College football season 2019
| College football season 2019 | |||
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| Regular season | |||
| date | August 24, 2019 - December 14, 2019 |
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| Attendees | 130 | ||
| Preseason AP No.1 | Clemson Tigers | ||
| Postseason | |||
| date | December 21, 2019 - January 13, 2020 |
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| Bowl games | 40 | ||
| Postseason AP No.1 | LSU Tigers | ||
| Heisman Trophy | Joe Burrow , LSU Tigers | ||
| College Football Playoff | |||
| Attendees | No. 1 LSU Tigers No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes No. 3 Clemson Tigers No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners |
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| College Football Playoff National Championship Game |
Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans , Louisiana |
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| CFP winner | LSU Tigers | ||
College football season
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The 2019 college football season marked the 150th season of college football in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season was held from August 24, 2019 to December 14, 2019. The postseason began on December 21, 2019. This ended with the final, the College Football Playoff National Championship Game , on January 13, 2020 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana .
Offseason
Conference change
The Liberty Flames completed a two-year process to move from the FCS's Big South Conference to FBS. With the start of the season they are eligible to participate in bowl games. You continue to run as FBS Independent.
Rule changes
For the 2019 season, among other things, the following rule changes were decided by the NCAA:
- Targeting penalties must now either be confirmed or changed by the video judge. If all aspects of targeting are not met, the penalty must be withdrawn.
- Players who receive three targeting penalties in one season will be banned from one game.
- At the start of the 5th overtime, each team makes a two-point conversion from the 3-yard line instead of receiving the ball at the 25-yard line.
- After the 2nd and 4th overtime there will be a two minute break.
Regular season
Kickoff games
From week 0 to week 3, five kickoff games took place at a neutral venue:
| week | game | venue | Teams | Result |
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| 0 | Camping World Kickoff |
Camping World Stadium Orlando , Florida |
8 Florida Gators (0-0) Miami Hurricanes (0-0) |
Florida 24 Miami 20 |
| 1 | Belk College Kickoff Game |
Bank of America Stadium Charlotte , North Carolina |
North Carolina Tar Heels (0-0) South Carolina Gamecocks (0-0) |
North Carolina 24 South Carolina 20 |
| Advocare Classic |
AT&T Stadium Arlington , Texas |
16 Auburn Tigers (0-0)
11 Oregon Ducks (0-0) |
Auburn 27 Oregon 21 |
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| Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game |
Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta , Georgia |
2 Alabama Crimson Tide (0-0) Duke Blue Devils (0-0) |
Alabama 42 Duke 3 |
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| 3 | Texas kickoff |
NRG Stadium Houston , Texas |
20 Washington State Cougars (2–0) Houston Cougars (1–1) |
Washington State 31 Houston 24 |
Top 10 games
There were a total of eight top 10 games during the regular season. The ranking of the first 9 weeks is based on the AP poll. From week 10 the College Football Playoff Ranking will be considered.
| Game week | venue | Teams | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 2 |
Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Austin , Texas |
6 LSU Tigers (1–0) 9 Texas Longhorns (1–0) |
LSU 45 Texas 38 |
| Week 4 |
Sanford Stadium Athens , Georgia |
7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-0) at 3 Georgia Bulldogs (3-0) |
Notre Dame 17 Georgia 23 |
| Week 6 |
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville , Florida |
7 Auburn Tigers (5-0) at 10 Florida Gators (5-0) |
Auburn 13 Florida 24 |
| Week 7 |
Tigers Stadium Baton Rouge , Louisiana |
7 Florida Gators (6-0) at 5 LSU Tigers (5-0) |
Florida 28 LSU 42 |
| Week 9 |
Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge , Louisiana |
9 Auburn Tigers (6–1) at 2 LSU Tigers (6–0) |
Auburn 20 LSU 23 |
| Week 10 |
TIAA Bank Field Jacksonville , Florida |
8 Georgia Bulldogs (6-1) 6 Florida Gators (7-1) |
Georgia 24 Florida 17 |
| Week 11 |
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa , Alabama |
2 LSU Tigers (8-0) at 3 Alabama Crimson Tide (8-0) |
LSU 46 Alabama 41 |
| Week 13 |
Ohio Stadium Columbus , Ohio |
8 Penn State Nittany Lions (9–1) 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (10–0) |
Penn St 17
Ohio St 28 |
Conference Championship Games
The 2019 season is the second season in which an independent championship game is played in each conference to determine the conference champion.
