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2000 Big 12 Conference Year Summary

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Record: 81-62, .566 W-L% (3rd of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 6.42 (3rd of 12) ▪ SOS: 3.96 (2nd of 12)

Division Champions: Kansas State (North) and Oklahoma (South)
Conference Champion: Oklahoma (Won Championship Game 27-24)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll:(Colorado, Kansas State, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas)
Ranked in Final AP Poll:(Iowa State, Kansas State, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas)

Standings

Overall Conference Pts/G SRS
North W L Pct W L Pct Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
Nebraska 10 2 .833 6 2 .750 43.5 19.2 19.01 4.51
Kansas State 11 3 .786 6 2 .750 39.2 18.6 15.72 3.93
Iowa State 9 3 .750 5 3 .625 28.6 26.8 6.43 2.84
Colorado 3 8 .273 3 5 .375 22.9 25.8 3.56 7.92
Kansas 4 7 .364 2 6 .250 23.7 32.6 -1.95 4.60
Missouri 3 8 .273 2 6 .250 23.2 31.6 -2.63 3.55
South W L Pct W L Pct Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
Oklahoma 13 0 1.000 8 0 1.000 37.0 14.9 21.56 5.32
Texas 9 3 .750 7 1 .875 37.9 19.3 13.78 0.78
Texas A&M 7 5 .583 5 3 .625 29.0 19.9 11.44 5.03
Texas Tech 7 6 .538 3 5 .375 25.4 21.4 4.81 1.65
Oklahoma State 3 8 .273 1 7 .125 18.4 27.5 -3.18 2.63
Baylor 2 9 .182 0 8 .000 12.6 36.1 -11.48 4.71

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 8/27 9/3 9/10 9/17 9/24 10/1 10/8 10/15 10/22 10/29 11/5 11/12 11/19 11/26 12/3 Final
Oklahoma 19 19 20 18 17 14 10 8 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Nebraska 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 4 10 9 10 9 8
Kansas State 8 8 7 7 4 5 4 2 10 10 19 16 9 8 8 11 9
Texas 7 7 6 5 15 13 11 25   22 20 19 14 12 12 12 12
Iowa State                                 25
Colorado 24 23                              
Texas A&M   25                 24 23 21 22      

7 Bowl Games

Date Bowl Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
2001-01-03 Orange Bowl Oklahoma 13 Florida State 2 Orange Bowl (Miami, FL)
2001-01-01 Cotton Bowl Kansas State 35 Tennessee 21 Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX)
2000-12-31 Independence Bowl Mississippi State 43 Texas A&M 41 Independence Bowl (Shreveport, LA)
2000-12-30 Alamo Bowl Nebraska 66 Northwestern 17 Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, TX)
2000-12-29 Holiday Bowl Oregon 35 Texas 30 Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA)
2000-12-28 Insight Bowl Iowa State 37 Pittsburgh 29 Insight Bowl (Phoenix, AZ)
2000-12-27 Gallery Furniture Bowl East Carolina 40 Texas Tech 27 Gallery Furniture Bowl (Houston, TX)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions
1. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 361
2. Josh Heupel (OK) 280
3. Mark Farris (TXAM) 208
4. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 171
5. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 156
6. Major Applewhite (TX) 152
7. Craig Ochs (CO) 145
8. Dylen Smith (KS) 140
9. Aso Pogi (OKST) 139
10. Darius Outlaw (MO) 105
Pass Attempts
1. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 584
2. Josh Heupel (OK) 433
3. Mark Farris (TXAM) 347
4. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 332
5. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 313
6. Dylen Smith (KS) 306
7. Major Applewhite (TX) 279
8. Aso Pogi (OKST) 247
9. Craig Ochs (CO) 245
10. Darius Outlaw (MO) 225
Pass Completion Percentage
1. Josh Heupel (OK) 64.7
2. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 61.8
3. Mark Farris (TXAM) 59.9
4. Craig Ochs (CO) 59.2
5. Aso Pogi (OKST) 56.3
6. Major Applewhite (TX) 54.5
7. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 51.5
8. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 49.8
9. Darius Outlaw (MO) 46.7
10. Dylen Smith (KS) 45.8
Passing Yards
1. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 3412
2. Josh Heupel (OK) 3392
3. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 2636
4. Mark Farris (TXAM) 2551
5. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 2300
6. Major Applewhite (TX) 2164
7. Dylen Smith (KS) 1963
8. Craig Ochs (CO) 1778
9. Aso Pogi (OKST) 1550
10. Darius Outlaw (MO) 1391
Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 8.4
2. Josh Heupel (OK) 7.8
3. Major Applewhite (TX) 7.8
4. Mark Farris (TXAM) 7.4
5. Craig Ochs (CO) 7.3
6. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 6.9
7. Dylen Smith (KS) 6.4
8. Aso Pogi (OKST) 6.3
9. Darius Outlaw (MO) 6.2
10. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 5.8
Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 8.1
2. Major Applewhite (TX) 7.9
3. Josh Heupel (OK) 7.3
4. Mark Farris (TXAM) 6.8
5. Craig Ochs (CO) 6.5
6. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 5.8
7. Dylen Smith (KS) 5.5
8. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 5.3
9. Aso Pogi (OKST) 4.8
10. Darius Outlaw (MO) 3.8
Passing Touchdowns
1. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 21
2. Josh Heupel (OK) 20
3. Major Applewhite (TX) 18
4. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 17
5. Eric Crouch (NE) 11
6. Dylen Smith (KS) 10
  Mark Farris (TXAM) 10
8. Darius Outlaw (MO) 9
9. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 8
  Chris Simms (TX) 8
Passing Interceptions
1. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 17
2. Darius Outlaw (MO) 16
3. Josh Heupel (OK) 14
4. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 12
5. Aso Pogi (OKST) 11
  Dylen Smith (KS) 11
7. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 10
8. Dixon (BAY) 9
  Mark Farris (TXAM) 9
10. Major Applewhite (TX) 7
  Eric Crouch (NE) 7
  Craig Ochs (CO) 7
  Chris Simms (TX) 7
Passing Efficiency Rating
1. Josh Heupel (OK) 139.2
2. Major Applewhite (TX) 135.9
3. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 132.1
4. Mark Farris (TXAM) 126.0
5. Craig Ochs (CO) 123.9
6. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 116.9
7. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 110.4
8. Aso Pogi (OKST) 108.1
9. Dylen Smith (KS) 103.2
10. Darius Outlaw (MO) 97.6
Rush Attempts
1. Ennis Haywood (IAST) 230
2. Hodges Mitchell (TX) 224
3. Reggie White (OKST) 210
4. Quentin Griffin (OK) 189
5. Dan Alexander (NE) 182
6. Eric Crouch (NE) 169
  Josh Scobey (KSST) 169
8. David Winbush (KS) 163
9. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 149
10. Cortlen Johnson (CO) 144
