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2001 Washington State

10–⁠2 (6–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Mike Price, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 2001, game by game: won vs. Idaho 36–7; won at Boise State 41–20; won vs. California 51–20; won at Arizona 48–21; won vs. Oregon State 34–27; won at No. 23 Stanford 45–39; won vs. Montana State 53–28; lost vs. No. 11 Oregon 17–24; won vs. No. 9 UCLA 20–14; won at Arizona State 28–16; lost at No. 16 Washington 14–26; won vs. Purdue 33–27+31−12Won 36–7 vs. Idaho+29IdahoWon 41–20 at Boise State+21Boise StateWon 51–20 vs. California+31CaliforniaWon 48–21 at Arizona+27ArizonaWon 34–27 vs. Oregon State+7Oregon StateWon 45–39 at No. 23 Stanford+6No. 23 StanfordWon 53–28 vs. Montana State+25Montana StateLost 17–24 vs. No. 11 Oregon-7No. 11 OregonWon 20–14 vs. No. 9 UCLA+6No. 9 UCLAWon 28–16 at Arizona State+12Arizona StateLost 14–26 at No. 16 Washington-12No. 16 WashingtonWon 33–27 vs. Purdue+6Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsIdahoW 36–⁠759%
Sep 8atBoise StateW 41–⁠2032%
Sep 22vsCaliforniaW 51–⁠2075%
Sep 29atArizonaW 48–⁠2140%
Oct 6vsOregon StateW 34–⁠2760%
Oct 13at23StanfordW 45–⁠3946%
Oct 18vsMontana StateW 53–⁠2892%
Oct 27vs11OregonL 17–⁠2452%
Nov 3vs9UCLAW 20–⁠1455%
Nov 10atArizona StateW 28–⁠1660%
Nov 17at16WashingtonL 14–⁠2644%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsPurdueSun BowlW 33–⁠2762%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Purdue 33–⁠27 in the Sun Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 10: 14
  2. Wk 11: 16
  3. Wk 12: 11
  4. Wk 13: 9
  5. Wk 14: 15
  6. Wk 15: 13
  7. Wk 16: 13
  8. Final: 10

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 2001.

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 9
Points
420–⁠269
Coach
Mike Price
Elo
1641 +179 this season
SP+ rating
16.6 No. 17 of 117; offense No. 19, defense No. 36
SRS
12.8 No. 18 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 51
Offensive coordinator
Mike Levenseller
Defensive coordinator
Bill Doba
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.3own 32— allowed
Defense-0.1own 29— caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Drafted in 2002

The 2002 draft
Rd 2Raonall Smith LBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 2Lamont Thompson DBCincinnati Bengals

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2001 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2001 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠111–⁠12
Washington State6–⁠210–⁠210
Stanford6–⁠29–⁠316
Washington6–⁠28–⁠419
USC5–⁠36–⁠6
UCLA4–⁠47–⁠4
Oregon State3–⁠55–⁠6
Arizona2–⁠65–⁠6
Arizona State1–⁠74–⁠7
California0–⁠81–⁠10

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