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2006 NCAA Division I FBS Football Rankings
Three human polls and one formulaic ranking make up the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a National Championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason: the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. About halfway through the season, two additional polls are released, the Harris Interactive Poll and the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings. The Harris Poll and Coaches Poll are factors in the BCS standings. At the end of the season, the BCS standings determine who plays in the BCS bowl games as well as the BCS National Championship Game. Legend AP Poll Coaches Poll Jim Tressel, head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, refused to vote in the Week 15 poll, citing a conflict of interest. In a change to the Coaches Poll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Team
The 2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a win–loss record of 12–1, having been defeated by Florida in its final game, the BCS Championship game, and ended the year ranked second. Quarterback Troy Smith was the recipient of the school's seventh Heisman Trophy, distinguishing him as the best player in college football. Smith received the highest percentage of first-place votes in Heisman voting history. He led the Big Ten Conference in passing touchdowns (30), completion percentage (65.3%), and passer efficiency rating (161.9). Previous seasons Coming off a national championship in the Fiesta Bowl in January 2003, Ohio State has had successful seasons in 2003, 2004, and 2005, finishing in the top ten in 2003 and 2005 and winning bowl games each year, in the Fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 USC Trojans Football Team
The 2006 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season, winning the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) and playing in the Rose Bowl. The team was coached by Pete Carroll, led on offense by quarterback John David Booty, and played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The previous year's team had played for the national championship, however, with many starters gone, including two Heisman Trophy-winners, there were doubts the team could repeat the success. With a highly ranked recruiting class, however, the Trojans were ranked in the top-5 in many pre-season polls. USC's 13-9 loss to rival UCLA snapped its NCAA-record streak of 63 consecutive 20-point games, and eliminated their hopes of playing in the BCS National Championship game. The team finished the regular season with a 10–2 record and were invited to the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) to play at the 2007 Rose Bowl, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Penn State Nittany Lions Football Team
The 2006 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Joe Paterno. It played its home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. Previous season Penn State had unexpected success in 2005, following two consecutive losing seasons. Beginning the season unranked in any poll, the team finished 11–1 and ranked third. With only one loss, the team was Big Ten co-champions with Ohio State. Linebacker Paul Posluszny won both the Chuck Bednarik and Dick Butkus Awards, and was a consensus All-American. Quarterback Michael Robinson finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting. Preseason The team had key losses due to graduation, including Michael Robinson, Tamba Hali, Alan Zemaitis, Anwar Phillips, Calvin Lowry, and Ethan Kilmer. Paul Posluszny and offensive tackle Levi Brown decided to return to the team for the 2006 season, despite speculation both pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Clemson Tigers Football Team
The 2006 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season The team was coached by Tommy Bowden and played their homes game in the Memorial Stadium. Portions of the season, specifically the games against Florida Atlantic and Florida State, were featured in the 2020 film ''Safety'', which is about sophomore safety Ray McElrathbey taking care of his little brother while their mother receives treatment for drug addiction. Notable ESPN's College Gameday show made its first-ever appearance in Clemson for the game between the Tigers and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on October 21. Kirk Herbstreit mentioned both during and after the show, that he felt that Clemson hosted one of the best Gameday audiences he'd ever seen. The Gameday audience at Clemson also set a new noise record when measured in the latter half of the show. Season Entering the season, the Tigers had high expectations, hoping to compete for a spot in the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Arkansas Razorbacks Football Team
The 2006 Arkansas Razorbacks football team completed the season with a 10–4 record. The Razorbacks had a regular season SEC record of 7–1. Schedule Rankings Roster Game summaries USC USC and Arkansas both came into the game with a number of question marks, as USC had lost stars Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart to the NFL, and Arkansas's star running back Darren McFadden was injured in an off-field incident. Although the game was close until the latter minutes of the second quarter, a combination of USC's high-powered offense wearing out Arkansas's defense, and running back Felix Jones' three fumbles, stretched the margin in the second half to the final score. Robert Johnson was removed as the starting quarterback this week, replaced by Mitch Mustain. Utah State After the Razorbacks' loss at home against the USC Trojans, the Hogs were looking to bounce back against Utah State. Mustain had replaced Johnson as the starting quarterback, but the Arkansas offense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Virginia Tech Hokies Football Team
