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{{Short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox NCAA Division I FBS season
| year = 2006
| image =
| image_caption =
| number_of_teams = 119
| preseason_ap = [[2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]]
| regular_season = August 31 – December 2
| number_of_bowls = 32
| bowl_start = December 19, 2006
| bowl_end = <br>January 8, 2007
| championship_system = [[Bowl Championship Series]]
| championship_bowl = [[2007 BCS National Championship Game|2007 BCS Championship Game]]
| championship_location = [[University of Phoenix Stadium]],<br>[[Glendale, Arizona]]
| champions = [[2006 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
| heisman = [[Troy Smith]] ([[quarterback]], [[2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]])
}}


The '''2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season''' was the highest level of [[college football]] competition in the United States organized by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA).
The '''[[2006]] [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I|Division I-A]] [[college football|football]] season''', or the [[American football|American college football]] season, began on [[August 31]], [[2006]] and will conclude with the [[Bowl Championship Series]] (BCS) [[BCS National Championship Game|National Championship Game]] on [[January 8]], [[2007]] in [[Glendale, Arizona]], [[USA]] (not counting post-season [[all-star game]]s that follow).<ref>{{cite web | title=2006-07 Bowl Schedule | accessdate=2006-07-06 | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2473969 | format=HTML | publisher=ESPN.com | language=English }}</ref>


The regular season began on August 31, 2006 and ended on December 2, 2006. The postseason concluded on January 8, 2007 with the [[2007 BCS National Championship Game|BCS National Championship Game]] in [[Glendale, Arizona]], where the No. 2 [[2006 Florida Gators football team|Florida Gators]] defeated the No. 1 [[2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State Buckeyes]] by a score of 41–14 to win the national title.<ref>{{cite web | title=2006–07 Bowl Schedule | access-date=July 6, 2006 | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2473969 |publisher=ESPN}}</ref>
==Preseason rankings==
Many publications release their predictions of the number one team prior to the beginning of the season. Following is a list of some publications' #1 pick.<br />
'''Athlon''': [[Oklahoma Sooners|Oklahoma]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Preseason Top 25 | accessdate=2006-07-05 | url=http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/8701/preseason-top-25 | format=HTML | publisher=Athlon Sports, Inc | language=English }}</ref><br />
'''CBS Sportsline''': [[Ohio State Buckeyes|Ohio State]]{{fact}}<br />
'''Gold Sheet''': Oklahoma<ref>{{cite web | title=THE GOLD SHEET PRESEASON TOP 25! | accessdate=2006-07-05 | url=http://www.goldsheet.com/articles/AnnualExcerpts.php | format=HTML | publisher=The Gold Sheet | language=English | author=Marshall, Bruce }}</ref><br />
'''Lindy''': [[University of Notre Dame#Athletics|Notre Dame]]<ref>{{ cite web | title=Lindy's Power Rankings | accessdate=2006-07-06 | url=http://www.lindyssports.com/main.php | format=HTML | publisher=Lindy's Sports | language=English }}</ref><br />
'''Phil Steele''': Oklahoma<ref>{{cite web | title= Ten Minutes with Phil Steele | accessdate=2006-07-10 | url=http://mb22.scout.com/fouinsiderfrm1.showMessage?topicID=129802.topic | format=HTML | publisher=Scout, Inc | language=English }}</ref><br />
'''[[The Sporting News|Sporting News]]''': Notre Dame<ref>{{cite web | title=Notre Dame will be the national champion | accessdate=2006-07-21 | url=http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=106564 | format=HTML | publisher=SportingNews.com | language=English }}</ref><br />
'''Associated Press''': Ohio State<ref>{{cite web | title=ESPN.com - NCF - 2006 College Football Rankings - Week 1 | accessdate=2006-08-22 | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex | format=HTML | publisher=espn.com | language=English }}</ref><br />
'''[[USA TODAY]]''': Ohio State.
{{see also|2006 NCAA Division I-A football rankings#Preseason polls}}


The [[2006 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State Broncos]] were the year's only undefeated team in both levels of Division I football after defeating [[2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]] in the [[2007 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta Bowl]].
==Rules changes for 2006==
There are several rules that have changed for the 2006 season:<ref>{{cite web | publisher=NCAA | url=http://www1.ncaa.org/eprise/main/playingrules/football/2005/6-9-2006RulesChanges..pdf | title=2006 Rules Changes | format=PDF | language=English | accessdate=2006-09-25 }}</ref> Following are some highlights:


==Rules changes==
* Players may only wear clear eyeshields ''(previously both tinted and orange were also allowed)''.
The NCAA instituted the following rule changes for the 2006 season.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=NCAA |url=http://www1.ncaa.org/eprise/main/playingrules/football/2005/6-9-2006RulesChanges..pdf |title=2006 Rules Changes |format=PDF |access-date=September 25, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901023237/http://www1.ncaa.org/eprise/main/playingrules/football/2005/6-9-2006RulesChanges..pdf |archive-date=September 1, 2006 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* The kicking tee has been lowered from two inches tall to only one inch.
* Halftime lasts twenty minutes ''(previously only 15 minutes)''.
* On a kickoff, the game clock starts when the ball is kicked rather than when the receiving team touches it.
** This rule change has resulted in controversy, highlighted by the matchup between [[Wisconsin Badgers|Wisconsin]] and [[Penn State Nittany Lions|Penn State]] on November 4, 2006, in which Wisconsin deliberately went off-sides on two consecutive kickoffs to run extra time off the clock at the close of the first half.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=USA Today | url=http://usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-11-06-clock-loophole_x.htm?imw=Y | title=Wisconsin finds loophole in speed-up rule | format=HTML | language=English | accessdate=2006-11-10}}</ref>
* The referee may no longer stop the game due to excessive crowd noise.
* When a live-ball penalty such as an illegal formation occurs on a kick, the receiving team may choose either to add the penalty yardage to the end of the return or require the kick to be attempted again with the spot moved back ''(previously, only the latter option was available)''.
* If a team scores at the end of the game, they will not kick the extra point unless it would affect the outcome of the game.
* [[Instant replay]] is now officially sanctioned and standardized. All plays are reviewed by the replay officials as the play occurs. They may call down to the on-field officials to stop play if they need extra time to make a review. Each coach may also make one challenge per game, as in the [[National Football League|NFL]]. In the case of a coach's challenge, the coach must have at least one [[time-out]] remaining. If the challenge is upheld the coach gets the time-out back but the challenge is spent. If the challenge is rejected, both the challenge and the time-out are spent.


*The NCAA ruled that teams could schedule twelve regular-season games (up from eleven) beginning in the 2006 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/ncaa_football_season_expands_to_12_games/ |title=College football season expands to 12 games |last=Joyner |first=James |publisher=Outside The Beltway |date=2005-04-12 |access-date=2016-12-11}}</ref> (NCAA teams in Alaska and Hawaii, and their home opponents, are allowed to schedule an extra game over and above this limit.)
==Bowl Championship Series==
*[[Instant replay]] is now officially sanctioned and standardized. All plays are reviewed by the replay officials as the play occurs. They may call down to the on-field officials to stop play if they need extra time to make a review. Each coach may also make one challenge per game. In the case of a coach's challenge, the coach must have at least one [[Time-out (sport)|time-out]] remaining. If the challenge is upheld the coach gets the time-out back but the challenge is spent. If the challenge is rejected, both the challenge and the time-out are spent.
*Players may only wear clear eyeshields. Previously, both tinted and orange were also allowed.
*The kicking tee has been lowered from two inches tall to only one inch.
*Halftime lasts twenty minutes. Previously, it was only fifteen minutes, except for special ceremonies (i.e. homecoming).
*On a kickoff, the game clock starts when the ball is kicked rather than when the receiving team touches it.
** This rule change has resulted in controversy, highlighted by the matchup between [[2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]] and [[2006 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State]] on November 4, 2006, in which Wisconsin deliberately went off-sides on two consecutive kickoffs to run extra time off the clock at the close of the first half.<ref>{{cite news |work=USA Today | url=http://usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-11-06-clock-loophole_x.htm?imw=Y | title=Wisconsin finds loophole in speed-up rule | access-date=November 10, 2006 | first=Jack | last=Carey | date=November 7, 2006}}</ref>
* On a change of possession, the clock starts when the referee marks the ball ready for play, instead of on the snap. This was the rule in the [[National Football League]] prior to 1973, and in high school football prior to 1996.
*The referee may no longer stop the game due to excessive crowd noise.
*When a live-ball penalty such as an illegal formation occurs on a kick, the receiving team may choose either to add the penalty yardage to the end of the return or require the kick to be attempted again with the spot moved back. Previously, only the latter option was available.
*If a team scores at the end of the game, they will not kick the extra point unless it would affect the outcome of the game.


