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2000 Washington

11–⁠1 (7–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Rick Neuheisel, finished No. 3 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington in 2000, game by game: won vs. Idaho 44–20; won vs. No. 4 Miami 34–29; won at Colorado 17–14; lost at No. 20 Oregon 16–23; won vs. No. 23 Oregon State 33–30; won at Arizona State 21–15; won vs. California 36–24; won at Stanford 31–28; won vs. Arizona 35–32; won vs. UCLA 35–28; won at Washington State 51–3; won vs. No. 14 Purdue 34–24+48−7Won 44–20 vs. Idaho+24IdahoWon 34–29 vs. No. 4 Miami+5No. 4 MiamiWon 17–14 at Colorado+3ColoradoLost 16–23 at No. 20 Oregon-7No. 20 OregonWon 33–30 vs. No. 23 Oregon State+3No. 23 Oregon StateWon 21–15 at Arizona State+6Arizona StateWon 36–24 vs. California+12CaliforniaWon 31–28 at Stanford+3StanfordWon 35–32 vs. Arizona+3ArizonaWon 35–28 vs. UCLA+7UCLAWon 51–3 at Washington State+48Washington StateWon 34–24 vs. No. 14 Purdue+10No. 14 Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsIdahoW 44–⁠2067%
Sep 9vs4MiamiW 34–⁠2951%
Sep 16atColoradoW 17–⁠1450%
Sep 30at20OregonL 16–⁠2339%
Oct 7vs23Oregon StateW 33–⁠3060%
Oct 14atArizona StateW 21–⁠1550%
Oct 21vsCaliforniaW 36–⁠2480%
Oct 28atStanfordW 31–⁠2864%
Nov 4vsArizonaW 35–⁠3264%
Nov 11vsUCLAW 35–⁠2873%
Nov 18atWashington StateW 51–⁠370%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs14PurdueRose BowlW 34–⁠2456%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Purdue 34–⁠24 in the Rose Bowl; No. 3 in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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.

Pac-10 champions7–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Oregon and Oregon State

Record
11–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Pac-10
AP final
No. 3 peak No. 3
Points
387–⁠270
Coach
Rick Neuheisel
Elo
1710 +148 this season
SP+ rating
21.7 No. 9 of 116; offense No. 10, defense No. 25
SRS
17.4 No. 10 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 29
Offensive coordinator
Keith Gilbertson
Defensive coordinator
Tim Hundley
Captains
Larry Tripplett, Marques Tuiasosopo and Chad Ward
Offense
Spread
Defense
Multiple

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Dan Dicks OG★★★★No. 68

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Offensive line14.00.975

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 2Marques Tuiasosopo QBOakland Raiders
Rd 5Elliot Silvers OTSan Diego Chargers
Rd 5Jeremiah Pharms LBCleveland Browns
Rd 5Hakim Akbar DBNew England Patriots
Rd 6Chad Ward OGJacksonville Jaguars

All-Pac-10

5 first team, 2 second team

First 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.