DAVETGC'S Rankings-119 NCAA-Division I Teams
Sunday, December 4, 2005: 2 undefeated Teams
NCAA Division I Team Conference Ranking Bowl Possibility Record Loss(es)
USC Pacific 10 1 Rose 12W-0L None
Texas Big 12 2 Rose 12W-0L None
Penn State Big Ten 3 Orange 10W-1L Michigan
Ohio State Big Ten 4 Fiesta 9W-2L Texas, Penn State
Notre Dame Independent 5 Fiesta 9W-2L Michigan State, USC
LSU Southeastern 6 Peach 10W-2L Tennessee, Georgia
Auburn Southeastern 7 Capital One 9W-2L Georgia Tech, LSU
Georgia Southeastern 8 Sugar 9W-2L Florida, Auburn
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 9 Gator 10W-2L Miami-Florida, Florida State
Oregon Pacific 10 10 Holiday 10W-1L USC
West Virginia Big East 11 Sugar 10W-1L Virginia Tech
Alabama Southeastern 12 Cotton 9W-2L LSU, Auburn
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast 13 Peach 9W-2L Florida State, Georgia Tech
TCU Mountain West 14 Houston 10W-1L SMU
Louisville Big East 15 Gator 9W-2L South Florida, West Virginia
Michigan Big Ten 16 Alamo 7W-4L Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio State
Clemson Atlantic Coast 17 Champs 7W-4L Miami-FL, Boston College, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech
South Carolina Southeastern 18 Independence 7W-4L Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, Clemson
Florida Southeastern 19 Outback 8W-3L Alabama, LSU, South Carolina
Florida State Atlantic Coast 20 Orange 8W-4L Virginia, North Carolina State, Clemson, Florida
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 21 Emerald 7W-4L Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Virginia, Georgia
UCLA Pacific 10 22 Sun 9W-2L Arizona, USC
Northwestern Big Ten 23 Sun 7W-4L Arizona State, Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State
Wisconsin Big Ten 24 Capital One 9W-3L Northwestern, Penn State, Iowa
Texas Tech Big 12 25 Cotton 9W-2L Texas, Oklahoma State
Iowa Big Ten 26 Outback 7W-4L Iowa State, Ohio State, Michigan, Northwestern
Minnesota Big Ten 27 Music City 7W-4L Penn State, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Iowa
Boston College Atlantic Coast 28 MPC 8W-3L Florida State, Virginia Tech, North Carolina
Oklahoma Big 12 29 Holiday 7W-4L TCU, UCLA, Texas, Texas Tech
Virginia Atlantic Coast 30 Music City 6W-5L Maryland, Boston College, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Miami-Florida
Fresno State Western Athletic 31 Liberty 8W-4L Oregon, USC, Nevada, Louisiana Tech
North Carolina Atlantic Coast 32 Toilet 5W-6L Georgia Tech, Wisconsin, Louisville, Miami-FL, Maryland, Virginia Tech
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast 33 Champs 6W-5L Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Clemson, Wake Forest, Boston College
Maryland Atlantic Coast 34 Toilet 5W-6L Clemson, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Florida State, Boston College
Nebraska Big 12 35 Alamo 7W-4L Texas Tech, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas
Kansas Big 12 36 Fort Worth 6W-5L Texas Tech, Kansas State, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas
Iowa State Big 12 37 Houston 7W-4L Nebraska, Baylor, Missouri, Kansas
Colorado Big 12 38 Champs 7W-5L Miami-FL, Texas x 2, Iowa State, Nebraska
California Pacific 10 39 Las Vegas 7W-4L UCLA, Oregon State, Oregon, USC
Stanford Pacific 10 40 Toilet 5W-6L Cal-Davis, Oregon, UCLA, USC, California, Notre Dame
Arizona State Pacific 10 41 Insight 6W-5L LSU, USC, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA
Missouri Big 12 42 Independence 6W-5L New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Kansas State
Texas A&M Big 12 43 Toilet 5W-6L Clemson, Colorado, Iowa State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Texas
Kansas State Big 12 44 Toilet 5W-6L Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Colorado, Iowa State, Nebraska
Purdue Big Ten 45 Toilet 5W-6L Minnesota, Notre Dame, Iowa, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Penn State
Michigan State Big Ten 46 Toilet 5W-6L Michigan, Ohio State, Northwestern, Purdue, Minnesota, Penn State
Baylor Big 12 47 Toilet 5W-6L Texas A&M, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas, Missouri
Tennessee Southeastern 48 Toilet 5W-6L Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 49 Toilet 4W-7L Vanderbilt, Nebraska, Florida State, Boston College, Maryland, Georgia Tech, Miami-Florida