==Regular season top 10 matchups==
For the ninth year, the [[Bowl Championship Series]] will select the number one and two teams to play in the championship game on January 8th. This year marks a change for the BCS, as the added National Championship Game begins as a separate entity from the bowls. It will rotate between the four sites, just like the old format of the National Championship. Also, for all games except the Rose Bowl Game (which has its own television contract with [[ESPN on ABC|ABC]]), the BCS will now be telecast on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], after spending the first eight years on ABC.
Rankings reflect the [[AP Poll]]. Rankings for Week 8 and beyond will list [[2006 NCAA Division I-A football rankings|BCS Rankings]] first and [[AP Poll]] second. Teams that failed to be a top 10 team for one poll or the other will be noted.
*Week 2
**No. 1 [[2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]] defeated No. 2 [[2006 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]], 24–7 ([[Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium]], [[Austin, Texas]])
*Week 3
**No. 3 [[2006 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]] defeated No. 6 [[2006 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]], 7–3 ([[Jordan-Hare Stadium]], [[Auburn, Alabama]])
*Week 6
**No. 5 [[2006 Florida Gators football team|Florida]] defeated No. 9 LSU, 23–10 ([[Ben Hill Griffin Stadium]], [[Gainesville, Florida]])
*Week 10
**No. 5/5 [[2006 Louisville Cardinals football team|Louisville]] defeated No. 3/3 [[2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]], 44–34 ([[Papa John's Cardinal Stadium]], [[Louisville, Kentucky]])
*Week 12
**No. 1/1 Ohio State defeated No. 2/2 [[2006 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]], 42–39 ([[Ohio Stadium]], [[Columbus, Ohio]])
*Week 13
**No. 3/3 [[2006 USC Trojans football team|USC]] defeated No. 5/6 [[2006 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]], 44–24 ([[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]], [[Los Angeles, California]])
**No. 10/9 LSU defeated No. 6/5 [[2006 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas]], 31–26 ([[War Memorial Stadium (Arkansas)|War Memorial Stadium]], [[Little Rock, Arkansas]])
*Week 14
**No. 4/4 Florida defeated No. 9/8 Arkansas, 38–28 ([[2006 SEC Championship Game]], [[Georgia Dome]], [[Atlanta, Georgia]])


==Conference standings==
''A full bowl schedule can be found under [[NCAA football bowl games, 2006-07]].''
{| cellpadding="5"
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 Big 12 Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 Big East Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 Conference USA football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 Mid-American Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 Mountain West Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 Pacific-10 Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 Southeastern Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 Sun Belt Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 Western Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{2006 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records}}
|}

==Conference champions==


=== Conference championship games ===
== Key matchups ==
Rankings reflect the Week 14 AP Poll before the games were played.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Conference
! Date !! Visitor !! Home !! Source !! Significance !! Score<sup>*</sup>
!Champion
!Runner-Up
!Score
!Site
|-
|-
|[[2007 ACC Championship Game|ACC]]
| [[August 31]] || '''[[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]]''' || [[Miami University|Miami (Ohio)]] || Feldman<ref name="Feldman">{{cite web | url=http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=feldman_bruce#20060726 | title=September's intriguing matchups | publisher=ESPN | date=2006-07-26 | accessdate=2006-08-03 | format=HTML | language=English}}</ref> || This matchup was more significant sentimentally than competitively. This was Northwestern's first game after the unexpected death of head coach [[Randy Walker (football coach)|Randy Walker]], who was also the winningest head coach in Miami history. || 21-3
|No. 16 '''[[2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|Wake Forest]]'''
|No. 23 [[2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
|9–6
|[[Alltel Stadium]]
[[Jacksonville, Florida]]
|-
|-
|[[2006 Big 12 Championship Game|Big 12]]
| [[September 2]] || [[California Golden Bears|California]] || '''[[Tennessee Volunteers|Tennessee]]''' || Feldman<ref name="Feldman" /> || After a shocking 5-6 season last year, Volunteers coach [[Phillip Fulmer]] sought to assure the Knoxville faithful that it was only an aberration. Cal sought to validate its highest preseason ranking in a half-century. Tennessee wins easily. || 18-35
|No. 8 '''[[2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]]'''
|No. 19 [[2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]
|21–7
|[[Arrowhead Stadium]]
[[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|-
|-
|[[2006 Conference USA Football Championship Game|Conference USA]]
| [[September 9]] || '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]''' || [[Texas Longhorn Athletics|Texas]] || Feldman<ref name="Feldman" /> TSN<ref name="TSN1">{{cite web | url=http://www.sportingnews.com/cfootball/ |title=Key Dates | publisher=''The Sporting News'' | accessdate=2006-09-08}}</ref> || Ohio State and Texas were ranked #1 and #2 respectively in several polls entering this game. Ohio State goes into Texas and wins with ease, ending the 21-game winning streak the Longhorns had entering the game. || 24-7
|'''[[2006 Houston Cougars football team|Houston]]'''
|[[2006 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team|Southern Miss]]
|34–20
|[[Robertson Stadium]]
[[Houston]]
|-
|-
|[[2006 MAC Championship Game|MAC]]
| [[September 9]] || [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]] || '''[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]''' || Feldman<ref name="Feldman" /> || Coming in to the game, Notre Dame was ranked in the top 5 in several polls with several votes for first place and Penn State was ranked in the top 20. What was expected to be one of the season's toughest tests for Notre Dame turned into an easy win for the Irish. || 17-41
|'''[[2006 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|Central Michigan]]'''
|[[2006 Ohio Bobcats football team|Ohio]]
|31–10
|[[Ford Field]]
[[Detroit]]
|-
|-
|[[2006 SEC Championship Game|SEC]]
| [[September 16]] || [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami (FL)]] || '''[[Louisville Cardinals|Louisville]]''' || Feldman<ref name="Feldman" /> || This was the first real test for Louisville since the season-ending injury to [[Michael Bush]] in their [[Governor's Cup (Battle for the Bluegrass)|opener]] against [[Kentucky Wildcats|Kentucky]]. The Cardinals got the signature win that coach [[Bobby Petrino]] was looking for, but it could have been a [[Pyrrhic victory]]—they lost another [[Heisman Trophy|Heisman]] hopeful, quarterback [[Brian Brohm]], to a dislocated thumb on his throwing hand. He would return four weeks later against [[University of Cincinnati|Cincinnati]] with the Cardinals still unbeaten. || 31-7
|No. 4 '''[[2006 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]'''
|No. 8 [[2006 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas]]
|38–28
|[[Georgia Dome]]
[[Atlanta]]
|}

=== Other conference champions ===
Rankings are from the Week 15 AP Poll.
{| class="wikitable"
!Conference
!Winner(s)
|-
|-
|[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
| [[September 16]] || [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] || '''[[USC Trojans football|Southern California]]''' || Feldman<ref name="Feldman" /> || #19 Nebraska visited #4 Southern Cal with a chance for Nebraska to prove it has returned, and for the Trojans to show that it could win without [[Reggie Bush]] and [[Matt Leinart]]. The Men of Troy limit the Huskers to 68 yards on the ground and 211 total yards, and win comfortably. || 10-28
|No. 6 '''[[2006 Louisville Cardinals football team|Louisville]]'''
|-
|-
|[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
| [[September 16]] || [[Texas Tech Red Raiders|Texas Tech]] || '''[[Texas Christian University|TCU]]''' || Feldman<ref name="Feldman" /> || #24 Texas Tech vs. #20 TCU: The Battle for Texas - 2 of the 3 best teams in Texas play. The Horned Frogs defense keeps Tech's normally explosive offense out of the end zone for only the second time in Mike Leach's seven years as head coach in Lubbock. The Frogs extend their winning streak, the longest in Division I-A, to 13 games, and put themselves in pole position to be this season's "BCS buster". || 3-12
|No. 1 '''[[2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]]'''
|-
|-
|[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
| [[September 16]] || [[Oklahoma Sooners|Oklahoma]] || '''[[Oregon Ducks|Oregon]]''' || Feldman<ref name="Feldman" /> || After #18 Oregon ties the game at 20 early in the fourth quarter, #15 Oklahoma takes a 33-20 lead into the final two minutes. In a wild finish, the Ducks score a touchdown with 1:12 remaining, recover an onside kick, score a second touchdown, take the lead on the ensuing conversion, and block a Sooners field goal attempt on the game's final play to secure a stunning win at home. || 33-34
|[[2006 BYU Cougars football team|No. 19 '''BYU''']]
|-
|-
|[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
| [[September 16]] || [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]] || '''[[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]''' || TSN<ref name="TSN1" /> || #6 LSU vs. #3 Auburn: In a game that could decide the [[Southeastern Conference|SEC West]], the defenses dominate in the lowest-scoring game [[Jordan-Hare Stadium|at Auburn]] since 1973. Auburn holds on thanks to a saving tackle near the goal line on the game's final play. LSU had the ball five times in Auburn territory in the second half and failed to score.|| 3-7
|No. 20 '''[[2006 California Golden Bears football team|California]]''', No. 8 '''[[2006 USC Trojans football team|USC]]'''*
|-
|-
|[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
| [[September 16]] || '''[[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]]''' || Notre Dame || Feldman<ref name="Feldman" /> TSN<ref name="TSN1" /> || In this traditional contest between the two teams as the Wolverines entered #11 and Notre Dame #2, the Irish had another chance to prove they deserve the #1 spot. However, the contest was likely the end of Notre Dame's national championship dreams, with the Irish giving up more points [[Notre Dame Stadium|at home]] than they have since 1960. || 47-21
|'''[[2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|Middle Tennessee]]''', '''[[2006 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]]'''
|-
|-
|[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
| [[September 16]] || [[Iowa State Cyclones|Iowa State]] || '''[[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]]''' || Feldman<ref name="Feldman" /> || #16 Iowa defeats Iowa State in the [[Cy-Hawk Trophy|battle of Iowa]]. || 17-27
|No. 9 '''[[2006 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State]]'''
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Received conference's automatic BCS bowl bid.