Bowl games
Compared to last year, the number of bowl games will remain unchanged. In the postseason 78 teams will be invited to 39 bowl games. A winning percentage of .500 or higher is required for this. This means at least six wins for a game plan with eleven or twelve games and at least seven wins for a season with 13 games. Based on the CFP ranking, the top 4 teams will be invited to the College Football Playoffs . The two semi-finals winners qualified for the 40 bowl game, the College Football Playoff National Championship Game . The semifinals are also part of the New Years Six bowls , which include the most important bowl games. In addition to the top 4 teams, other teams with a high ranking in the ranking are invited to these. At least one team must come from a Group of Five Conference (AAC, Conference USA, Mountain-West, Mid-American, Sun Belt).
Bowl permissions
Of the 130 teams participating in the season, 82 were eligible to participate in a bowl. The number of eligible teams thus exceeded the number of bowl seats available, which meant that four eligible teams were not invited to a bowl.
Bowl-eligible teams
- AAC (7): Cincinnati , Memphis , Navy , SMU , Temple , Tulane , UCF
- ACC (10): Boston College , Clemson , Florida State , Louisville , Miami (FL) , North Carolina , Pittsburgh , Virginia , Virginia Tech , Wake Forest
- Big 12 (6): Baylor , Iowa State , Kansas State , Oklahoma , Oklahoma State , Texas
- Big Ten (9): Illinois , Indiana , Iowa , Michigan , Michigan State , Minnesota , Ohio State , Penn State , Wisconsin
- Conference USA (8): Charlotte , Florida Atlantic , FIU , Louisiana Tech , Marshall , Southern Miss , UAB , Western Kentucky
- Independent (3): BYU , Liberty , Notre Dame
- MAC (8): Buffalo , Central Michigan , Eastern Michigan , Kent State , Miami (OH) , Ohio , Toledo *, Western Michigan
- Mountain West (7): Air Force , Boise State , Hawaii , Nevada , San Diego State , Utah State , Wyoming
- Pac-12 (7): Arizona State , California , Oregon , Utah , USC , Washington , Washington State
- SEC (9): Alabama , Auburn , Florida , Georgia , Kentucky , LSU , Mississippi State , Tennessee , Texas A&M
- Sun Belt (5): Appalachian State , Arkansas State , Georgia Southern , Georgia State , Louisiana
* = did not receive a bowl invitation
Available bowl seats: 78
Bowl-eligible teams: 79
Bowl-eligible teams that were not invited
The following teams were not invited to a bowl despite their eligibility:
Bowl unauthorized teams
- AAC (5): Connecticut , East Carolina , Houston , South Florida , Tulsa
- ACC (4): Duke , Georgia Tech , NC State , Syracuse
- Big 12 (4): Kansas , TCU , Texas Tech , West Virginia
- Big Ten (5): Maryland , Nebraska , Northwestern , Purdue , Rutgers
- Conference USA (6): Middle Tennessee , North Texas , Old Dominion , Rice , UTEP , UTSA
- Independent (3): Army , New Mexico State , UMass
- MAC (4): Akron , Ball State , Bowling Green , Northern Illinois
- Mountain West (5): Colorado State , Fresno State , New Mexico , San Jose State , UNLV
- Pac-12 (5): Arizona , Colorado , Oregon State , Stanford , UCLA
- SEC (5): Arkansas , Missouri , Ole Miss , South Carolina , Vanderbilt
- Sun Belt (5): Coastal Carolina , Louisiana – Monroe , South Alabama , Texas State , Troy
Bowl unauthorized teams: 51
CFP ranking
Starting November 5th, following the games in week 10, the College Football Playoff selection committee compiled a weekly ranking of the top 25 teams. The final ranking was published on December 8th after the Conference Championship games. The top 4 teams qualified to participate in the College Football Playoffs .
