Sports season
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]
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. August 31 7:00 p.m. Baylor North Texas Fouts Field • Denton, TX FSN W 20–7 28,315 September 2 11:00 a.m. No. 25 Texas A&M Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN NBC L 10–24 80,232 September 2 11:30 a.m. San Jose State No. 1 Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE PPV W 49–13 77,728 September 2 11:30 a.m. Ohio Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA FSN W 25–15 34,385 September 2 6:00 p.m. Colorado State No. 23 Colorado Mile High Stadium • Denver, CO ESPN2 L 24–28 67,587 September 2 6:00 p.m. Kansas SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX L 17–31 32,267 September 2 6:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech No. 8 Kansas State KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS FSN W 54–10 48,902 September 2 6:30 p.m. UTEP No. 19 Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FSN PPV W 55–14 74,761 September 2 6:20 p.m. Western Illinois Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO W 50–20 53,224 September 2 6:30 p.m. Utah State Texas Tech Jones SBC Stadium • Lubbock, TX W 38–16 35,913 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Bye Week September 2 Oklahoma State Texas
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. September 9 11:30 a.m. Minnesota Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX FSN L 9–34 20,125 September 9 11:30 a.m. Louisiana–Lafayette No. 6 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FSSW W 52–10 80,017 September 9 1:00 p.m. UNLV Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA W 37–22 35,408 September 9 1:30 p.m. No. 1 Nebraska No. 23 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN NBC W 27–24 (OT) 80,232 September 9 2:30 p.m. Missouri No. 17 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC ABC L 9–62 70,382 September 9 6:00 p.m. Oklahoma State Tulsa Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK (rivalry ) W 36–26 40,385 September 9 6:00 p.m. Texas A&M Wyoming Kyle Field • College Station, TX FSN W 51–3 69,273 September 9 6:30 p.m. Arkansas State No. 20 Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FSN PPV W 45–7 74,730 September 9 7:00 p.m. Colorado No. 11 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA ABC L 14–17 65,153 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Bye Week September 9 Baylor Kansas Kansas State
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. September 16 11:00 a.m. Iowa State Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA ESPN W 24–14 70,397 September 16 2:30 p.m. No. 9 Washington Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO ABC L 14–17 50,454 September 16 6:00 p.m. South Florida Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX W 28–13 21,157 September 16 6:00 p.m. Michigan State Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO FSN L 10–13 55,289 September 16 7:00 p.m. Southwest Texas State Oklahoma State Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK W 23–0 40,050 September 16 7:00 p.m. UTEP Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX W 45–17 69,184 September 16 9:15 p.m. No. 5 Texas Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA FSN L 24–27 43,970 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Bye Week September 16 Nebraska Oklahoma
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. September 23 11:30 a.m. Rice No. 17 Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FSN W 42–14 74,794 September 23 2:30 p.m. Iowa No. 1 Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE ABC W 42–13 78,070 September 23 6:00 p.m. South Florida Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX W 28–13 21,157 September 23 6:00 p.m. Houston No. 15 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FSN W 48–0 81,592 September 23 7:00 p.m. No. 22 Southern Miss Oklahoma State Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK L 6–28 41,205 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Bye Week September 23 Colorado Iowa State Missouri Texas A&M Texas Tech
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. September 30 11:30 a.m. Texas Tech Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry ) FSN TAMU 33–15 83,644 September 30 2:00 p.m. Kansas No. 14 Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK OU 34–16 74,811 September 30 2:30 p.m. No. 5 Kansas State Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO ABC KSU 44–21 51,896 September 30 6:00 p.m. Iowa State Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX ISU 31–17 31,126 September 30 6:00 p.m. Missouri No. 1 Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) FSN NEB 42–24 77,744 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. October 7 11:00 a.m. No. 11 Texas No. 10 Oklahoma Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout ) ABC OU 63–14 75,587 October 7 1:00 p.m. Colorado Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX CU 26–19 75,523 October 7 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma State Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO MIZ 24–10 51,149 October 7 2:30 p.m. No. 2 Nebraska Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA ABC NEB 49–27 50,074 October 7 6:00 p.m. Baylor Texas Tech Jones SBC Stadium • Lubbock, TX (rivalry ) TT 28–0 40,209 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. October 14 11:30 a.m. Texas A&M Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos ) FSN TAMU 24–0 40,076 October 14 1:00 p.m. Kansas Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Border War ) KU 38–14 61,794 October 14 2:30 p.m. No. 25 Texas Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO TEX 28–14 52,030 October 14 2:30 p.m. No. 8 Oklahoma No. 2 Kansas State KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS ABC OU 41–31 53,011 October 14 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Nebraska Texas Tech Jones SBC Stadium • Lubbock, TX FSN NEB 56–3 48,961 October 14 7:00 p.m. Iowa State Oklahoma State Lewis Stadium • Stillwater, OK ISU 33–26 41,310 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. October 21 11:30 a.m. Colorado Kansas Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FSN KU 23–15 32,600 October 21 12:30 p.m Baylor No. 1 Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE NEB 59–0 77,959 October 21 1:30 p.m. Missouri Texas Darrel K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX TEX 46–12 82,892 October 21 2:30 p.m. Texas A&M Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA ABC TAMU 41–20 48,931 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Bye Week October 21 Oklahoma Oklahoma State
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. October 28 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Nebraska No. 3 Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (rivalry ) ABC OU 31–14 75,989 October 28 11:30 a.m. Baylor No. 22 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FSN TEX 48–14 83,092 October 28 2:30 p.m. Oklahoma State Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO CU 37–21 49,148 October 28 2:30 p.m. No. 10 Kansas State Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX ABC TAMU 26–10 80,659 October 28 6:00 p.m. Missouri Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA (Telephone Trophy ) FSN ISU 39–20 46,599 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. November 4 11:30 a.m. Iowa State Kansas State KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS FSN KSU 56–10 50,114 November 4 1:00 p.m. Colorado Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO CU 28–18 50,567 November 4 1:00 p.m. No. 1 Oklahoma Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX OU 56–7 31,106 November 4 1:00 p.m. No. 24 Texas A&M Oklahoma State Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK TAMU 21–16 36,310 November 4 2:30 p.m. Kansas No. 5 Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE ABC NEB 56–17 78,096 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. November 11 12:00 p.m. No. 1 Oklahoma No. 23 Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX ABC OU 35–31 87,188 November 11 1:00 p.m. Missouri Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX MIZ 47–22 29,872 November 11 2:30 p.m. Iowa State Colorado Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FSN ISU 35–27 46,430 November 11 6:00 p.m. No. 4 Nebraska No. 16 Kansas State KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS FSN KSU 29–28 53,811 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. November 18 11:30 a.m. No. 9 Kansas State Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO FSN KSU 28–24 49,277 November 18 1:00 p.m. Baylor Oklahoma State Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK OKST 50–22 31,500 November 18 1:00 p.m. Kansas Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA ISU 38–17 36,725 November 18 2:30 p.m. Texas Tech No. 1 Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK ABC OU 27–13 75,364 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Bye Week November 18 Colorado Nebraska Texas Texas A&M
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. November 24 11:00 a.m. Colorado No. 10 Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln , NE (rivalry ) ABC NEB 34–32 77,672 November 24 2:30 p.m. No. 21 Texas A&M No. 12 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry ) ABC TEX 43–17 84,012 November 25 2:30 p.m. No. 1 Oklahoma Oklahoma State Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series ) FSN OU 12–7 48,500 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
Date Bye Week November 25 Baylor Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Missouri Texas Tech
Legend Big 12 win Big 12 loss
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (CST ) Big 12 team Opponent Score Attendance Galleryfurniture.com Bowl December 27, 2000 Astrodome • Houston, TX ESPN 7:00 PM Texas Tech East Carolina L 27–40[ 5] 76,835 Insight.com Bowl December 27, 2000 Bank One Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ ESPN 7:30 PM Iowa State Pittsburgh W 37–29 41,813 Holiday Bowl December 29, 2000 Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA ESPN 8:30 PM No. 12 Texas No. 8 Oregon L 30–35 60,028 Alamo Bowl December 30, 2000 Alamodome • San Antonio, TX ESPN 8:00 PM No. 9 Nebraska No. 18 Northwestern W 66–17 60,028 Independence Bowl December 31, 2000 Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA ESPN 7:00 PM Texas A&M Mississippi State L 41–43 36,974 Cotton Bowl January 1, 2001 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX FOX 7:00 PM No. 11 Kansas State No. 21 Tennessee W 35–21 63,465 BCS National Championship Orange Bowl January 3, 2001 Pro Player Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ABC 7:00 PM No. 1 Oklahoma No. 3 Florida State W 13–2[ 6] 76,835
Rankings are from AP rankings. All times Central Time Zone. Big 12 teams shown in bold.
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