==BCS rankings progress==
{{main article|2006 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings}}
Ohio State was ranked No. 1 in all of the BCS-component polls (AP, Coaches', ''USA Today'') in the preseason and the 14 polls taken in the regular season. When the BCS rankings began on October 15, Ohio State was No. 1 on all 8 rankings released during the season.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!WEEK
| [[September 23]] || '''Notre Dame''' || [[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]] || Feldman<ref>{{cite web | url=http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=2594492&searchName=feldman_bruce&campaign=rsssrch&source=feldman_bruce | title=Top story lines for this weekend | publisher=ESPN.com | accessdate=2006-09-22 | date=2006-09-19 | formate=HTML}}</ref> || Forty years after an infamous 10-10 tie between the two schools, the Irish and Spartans produce another game for the ages. The Spartans take a 37-21 lead into the fourth quarter, but the Irish pull off a furious fourth-quarter comeback to keep their BCS bowl hopes alive. [[Brady Quinn]] passes for five TDs, with two each to [[Rhema McKnight]] and [[Jeff Samardzija]]. || 40-37
!No. 1
!No. 2
!EVENT
|-
|-
|OCT 15
| [[October 21]] || [[2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]] || [[2006 Clemson Tigers Football|'''Clemson''']] || AP<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=108011 | title=Tigers bringing big game atmosphere back to Death Valley | publisher=AccessNorthGa.com | accessdate=2006-10-19 | date = 2006-10-19 | format=HTML}}</ref> || With a surprisingly easy win, Clemson put itself in pole position for a trip to Jacksonville and the ACC Championship Game in December—but the Tigers' next game, a 24-7 loss to [[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]], left them needing considerable help to make the ACC title game. || 7-31
|[[2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]]
|[[2006 USC Trojans football team|USC]]
|[[2006 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]] 33, USC 31
|-
|-
|OCT 22
| [[October 28]] || '''Florida''' || [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]] || TSN<ref name="TSN1" /> || In a key SEC East game known as [[The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party]], the Gators kept their hopes of a BCS trip alive with a hard-fought win. || 14-21
|Ohio State
||[[2006 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]]
|Ohio St 44, [[2006 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]] 0
|-
|-
|OCT 29
| [[November 2]] || [[West Virginia Mountaineers|West Virginia]] || '''Louisville''' || Feldman<ref name="Feldman2">{{cite web | url=http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=feldman_bruce#20061018 | title=Most intriguing games remaining || date=2006-10-18 || accessdate=2006-10-20 || publisher=ESPN.com || language=English || format=HTML}}</ref> || Louisville wins the battle of [[Big East Conference|Big East]] unbeatens. The two teams combine for over 1,000 yards of offense, but the difference is in turnovers: three for West Virginia, one of which was returned for a TD, to one for Louisville. The Cardinals now have the inside track to the Big East crown and a good chance to make the BCS Championship Game if they finish unbeaten. || 34-44
|Ohio State
|Michigan
|Ohio St 17, [[2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]] 10
|-
|-
|NOV 5
| [[November 4]] || '''LSU''' || Tennessee || Feldman<ref name="Feldman2" /> || A last-second TD by LSU not only wins the game, but ends Tennessee's national title hopes, and combined with Florida's win over Vanderbilt on the same day, puts the Gators in the SEC title game. || 28-24
|Ohio State
|Michigan
|Ohio St 54, [[2006 Northwestern Wildcats football team|Northwestern]] 10
|-
|-
|NOV 12
| [[November 9]] || Louisville || '''[[Rutgers University|Rutgers]]''' || Forde<ref name="Forde">{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2644402 | title=The Dash breaks out the Adriana rating system | date=2006-11-01 | accessdate=2006-11-03 | publisher=ESPN.com | author=Forde, Pat}}</ref> || In the second battle between Big East unbeatens in two weeks, Louisville's dreams of a spot in the BCS Championship Game go down the drain after a second half in which they gain a total of 53 yards. Rutgers, which played in the first college football game in [[1869]], wins on a 28-yard field goal by Jeremy Ito with 13 seconds left. || 25-28
|Ohio State
|-
|Michigan
| [[November 11]] || '''Georgia''' || Auburn || TSN<ref name="TSN1" /> || In the 110th installment of the [[Deep South's Oldest Rivalry]], the Bulldogs bounce back emphatically from last week's stunning loss to [[Kentucky Wildcats|Kentucky]]. Three interceptions by Tra Battle, one of them returned for a TD, and big plays by the offense not only sink Auburn's national title hopes, but leave the Tigers' hopes of reaching the SEC title game hanging by the slimmest of threads. || 37-15
|Ohio St 42, Michigan 39
|-
|-
|NOV 19
| [[November 11]] || South Carolina || '''Florida''' || Feldman<ref name="Feldman2" /> || In the return of [[Steve Spurrier]] to the sidelines of [[Ben Hill Griffin Stadium|"The Swamp"]] as a visitor, Florida gained revenge for the upset from last season knocking them from their number 12 ranking, the first South Carolina victory over Florida in decades—but only after blocking a last-second Gamecocks field goal attempt that would have won the game. || 16-17
|Ohio State
|Michigan
|Ohio St 42, Michigan 39
|-
|-
|NOV 26
| [[November 11]] || Tennessee || '''[[Arkansas Razorbacks|Arkansas]]''' || Forde<ref name="Forde" /> || Led by 181 yards rushing, two TDs on the ground, and a TD pass by [[Darren McFadden]], the Hogs take a huge step toward a spot in the SEC title game. || 14-31
|Ohio State
|USC
|[[2006 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]] 13, USC 9
|-
|-
|DEC 3
| [[November 11]] || Oregon || '''Southern California''' || Feldman<ref name="Feldman2" /> || Thanks to a string of upsets in the BCS top 10 this week, the Men of Troy, who had seemingly been all but knocked out of the national championship race by [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]] on October 28, reenter the title race with an easy win. || 10-35
|Ohio State
|[[2006 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
|Florida 38, [[2006 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas]] 28
|}

==Bowl games==
{{main article|2006–07 NCAA football bowl games}}Winners are listed in '''boldface'''.

===Bowl Championship Series===
The [[Bowl Championship Series]] selected the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams to play for the national championship on January 8. The 2006 season marked a change for the BCS system, as the [[BCS National Championship Game]] became a standalone bowl game for the first time, to be played at the site of one of the four BCS bowls (the Fiesta, Orange, Sugar, and Rose Bowls) on a rotating basis. Under the previous format used from 1998 to 2006, the BCS National Championship coincided with one of the BCS bowls. The 2007 BCS Championship Game was played in Glendale, Arizona, the week after the Fiesta Bowl had been played there.

Rankings are from the Week 15 AP Poll.
{| class="wikitable"
! Bowl game !! Date !! Playing as visitor !! Playing as home !! Score
|-
|-
|[[2007 BCS National Championship Game|BCS National Championship Game]] || January 8 || '''No. 2 [[2006 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]''' || No. 1 [[2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]] ||'''41''' – 14
| [[November 18]] || Michigan || '''Ohio State''' || TSN<ref name="TSN1" /><br />Feldman<ref name="Feldman2" /><br />Mell<ref name="Mell">{{cite web | url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/hurricanes/sfl-spmellfbtop27oct27,0,5994129.column?coll=orl-sports-headlines-hurricane| title=Huge matchups in college football|| date=2006-10-27 || accessdate=2006-10-27 || publisher=Orlando Sentinel || language=English || format=HTML}}</ref> || For the second time this year, the Buckeyes were playing in a #1 vs. #2 matchup. The Buckeyes not only won the Big Ten championship, but will be virtually assured of the #1 BCS ranking and be invited to the National Championship Game. The Wolverines, because the game was close, could also be invited to a rematch for the BCS Championship; otherwise they are likely to play in the Rose Bowl. The death of [[Bo Schembechler]] the day before the game added a sober note to the rivalry game. The game resulted in [[Jim Tressel]]'s fifth win in six games against [[Lloyd Carr]]'s Michigan teams. || 39-42
|-
|-
|[[2007 Sugar Bowl|Sugar Bowl]] || January 3 || No. 11 [[2006 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]] || '''No. 4 [[2006 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]]''' || 14 – '''41'''
| [[November 18]] || California || '''Southern California''' || Feldman<ref name="Feldman2" /><br />Mell<ref name="Mell" /> || Before Oregon State's upset of the Trojans, California was the only Pac-10 team to beat Southern Cal in the past three seasons. After [[Arizona Wildcats|Arizona's]] upset of the Golden Bears on November 11, the dynamics changed. The Men of Troy overcame a early 9-6 defecit and ran away in the second half.|| 9-23
|-
|-
|[[2007 Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]] || January 2 || '''No. 5 [[2006 Louisville Cardinals football team|Louisville]]''' || No. 15 [[2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|Wake Forest]] ||'''24''' – 13
| [[November 18]] || '''Auburn''' || Alabama || Feldman<ref name="Feldman2" /> || Auburn has won now won five straight [[Iron Bowl]] games, remaining unbeaten [[Bryant-Denny Stadium|in Tucsaloosa]] through the series' history. || 22-15
|-
|-
|[[2007 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta Bowl]] || January 1 || '''No. 9 [[2006 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State]]''' || No. 7 [[2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]] || '''43''' – 42 (OT)
| [[November 23]] || [[Boston College Eagles|Boston College]] || '''Miami (FL)''' || || The first of two games this weekend that determines [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Georgia Tech's]] opponent in the ACC championship game on December 2. The 'Canes became bowl eligible in the upset, and makes [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]] fans happy at R.J. Bentley's (had it been open since it was [[Thanksgiving]] in the USA), meaning a win against [[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]] will clinch the Atlantic Division on November 25th.|| 14-17
|-
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|[[2007 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]] || January 1 || '''No. 8 [[2006 USC Trojans football team|Southern California]]''' || No. 3 [[2006 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]] || '''32''' – 18
| [[November 24]] || '''Texas A&M''' || Texas || Feldman<ref name="Feldman2" /> || After Texas' hopes of defending their national title ended in a loss at [[Kansas State Wildcats|Kansas State]] on November 11, this game was for bragging rights in the state rivalry. The Longhorns, who entered at number 11 in the AP poll, were stunned by the Aggies [[Darryl Royal-Memorial Stadium|at home]]. || 12-7
|}

