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2000 Wisconsin

9–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by Barry Alvarez, finished No. 23 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Wisconsin in 2000, game by game: won vs. Western Michigan 19–7; won vs. Oregon 27–23; won vs. Cincinnati 28–25; lost vs. Northwestern 44–47; lost at No. 9 Michigan 10–13; lost vs. No. 8 Ohio State 7–23; won at Michigan State 17–10; lost vs. No. 17 Purdue 24–30; won at Iowa 13–7; won vs. Minnesota 41–20; won at Indiana 43–22; won at Hawai’i 34–18; won vs. UCLA 21–20+21−16Won 19–7 vs. Western Michigan+12Western MichiganWon 27–23 vs. Oregon+4OregonWon 28–25 vs. Cincinnati+3CincinnatiLost 44–47 vs. Northwestern-3NorthwesternLost 10–13 at No. 9 Michigan-3No. 9 MichiganLost 7–23 vs. No. 8 Ohio State-16No. 8 Ohio StateWon 17–10 at Michigan State+7Michigan StateLost 24–30 vs. No. 17 Purdue-6No. 17 PurdueWon 13–7 at Iowa+6IowaWon 41–20 vs. Minnesota+21MinnesotaWon 43–22 at Indiana+21IndianaWon 34–18 at Hawai’i+16Hawai’iWon 21–20 vs. UCLA+1UCLA
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsWestern MichiganW 19–⁠778%
Sep 9vsOregonW 27–⁠2367%
Sep 16vsCincinnatiW 28–⁠2585%
Sep 23vsNorthwesternL 44–⁠4786%
Sep 30at9MichiganL 10–⁠1340%
Oct 7vs8Ohio StateL 7–⁠2359%
Oct 14atMichigan StateW 17–⁠1048%
Oct 21vs17PurdueL 24–⁠3058%
Oct 28atIowaW 13–⁠779%
Nov 4vsMinnesotaW 41–⁠2066%
Nov 11atIndianaW 43–⁠2270%
Nov 25atHawai’iW 34–⁠1880%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsUCLASun BowlW 21–⁠2072%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat UCLA 21–⁠20 in the Sun Bowl; No. 23 in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 4
  2. Wk 2: 4
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 4: 4
  5. Wk 5: 7
  6. Wk 6: 17
  7. Wk 7: 24
  8. Final: 23

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.

Jim Thorpe AwardJamar Fletcher, CB

Ray Guy AwardKevin Stemke, P

Consensus All-AmericanJamar Fletcher, CB

Record
9–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Ten
AP final
No. 23 peak No. 4
Points
328–⁠265
Coach
Barry Alvarez
Elo
1678 +8 this season
SP+ rating
14.7 No. 21 of 116; offense No. 44, defense No. 11
SRS
10.0 No. 26 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 34
Offensive coordinator
Brian White
Defensive coordinator
Kevin Cosgrove
Captains
Chris Chambers, Jason Doering, John Favret and Casey Rabach
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Darius Jones ILB★★★★No. 86

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Linebackers14.00.970

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 1Jamar Fletcher DBMiami Dolphins
Rd 1Michael Bennett RBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 2Chris Chambers WRMiami Dolphins
Rd 3Casey Rabach CBaltimore Ravens
Rd 4Bill Ferrario OGGreen Bay Packers
Rd 6Roger Knight LBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Jason Doering DBIndianapolis Colts
Rd 7Ross Kolodziej DTNew York Giants

All-Big Ten

5 first team, 4 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 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠29–⁠311
Purdue6–⁠28–⁠413
Northwestern6–⁠28–⁠4
Ohio State5–⁠38–⁠4
Wisconsin4–⁠49–⁠423
Minnesota4–⁠46–⁠6
Penn State4–⁠45–⁠7
Iowa3–⁠53–⁠9
Illinois2–⁠65–⁠6
Michigan State2–⁠65–⁠6
Indiana2–⁠63–⁠8

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