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American college football season
The 2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his fourth season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 5–6 and failed to make a bowl game.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 2:30 pm | Middle Tennessee* | No. 21 | | | W 35–6 | 35,032 |
September 9 | 9:00 pm | at San Diego State* | No. 21 | | ESPN2 | W 49–13 | 26,779 |
September 16 | 11:00 am | California* | No. 19 | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| ESPN | W 17–15 | 50,181 |
September 23 | 6:30 pm | No. 10 Michigan | No. 17 | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL (rivalry)
| ESPN | L 31–35 | 72,524 |
September 30 | 11:00 am | at Minnesota | No. 22 | | ESPN | L 10–44 | 44,462 |
October 14 | 1:00 pm | Iowa | | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| | W 31–0 | 62,639 |
October 21 | 11:00 am | at Penn State | | | ESPN2 | L 25–39 | 96,475 |
October 28 | 11:00 am | at Michigan State | | | ESPN | L 10–14 | 73,826 |
November 4 | 11:00 am | Indiana | | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL (rivalry)
| ESPN+ | W 42–35 | 54,283 |
November 11 | 3:00 pm | No. 13 Ohio State | | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| ESPN | L 21–24 | 61,207 |
November 18 | 11:00 am | at No. 23 Northwestern | | | ESPN2 | L 23–61 | 40,658 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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2000 Illinois Fighting Illini 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 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches Poll | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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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 |