===January bowl games===
{| class="wikitable"
! Bowl game !! Day !! Playing as visitor !! Playing as home !! Score
|-
|-
|[[2007 GMAC Bowl|GMAC Bowl]] || 7th || [[2006 Ohio Bobcats football team|Ohio]] || '''[[2006 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team|Southern Mississippi]]''' || 7 – '''28'''
| [[November 25]] || Notre Dame || Southern California || TSN<ref name="TSN1" /><br />Feldman<ref name="Feldman2" /><br />Mell<ref name="Mell" /> || After the way the Men of Troy won the game against Notre Dame last year, and with both teams coming in with one loss, this game is likely to be hard-fought, with BCS bowl implications riding on the result. ||
|-
|-
|[[2007 International Bowl|International Bowl]] || 6th || [[2006 Western Michigan Broncos football team|Western Michigan]] || '''[[2006 Cincinnati Bearcats football team|Cincinnati]]''' || 24 – '''27'''
| [[November 25]] || Florida || Florida State || Feldman<ref name="Feldman2" /> || Florida beat FSU 34-7 last year giving them their first 3-game losing streak in 22 years. A chance for FSU, who played better sans turnovers, to redeem themselves and spoil the Gators national championship game dreams as well. ||
|-
|-
|[[2007 Cotton Bowl|Cotton Bowl]] || 1st || '''No. 10 [[2006 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]]''' || No. 22 [[2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] || '''17''' – 14
| [[November 25]] || [[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]] || [[University of Nevada, Reno|Nevada]] || Forde<ref name="Forde" /> || For Boise State, this game will be for a 12-0 season and a possible place in a BCS game. The Oregon State upset over Southern California also boosted the Broncos' BCS hopes, as they defeated Oregon State 42-14. ||
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|[[2007 Capital One Bowl|Capital One Bowl]] || 1st || No. 12 [[2006 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas]] || '''No. 6 [[2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]''' || 14 – '''17'''
| [[November 25]] || Wake Forest || Maryland || || The second game this weekend that will decide the final spot in the ACC championship game. The winner of this game, thanks to BC's loss at Miami (FL), will face [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] next week (December 2) [[Alltel Stadium|in Jacksonville]] for the ACC's BCS spot and a ticket to the [[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]]. ||
|-
|-
|[[2007 Gator Bowl|Gator Bowl]] || 1st || [[2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]] || '''No. 13 [[2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]]''' || 35 – '''38'''
| [[November 25]] || Oklahoma || [[Oklahoma State Cowboys|Oklahoma State]] || || The other piece of the Big 12 South puzzle will be filled in this state rivalry. A Sooner win puts them in the conference's title game on December 2 against Nebraska. ||
|-
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|[[2007 Outback Bowl|Outback Bowl]] || 1st || No. 17 [[2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]] || '''[[2006 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State]]''' || 10 – '''20'''
| [[December 2]] || Southern California || [[UCLA Bruins|UCLA]] || Mell<ref name="Mell" /> || This crosstown rivalry no longer has any bearing on the Pac 10 crown, but may still have implications for Southern Cal's hopes of a spot in the BCS Championship Game if they defeat Notre Dame the week before. ||
|}

===December bowl games===
{| class="wikitable"
! Bowl game !! Day !! Playing as visitor !! Playing as home !! Score
|-
|-
|[[2006 MPC Computers Bowl|MPC Computers Bowl]] || 31st || '''[[2006 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]''' || [[2006 Nevada Wolf Pack football team|Nevada]] || '''21''' – 20
|[[December 2]]||Rutgers||West Virginia|| || This game is likely to decide the Big East champion, although the conference race was thrown into chaos by [[Cincinnati Bearcats|Cincinnati's]] upset of Rutgers on November 18. Rutgers, West Virginia, and Louisville all are still in contention for the conference crown.||
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|[[2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl|Chick-fil-A Bowl]] || 30th || '''[[2006 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]''' || No. 14 [[2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team|Virginia Tech]] || '''31''' – 24
|-
|[[2006 Alamo Bowl|Alamo Bowl]] || 30th || '''No. 18 [[2006 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]''' || [[2006 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]] || '''26''' – 24
|-
|[[2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl|Meineke Car Care Bowl]] || 30th || [[2006 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy]] || '''No. 23 [[2006 Boston College Eagles football team|Boston College]]''' || 24 – '''25'''
|-
|[[2006 Champs Sports Bowl|Champs Sports Bowl]] || 29th || [[2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]] || '''[[2006 Maryland Terrapins football team|Maryland]]''' || 7 – '''24'''
|-
|[[2006 Insight Bowl|Insight Bowl]] || 29th || '''[[2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]]''' || [[2006 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]] || '''44''' – 41
|-
|[[2006 Liberty Bowl|Liberty Bowl]] || 29th || [[2006 Houston Cougars football team|Houston]] || '''[[2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team|South Carolina]]''' || 36 – '''44'''
|-
|[[2006 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]] || 29th || '''No. 24 [[2006 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]]''' || [[2006 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]] || '''39''' – 38
|-
|[[2006 Music City Bowl|Music City Bowl]] || 29th || [[2006 Clemson Tigers football team|Clemson]] || '''[[2006 Kentucky Wildcats football team|Kentucky]]''' || 20 – '''28'''
|-
|[[2006 Holiday Bowl|Holiday Bowl]] || 28th || No. 21 [[2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]] || '''No. 20 [[2006 California Golden Bears football team|California]]''' || 10 – '''45'''
|-
|[[2006 Texas Bowl|Texas Bowl]] || 28th || '''No. 16 [[2006 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team|Rutgers]]''' || [[2006 Kansas State Wildcats football team|Kansas State]] || '''37''' – 10
|-
|[[2006 Independence Bowl|Independence Bowl]] || 28th || '''[[2006 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|Oklahoma State]]''' || [[2006 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] || '''34''' – 31
|-
|[[2006 Emerald Bowl|Emerald Bowl]] || 27th || '''[[2006 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]]''' || [[2006 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]] || '''44''' – 27
|-
|[[2006 Motor City Bowl|Motor City Bowl]] || 26th || [[2006 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|Middle Tennessee]] || '''[[2006 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|Central Michigan]]''' || 14 – '''31'''
|-
|[[2006 Hawaii Bowl|Hawaii Bowl]] || 24th || [[2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]] || '''[[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]]''' || 24 – '''41'''
|-
|[[2006 Armed Forces Bowl|Armed Forces Bowl]] || 23rd || [[2006 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team|Tulsa]] || '''[[2006 Utah Utes football team|Utah]]''' || 13 – '''25'''
|-
|[[2006 New Mexico Bowl|New Mexico Bowl]] || 23rd || [[2006 New Mexico Lobos football team|New Mexico]] || '''[[2006 San Jose State Spartans football team|San José State]]''' || 12 – '''20'''
|-
|[[2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl|PapaJohns.com Bowl]] || 23rd || '''[[2006 South Florida Bulls football team|South Florida]]''' || [[2006 East Carolina Pirates football team|East Carolina]] || '''24''' – 7
|-
|[[2006 New Orleans Bowl|New Orleans Bowl]] || 22nd || [[2006 Rice Owls football team|Rice]] || '''[[2006 Troy Trojans football team|Troy]]''' || 17 – '''41'''
|-
|[[2006 Las Vegas Bowl|Las Vegas Bowl]] || 21st || '''No. 19 [[2006 BYU Cougars football team|BYU]]''' || [[2006 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]] || '''38''' – 8
|-
|[[2006 Poinsettia Bowl|Poinsettia Bowl]] || 19th || [[2006 Northern Illinois Huskies football team|Northern Illinois]] || '''No. 25 [[2006 TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU]]''' || 7 – '''37'''
|}