Rushing Yards
1. Ennis Haywood (IAST) 1237
2. Dan Alexander (NE) 1154
3. Hodges Mitchell (TX) 1118
4. Reggie White (OKST) 1049
5. Eric Crouch (NE) 971
6. Quentin Griffin (OK) 783
7. Correll Buckhalter (NE) 750
8. Josh Scobey (KSST) 718
9. David Winbush (KS) 701
10. Zain Gilmore (MO) 632
Rushing Yards Per Attempt
1. Correll Buckhalter (NE) 7.1
2. Dan Alexander (NE) 6.3
3. Eric Crouch (NE) 5.7
4. Richard Whitaker (TXAM) 5.4
5. Ennis Haywood (IAST) 5.4
6. Reggie White (OKST) 5.0
7. Hodges Mitchell (TX) 5.0
8. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 4.8
9. Michael Wagner (IAST) 4.7
10. Zain Gilmore (MO) 4.5
Rushing Touchdowns
1. Eric Crouch (NE) 20
2. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 17
3. Quentin Griffin (OK) 16
  Josh Scobey (KSST) 16
5. Ja'Mar Toombs (TXAM) 14
6. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 10
7. Dylen Smith (KS) 9
8. Hodges Mitchell (TX) 8
  Cortlen Johnson (CO) 8
  Dan Alexander (NE) 8
  Ennis Haywood (IAST) 8
Receptions
1. Tim Baker (TXTECH) 68
2. Quincy Morgan (KSST) 64
3. Robert Ferguson (TXAM) 58
4. Derek Dorris (TXTECH) 56
5. Ricky Williams (TXTECH) 52
  J.J. Moses (IAST) 52
7. Antwone Savage (OK) 48
  John Minardi (CO) 48
  Shaud Williams (TXTECH) 48
  Javon Green (CO) 48
Receiving Yards
1. Quincy Morgan (KSST) 1166
2. Robert Ferguson (TXAM) 885
3. Roy Williams (TX) 809
4. J.J. Moses (IAST) 777
5. Tim Baker (TXTECH) 759
6. Justin Gage (MO) 709
7. Javon Green (CO) 699
8. B.J. Johnson (TX) 698
9. Reggie Newhouse (BAY) 629
10. Antwone Savage (OK) 598
Receiving Yards Per Reception
1. Roy Williams (TX) 20.2
2. Quincy Morgan (KSST) 18.2
3. B.J. Johnson (TX) 17.0
4. Roger Ross (KS) 16.6
5. Aaron Lockett (KSST) 16.2
6. Justin Gage (MO) 16.1
7. Reggie Newhouse (BAY) 15.7
8. Robert Ferguson (TXAM) 15.3
9. Josh Norman (OK) 15.1
10. J.J. Moses (IAST) 14.9
Receiving Touchdowns
1. Quincy Morgan (KSST) 14
2. Derek Dorris (TXTECH) 9
3. Roy Williams (TX) 8
4. Curtis Fagan (OK) 7
  Tim Baker (TXTECH) 7
6. Robert Ferguson (TXAM) 6
7. Tracey Wistrom (NE) 5
  Andre Woolfolk (OK) 5
9. Reggie Newhouse (BAY) 4
  Javon Green (CO) 4
  J.J. Moses (IAST) 4
  Justin Gage (MO) 4
  Roger Ross (KS) 4
  Eric Spencer (MO) 4
Plays From Scrimmage
1. Hodges Mitchell (TX) 261
2. Ennis Haywood (IAST) 255
3. Quentin Griffin (OK) 234
4. Reggie White (OKST) 226
5. Dan Alexander (NE) 184
6. David Winbush (KS) 183
7. Ricky Williams (TXTECH) 179
8. Josh Scobey (KSST) 173
9. Eric Crouch (NE) 169
10. Cortlen Johnson (CO) 151
Yards From Scrimmage
1. Hodges Mitchell (TX) 1504
2. Ennis Haywood (IAST) 1448
3. Quentin Griffin (OK) 1189
4. Quincy Morgan (KSST) 1177
5. Reggie White (OKST) 1172
6. Dan Alexander (NE) 1171
7. Eric Crouch (NE) 971
8. David Winbush (KS) 969
9. J.J. Moses (IAST) 928
10. Robert Ferguson (TXAM) 885
Touchdowns From Scrimmage
1. Eric Crouch (NE) 20
2. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 17
3. Quentin Griffin (OK) 16
  Josh Scobey (KSST) 16
5. Ja'Mar Toombs (TXAM) 14
  Quincy Morgan (KSST) 14
7. Hodges Mitchell (TX) 11
8. Roy Williams (TX) 10
  Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 10
10. Derek Dorris (TXTECH) 9
  Dylen Smith (KS) 9
  Cortlen Johnson (CO) 9
Total Plays
1. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 662
