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2000 USC

5–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Paul Hackett.

Schedule and results

USC in 2000, game by game: won vs. No. 22 Penn State 29–5; won vs. Colorado 17–14; won vs. San José State 34–24; lost at Oregon State 21–31; lost vs. Arizona 15–31; lost vs. No. 9 Oregon 17–28; lost at Stanford 30–32; lost vs. California 16–28; won at Arizona State 44–38; lost vs. Washington State 27–33; won at UCLA 38–35; lost vs. No. 11 Notre Dame 21–38+24−17Won 29–5 vs. No. 22 Penn State+24No. 22 Penn StateWon 17–14 vs. Colorado+3ColoradoWon 34–24 vs. San José State+10San José StateLost 21–31 at Oregon State-10Oregon StateLost 15–31 vs. Arizona-16ArizonaLost 17–28 vs. No. 9 Oregon-11No. 9 OregonLost 30–32 at Stanford-2StanfordLost 16–28 vs. California-12CaliforniaWon 44–38 at Arizona State+6Arizona StateLost 27–33 vs. Washington State-6Washington StateWon 38–35 at UCLA+3UCLALost 21–38 vs. No. 11 Notre Dame-17No. 11 Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 27vs22Penn StateW 29–⁠535%
Sep 9vsColoradoW 17–⁠1463%
Sep 23vsSan José StateW 34–⁠2477%
Sep 30atOregon StateL 21–⁠3149%
Oct 7vsArizonaL 15–⁠3157%
Oct 14vs9OregonL 17–⁠2844%
Oct 21atStanfordL 30–⁠3250%
Oct 28vsCaliforniaL 16–⁠2869%
Nov 4atArizona StateW 44–⁠3834%
Nov 11vsWashington StateL 27–⁠3368%
Nov 18atUCLAW 38–⁠3536%
Nov 25vs11Notre DameL 21–⁠3839%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 38–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 3: 11
  4. Wk 4: 10
  5. Wk 5: 9
  6. Wk 6: 8
  7. Wk 7: 18

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
5–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
309–⁠337
Coach
Paul Hackett
Elo
1480 −67 this season
SP+ rating
4.6 No. 54 of 116; offense No. 42, defense No. 65
SRS
4.2 No. 47 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 12
Offensive coordinator
Hue Jackson
Defensive coordinator
Bill Young
Captains
Ennis Davis, Eric Denmon, Zeke Moreno and Petros Papadakis
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Matt Grootegoed OLB★★★★★No. 19
Joe McGuire OT★★★★No. 45
Alex Holmes TE★★★★No. 67

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers14.00.975
Offensive line14.00.982
Linebackers15.00.991
Whole class34.30.983

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 4Markus Steele LBDallas Cowboys
Rd 5Zeke Moreno LBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 7Ennis Davis DTNew Orleans Saints

All-Pac-10

3 second 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.