===[[Bowl Challenge Cup]] standings===
| colspan=6 | <small>* The name of the winning team is in '''bold face'''.</small>
{| class="wikitable"
! Conference !! Wins !! Losses !! Pct.
|-
|'''[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]]''' || 5 || 0 || 1.000
|-
|[[Mountain West Conference]] || 3 || 1 || .750
|-
|[[Western Athletic Conference]] || 3 || 1 || .750
|-
|[[Southeastern Conference]] || 6 || 3 || .667
|-
|[[Atlantic Coast Conference]] || 4 || 4 || .500
|-
|[[Pacific-10 Conference]] || 3 || 3 || .500
|-
|[[Sun Belt Conference]] || 1 || 1 || .500
|-
|[[Big 12 Conference]] || 3 || 5 || .375
|-
|[[Big Ten Conference]] || 2 || 5 || .286
|-
|[[Mid-American Conference]] || 1 || 3 || .250
|-
|[[Conference USA]] || 1 || 4 || .200
|-
|Independents || 0 || 2 || .000
|-
|}
|}


== Awards and honors ==
==Conference championship games==
*[[MAC Championship Game|Mid-American Conference]] — November 30 at [[Ford Field]] in [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]
**[[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]] vs. [[Ohio Bobcats football|Ohio]]
*[[Conference USA Football Championship|Conference USA]] — December 1 at [[Robertson Stadium]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]<ref>Unlike other Division I-A conferences, C-USA holds its championship game at a campus site, specifically the home field of the team with the best overall conference record.</ref>
**C-USA East champion at [[University of Houston|Houston]]
***[[Southern Miss Golden Eagles|Southern Miss]] will clinch the East Division crown with a home win over Marshall on November 25.
*[[ACC Championship Game|ACC]] — December 2 at [[Alltel Stadium]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
**Georgia Tech vs. Maryland or Wake Forest
***With Boston College's loss to Miami (Florida), the winner of the Wake Forest-Maryland game faces the Yellow Jackets.
*[[Big 12 Championship Game|Big 12]] — December 2 at [[Arrowhead Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
**[[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] vs. Big 12 South champion (Texas or Oklahoma)
***If Texas defeats Texas A&M on November 24, they win the division crown. Otherwise, Oklahoma can claim the crown by defeating Oklahoma State the next day.
*[[SEC Championship Game|SEC]] — December 2 at the [[Georgia Dome]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]
**[[Florida Gators football|Florida]] vs. [[Arkansas Razorbacks|Arkansas]]


===Heisman Trophy voting===
=== Other conference champions ===
''The [[Heisman Trophy]] is given to the year's most outstanding player''
*[[Big East Conference|Big East]]: TBD.
** Louisville, Rutgers, and West Virginia are now tied with 4-1 conference records. West Virginia will host Rutgers on December 2.
** In the Big East, teams tied for the conference title are officially recognized as co-champions, and a tiebreaker is used to determine which team earns the conference's BCS berth. The procedure specifies that the tiebreaker for a two-way tie is the head-to-head result between the two teams. In the case of a three-way tie, if one team has beaten both of the other teams with which they are tied, they win. Otherwise, the team with the highest BCS ranking is selected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/bige/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/tiebreak.pdf | title=Conference championship & tiebreak procedures | publisher=[[Big East Conference]] | accessmonthday=[[November 21]] | accessyear=[[2006]]}}</ref><ref>http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/bige/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/tiebreak</ref>
*** Rutgers can secure the the Big East BCS bid by beating West Virginia and by either also beating Syracuse or with a Louisville loss to Pittsburgh or Connecticut. In the case of a two-way tie between Rutgers and Louisville, Rutgers would win the tie.
*** West Virginia, having lost to Louisville, must beat Rutgers and stay one game ahead of Louisville in the standings, either by beating South Florida or having Louisville lose to both Pittsburgh and Connecticut.
*** For Louisville to win, Rutgers must lose to either West Virginia or South Florida. Louisville would need to stay at least tied with West Virginia and ahead of Rutgers.
*** A three-way tie is possible with a Rutgers loss to West Virginia, a West Virginia loss to South Florida, and a Louisville loss to Pittsburgh or Connecticut. In such a case, the team with the highest ranking in the BCS poll would receive the BCS bid.
*[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]: Ohio State
*[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]: Brigham Young
*[[Pacific Ten Conference|Pac-10]]: Southern California
**The Trojans have clinched the Pac-10 BCS bid, though it is still possible for Cal to claim a share of the conference championship.
*[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]: TBD.
** Middle Tennessee is currently 6-0, while Troy is 4-1. If Troy wins its last two games, including a game at Middle Tennessee on November 25, they will win the conference championship via tiebreaker. If Middle Tennessee wins that game, or if Troy loses to Florida International on December 2, Middle Tennessee wins the conference outright. [http://www.sunbeltsports.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4100&ATCLID=693644 Link to game story at official conference website, which explains tiebreaker.]
*[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]: Boise State has clinched at least a share of the title.
**A Boise State win over Nevada on November 25 will secure the title outright. A loss means the Broncos would officially share the title with [[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawai{{okina}}i]], although the Broncos hold the tiebreaker, but it would mean a lesser payday if they fail to make the BCS.


{| class="wikitable"
==See also==
! Player !! School !! Position !! 1st !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Total
*[[2006 NCAA Division I-A football rankings]]
|-
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| '''[[Troy Smith]]''' || '''[[2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]]''' || '''QB''' || '''801''' || '''62''' || '''13''' || '''2,540'''
*[[2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team]]
|-
*[[2006 Auburn Tigers football team]]
| [[Darren McFadden]] || [[2006 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas]] || RB || 45 || 298 || 147 || 878
*[[2006 California Golden Bears football team]]
|-
*[[2006 Clemson Tigers Football]]
*[[2006 Colorado Buffaloes football team]]
| [[Brady Quinn]] || [[2006 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]] || QB || 13 || 276 || 191 || 782
|-
*[[2006 Florida Gators football team]]
*[[2006 Florida State Seminoles football team]]
| [[Steve Slaton]] || [[2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]] || RB || 6 || 51 || 94 || 214
|-
*[[2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team]]
| [[Mike Hart (American football)|Mike Hart]] || [[2006 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]] || RB || 5 || 58 || 79 || 210
*[[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team]]
|-
*[[2006 LSU Tigers football team]]
*[[2006 Miami Hurricanes football team]]
| [[Colt Brennan]] || [[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]] || QB || 6 || 44 || 96 || 202
|-
*[[2006 Miami RedHawks football team]]
*[[2006 Michigan Wolverines football team]]
| [[Ray Rice]] || [[2006 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team|Rutgers]] || RB || 1 || 16 || 44 || 79
|-
*[[2006 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team]]
| [[Ian Johnson (American football)|Ian Johnson]] || [[2006 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State]] || RB || 1 || 13 || 44 || 73
*[[2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team]]
|-
*[[2006 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team]]
*[[2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team]]
| [[Dwayne Jarrett]] || [[2006 USC Trojans football team|USC]] || WR || 1 || 11 || 22 || 47
|-
*[[2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team]]
*[[2006 Oregon State Beavers football team]]
| [[Calvin Johnson]] || [[2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]] || WR || 1 || 8 || 24 || 43
|}
*[[2006 Penn State Nittany Lions football team]]
*[[2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team]]
*[[2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team]]
*[[2006 Texas Longhorn football team]]
*[[2006 USC Trojans football team]]
*[[2006 Washington Huskies football team]]


===Other major award winners===
==Notes and references==
*[[Walter Camp Award]] (top player): Troy Smith, Ohio State<ref name="espnawards">{{cite web
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| title = College Football Awards
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*[[Maxwell Award]] (top player): Brady Quinn, Notre Dame<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Associated Press College Football Player of the Year Award]]: Troy Smith, Ohio State<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2702561 | title=Buckeyes' Smith named AP Player of the Year |publisher=ESPN | date=December 19, 2006 | access-date =December 31, 2006}}</ref>
*[[Bronko Nagurski Trophy]] (defensive player): [[James Laurinaitis]], Ohio State<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Chuck Bednarik Award]] (defensive player): [[Paul Posluszny]], Penn State<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Dave Rimington Trophy]] (center): [[Dan Mozes]], West Virginia<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Davey O'Brien Award]] (quarterback): Troy Smith, Ohio State<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Dick Butkus Award]] (linebacker): [[Patrick Willis]], Ole Miss<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Doak Walker Award]] (running back): Darren McFadden, Arkansas<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Draddy Trophy]] ("academic Heisman"): [[Brian Leonard]], Rutgers<ref>{{cite web | title=<!--Who's your Draddy? Rutgers RB wins scholar award-->Leonard wins Draddy Trophy as top scholar athlete | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2687846 |publisher=ESPN | date=December 5, 2006 | access-date =December 31, 2006}}</ref>
*[[Fred Biletnikoff Award]] (wide receiver): [[Calvin Johnson (American football)|Calvin Johnson]], Georgia Tech<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Jim Thorpe Award]] (defensive back): [[Aaron Ross (American football)|Aaron Ross]], Texas<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[John Mackey Award]] (tight end): [[Matt Spaeth]], [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]]<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Johnny Unitas Award]] (Sr. quarterback): Brady Quinn, Notre Dame<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Lombardi Award]] (top lineman): [[LaMarr Woodley]], Michigan<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Lott Trophy]] (defensive impact): [[Dante Hughes]], [[California Golden Bears football|California]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Hughes wins Lott Trophy | url=http://sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/9863804 | publisher=SportsLine.com | date=December 10, 2006 | access-date=December 31, 2006 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718205529/http://sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/9863804 | archive-date=July 18, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[Lou Groza Award]] (placekicker): [[Art Carmody]], Louisville<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Manning Award]] (quarterback): [[JaMarcus Russell]], LSU<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Mosi Tatupu Award]] (special teams): [[A. J. Trapasso]], Ohio State<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Outland Trophy]] (interior lineman): [[Joe Thomas (offensive tackle)|Joe Thomas]], Wisconsin<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Ray Guy Award]] (punter): [[Daniel Sepulveda]], [[Baylor Bears football|Baylor]]<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[Ted Hendricks Award]] (defensive end): LaMarr Woodley, Michigan<ref name="espnawards" />
*[[The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award]]: [[Greg Schiano]], Rutgers<ref name="cstv_schiano_camp">{{cite web | title=Schiano Named Walter Camp Coach of the Year | url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/121206abq.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401014820/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/121206abq.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 1, 2008 | publisher=CSTV.com | date=December 12, 2006 | access-date =December 31, 2006}}</ref>
*[[Associated Press]] Coach of the Year: [[Jim Grobe]], Wake Forest<ref>{{cite web | title=Grobe beats out Schiano for AP coaching honor | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2703784 |publisher=ESPN | date=December 20, 2006 | access-date =December 31, 2006}}</ref>
*[[Paul "Bear" Bryant Award]] (head coach): [[Chris Petersen]], Boise State
*[[Walter Camp Coach of the Year]] (head coach): Greg Schiano, Rutgers<ref name="cstv_schiano_camp" />
*[[Broyles Award]] (assistant coach): Bud Foster, Virginia Tech


