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2000 Washington State

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Mike Price.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 2000, game by game: lost vs. Stanford 10–24; won at Utah 38–21; lost vs. Idaho 34–38; won at California 21–17; won vs. Boise State 42–35; lost at No. 22 Arizona 47–53; lost vs. Arizona State 20–23; lost at No. 18 Oregon State 9–38; lost vs. No. 7 Oregon 24–27; won at USC 33–27; lost vs. No. 6 Washington 3–51+17−48Lost 10–24 vs. Stanford-14StanfordWon 38–21 at Utah+17UtahLost 34–38 vs. Idaho-4IdahoWon 21–17 at California+4CaliforniaWon 42–35 vs. Boise State+7Boise StateLost 47–53 at No. 22 Arizona-6No. 22 ArizonaLost 20–23 vs. Arizona State-3Arizona StateLost 9–38 at No. 18 Oregon State-29No. 18 Oregon StateLost 24–27 vs. No. 7 Oregon-3No. 7 OregonWon 33–27 at USC+6USCLost 3–51 vs. No. 6 Washington-48No. 6 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsStanfordL 10–⁠2439%
Sep 16atUtahW 38–⁠2127%
Sep 23vsIdahoL 34–⁠3861%
Sep 30atCaliforniaW 21–⁠1740%
Oct 7vsBoise StateW 42–⁠3540%
Oct 14at22ArizonaL 47–⁠5324%
Oct 21vsArizona StateL 20–⁠2348%
Oct 28at18Oregon StateL 9–⁠3823%
Nov 4vs7OregonL 24–⁠2725%
Nov 11atUSCW 33–⁠2732%
Nov 18vs6WashingtonL 3–⁠5130%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 51–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 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
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
281–⁠354
Coach
Mike Price
Elo
1443 +15 this season
SP+ rating
5.0 No. 51 of 116; offense No. 30, defense No. 74
SRS
2.5 No. 56 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Jim McDonell
Defensive coordinator
Bill Doba
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 4Milton Wynn WRSt. Louis Rams

All-Pac-10

2 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.