Oregon State Pacific 10 50 Toilet 5W-6L Louisville, Arizona State, UCLA, Arizona, Stanford, Oregon
South Florida Big East 51 Meineke 6W-5L Penn State, Miami-FL, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, West Virginia
Oklahoma State Big 12 52 Toilet 4W-7L Colorado, Missouri, Texas A&M, Iowa State, Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma
Arkansas Southeastern 53 Toilet 4W-7L Vanderbilt, USC, Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas
Boise State Western Athletic 54 MPC 9W-3L Georgia, Oregon State, Fresno State
Rutgers Big East 55 Insight 7W-4L Illinois, West Virginia, South Florida, Louisville
Navy Independent 56 Poinsettia 7W-4L Maryland, Stanford, Rutgers, Notre Dame
Pittsburgh Big East 57 Toilet 5W-6L Notre Dame, Ohio Univ., Nebraska, Rutgers, Louisville, West Virginia
Washington State Pacific 10 58 Toilet 4W-7L Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, California, USC, Arizona State, Oregon
BYU Mountain West 59 Las Vegas 6W-5L Boston College, TCU, San Diego State, Notre Dame, Utah
Colorado State Mountain West 60 Poinsettia 6W-5L Colorado, Minnesota, BYU, TCU, San Diego State
Utah Mountain West 61 Emerald 6W-5L TCU, North Carolina, Colorado St., San Diego State, New Mexico
Arizona Pacific 10 62 Toilet 3W-8L Utah, Purdue, California, USC, Stanford, Oregon, Washington, Arizona State
Indiana Big Ten 63 Toilet 4W-7L Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Michigan, Purdue
Akron Mid-American 64 Motor City 7W-5L Purdue, Central Michigan, Miami-OH, Army, Ball State
Northern Illinois Mid-American 65 Toilet 7W-5L Michigan, Northwestern, Akron x 2, Ball State
Toledo Mid-American 66 GMAC 8W-3L Fresno State, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois
Kentucky Southeastern 67 Toilet 3W-8L Louisville, Indiana, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi, Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee
Vanderbilt Southeastern 68 Toilet 5W-6L Middle Tennessee State, LSU, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky
Army Independent 69 Toilet 4W-7L Boston College, Baylor, Iowa State, Connecticut, CMU, TCU, Navy
Nevada Western Athletic 70 Hawaii 8W-3L Washington State, Colorado State, Boise State
Louisiana Tech Western Athletic 71 Toilet 7W-4L Florida, Kansas, Nevada, Boise State
Air Force Mountain West 72 Toilet 4W-7L Wyoming, Utah, Colorado State, Navy, TCU, BYU, Army
Washington Pacific 10 73 Toilet 2W-9L Air Force, Cal, Notre Dame, Oregon, UCLA, USC, Arizona State, Oregon State, Washington State
Illinois Big Ten 74 Toilet 2W-9L California, Michigan State, Iowa, Indiana, Penn State, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Purdue, Northwestern
Tulsa Conference USA 75 Liberty 7W-4L Minnesota, Oklahoma, Houston, UTEP
Central Florida Conference USA 76 Hawaii 8W-4L South Carolina, South Florida, Southern Mississippi, Tulsa
Memphis State Conference USA 77 Motor City 6W-5L Mississippi, Tulsa, Central Florida, Alabama-Birmingham, Tennessee
Texas-El Paso Conference USA 78 GMAC 8W-3L Memphis State, UAB, SMU
Bowling Green Mid-American 79 Toilet 6W-5L Wisconsin, Boise State, Western Michigan, Akron, Toledo
New Mexico Mountain West 80 Toilet 6W-5L UTEP, TCU, BYU, Colorado State, Air Force
Connecticut Big East 81 Toilet 5W-6L Georgia Tech, Cincinnati, Rutgers, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Louisville
Wyoming Mountain West 82 Toilet 4W-7L Florida, TCU, New Mexico, Colorado State, Utah, BYU, San Diego St.
Mississippi State Southeastern 83 Toilet 3W-8L Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Florida, Houston, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas
Mississippi Southeastern 84 Toilet 3W-8L Vanderbilt, Wyoming, Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas, LSU, Mississippi State
Western Michigan Mid-American 85 Toilet 7W-4L Virginia, Toledo, Ball State, Northern Illinois
Ohio University Mid-American 86 Toilet 4W-6L Northwestern, Bowling Green, CMU, Virginia Tech, Toledo, Akron
Central Michigan Mid-American 87 Toilet 6W-5L Indiana, Penn State, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan
Miami-OH Mid-American 88 Toilet 6W-4L Ohio State, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, Bowling Green
Cincinnati Big East 89 Toilet 4W-7L Penn State, Miami-OH, Pittsburgh, Louisville, West Virginia, South Florida, Rutgers