2. Josh Heupel (OK) 503
3. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 462
4. Dylen Smith (KS) 431
5. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 409
6. Mark Farris (TXAM) 407
7. Darius Outlaw (MO) 335
8. Aso Pogi (OKST) 332
9. Eric Crouch (NE) 325
10. Craig Ochs (CO) 307
  Major Applewhite (TX) 307
Total Yards
1. Josh Heupel (OK) 3536
2. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 3431
3. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 3135
4. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 2672
5. Mark Farris (TXAM) 2667
6. Dylen Smith (KS) 2334
7. Major Applewhite (TX) 2091
8. Eric Crouch (NE) 2072
9. Craig Ochs (CO) 1884
10. Aso Pogi (OKST) 1709
Total Yards Per Play
1. Josh Heupel (OK) 7.0
2. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 6.8
3. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 5.2
Total Touchdowns
1. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 34
2. Eric Crouch (NE) 31
3. Josh Heupel (OK) 27
4. Kliff Kingsbury (TXTECH) 23
5. Major Applewhite (TX) 19
  Dylen Smith (KS) 19
7. Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 18
8. Quentin Griffin (OK) 16
  Josh Scobey (KSST) 16
10. Darius Outlaw (MO) 14
  Ja'Mar Toombs (TXAM) 14
Touchdowns
1. Eric Crouch (NE) 20
2. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 17
3. Quentin Griffin (OK) 16
  Josh Scobey (KSST) 16
5. Ja'Mar Toombs (TXAM) 14
  Quincy Morgan (KSST) 14
7. Hodges Mitchell (TX) 11
8. Roy Williams (TX) 10
  Sage Rosenfels (IAST) 10
10. Cortlen Johnson (CO) 9
  Dylen Smith (KS) 9
  Derek Dorris (TXTECH) 9
Points
1. Eric Crouch (NE) 120
2. Kris Stockton (TX) 107
3. Jonathan Beasley (KSST) 104
4. Jamie Rheem (KSST) 100
5. Tim Duncan (OK) 98
6. Quentin Griffin (OK) 96
  Josh Scobey (KSST) 96
8. Ja'Mar Toombs (TXAM) 84
  Quincy Morgan (KSST) 84
10. Terence Kitchens (TXAM) 79
Extra Point Attempts
1. Tim Duncan (OK) 60
  Josh Brown (NE) 60
3. Jamie Rheem (KSST) 50
4. Kris Stockton (TX) 44
5. Terence Kitchens (TXAM) 36
  Chris Birkholz (TXTECH) 36
7. Joe Garcia (KS) 31
8. Mark Mariscal (CO) 26
9. Seth Condley (OKST) 21
10. Mike McKnight (IAST) 19
Extra Points Made
1. Josh Brown (NE) 60
2. Tim Duncan (OK) 59
3. Jamie Rheem (KSST) 49
4. Kris Stockton (TX) 41
5. Chris Birkholz (TXTECH) 35
6. Terence Kitchens (TXAM) 34
7. Joe Garcia (KS) 29
8. Mark Mariscal (CO) 24
9. Seth Condley (OKST) 19
10. Mike McKnight (IAST) 16
Field Goal Attempts
1. Kris Stockton (TX) 26
2. Tim Duncan (OK) 21
3. Jamie Rheem (KSST) 20
  Seth Condley (OKST) 20
5. Chris Birkholz (TXTECH) 19
6. Mark Mariscal (CO) 18
  Terence Kitchens (TXAM) 18
8. Joe Garcia (KS) 14
9. Mike McKnight (IAST) 13
10. Josh Brown (NE) 10
Field Goals Made
1. Kris Stockton (TX) 22
2. Jamie Rheem (KSST) 17
3. Terence Kitchens (TXAM) 15
4. Tim Duncan (OK) 13
5. Chris Birkholz (TXTECH) 12
  Seth Condley (OKST) 12
7. Joe Garcia (KS) 10
8. Mark Mariscal (CO) 7
  Mike McKnight (IAST) 7
  Brad Hammerich (MO) 7
  Carl Gomez (IAST) 7
Field Goal Percentage
1. Jamie Rheem (KSST) 85.0
2. Kris Stockton (TX) 84.6
3. Terence Kitchens (TXAM) 83.3
4. Joe Garcia (KS) 71.4
5. Chris Birkholz (TXTECH) 63.2
6. Tim Duncan (OK) 61.9
7. Seth Condley (OKST) 60.0
8. Mike McKnight (IAST) 53.8
9. Mark Mariscal (CO) 38.9