The 2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer. The team tallied a 10–3 record, going 10–2 during the regular season before losing 31–24 in the 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl against the Georgia Bulldogs. Preseason Virginia Tech began the season ranked #16 in the ''USA Today'' Coaches Poll and #17 in the Associated Press Poll after going 11–2 (7–1 ACC) in 2005 and winning the Coastal division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. ''See also 2006 NCAA Division I-A football rankings'' Schedule Game summaries Northeastern North Carolina Duke Cincinnati Georgia Tech Boston College Southern Miss Clemson Miami Kent State Wake Forest Virginia Georgia Rankings Personnel Coaching staff Roster Discipline issues The first half of Virginia Tech's season was characterized by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Team
The 2006 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hawkeyes played their home games at Kinnick Stadium and were coached by Kirk Ferentz. After starting the season 5–1, they dropped 6 of 7 games to finish the season with a 6–7 record which included a Big Ten record of 2–6. Schedule Roster Rankings Game summaries Montana at Syracuse *Source:''ESPN Iowa State In the final in-state match-up of two former Hayden Fry assistant coaches Kirk Ferentz prevailed over Dan McCarney to bring the Cy-Hawk trophy back to Iowa City. A crucial play of the game came in the fourth quarter with Iowa State electing to go for it on fourth down, coming up inches short. at Illinois Ohio State ESPN's College GameDay was in Iowa City for this matchup between the #1 Buckeyes (4-0) and # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Georgia Bulldogs Football Team
The 2006 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 9–4 record. The Bulldogs had an SEC record of 4–4. Despite losses to unranked Kentucky and Vanderbilt, Georgia salvaged its season by beating two ranked teams in the last two games of the season: #5 Auburn and #15 Georgia Tech. A victory over #14 Virginia Tech in the 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl gave the Georgia Bulldogs three consecutive victories over top 25 teams. This was the team's sixth season under the guidance of head coach Mark Richt. Preseason Following a 2005 campaign in which the Bulldogs finished the year ranked #10, the team was given a preseason #14 in the Coaches Poll. Ten players were named to the 2006 SEC Media Days Pre-Season All-Conference Football Team. TE Martrez Milner, OT Daniel Inman, C Nick Jones, DE Quentin Moses and PK Brandon Coutu were selected as first-team members. LB Jarvis Jackson, DB Tra Battle and P Gordon Ely-Kelso were named to the second team and RB Thomas Brown and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Michigan Wolverines Football Team
The 2006 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head football coach was Lloyd Carr. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium. The Wolverines came into the season with lower expectations than many Michigan teams of the previous few seasons, ranked #14. They won their first 11 games and rose to No. 2 in the national rankings before losing a close battle in Columbus to top-ranked Ohio State. Michigan concluded their schedule in the Rose Bowl against the USC Trojans. The game was tied 3–3 at half time, but USC pulled away in the second half, handing Michigan their second loss of the season. The 2006 Michigan Wolverines finished the season with a record of 11–2, ranked No. 8 in the nation, and tied for second in the Big Ten Conference with Wisconsin, whom they defeated, 27–13, early that season. Preseason The 2005 offseason saw a coaching shakeup, prompted by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Louisville Cardinals Football Team
The 2006 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, led by Bobby Petrino in his fourth year at the school, played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. Playing in their second year in the Big East Conference, the team finished the regular season with eleven wins and one loss and were conference champions. They represented the Big East in the 2007 Orange Bowl and with the win ended the season with a 12–1 record. The team ended the season ranked sixth in the nation. Pre-season The Cardinals finished the 2005 season with a 9–3 record, including a loss in the Gator Bowl. After the loss, they were ranked 19th in the nation. Returning eight starters from their 2005 offense, including Brian Brohm and Michael Bush and nine starters on a defense that allowed 320 yards a game the team was picked, by the Big East media, to finish second in the conference. Coaching changes After ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Miami Hurricanes Football Team
The 2006 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Hurricanes' 81st season of football and 3rd as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hurricanes were led by sixth-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 7–6 overall and 3–5 in the ACC to finish in fourth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the MPC Computers Bowl where they defeated Nevada, 21–20. Preseason Miami began the season ranked #11 in the ''USA Today'' Coaches Poll and #12 in the Associated Press Poll after going 9–3 (6–2 ACC) in 2005 with a #18 ranking in the ''USA Today'' Coaches Poll (#17 AP). Junior quarterback Kyle Wright finished second to Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets wide receiver Calvin Johnson in voting for the ACC Preseason Player of the Year. Earlier during the summer, head coach Larry Coker announced that running back Tyron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Florida State Seminoles Football Team
The 2006 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2006 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Atlantic Division. The Seminoles finished with an overall record of 7–6, which was head coach Bobby Bowden's worst record since going 5–6 in 1976, his first year as Florida State's head coach. This record was later reduced to 2–6 after 5 wins from the season were vacated as punishment for violations of NCAA rules. Pre-season The Seminoles were picked by the ACC media as the preseason favorite to win the ACC's Atlantic Division. Sophomore quarterback Drew Weatherford finished fourth in voting for the ACC's Preseason Player of the Year. Mid-season awards Buster Davis named as a semi-finalist for The Lott Trophy. Post-season awards *Buster Davis named to America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