Syracuse Big East 90 Toilet 1W-10L West Virginia, Virginia, Florida State, Connecticut, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, South Florida, Notre Dame, Louisville
San Diego State Mountain West 91 Toilet 5W-7L UCLA, Air Force, Ohio St., UNLV, New Mexico, TCU, Hawaii
East Carolina Conference USA 92 Toilet 5W-6L Wake Forest, West Virginia, Southern Mississippi, Memphis St., Central Florida, Tulsa
Southern Mississippi Conference USA 93 New Orleans 6W-5L Alabama, Tulsa, North Carolina State, Houston, Memphis St.
Hawaii Western Athletic 94 Toilet 5W-7L Southern Cal, Michigan State, Boise State, Louisiana Tech, Fresno State, Nevada, Wisconsin
Ball State Mid-American 95 Toilet 4W-7L Iowa, Bowling Green, Auburn, Boston College, Toledo, Ohio University, CMU
Alabama-Birmingham Conference USA 96 Toilet 5W-6L Tennessee, SMU, Marshall, Southern Mississippi, Central Florida, East Carolina
Marshall Conference USA 97 Toilet 4W-7L Kansas State, Central Florida, Virginia Tech, UTEP, Southern Mississippi, East Carolina, Memphis State
Southern Methodist Conference USA 98 Toilet 5W-6L Baylor, Texas A&M, Tulane, Marshall, East Carolina, Tulsa
Houston Conference USA 99 Fort Worth 6W-5L Oregon, Texas-El Paso, Memphis State, Central Florida, SMU
Duke Atlantic Coast 100 Toilet 1W-10L East Carolina, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Navy, Georgia Tech, Miami-FL, Florida St., Wake Forest, Clemson, North Carolina
Eastern Michigan Mid-American 101 Toilet 4W-7L Cincinnati, Michigan, Toledo, Northern Illinois, Miami-OH, Western Michigan, Ball State
Rice Conference USA 102 Toilet 1W-10L UCLA, Texas, Alabama-Birmingham, East Carolina, Tulsa, Navy, UTEP, SMU, Central Florida, Houston
Tulane Conference USA 103 Toilet 2W-9L Mississippi State, Houston, UTEP, Central Florida, Marshall, Navy, Rice, Tulsa, Southern Mississippi
Utah State Western Athletic 104 Toilet 2W-8L Utah, Idaho, Fresno St., Boise State, Alabama, Louisiana Tech, Hawaii, Nevada
San Jose State Western Athletic 105 Toilet 3W-8L Illinois, San Diego State, Nevada, Utah State, Boise St., Hawaii, Louisiana Tech, Fresno State
UNLV Mountain West 106 Toilet 2W-9L New Mexico, Nevada, Utah State, Wyoming, Air Force, Utah, BYU, TCU, Colorado St.
Idaho Western Athletic 107 Toilet 2W-9L Washington State, UNLV, Washington, Hawaii, Nevada, Fresno St., Louisiana Tech, Boise St., San Jose St.
Arkansas State Sun Belt 108 New Orleans 6W-5L Missouri, Oklahoma St., Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee State, Army
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 109 Toilet 6W-5L Texas, Eastern Michigan, Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, Arkansas St.
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt 110 Toilet 5W-6L Northwestern St., Wyoming, Georgia, Arkansas, Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette
Florida International Sun Belt 111 Toilet 5W-6L Kansas State, Texas Tech, Louisiana-Monroe, North Texas, Troy St., Louisiana-Lafayette
Middle Tennessee State Sun Belt 112 Toilet 4W-7L Alabama, North Texas St., Akron, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, North Carolina St., Florida International
Troy State Sun Belt 113 Toilet 4W-7L Alabama-Birmingham, Missouri, South Carolina, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Arkansas State, Middle Tennessee
North Texas State Sun Belt 114 Toilet 2W-9L Tulsa, Kansas State, Troy St., Louisiana Tech, LSU, Louisiana-Lafayette, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana-Monroe, Arkansas St.
Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 115 Toilet 2W-9L Kansas, Oklahoma St., Minnesota, Arkansas State, Louisville, Middle Tennessee St., Louisiana-Monroe, Troy St., Florida International
Buffalo Mid-American 116 Toilet 1W-10L Connecticut, Syracuse, Rutgers, Western Michigan, Akron, Bowling Green, Toledo, Miami-OH, Ohio University, EMU
Kent State Mid-American 117 Toilet 1W-10L Michigan State, Miami-OH, Ohio University, Eastern Michigan, Navy, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Akron
Temple Independent 118 Toilet 0W-11L Arizona State, Wisconsin, Toledo, Western Michigan, Bowling Green, Miami-FL, Clemson, Miami-OH, Virginia, Navy, Maryland
New Mexico State Western Athletic 119 Toilet 0W-12L Texas El-Paso, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Louisiana Tech, Hawaii, Fresno St., Boise St., Idaho, Nevada, San Jose St., Utah St.

