–⁠1788%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Bowling Green 51–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Mid-American Conference.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 75 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 15: 25
  2. Wk 16: 25

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.

MAC West champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Western Michigan

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Mid-American Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 25
Points
400–⁠125
Coach
Gary Pinkel
Elo
1652 +148 this season
SP+ rating
17.0 No. 13 of 116; offense No. 38, defense No. 8
SRS
15.5 No. 12 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Offensive coordinator
Dave Christensen
Defensive coordinator
Tom Amstutz

2000 Mid-American Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Western Michigan7–⁠19–⁠3
Toledo6–⁠110–⁠1
Ohio5–⁠37–⁠4
Marshall5–⁠38–⁠5
Miami (OH)5–⁠36–⁠5
Akron5–⁠36–⁠5
Northern Illinois4–⁠36–⁠5
Ball State4–⁠35–⁠6
Eastern Michigan2–⁠53–⁠8
Bowling Green2–⁠62–⁠9
Central Michigan2–⁠62–⁠9
Buffalo2–⁠62–⁠9
Kent State1–⁠71–⁠10

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