Punts
1. Adam Stiles (BAY) 81
2. Jared Gilpin (MO) 65
3. Jeremy Flores (CO) 59
4. Joey Pelfanio (KS) 58
5. Scott Elder (OKST) 56
  Carl Gomez (IAST) 56
7. Kris Stockton (TX) 54
8. Cody Scates (TXAM) 52
9. Travis Brown (KSST) 51
10. Jeff Ferguson (OK) 48
Punting Yards
1. Adam Stiles (BAY) 3248
2. Jared Gilpin (MO) 2587
3. Jeremy Flores (CO) 2243
4. Joey Pelfanio (KS) 2241
5. Carl Gomez (IAST) 2163
6. Jeff Ferguson (OK) 2108
7. Scott Elder (OKST) 2107
8. Kris Stockton (TX) 2100
9. Cody Scates (TXAM) 2089
10. Travis Brown (KSST) 1966
Punting Yards Per Punt
1. Jeff Ferguson (OK) 43.9
2. Dan Hadenfeldt (NE) 43.8
3. Cody Scates (TXAM) 40.2
4. Adam Stiles (BAY) 40.1
5. Jared Gilpin (MO) 39.8
6. Clinton Greathouse (TXTECH) 39.5
7. Kris Stockton (TX) 38.9
8. Joey Pelfanio (KS) 38.6
9. Carl Gomez (IAST) 38.6
10. Travis Brown (KSST) 38.5
Punt Returns
1. J.T. Thatcher (OK) 38
2. Hodges Mitchell (TX) 36
3. Wes Welker (TXTECH) 28
4. Gabe Lindsay (OKST) 25
5. Roger Ross (KS) 23
6. Aaron Lockett (KSST) 22
7. J.J. Moses (IAST) 20
  Bobby Newcombe (NE) 20
9. Bobby Hart (BAY) 18
10. Chris Taylor (TXAM) 17
Punt Return Yards
1. J.T. Thatcher (OK) 599
2. Aaron Lockett (KSST) 501
3. Hodges Mitchell (TX) 427
4. Wes Welker (TXTECH) 353
5. Bobby Newcombe (NE) 291
6. Gabe Lindsay (OKST) 229
7. J.J. Moses (IAST) 226
8. Roger Ross (KS) 189
9. Bobby Hart (BAY) 151
10. Eric Spencer (MO) 140
Punt Return Yards Per Return
1. Aaron Lockett (KSST) 22.8
2. J.T. Thatcher (OK) 15.8
3. Bobby Newcombe (NE) 14.6
4. Wes Welker (TXTECH) 12.6
5. Hodges Mitchell (TX) 11.9
6. J.J. Moses (IAST) 11.3
7. Eric Spencer (MO) 9.3
8. Gabe Lindsay (OKST) 9.2
9. Bobby Hart (BAY) 8.4
10. Roger Ross (KS) 8.2
Punt Return Touchdowns
1. Aaron Lockett (KSST) 3
2. Wes Welker (TXTECH) 2
  Keyuo Craver (NE) 2
  J.T. Thatcher (OK) 2
Kickoff Returns
1. Martin Dossett (BAY) 22
  Jamaal Fobbs (OKST) 22
3. Victor Ike (TX) 20
  Ricardo Rhodes (MO) 20
5. Wes Welker (TXTECH) 17
6. Roman Hollowell (CO) 15
7. Aaron Lockett (KSST) 14
8. Joe Walker (NE) 13
  J.J. Moses (IAST) 13
10. Elijah Burkins (BAY) 11
  J.T. Thatcher (OK) 11
Kickoff Return Yards
1. Victor Ike (TX) 495
2. Martin Dossett (BAY) 446
3. Jamaal Fobbs (OKST) 374
4. Ricardo Rhodes (MO) 369
5. Aaron Lockett (KSST) 312
6. Roman Hollowell (CO) 308
7. Wes Welker (TXTECH) 306
8. J.J. Moses (IAST) 278
9. J.T. Thatcher (OK) 264
10. Joe Walker (NE) 258
Kickoff Return Yards Per Return
1. Victor Ike (TX) 24.8
2. Aaron Lockett (KSST) 22.3
3. J.J. Moses (IAST) 21.4
4. Roman Hollowell (CO) 20.5
5. Martin Dossett (BAY) 20.3
6. Joe Walker (NE) 19.8
7. Ricardo Rhodes (MO) 18.4
8. Wes Welker (TXTECH) 18.0
9. Elijah Burkins (BAY) 17.5
10. Jamaal Fobbs (OKST) 17.0
Interceptions
1. J.T. Thatcher (OK) 8
2. Jerametrius Butler (KSST) 6
3. Dyshod Carter (KSST) 5
  Troy Watchorn (NE) 5
5. Ontei Jones (OK) 4
  Antoine Duncan (MO) 4
  Terrence Kiel (TXAM) 4
  Antwan Alexander (TXTECH) 4
  Sammy Davis (TXAM) 4
  Greg Brown (TX) 4
Interception Return Yards
1. J.T. Thatcher (OK) 162
2. Marc Timmons (IAST) 93
3. Eric Giddens (BAY) 89
4. Michael Jameson (TXAM) 88
5. Carl Ivey (KS) 75
6. Carl Nesmith (KS) 72
7. Jon McGraw (KSST) 71
8. Dakarai Pearson (TX) 70
9. Torrance Marshall (OK) 65
10. Troy Watchorn (NE) 64