- Winning teams are highlighted in bold.
- Teams with green scores (winners) returned in the next round, while those with red scores (losers) were eliminated.
- Teams with orange scores have lost, but survived as the first round losers with the highest losing scores.
- A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.
Team 1 |
Score |
Team 2 |
Broadcast date
|
University of Hull
|
225
|
205
|
University of Edinburgh
|
4 September 2000
|
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
|
180
|
215
|
University of Sheffield
|
11 September 2000
|
University of Birmingham
|
115
|
325
|
University of Durham
|
18 September 2000
|
Magdalene College, Cambridge
|
85
|
335
|
University College, Oxford
|
19 September 2000
|
University College London
|
265
|
150
|
New College, Oxford
|
25 September 2000
|
Sheffield Hallam University
|
265
|
170
|
University of Bristol
|
26 September 2000
|
University of Southampton
|
120
|
240
|
Newnham College, Cambridge
|
2 October 2000
|
University of Aberdeen
|
145
|
210
|
University of York
|
9 October 2000
|
St John's College, Oxford
|
195
|
255
|
Birkbeck College, London
|
16 October 2000
|
University of Manchester
|
240
|
125
|
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
|
23 October 2000
|
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
|
110
|
315
|
Balliol College, Oxford
|
30 October 2000
|
Queens' College, Cambridge
|
170
|
145
|
University of Wales College of Medicine
|
6 November 2000
|
Cranfield University
|
80
|
255
|
Imperial College London
|
13 November 2000
|
University of Warwick
|
200
|
150
|
Peterhouse, Cambridge
|
20 November 2000
|
Highest Scoring Losers Playoffs
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An error in the scoring led to University College Oxford going through to the quarterfinals instead of Birkbeck College – University College was not penalised for an incorrect interruption.
- The trophy and title were awarded to the Imperial team of Siegfried Hodgson, John Douglas, Gavin Estcourt, and Alexander Campbell.
- The trophy was presented by the then-Poet Laureate Andrew Motion.