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2000 West Virginia

7–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Big East), coached by Don Nehlen.

Schedule and results

West Virginia in 2000, game by game: won vs. Boston College 34–14; won vs. Maryland 30–17; lost vs. No. 12 Miami 10–47; won at Temple 29–24; won vs. Idaho 28–16; lost at No. 3 Virginia Tech 20–48; lost vs. No. 20 Notre Dame 28–42; lost vs. Syracuse 27–31; won at Rutgers 31–24; won vs. East Carolina 42–24; lost at Pittsburgh 28–38; won vs. Ole Miss 49–38+20−37Won 34–14 vs. Boston College+20Boston CollegeWon 30–17 vs. Maryland+13MarylandLost 10–47 vs. No. 12 Miami-37No. 12 MiamiWon 29–24 at Temple+5TempleWon 28–16 vs. Idaho+12IdahoLost 20–48 at No. 3 Virginia Tech-28No. 3 Virginia TechLost 28–42 vs. No. 20 Notre Dame-14No. 20 Notre DameLost 27–31 vs. Syracuse-4SyracuseWon 31–24 at Rutgers+7RutgersWon 42–24 vs. East Carolina+18East CarolinaLost 28–38 at Pittsburgh-10PittsburghWon 49–38 vs. Ole Miss+11Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsBoston CollegeW 34–⁠1461%
Sep 16vsMarylandW 30–⁠1766%
Sep 23vs12MiamiL 10–⁠4749%
Sep 28atTempleW 29–⁠2452%
Oct 7vsIdahoW 28–⁠1666%
Oct 12at3Virginia TechL 20–⁠4820%
Oct 21vs20Notre DameL 28–⁠4252%
Nov 4vsSyracuseL 27–⁠3152%
Nov 11atRutgersW 31–⁠2465%
Nov 18vsEast CarolinaW 42–⁠2447%
Nov 24atPittsburghL 28–⁠3843%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvsOle MissMusic City BowlW 49–⁠3841%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ole Miss 49–⁠38 in the Music City Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big East.

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
356–⁠363
Coach
Don Nehlen
Elo
1543 +38 this season
SP+ rating
12.2 No. 29 of 116; offense No. 13, defense No. 66
SRS
4.9 No. 45 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Bill Legg
Defensive coordinator
Steve Dunlap

All-Big East

3 second team

Second team

  • Avon CobourneRBCoaches-2
  • Khori IvyWRCoaches-2
  • Mark FazzoloriPCoaches-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 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Miami7–⁠011–⁠12
Virginia Tech6–⁠111–⁠16
Pittsburgh4–⁠37–⁠5
Syracuse4–⁠36–⁠5
West Virginia3–⁠47–⁠5
Boston College3–⁠47–⁠5
Temple1–⁠64–⁠7
Rutgers0–⁠73–⁠8

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