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2000 Virginia

6–⁠6 (5–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by George Welsh.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 2000, game by game: lost vs. BYU 35–38; won vs. Richmond 34–6; won at Duke 26–10; lost vs. No. 11 Clemson 10–31; won at Wake Forest 27–10; won vs. Maryland 31–23; lost at No. 6 Florida State 3–37; won vs. North Carolina 17–6; lost at No. 24 Georgia Tech 0–35; won vs. NC State 24–17; lost at No. 6 Virginia Tech 21–42; lost vs. No. 24 Georgia 14–37+28−35Lost 35–38 vs. BYU-3BYUWon 34–6 vs. Richmond+28RichmondWon 26–10 at Duke+16DukeLost 10–31 vs. No. 11 Clemson-21No. 11 ClemsonWon 27–10 at Wake Forest+17Wake ForestWon 31–23 vs. Maryland+8MarylandLost 3–37 at No. 6 Florida State-34No. 6 Florida StateWon 17–6 vs. North Carolina+11North CarolinaLost 0–35 at No. 24 Georgia Tech-35No. 24 Georgia TechWon 24–17 vs. NC State+7NC StateLost 21–42 at No. 6 Virginia Tech-21No. 6 Virginia TechLost 14–37 vs. No. 24 Georgia-23No. 24 Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsBYUL 35–⁠3857%
Sep 9vsRichmondW 34–⁠684%
Sep 16atDukeW 26–⁠1066%
Sep 23vs11ClemsonL 10–⁠3153%
Sep 30atWake ForestW 27–⁠1055%
Oct 7vsMarylandW 31–⁠2370%
Oct 21at6Florida StateL 3–⁠3716%
Oct 28vsNorth CarolinaW 17–⁠670%
Nov 9at24Georgia TechL 0–⁠3532%
Nov 18vsNC StateW 24–⁠1758%
Nov 25at6Virginia TechL 21–⁠4219%
Dec 24Bowls & playoffvs24GeorgiaOahu BowlL 14–⁠3741%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 37–⁠14 in the Oahu Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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
6–⁠6
Conference
5–⁠3 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
242–⁠292
Coach
George Welsh
Elo
1519 −21 this season
SP+ rating
2.5 No. 57 of 116; offense No. 84, defense No. 36
SRS
−1.8 No. 70 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 26
Offensive coordinator
Gary Tranquill
Defensive coordinator
Rick Lantz
Captains
Brad Barnes, Yubrenal Isabelle, Byron Thweatt and Patrick Washington

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Raymond Mann ILB★★★★★No. 34

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Linebackers15.00.985

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 5Billy Baber TEKansas City Chiefs

All-ACC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Josh LawsonOGAP-2
  • Byron ThweattLBAP-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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠011–⁠25
Clemson6–⁠29–⁠316
Georgia Tech6–⁠29–⁠317
Virginia5–⁠36–⁠6
NC State4–⁠48–⁠4
North Carolina3–⁠56–⁠5
Maryland3–⁠55–⁠6
Wake Forest1–⁠72–⁠9
Duke0–⁠80–⁠11

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