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Top Teams in NCAA Division I Football-Sorted by BCS Ranking

Bowl Schedule
Bowl Team 1 Team 2 Matchup Date Sponsor City Payout per Team Formerly
MAC Championship Northern Illinois Akron MAC-West vs. MAC-East 12/1/2005 Ford Detroit, MI n/a n/a
Conference USA Championship Tulsa Central Florida East vs. West 12/3/2005 n/a Orlando, FL n/a n/a
ACC Championship Virginia Tech Florida State ACC-Coastal vs. ACC-Atlantic 12/3/2005 Dr. Pepper Jacksonville, FL n/a n/a
SEC Championship LSU Georgia SEC-West vs. SEC-East 12/3/2005 Dr. Pepper Atlanta, GA n/a n/a
Big 12 Championship Colorado Texas Big 12-North vs. Big 12-South 12/3/2005 Dr. Pepper Kansas City, KS n/a n/a
New Orleans Arkansas State Southern Mississippi Sun Belt #1 vs. Conference USA 20-Dec Wyndham New Orleans, LA $750,000 n/a
GMAC Texas-El Paso Toledo Conference USA #2 vs. MAC/WAC 21-Dec GMAC Mobile, AL $750,000 Mobile Bowl
Las Vegas California BYU PAC 10 #5 vs. Mountain West #1/2 22-Dec Pioneer Las Vegas, NV $750,000 n/a
Poinsettia Colorado State Navy Mountain West vs. TBA 22-Dec San Diego County Credit Union San Diego, CA $750,000 n/a
Fort Worth Houston Kansas Conference USA #4 vs. Big 12 12/23/2005 Multiple Fort Worth, TX $750,000 n/a
Hawaii Central Florida Nevada Conference USA #3 vs. WAC 24-Dec Sheraton Honolulu, HA $750,000 n/a
Motor City Akron Memphis State MAC #1/2 vs. Big 10 #7 26-Dec Ford Detroit, MI $750,000 n/a
Insight Arizona State Rutgers PAC 10 #4 vs. Big East #2/3 27-Dec Insight.com Phoenix, AZ $750,000 n/a
Champs Clemson Colorado ACC vs. Big 12 27-Dec Champs Orlando, FL $862,500 n/a
MPC Boise State Boston College WAC vs. ACC 28-Dec MPC Boise, ID $750,000 Tangerine Bowl
Alamo Michigan Nebraska Big 10 #4 vs. Big 12 #4 28-Dec MasterCard San Antonio, TX $1,650,000 n/a
Holiday Oregon Oklahoma PAC-10 #2 vs. Big 12 #3 29-Dec Pacific Life San Diego, CA $2,000,000 n/a
Emerald Utah Georgia Tech Mountain West #2/3 vs. PAC 10 #6 29-Dec Diamond Foods San Francisco, CA $750,000 n/a
Independence South Carolina Missouri SEC vs. Big 12 30-Dec Multiple Shreveport, LA $1,200,000 n/a
Music City Minnesota Virginia Big Ten #6 vs. ACC 30-Dec Gaylord Hotels Nashville, TN $780,000 n/a
Sun Northwestern UCLA Big 10 #5 vs. Pac 10 #3 30-Dec Vitalis El Paso, TX $1,575,000 n/a
Peach Miami-Florida LSU ACC #3 vs. SEC 30-Dec Chick-fil-A Atlanta, GA $2,400,000 n/a
Meineke South Florida North Carolina State Big East vs. ACC 31-Dec Meineke Charlotte, NC $750,000 n/a
Houston TCU Iowa State SEC vs. Big 12 31-Dec EV1 Houston, TX $1,200,000 AstroBluebonnet
Liberty Tulsa Fresno State Conference USA #1 vs. TBA 31-Dec AutoZone Memphis, TN $1,500,000 n/a
Outback Iowa Florida Big 10 #3 vs. SEC #3 2-Jan Outback Tampa, FL $2,850,000 n/a
Capital One Wisconsin Auburn Big 10 #2 vs. SEC #2 2-Jan Capital One Orlando, FL $5,312,000 Florida Citrus Bowl
Gator Virginia Tech Louisville ACC #2 vs. Big East #2 (or Notre Dame) 2-Jan Toyota Jacksonville, FL $1,600,000 n/a
Cotton Texas Tech Alabama Big 12 #2 vs. SEC 2-Jan AT&T Dallas, TX $2,500,000 n/a
Fiesta Ohio State Notre Dame Alliance #1 pick vs. Alliance-Big 12 2-Jan Tostitos Tempe, AZ $18,300,000 n/a
Sugar West Virginia Georgia Alliance vs. Alliance-SEC (#4 vs.#6) 2-Jan Nokia Atlanta, GA $18,300,000 n/a
Orange Penn State Florida State Alliance vs. Alliance-ACC (#3 vs.#5) 3-Jan FedEx Miami-FL $18,300,000 n/a
Rose USC Texas Alliance #1 vs. Alliance #2 4-Jan Citibank Pasadena, CA $14,860,000 n/a

