2000 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 2000 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by Dick Tomey. This would be his final season coaching the Wildcats.

2000 Arizona Wildcats football
Conference	Pacific-10
2000 record	5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dick Tomey (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dino Babers (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Rich Ellerson (4th season)
Home stadium	Arizona Stadium (Capacity: 56,002)

2000 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Washington $+		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 4 Oregon State %+		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 7 Oregon +		7	–	1					10	–	2
Stanford		4	–	4					5	–	6
UCLA		3	–	5					6	–	6
Arizona State		3	–	5					6	–	6
Arizona		3	–	5					5	–	6
USC		2	–	6					5	–	7
Washington State		2	–	6					4	–	7
California		2	–	6					3	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	at Utah*		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN2	W 17–3	41,352
September 9	7:15 p.m.	No. 18 Ohio State*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSN	L 17–27	57,367
September 16	7:00 p.m.	San Diego State*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	KWBA	W 17–3	44,973
September 30	2:00 p.m.	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FSNAZ	W 27–3	31,165
October 7	12:30 p.m.	at No. 22 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 31–15	49,342
October 14	7:00 p.m.	Washington State	No. 22	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	KWBA	W 53–47 ^3OT	50,350
October 21	7:15 p.m.	No. 7 Oregon	No. 21	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FSN	L 10–14	45,950
October 28	4:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 24	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ABC	L 24–27	45,540
November 4	12:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	L 32–35	70,411
November 11	8:15 p.m.	No. 10 Oregon State		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSN	L 9–33	44,109
November 24	2:00 p.m.	Arizona State		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup)	FSN	L 17–30	54,297
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Rankings

See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	22	21	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches Poll	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	22	20	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
BCS	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

References