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American college football season
The 2000 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. This was the first year for head coach Bobby Williams, who took over the program after previous head coach Nick Saban had left to take the head coaching position at Louisiana State University.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 9 | 12:00 p.m. | Marshall* | No. 24 | | ESPN | W 34–24 | 72,983 |
September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Missouri* | No. 22 | | FSN | W 13–10 | 55,289 |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 16 Notre Dame* | No. 23 | | ABC | W 27–21 | 74,714 |
September 30 | 12:00 p.m. | Northwestern | No. 18 | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| ESPN+ | L 17–37 | 73,128 |
October 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at Iowa | | | ESPN+ | L 16–21 | 63,290 |
October 14 | 12:00 p.m. | Wisconsin![dagger](//up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| ESPN+ | L 10–17 | 74,863 |
October 21 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 16 Michigan | | | ABC | L 0–14 | 111,514 |
October 28 | 12:00 p.m. | Illinois | | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| ESPN | W 14–10 | 73,826 |
November 4 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Ohio State | | | ESPN | L 13–27 | 98,406 |
November 11 | 1:05 p.m. | No. 9 Purdue | | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| ABC | W 30–10 | 74,624 |
November 18 | 12:00 p.m. | at Penn State | | | ESPN+ | L 23–42 | 96,070 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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2000 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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AP | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches Poll | 22 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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The following players were selected in the 2001 NFL draft.
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Venues | |
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Bowls & rivalries | |
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Culture & lore | |
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People | |
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Seasons | |
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National championship seasons in bold |