$206,879,000 paid out for 56 teams in 28 bowl games

Bowl payouts give Big Ten $35 Million; this is over $4 million per team; SEC gets $32 million

Bowl Schedule with payouts in 2004-2005

Top Defensive Teams: 1 undefeated
Rushing Defense Passing Defense Pass Efficiency Defense Total Defense Scoring Defense
Ohio State 74.5 Virginia Tech 142.18 Miami (Fla.) 84.57 Virginia Tech 236.73 Virginia Tech 10.6
Colorado 79.5 Connecticut 147.20 Virginia Tech 88.38 Alabama 248.36 Alabama 10.7
Tennessee 82.5 Miami (Fla.) 148.18 Texas 93.30 Miami (Fla.) 252.09 Miami (Fla.) 11.9
Kansas 88.1 Alabama 154.82 Connecticut 93.97 Ohio State 275.27 LSU 13.5
LSU 90.8 Texas 160.18 LSU 95.13 LSU 278.73 Georgia 14.6
Oklahoma 91.2 Texas Tech 171.82 Alabama 96.96 Connecticut 281.00 Auburn 14.7
Alabama 93.5 Georgia 175.36 TCU 99.94 West Virginia 285.80 Ohio State 14.8
West Virginia 94.3 South Carolina 176.09 Texas Tech 103.80 Texas 288.45 Boston College 15.5
Virginia Tech 94.5 South Florida 176.90 North Carolina St.103.91 Florida 289.82 Texas 15.6
Boston College 95.2 Florida State 183.91 Nebraska 103.96 Auburn 294.09 Penn State 16.5
Florida 97.7 Maryland 184.82 Georgia 104.53 Florida State 295.73 West Virginia 16.6
Georgia Tech 98.0 LSU 187.91 Georgia Tech 105.26 Georgia Tech 296.36 South Florida 17.4
Penn State 99.1 Auburn 189.73 Penn State 106.27 Tennessee 298.18 TCU 18.1
Iowa State 99.7 Fresno State 190.36 South Florida 107.60 North Carolina St.299.00 Connecticut 18.1
Miami (Fla.) 103.9 Toledo 191.18 Iowa State 109.07 Georgia 303.91 Clemson 18.3
Auburn 104.4 West Virginia 191.50 South Carolina 109.12 Oklahoma 304.82 Florida 18.4
North Carolina St.104.5 Florida 192.09 Auburn 109.99 South Florida 304.90 Georgia Tech 18.5
Boise State 106.3 North Carolina St.194.45 California 110.19 Penn State 306.55 Iowa State 18.5
Oregon State 108.0 Georgia Tech 198.36 Florida 110.80 Boston College 307.27 Tennessee 18.6
Louisville 109.4 Ohio State 200.82 Clemson 111.82 Kansas 308.64 Iowa 19.0
Florida State 111.8 Nebraska 202.27 Oklahoma 112.42 Louisville 315.60 Michigan 19.3
TCU 114.6 Clemson 204.09 Oregon 112.98 Nebraska 326.00 North Carolina St.19.3
USC 116.3 Louisville 206.20 Fresno State 113.88 Texas Tech 328.18 Texas Tech 19.4
Notre Dame 119.4 Penn State 207.45 Colorado 113.97 TCU 332.82 Colorado 19.8
California 121.5 Arkansas 209.36 Louisville 115.09 Clemson 334.09 Fresno State 20.1
Iowa 122.1 North Carolina 211.00 Boston College 115.20 Fresno State 334.73 Nebraska 20.4
Nebraska 123.7 Michigan 211.55 West Virginia 115.27 California 20.5
Rutgers 125.8 Ohio State 115.84 USC 21.5
South Florida 128.0 Michigan 116.92 Florida State 21.6
Texas 128.3