==Postseason coaching changes==
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|[[Air Force Falcons football|Air Force]]
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|[[Fisher DeBerry]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2698568 | title=Air Force coach DeBerry retires |publisher=ESPN | date=December 15, 2006 | access-date=December 15, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061217091240/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2698568| archive-date=December 17, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
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|[[Troy Calhoun]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2706195 | title=Calhoun to replace DeBerry at Air Force |publisher=ESPN | date=December 22, 2006 | access-date=December 22, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]
| [[Mike Shula]]<ref name="Alab">{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2677110 | title=Alabama fires Shula, names Kines interim coach |publisher=ESPN | date=November 28, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061202123610/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2677110| archive-date=December 2, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| [[Joe Kines]]<ref name="Alab" />
| [[Nick Saban]]<ref name="Saban">{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2718488 | title=After repeated denials, Saban takes Bama job |publisher=ESPN | date=January 3, 2007 | access-date=January 3, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070104195108/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2718488| archive-date=January 4, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Army Black Knights football|Army]]
|[[Bobby Ross]]<ref name="Army">{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2747067 | title=Ross to resign after 3–9 season |publisher=ESPN | date=January 29, 2007 | access-date=January 29, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070203050005/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2747067| archive-date=February 3, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
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|[[Stan Brock (American football)|Stan Brock]]<ref name="Army" />
|-
|[[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]]
|[[Dirk Koetter]]<ref name="SunD">{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2676742 | title=Bowl-bound Sun Devils fire Koetter as coach |publisher=ESPN | date=November 27, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006}}</ref>
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|[[Dennis Erickson]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2694151 | title=Erickson to coach Sun Devils |publisher=ESPN | date=December 12, 2006 | access-date=December 14, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|[[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]]
|[[Tom O'Brien (football coach)|Tom O'Brien]]<ref name="OBrien">{{cite web | url=http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061207/BREAKING/61207020 | title=O'Brien bound for N.C. State | publisher=Star-News | date=December 7, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006 | archive-date=September 28, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042614/http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20061207%2FBREAKING%2F61207020 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[Frank Spaziani]]
| [[Jeff Jagodzinski]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Packers' Jagodzinski to take BC job |publisher=ESPN | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2701480 | first=Joe | last=Schad | date=December 18, 2006 | access-date=December 18, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|[[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]]
|[[Brian Kelly (American football coach)|Brian Kelly]]<ref name="BKelly">{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2685350 | title=Central Michigan's Kelly accepts Cincinnati job |publisher=ESPN | date=December 3, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006}}</ref>
| [[Jeff Quinn (coach)|Jeff Quinn]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2686319 | title=Central Michigan names Quinn interim coach |publisher=ESPN | date=December 4, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006}}</ref>
|[[Butch Jones]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2721429 | title=Central Michigan hires Butch Jones as head coach |publisher=ESPN | date=January 5, 2007 | access-date=January 8, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070108062300/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2721429| archive-date=January 8, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati]]
|[[Mark Dantonio]]<ref name="ESPN.com">{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2677122 | title=Michigan State hires former Cincy coach Dantonio |publisher=ESPN | date=November 27, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061213204135/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2677122| archive-date=December 13, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|
|Brian Kelly<ref name="BKelly" />
|-
|[[FIU Golden Panthers football|Florida International]]
|[[Don Strock]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2663579 | title=Florida International coach resigns |publisher=ESPN | date=November 15, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006}}</ref>
|
|[[Mario Cristobal]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2702172 | title= Cristobal will be first Cuban-American coach in I-A |publisher=ESPN | date=December 19, 2006 | access-date=December 19, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|[[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho]]
|[[Dennis Erickson]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2692505 | title=Idaho AD says Erickson leaving for Arizona State |publisher=ESPN | date=December 11, 2006 | access-date=December 14, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061215084046/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2692505| archive-date=December 15, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|
|[[Robb Akey]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2702867 | title=Idaho to replace Erickson with Washington St. assistant |publisher=ESPN | date=December 19, 2006 | access-date=December 19, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|[[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State]]
|[[Dan McCarney]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2654565 | title=McCarney's resignation effective at season's end |publisher=ESPN | date=November 8, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006}}</ref>
|
|[[Gene Chizik]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2676900 | title=Chizik leaves Longhorns staff to coach Iowa State |publisher=ESPN | date=November 27, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]]
|[[Jack Bicknell III]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2685761 | title=Bicknell fired after eight seasons at Louisiana Tech |publisher=ESPN | date=December 5, 2006 | access-date=December 14, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061215121426/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2685761| archive-date=December 15, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|
|[[Derek Dooley (American football)|Derek Dooley]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2700339&campaign=rss&source=NCFHeadlines | title=Dolphins TE coach Dooley headed for La. Tech |publisher=ESPN | date=December 17, 2006 | access-date=December 17, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|[[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]
|[[Bobby Petrino]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2723700 | title=Falcons nab Louisville's Petrino for head coach slot |publisher=ESPN | date=January 7, 2007 | access-date=January 7, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070109085842/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2723700| archive-date=January 9, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|
|[[Steve Kragthorpe]]<ref name="Kragthorpe">{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2725322 | title=Louisville, Tulsa's Kragthorpe have agreement | last=Forde | first=Pat |publisher=ESPN | date=January 9, 2007 | access-date=January 9, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070116110632/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2725322| archive-date=January 16, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami (FL)]]
|[[Larry Coker]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2674282 | title=Coker fired by Miami after .500 season |publisher=ESPN | date=November 25, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061128112353/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2674282| archive-date=November 28, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|
|[[Randy Shannon]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2690489 | title=Defensive coordinator Shannon new Miami coach |publisher=ESPN | date=December 8, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061212000427/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2690489| archive-date=December 12, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]]
|[[John L. Smith]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2645774 | title=Michigan State coach John L. Smith out after season |publisher=ESPN | date=November 2, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061108135753/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2645774| archive-date=November 8, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|
| Mark Dantonio<ref name="ESPN.com"/>
|-
|[[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]]
|[[Glen Mason]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2715640 |
title=Minnesota fires coach Mason after bowl debacle |publisher=ESPN | date=December 31, 2006 |
access-date=2006-12-31| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070102022350/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2715640| archive-date=January 2, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|
|[[Tim Brewster]]<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.startribune.com/512/story/939076.html
|title=Gophers taking off in a different direction
|publisher=startribune.com
|date=January 16, 2007
|access-date=January 18, 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118095241/http://www.startribune.com/512/story/939076.html
|archive-date=January 18, 2007
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
|-
|[[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]]
|[[John Bunting (coach)|John Bunting]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2636052 | title=AD Baddour: Bunting lost 'numbers game' at UNC |publisher=ESPN | date=October 23, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006}}</ref>
|
|[[Butch Davis]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2678005 | title=Davis, eager to get to work, introduced in Chapel Hill |publisher=ESPN | date=November 27, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|[[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]]
|[[Chuck Amato]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2676855 | title=Amato's ouster caps Wolfpack's 0–7 finish to season |publisher=ESPN | date=November 27, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061205233020/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2676855| archive-date=December 5, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|
| Tom O'Brien<ref name="OBrien" />
|-
|[[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas]]
|[[Darrell Dickey]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2654445 | title=Dickey fired with 3 years remaining on contract |publisher=ESPN | date=November 8, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006}}</ref>
|
|[[Todd Dodge]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2695177 | title=North Texas to hire Dodge from Carroll High |publisher=ESPN | date=December 12, 2006 | access-date=December 12, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061231204105/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2695177| archive-date=December 31, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Rice Owls football|Rice]]
|[[Todd Graham]]<ref name="Rice">{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2728375 | title=Rice's Graham accepts offer, will coach at Tulsa |publisher=ESPN | date=January 12, 2007 | access-date=January 12, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070114070210/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2728375| archive-date=January 14, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|
|[[David Bailiff]]<ref name="Bailiff">{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2735636 | title=Rice hires Texas State's Bailiff as head coach |publisher=ESPN | date=January 18, 2007 | access-date=January 19, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070122102520/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2735636| archive-date=January 22, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]]
|[[Walt Harris (coach)|Walt Harris]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2685975 | title=Harris out as Cardinal coach following 1–11 season |publisher=ESPN | date=December 6, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061209051403/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2685975| archive-date=December 9, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|
|[[Jim Harbaugh]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2701748 | title=Harbaugh takes over program that went 1–11 |publisher=ESPN | date=December 18, 2006 | access-date=December 18, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070104053135/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2701748| archive-date=January 4, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Tulane Green Wave football|Tulane]]
|[[Chris Scelfo]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2679246 | title=Tulane's rebuilding in football to go on without Scelfo |publisher=ESPN | date=November 29, 2006 | access-date=December 8, 2006}}</ref>
|
|[[Bob Toledo]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2693869 | title=Toledo replaces Scelfo at Tulane |publisher=ESPN | date=December 12, 2006 | access-date=December 14, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|[[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Tulsa]]
|Steve Kragthorpe<ref name="Kragthorpe" />
|
|Todd Graham<ref name="Rice" />
|-
|[[UAB Blazers football|UAB]]
|[[Watson Brown (American football)|Watson Brown]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2691741 | title=UAB's Brown accepts job at Tennessee Tech (DI-AA) | date=December 9, 2006 | access-date=December 14, 2006 | publisher=ESPN | author=Mark Schlabach| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070125151228/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2691741| archive-date=January 25, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|
|[[Neil Callaway]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2699971 | title=UAB lands Georgia coordinator Callaway |publisher=ESPN | date=December 16, 2006 | access-date=December 16, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070125151205/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2699971| archive-date=January 25, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[FIU–Miami football brawl]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


