2000 Big 12 Conference football season explained

2000 Big 12 Conference football season
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League:NCAA Division I–A
Sport:football
Pixels:150px
No Of Teams:12
Tv:ABC, FSN
Draft:2001 NFL Draft
Draft Link:2001 NFL Draft
Top Pick:Leonard Davis (Texas)
Picked By:Arizona Cardinals, 2nd overall
Season:Regular season
Season Champ Name:Champion
League Champ Name:Runners-up
Conf1:North
Conf1 Champ:Kansas State Wildcats
Conf2:South
Conf2 Champ:Oklahoma Sooners
Finals:Big 12 Championship Game
Finals Link:2000 Big 12 Championship Game
Finals Champ:Oklahoma Sooners
Seasonslistnames:Football

The 2000 Big 12 Conference football season represented the 5th season of Big 12 conference football, taking place during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season began with non-conference play on Saturday, August 26, 2000. Conference play began on Saturday, September 30, 2000.

At the conclusion of the regular season, Kansas State won the North Division championship with a 11–3 (6–2) record. Oklahoma finished atop the South Division standings, with a perfect regular season 11–0 (8–0).

In the 2000 Big 12 Championship Game, the Oklahoma Sooners, narrowly beat the Kansas State Wildcats by a score of 27–24 in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] With the win, the Sooners advance to the BCS National Championship Game. Kansas State was placed in the Cotton Bowl Classic.[2] A total of 7 Big 12 teams went to bowl games in 2000.

Oklahoma won the BCS National Championship Game at the 2001 Orange Bowl, defeating Florida State, 13–2, in Miami Gardens.[3] [4]

Head coaches

TeamHead coachYears at school
BaylorKevin Steele2nd
ColoradoGary Barnett2nd
Iowa StateDan McCarney6th
KansasTerry Allen4th
Kansas StateBill Snyder12th
MissouriLarry Smith7th
NebraskaFrank Solich3rd
OklahomaBob Stoops2nd
Oklahoma StateBob Simmons6th
TexasMack Brown3rd
Texas A&MR. C. Slocum12th
Texas TechMike Leach1st

Regular season

Championship Game

See main article: 2000 Big 12 Championship Game.

Bowl Games

See main article: article and 2000–01 NCAA football bowl games.

Bowl games

Legend
 Big 12 win
 Big 12 loss
Bowl gameDateSiteTelevisionTime (CST)Big 12 teamOpponentScoreAttendance
Galleryfurniture.com BowlDecember 27, 2000Astrodome • Houston, TXESPN7:00 PMTexas TechEast CarolinaL 27–40[5] 76,835
Insight.com BowlDecember 27, 2000Bank One BallparkPhoenix, AZESPN7:30 PMIowa StatePittsburghW 37–2941,813
Holiday BowlDecember 29, 2000Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CAESPN8:30 PMNo. 12 TexasNo. 8 OregonL 30–3560,028
Alamo BowlDecember 30, 2000AlamodomeSan Antonio, TXESPN8:00 PMNo. 9 NebraskaNo. 18 NorthwesternW 66–1760,028
Independence BowlDecember 31, 2000Independence StadiumShreveport, LAESPN7:00 PMTexas A&MMississippi StateL 41–4336,974
Cotton BowlJanuary 1, 2001Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TXFOX7:00 PMNo. 11 Kansas StateNo. 21 TennesseeW 35–2163,465
BCS National Championship
Orange BowlJanuary 3, 2001Pro Player StadiumMiami Gardens, FLABC7:00 PMNo. 1 OklahomaNo. 3 Florida StateW 13–2[6] 76,835

Rankings are from AP rankings. All times Central Time Zone. Big 12 teams shown in bold.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gallery: A look back at OU's Big 12 championship game berths. 2020-12-04. Tulsa World. en.
  2. Web site: Bowl Championship Series - Kansas State 35, Tennessee 21.
  3. Web site: Bowl Championship Series - Oklahoma 13, Florida State 2. 2020-12-04. ESPN.
  4. Web site: 2007-07-15. The 2001 defensive beatdown of Florida State by Oklahoma stands above all the rest. 2020-12-04. Oklahoman.com. en-US.
  5. Web site: Bowl Championship Series - East Carolina 40, Texas Tech 27.
  6. Web site: Bowl Championship Series - Oklahoma 13, Florida State 2.