Top Offensive Teams: 2 Undefeated
Rushing Offense Passing Offense Total Offense Scoring Offense
Minnesota 279.91 Texas Tech 403.6 USC 571.27 Texas 49.18
Texas 274.27 Arizona State 364.9 Texas Tech 511.00 USC 48.55
West Virginia 258.20 Notre Dame 334.3 Texas 510.45 Louisville 46.70
USC 249.18 USC 322.1 Arizona State 504.55 Texas Tech 42.09
Texas A&M 234.91 Oregon 310.1 Minnesota 497.82 UCLA 40.00
California 234.73 Louisville 303.6 Michigan State 497.27 Fresno State 39.91
Penn State 219.55 Northwestern 296.8 Louisville 497.10 Notre Dame 38.18
Arkansas 216.91 Oregon State 296.5 Northwestern 492.73 Boise State 37.33
Boise State 215.75 UCLA 295.5 Washington St. 489.27 Oregon 36.36
South Florida 215.10 Michigan St. 295.5 Notre Dame 489.09 Minnesota 36.18
Washington St. 212.00 Florida State 290.1 Oregon 449.00 Arizona State 36.09
Missouri 205.45 Vanderbilt 280.5 UCLA 444.40 Penn State 35.18
Virginia Tech 204.64 Washington St. 277.3 Texas A&M 442.27 Wisconsin 35.17
Auburn 202.73 Fresno St. 255.7 Iowa 434.45 Virginia Tech 34.82
Northern Illinois 202.73 Iowa 249.7 Boise State 430.33 Auburn 34.18
Michigan St. 201.82 Maryland 249.1 Purdue 428.45 Michigan State 33.82
Wake Forest 197.55 Colorado 243.6 Auburn 425.64 TCU 33.73
TCU 197.36 Purdue 241.7 Penn State 424.27 Washington State 33.45
Northwestern 195.91 Boston College 241.5 California 424.18 California 32.73
Louisville 193.50 Iowa State 238.4 Fresno State 423.55 Ohio State 32.55
Ohio State 189.55 Texas 236.2 Missouri 423.00 Texas A&M 32.00
Purdue 186.73 Georgia 235.3 Oregon State 419.00 West Virginia 31.90
Iowa 184.73 Clemson 234.0 Ohio State 404.64 Northwestern 31.82
Connecticut 183.60 LSU 232.7 TCU 399.00 Iowa 30.55
Oklahoma 181.64 Nebraska 229.5 Vanderbilt 395.64 Missouri 30.09
Utah 179.36 Arizona 229.3 Florida State 394.55 Purdue 30.00
Fresno State 167.82 Miami (Fla.) 226.0 Georgia 394.00 LSU 29.91
Michigan 164.45 Stanford 223.9 Boston College 388.18 Florida State 29.64
Wisconsin 161.58 Auburn 222.9 Clemson 386.36 Miami (Fla.) 29.27
Washington 222.8 Rutgers 384.82 Michigan 28.82
Wisconsin 222.3 Wisconsin 383.92
Florida 222.0 Maryland 383.91
Michigan 218.4 Michigan 382.82

