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2000 Wake Forest

2–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Caldwell.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 2000, game by game: lost vs. App State 16–20; lost vs. North Carolina 14–35; lost at No. 16 Clemson 7–55; lost vs. Virginia 10–27; lost vs. Vanderbilt 10–17; lost at Georgia Tech 20–52; lost at Maryland 7–37; won vs. Duke 28–26; lost vs. No. 3 Florida State 6–35; won at Navy 49–26; lost at NC State 14–32+23−48Lost 16–20 vs. App State-4App StateLost 14–35 vs. North Carolina-21North CarolinaLost 7–55 at No. 16 Clemson-48No. 16 ClemsonLost 10–27 vs. Virginia-17VirginiaLost 10–17 vs. Vanderbilt-7VanderbiltLost 20–52 at Georgia Tech-32Georgia TechLost 7–37 at Maryland-30MarylandWon 28–26 vs. Duke+2DukeLost 6–35 vs. No. 3 Florida State-29No. 3 Florida StateWon 49–26 at Navy+23NavyLost 14–32 at NC State-18NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsApp StateL 16–⁠2083%
Sep 9vsNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠3560%
Sep 16at16ClemsonL 7–⁠5527%
Sep 30vsVirginiaL 10–⁠2745%
Oct 7vsVanderbiltL 10–⁠1757%
Oct 14atGeorgia TechL 20–⁠5217%
Oct 21atMarylandL 7–⁠3734%
Nov 4vsDukeW 28–⁠2667%
Nov 11vs3Florida StateL 6–⁠358%
Nov 18atNavyW 49–⁠2650%
Nov 25atNC StateL 14–⁠3225%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to NC State 32–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 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
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
181–⁠362
Coach
Jim Caldwell
Elo
1368 −149 this season
SP+ rating
-18.8 No. 106 of 116; offense No. 100, defense No. 97
SRS
−15.2 No. 99 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Eddie Williamson
Defensive coordinators
Tony Pierce and Theo Lemon
Captains
Nick Bender, Michael Koch and Bryan Ray
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

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.