| Rank | Week 10, November 5, 2019 | Week 11, 11/12/2019 | Week 12, 11/19/2019 | Week 13, 11/26/2019 | Week 14, December 3, 2019 | Week 15, December 8, 2019 |
| 1 | Ohio State (8-0) | LSU (9-0) | LSU (10-0) | Ohio State (11-0) | Ohio State (12-0) | LSU (13-0) |
| 2 | LSU (8-0) | Ohio State (9-0) | Ohio State (10-0) | LSU (11-0) | LSU (12-0) | Ohio State (13-0) |
| 3 | Alabama (8-0) | Clemson (10-0) | Clemson (10-0) | Clemson (11-0) | Clemson (12-0) | Clemson (13-0) |
| 4th | Penn State (8-0) | Georgia (8-1) | Georgia (9-1) | Georgia (10-1) | Georgia (11-1) | Oklahoma (12-1) |
| 5 | Clemson (9-0) | Alabama (8-1) | Alabama (9-1) | Alabama (10-1) | Utah (11-1) | Georgia (11-2) |
| 6th | Georgia (7-1) | Oregon (8-1) | Oregon (9-1) | Utah (10-1) | Oklahoma (11-1) | Oregon (11-2) |
| 7th | Oregon (8-1) | Utah (8–1) | Utah (9-1) | Oklahoma (10-1) | Baylor (11-1) | Baylor (11-2) |
| 8th | Utah (8–1) | Minnesota (9-0) | Penn State (9-1) | Minnesota (10-1) | Wisconsin (10-2) | Wisconsin (10-3) |
| 9 | Oklahoma (7-1) | Penn State (8-1) | Oklahoma (9-1) | Baylor (10-1) | Florida (10-2) | Florida (10-2) |
| 10 | Florida (7–2) | Oklahoma (8-1) | Minnesota (9-1) | Penn State (9-2) | Penn State (10-2) | Penn State (10-2) |
| 11 | Auburn (7-2) | Florida (8–2) | Florida (9-2) | Florida (9-2) | Auburn (9-3) | Utah (11-2) |
| 12 | Baylor (8-0) | Auburn (7-2) | Wisconsin (8-2) | Wisconsin (9-2) | Alabama (10-2) | Auburn (9-3) |
| 13 | Wisconsin (6–2) | Baylor (9-0) | Michigan (8–2) | Michigan (9-2) | Oregon (10-2) | Alabama (10-2) |
| 14th | Michigan (7–2) | Wisconsin (7-2) | Baylor (9-1) | Oregon (9-2) | Michigan (9–3) | Michigan (9–3) |
| 15th | Notre Dame (6–2) | Michigan (7–2) | Auburn (7–3) | Auburn (8-3) | Notre Dame (10-2) | Notre Dame (10-2) |
| 16 | Kansas State (6–2) | Notre Dame (7-2) | Notre Dame (8-2) | Notre Dame (9-2) | Iowa (9–3) | Iowa (9–3) |
| 17th | Minnesota (8-0) | Cincinnati (8-1) | Iowa (7–3) | Iowa (8–3) | Memphis (11-1) | Memphis (12-1) |
| 18th | Iowa (6–2) | Memphis (8-1) | Memphis (9-1) | Memphis (10-1) | Minnesota (10-2) | Minnesota (10-2) |
| 19th | Wake Forest (7-1) | Texas (6–3) | Cincinnati (9-1) | Cincinnati (10-1) | Boise State (11-1) | Boise State (12-1) |
| 20th | Cincinnati (7-1) | Iowa (6–3) | Boise State (9-1) | Boise State (10-1) | Cincinnati (10-2) | Appalachian State (12-1) |
| 21st | Memphis (8-1) | Boise State (8-1) | Oklahoma State (7-3) | Oklahoma State (8-3) | Appalachian State (11-1) | Cincinnati (10-3) |
| 22nd | Boise State (7-1) | Oklahoma State (6–3) | Iowa State (6-4) | USC (8-4) | USC (8-4) | USC (8-4) |
| 23 | Oklahoma State (6–3) | Navy (7-1) | USC (7-4) | Iowa State (7-4) | Virginia (9–3) | Navy (9-2) |
| 24 | Navy (7-1) | Kansas State (6–3) | Appalachian State (9-1) | Virginia Tech (8-3) | Navy (9-2) | Virginia (9-4) |
| 25th | SMU (8–1) | Appalachian State (8-1) | SMU (9–1) | Appalachian State (10-1) | Oklahoma State (8-4) | Oklahoma State (8-4) |
New Years Six and College Football Playoffs
| date | game | venue | Teams | Conference | Result |
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| December 28th | Cotton Bowl Classic |
AT&T Stadium Arlington , Texas |
17 Memphis Tigers 10 Penn State Nittany Lions |
American Big Ten |
Memphis 39
Penn St 53 |
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Fiesta Bowl (Playoff Semifinals) |
State Farm Stadium Glendale , Arizona |
3 Clemson Tigers 2 Ohio State Buckeyes |
ACC Big Ten |
Clemson 29
Ohio St 23 |
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Peach Bowl (Playoff Semifinals) |
Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta , Georgia |
4 Oklahoma Sooners 1 LSU Tigers |
Big 12 SEC |
Oklahoma 28
LSU 63 |
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| 30th of December | Orange Bowl |
Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens , Florida |
24 Virginia Cavaliers | ACC | Virginia 28
Florida 36 |
| January 1st | Rose Bowl |
Rose Bowl Pasadena , California |
8 Wisconsin Badgers | Big Ten |
Oregon 28
Wisconsin 27 |
| Sugar bowl |
Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans , Louisiana |
7 Baylor Bears | Big 12 | Baylor 14
Georgia 26 |
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| 13th January |
College Football Playoff National Championship Game |
Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans , Louisiana |
3 Clemson Tigers | ACC | Clemson 25
LSU 42 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ [email protected]: Targeting protocols approved for football. April 23, 2019, accessed November 18, 2019 .