DAVETGC'S Top Defensive/Offensive Teams
Top Defensive Teams Top Offensive Teams
Virginia Tech USC
Alabama Texas
Georgia Texas Tech
Ohio State Louisville
Miami-Florida UCLA
Texas Fresno State
Auburn Wisconsin
Florida State Arizona State
Nebraska Washington State
Florida California
Boston College Michigan State
Oklahoma Notre Dame
West Virginia Virginia Tech
LSU Northwestern
Michigan Texas A&M
Georgia Tech Missouri
Iowa Penn State
Penn State Minnesota
Colorado Florida State
Fresno State Oregon
West Virginia Toledo
Clemson TCU
TCU Ohio State
USC Boise State
Kansas West Virginia
South Florida Iowa
Louisville Auburn
North Carolina State Purdue
Texas Tech LSU
Tennessee Miami-FL
Connecticut
Iowa State

Games that should decide BCS Title Game and Bowl Games: 14 Weeks of Bliss

September 1-5

Florida State over Miami-Florida

September 8-10

Notre Dame over Michigan

Texas over Ohio State

LSU over Arizona State

September 15-17

USC over Arkansas

Florida over Tennessee

Oregon over Fresno State

Miami-Florida over Clemson

Michigan State over Notre Dame

Florida State over Boston College

September 22-24

Tennessee at LSU

Ohio State over Iowa

Miami-Florida over Colorado

Wisconsin over Michigan

USC over Oregon

Boise State over Bowling Green

September 27-October 1

Fresno State over Toledo

USC over Arizona State

Alabama over Florida

Notre Dame over Purdue

Michigan over Michigan State

Virginia Tech over West Virginia

October 6-8

Texas over Oklahoma

Georgia over Tennessee

Iowa over Purdue

Penn State over Ohio State

Minnesota over Michigan

October 13-15

Texas over Colorado

West Virginia over Louisville

USC over Notre Dame

LSU over Florida

Michigan over Penn State

October 20-22

Texas over Texas Tech

Michigan over Iowa

Georgia over Arkansas

Alabama over Tennessee

October 27-29

Virginia Tech over Boston College

Florida over Georgia

Michigan over Northwestern

November 1-5

Miami-Florida over Virginia Tech

Notre Dame over Tennessee

Texas Tech over Texas Tech

Penn State over Wisconsin

November 8-12

Iowa over Wisconsin

USC over California

November 15-19

Ohio State over Michigan

Virginia Tech over Virginia

Auburn over Alabama

California over Stanford

USC over Fresno State

November 22-26

Texas over Texas A&M

LSU over Arkansas

Georgia over Georgia Tech

Florida over Florida State

December 2-3

MAC Championship: Akron over Northern Illinois

Conference USA Championship: Tulsa over Central Florida

Navy over Army

USC over UCLA

December 9-10

ACC Conference Championship: Florida State over Virginia Tech

Big 12 Conference Championship: Texas over Colorado

SEC Conference Championship: Georgia over LSU

BCS Rose Bowl National Championship: Texas vs. USC

Conference Rankings

1-Big Twelve: Bowl Record: 4-3
Big 12-North Bowl Commit
Colorado Champs
Nebraska Alamo
Iowa State Houston
Missouri Independence
Kansas State
Kansas Fort Worth
Big 12-South
Texas BCS-Rose
Texas Tech Cotton
Oklahoma Holiday
Texas A&M
Baylor
Oklahoma State

2-SEC-Southeastern: Bowl Record: 3-2
SEC-East Bowl Commit
Georgia BCS-Sugar
South Carolina Independence
Florida Outback
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Kentucky
SEC-West
LSU Peach
Auburn Capital One
Alabama Cotton
Arkansas
Mississippi
Mississippi State

3-Big Ten: Bowl Record: 2-4

Big 10 Bowl Commit
Penn State BCS-Orange
Ohio State BCS-Fiesta
Wisconsin Capital One
Michigan Alamo
Northwestern Sun
Iowa Outback
Minnesota Music City
Purdue
Michigan State
Indiana
Illinois


4-ACC-Atlantic Coast: Bowl Record: 5-2

ACC-Atlantic Bowl Commit
Florida State BCS-Orange
Boston College MPC
Clemson Champs
North Carolina State Meineke
Maryland
Wake Forest
ACC-Coastal
Virginia Tech Gator
Miami-Florida Peach
Georgia Tech Emerald
Virginia Music City
North Carolina
Duke