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2006 NCAA Division I FBS season
Number of teams119
DurationAugust 31 – December 2
Preseason AP No. 1Ohio State
Post-season
DurationDecember 19, 2006 –
January 8, 2007
Bowl games32
Heisman TrophyTroy Smith (quarterback, Ohio State)
Bowl Championship Series
2007 BCS Championship Game
SiteUniversity of Phoenix Stadium,
Glendale, Arizona
Champion(s)Florida
NCAA Division I FBS football seasons
← 2005
2007 →

The 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

The regular season began on August 31, 2006 and ended on December 2, 2006. The postseason concluded on January 8, 2007 with the BCS National Championship Game in Glendale, Arizona, where the No. 2 Florida Gators defeated the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes by a score of 41–14 to win the national title.[1]

The Boise State Broncos were the year's only undefeated team in both levels of Division I football after defeating Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.

Rules changes[edit]

The NCAA instituted the following rule changes for the 2006 season.[2]

  • The NCAA ruled that teams could schedule twelve regular-season games (up from eleven) beginning in the 2006 season.[3] (NCAA teams in Alaska and Hawaii, and their home opponents, are allowed to schedule an extra game over and above this limit.)
  • Instant replay is now officially sanctioned and standardized. All plays are reviewed by the replay officials as the play occurs. They may call down to the on-field officials to stop play if they need extra time to make a review. Each coach may also make one challenge per game. In the case of a coach's challenge, the coach must have at least one time-out remaining. If the challenge is upheld the coach gets the time-out back but the challenge is spent. If the challenge is rejected, both the challenge and the time-out are spent.
  • Players may only wear clear eyeshields. Previously, both tinted and orange were also allowed.
  • The kicking tee has been lowered from two inches tall to only one inch.
  • Halftime lasts twenty minutes. Previously, it was only fifteen minutes, except for special ceremonies (i.e. homecoming).
  • On a kickoff, the game clock starts when the ball is kicked rather than when the receiving team touches it.
    • This rule change has resulted in controversy, highlighted by the matchup between Wisconsin and Penn State on November 4, 2006, in which Wisconsin deliberately went off-sides on two consecutive kickoffs to run extra time off the clock at the close of the first half.[4]
  • On a change of possession, the clock starts when the referee marks the ball ready for play, instead of on the snap. This was the rule in the National Football League prior to 1973, and in high school football prior to 1996.
  • The referee may no longer stop the game due to excessive crowd noise.
  • When a live-ball penalty such as an illegal formation occurs on a kick, the receiving team may choose either to add the penalty yardage to the end of the return or require the kick to be attempted again with the spot moved back. Previously, only the latter option was available.
  • If a team scores at the end of the game, they will not kick the extra point unless it would affect the outcome of the game.

Regular season top 10 matchups[edit]

Rankings reflect the AP Poll. Rankings for Week 8 and beyond will list BCS Rankings first and AP Poll second. Teams that failed to be a top 10 team for one poll or the other will be noted.

Conference standings[edit]

2006 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 18 Wake Forest x$   6 – 2     11 – 3  
No. 20 Boston College   5 – 3     10 – 3  
Maryland   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Clemson   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Florida State   3 – 5     7 – 6  
NC State   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech x   7 – 1     9 – 5  
No. 19 Virginia Tech   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Virginia   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Miami (FL)   3 – 5     7 – 6  
North Carolina   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Duke   0 – 8     0 – 12  
Championship: Wake Forest 9, Georgia Tech 6
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
2006 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
Nebraska x   6 – 2     9 – 5  
Missouri   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Kansas State   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Kansas   3 – 5     6 – 6  
Colorado   2 – 6     2 – 10  
Iowa State   1 – 7     4 – 8  
South Division
No. 11 Oklahoma x$   7 – 1     11 – 3  
No. 13 Texas   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Texas A&M   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Texas Tech   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Oklahoma State   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Baylor   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Championship: Oklahoma 21, Nebraska 7
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
2006 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 6 Louisville $   6 – 1     12 – 1  
No. 10 West Virginia   5 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 12 Rutgers   5 – 2     11 – 2  
South Florida   4 – 3     9 – 4  
Cincinnati   4 – 3     8 – 5  
Pittsburgh   2 – 5     6 – 6  
Connecticut   1 – 6     4 – 8  
Syracuse   1 – 6     4 – 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
2006 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Ohio State $   8 – 0     12 – 1  
No. 8 Michigan %   7 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 7 Wisconsin   7 – 1     12 – 1  
No. 24 Penn State   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Purdue   5 – 3     8 – 6  
Minnesota   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Indiana   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Northwestern   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Iowa   2 – 6     6 – 7  
Illinois   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Michigan State   1 – 7     4 – 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll
2006 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Southern Miss x   6 – 2     9 – 5  
East Carolina   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Marshall   4 – 4     5 – 7  
UCF   3 – 5     4 – 8  
UAB   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Memphis   1 – 7     2 – 10  
West Division
Houston x$   7 – 1     10 – 4  
Rice   6 – 2     7 – 6  
Tulsa   5 – 3     8 – 5  
SMU   4 – 4     6 – 6  
UTEP   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Tulane   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
2006 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Ohio x   7 – 1     9 – 5  
Kent State   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Akron   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Bowling Green   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Miami (OH)   2 – 6     2 – 10  
Buffalo   1 – 7     2 – 10  
West Division
Central Michigan x$   7 – 1     10 – 4  
Western Michigan   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Northern Illinois   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Ball State   5 – 3     5 – 7  
Toledo   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Eastern Michigan   1 – 7     1 – 11  
Championship: Central Michigan 31, Ohio 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
2006 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 16 BYU $   8 – 0     11 – 2  
No. 22 TCU   6 – 2     11 – 2  
Utah   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Wyoming   5 – 3     6 – 6  
New Mexico   4 – 4     6 – 7  
Air Force   3 – 5     4 – 8  
San Diego State   3 – 5     3 – 9  
Colorado State   1 – 7     4 – 8  
UNLV   1 – 7     2 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
2006 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 USC +   7 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 14 California +   7 – 2     10 – 3  
No. 21 Oregon State   6 – 3     10 – 4  
UCLA   5 – 4     7 – 6  
Oregon   4 – 5     7 – 6  
Arizona State   4 – 5     7 – 6  
Arizona   4 – 5     6 – 6  
Washington State   4 – 5     6 – 6  
Washington   3 – 6     5 – 7  
Stanford   1 – 8     1 – 11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
2006 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#   7 – 1     13 – 1  
No. 25 Tennessee   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Kentucky   4 – 4     8 – 5  
No. 23 Georgia   4 – 4     9 – 4  
South Carolina   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Vanderbilt   1 – 7     4 – 8  
Western Division
No. 15 Arkansas x   7 – 1     10 – 4  
No. 9 Auburn   6 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 3 LSU  %   6 – 2     11 – 2  
Alabama   2 – 6     6 – 7  
Ole Miss   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Mississippi State   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Championship: Florida 38, Arkansas 28
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–7 (0–6).
Rankings from AP Poll
2006 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy +   6 – 1     8 – 5  
Middle Tennessee +   6 – 1     7 – 6  
Arkansas State   4 – 3     6 – 6  
Florida Atlantic   4 – 3     5 – 7  
Louisiana–Lafayette   3 – 4     6 – 6  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 – 4     4 – 8  
North Texas   2 – 5     3 – 9  
FIU   0 – 7     0 – 12  
  • + – Conference co-champions
2006 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Boise State $   8 – 0     13 – 0  
Hawaii   7 – 1     11 – 3  
San Jose State   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Nevada   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Fresno State   4 – 4     4 – 8  
Idaho   3 – 5     4 – 8  
New Mexico State   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Louisiana Tech   1 – 7     3 – 10  
Utah State   1 – 7     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll
2006 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 17 Notre Dame  %   –     10 – 3  
Navy   –     9 – 4  
Army   –     3 – 9  
Temple   –     1 – 11  
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Conference champions[edit]

Conference championship games[edit]

Rankings reflect the Week 14 AP Poll before the games were played.

Conference Champion Runner-Up Score Site
ACC No. 16 Wake Forest No. 23 Georgia Tech 9–6 Alltel Stadium

Jacksonville, Florida

Big 12 No. 8 Oklahoma No. 19 Nebraska 21–7 Arrowhead Stadium

Kansas City, Missouri

Conference USA Houston Southern Miss 34–20 Robertson Stadium

Houston

MAC Central Michigan Ohio 31–10 Ford Field

Detroit

SEC No. 4 Florida No. 8 Arkansas 38–28 Georgia Dome

Atlanta

Other conference champions[edit]

Rankings are from the Week 15 AP Poll.

Conference Winner(s)
Big East No. 6 Louisville
Big Ten No. 1 Ohio State
Mountain West No. 19 BYU
Pac-10 No. 20 California, No. 8 USC*
Sun Belt Middle Tennessee, Troy
WAC No. 9 Boise State

* Received conference's automatic BCS bowl bid.

BCS rankings progress[edit]

Main article: 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ohio State was ranked No. 1 in all of the BCS-component polls (AP, Coaches', USA Today) in the preseason and the 14 polls taken in the regular season. When the BCS rankings began on October 15, Ohio State was No. 1 on all 8 rankings released during the season.

WEEK No. 1 No. 2 EVENT
OCT 15 Ohio State USC Oregon State 33, USC 31
OCT 22 Ohio State Michigan Ohio St 44, Minnesota 0
OCT 29 Ohio State Michigan Ohio St 17, Illinois 10
NOV 5 Ohio State Michigan Ohio St 54, Northwestern 10
NOV 12 Ohio State Michigan Ohio St 42, Michigan 39
NOV 19 Ohio State Michigan Ohio St 42, Michigan 39
NOV 26 Ohio State USC UCLA 13, USC 9
DEC 3 Ohio State Florida Florida 38, Arkansas 28

Bowl games[edit]

Main article: 2006–07 NCAA football bowl games

Winners are listed in boldface.

Bowl Championship Series[edit]

The Bowl Championship Series selected the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams to play for the national championship on January 8. The 2006 season marked a change for the BCS system, as the BCS National Championship Game became a standalone bowl game for the first time, to be played at the site of one of the four BCS bowls (the Fiesta, Orange, Sugar, and Rose Bowls) on a rotating basis. Under the previous format used from 1998 to 2006, the BCS National Championship coincided with one of the BCS bowls. The 2007 BCS Championship Game was played in Glendale, Arizona, the week after the Fiesta Bowl had been played there.

Rankings are from the Week 15 AP Poll.

Bowl game Date Playing as visitor Playing as home Score
BCS National Championship Game January 8 No. 2 Florida No. 1 Ohio State 41 – 14
Sugar Bowl January 3 No. 11 Notre Dame No. 4 LSU 14 – 41
Orange Bowl January 2 No. 5 Louisville No. 15 Wake Forest 24 – 13
Fiesta Bowl January 1 No. 9 Boise State No. 7 Oklahoma 43 – 42 (OT)
Rose Bowl January 1 No. 8 Southern California No. 3 Michigan 32 – 18

January bowl games[edit]

Bowl game Day Playing as visitor Playing as home Score
GMAC Bowl 7th Ohio Southern Mississippi 7 – 28
International Bowl 6th Western Michigan Cincinnati 24 – 27
Cotton Bowl 1st No. 10 Auburn No. 22 Nebraska 17 – 14
Capital One Bowl 1st No. 12 Arkansas No. 6 Wisconsin 14 – 17
Gator Bowl 1st Georgia Tech No. 13 West Virginia 35 – 38
Outback Bowl 1st No. 17 Tennessee Penn State 10 – 20

December bowl games[edit]

Bowl game Day Playing as visitor Playing as home Score
MPC Computers Bowl 31st Miami Nevada 21 – 20
Chick-fil-A Bowl 30th Georgia No. 14 Virginia Tech 31 – 24
Alamo Bowl 30th No. 18 Texas Iowa 26 – 24
Meineke Car Care Bowl 30th Navy No. 23 Boston College 24 – 25
Champs Sports Bowl 29th Purdue Maryland 7 – 24
Insight Bowl 29th Texas Tech Minnesota 44 – 41
Liberty Bowl 29th Houston South Carolina 36 – 44
Sun Bowl 29th No. 24 Oregon State Missouri 39 – 38
Music City Bowl 29th Clemson Kentucky 20 – 28
Holiday Bowl 28th No. 21 Texas A&M No. 20 California 10 – 45
Texas Bowl 28th No. 16 Rutgers Kansas State 37 – 10
Independence Bowl 28th Oklahoma State Alabama 34 – 31
Emerald Bowl 27th Florida State UCLA 44 – 27
Motor City Bowl 26th Middle Tennessee Central Michigan 14 – 31
Hawaii Bowl 24th Arizona State Hawaii 24 – 41
Armed Forces Bowl 23rd Tulsa Utah 13 – 25
New Mexico Bowl 23rd New Mexico San José State 12 – 20
PapaJohns.com Bowl 23rd South Florida East Carolina 24 – 7
New Orleans Bowl 22nd Rice Troy 17 – 41
Las Vegas Bowl 21st No. 19 BYU Oregon 38 – 8
Poinsettia Bowl 19th Northern Illinois No. 25 TCU 7 – 37

Bowl Challenge Cup standings[edit]

Conference Wins Losses Pct.
Big East Conference 5 0 1.000
Mountain West Conference 3 1 .750
Western Athletic Conference 3 1 .750
Southeastern Conference 6 3 .667
Atlantic Coast Conference 4 4 .500
Pacific-10 Conference 3 3 .500
Sun Belt Conference 1 1 .500
Big 12 Conference 3 5 .375
Big Ten Conference 2 5 .286
Mid-American Conference 1 3 .250
Conference USA 1 4 .200
Independents 0 2 .000

Awards and honors[edit]

Heisman Trophy voting[edit]

The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player

Player School Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Troy Smith Ohio State QB 801 62 13 2,540
Darren McFadden Arkansas RB 45 298 147 878
Brady Quinn Notre Dame QB 13 276 191 782
Steve Slaton West Virginia RB 6 51 94 214
Mike Hart Michigan RB 5 58 79 210
Colt Brennan Hawaii QB 6 44 96 202
Ray Rice Rutgers RB 1 16 44 79
Ian Johnson Boise State RB 1 13 44 73
Dwayne Jarrett USC WR 1 11 22 47
Calvin Johnson Georgia Tech WR 1 8 24 43

Other major award winners[edit]

Postseason coaching changes[edit]

Team Former coach Interim New coach
Air Force Fisher DeBerry[11] Troy Calhoun[12]
Alabama Mike Shula[13] Joe Kines[13] Nick Saban[14]
Army Bobby Ross[15] Stan Brock[15]
Arizona State Dirk Koetter[16] Dennis Erickson[17]
Boston College Tom O'Brien[18] Frank Spaziani Jeff Jagodzinski[19]
Central Michigan Brian Kelly[20] Jeff Quinn[21] Butch Jones[22]
Cincinnati Mark Dantonio[23] Brian Kelly[20]
Florida International Don Strock[24] Mario Cristobal[25]
Idaho Dennis Erickson[26] Robb Akey[27]
Iowa State Dan McCarney[28] Gene Chizik[29]
Louisiana Tech Jack Bicknell III[30] Derek Dooley[31]
Louisville Bobby Petrino[32] Steve Kragthorpe[33]
Miami (FL) Larry Coker[34] Randy Shannon[35]
Michigan State John L. Smith[36] Mark Dantonio[23]
Minnesota Glen Mason[37] Tim Brewster[38]
North Carolina John Bunting[39] Butch Davis[40]
NC State Chuck Amato[41] Tom O'Brien[18]
North Texas Darrell Dickey[42] Todd Dodge[43]
Rice Todd Graham[44] David Bailiff[45]
Stanford Walt Harris[46] Jim Harbaugh[47]
Tulane Chris Scelfo[48] Bob Toledo[49]
Tulsa Steve Kragthorpe[33] Todd Graham[44]
UAB Watson Brown[50] Neil Callaway[51]

See also[edit]

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