5-PAC 10-Pacific Athletic Conference: Bowl Record: 3-1
PAC-10 Bowl Commit
USC BCS-Rose
Oregon Holiday
UCLA Sun
California Las Vegas
Arizona State Insight
Stanford
Oregon State
Washington State
Arizona
Washington

6-Big East: Bowl Record: 0-3

Big East Bowl Commit
West Virginia BCS-Sugar
Louisville Gator
South Florida Meinke
Rutgers Insight
Pittsburgh
Connecticut
Cincinnati
Syracuse

7-Mountain West: Bowl Record: 2-2

Mountain West Bowl Commit
TCU Houston
Colorado State Poinsettia
BYU Las Vegas
New Mexico
Utah Emerald
Wyoming
Air Force
San Diego State
UNLV

8-Conference USA: Bowl Record: 3-3

Conference USA-East Bowl Commit
Central Florida Hawaii
Memphis State Motor City
Southern Mississippi New Orleans
Alabama-Birmingham
East Carolina
Marshall
Conference USA-West
Tulsa Liberty
Texas El-Paso GMAC
Southern Methodist
Houston Fort Worth
Tulane
Rice

9-MAC-Mid-American: Bowl Record 1-1

MAC-West Bowl Commit
Northern Illinois
Toledo GMAC
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Ball State
MAC-East
Akron Motor City
Miami-OH
Bowling Green
Ohio University
Kent State
Buffalo

Temple to MAC in 2007

10-WAC-Western Athletic Conference: Bowl Record: 1-2

WAC Bowl Commit
Fresno State Liberty
Boise State MPC Computer
Nevada Hawaii
Louisiana Tech
Hawaii
New Mexico State
San Jose State
Utah State
Idaho

11-Sun Belt Conference: Bowl Record: 0-1

Sun Belt Bowl Commit
Arkansas State New Orleans
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Troy State
North Texas State
Middle Tennessee State
Florida Atlantic
Florida International

Independents Bowl Alignment
Notre Dame BCS-Fiesta
Navy Poinsettia
Army
Temple

Temple to MAC in 2007

Future Notre Dame Schedules

Most Division I Football Programs by State

Texas (10)
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Houston
Rice
North Texas State
Baylor
SMU
Texas El-Paso

Ohio (8)
Ohio State
Bowling Green
Toledo
Miami-OH
Cincinnati
Kent State
Ohio Univ.
Akron

California (7)
USC
Stanford
UCLA
Fresno State
California
San Jose State
San Diego State

Florida (7)
Miami-Florida
Florida State
Florida
Central Florida
South Florida
Florida Atlantic
Florida International

Michigan (5)
Michigan
Michigan State
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan

North Carolina (5)
Wake Forest
No.Carolina State
Duke
North Carolina
East Carolina

Louisiana (5)
LSU
Tulane
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe

Alabama (4)
Alabama
Auburn
Troy State
Alabama-Birmingham

Tennessee (4)
Middle Tennessee State
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Memphis State

New York/New Jersey (4)
Syracuse
Rutgers
Army
Buffalo

Virginia/West Virginia (4)
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Marshall
West Virginia

Indiana (4)
Purdue
Notre Dame
Ball State
Indiana

Pennsylvania (3)
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Temple

Mississippi (3)
Southern Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi State

Illinois (3)
Northern Illinois
Illinois
Northwestern

Oklahoma (3)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tulsa

Colorado (3)
Colorado
Colorado State
Air Force
Utah (3)
Utah
BYU
Utah State
Idaho (3)
Boise State
Idaho
Utah State

Arkansas (2)
Arkansas
Arkansas State
Georgia (2)
Georgia
Georgia Tech

Kentucky (2)
Louisville
Kentucky

Nevada (2)
UNLV
Nevada
New Mexico (2)
New Mexico
New Mexico State

Washington (2)
Washington State
Washington

Arizona (2)
Arizona State
Arizona

Oregon (2)
Oregon
Oregon State

Maryland/District of Columbia (2)
Maryland
Navy
South Carolina (2)
South Carolina
Clemson

Iowa (2)
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas (2)
Kansas State
Kansas

1 each from:

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Wyoming and Hawaii

None from Maine, Rhode Island, Delaware, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska or Montana

Parity in NCAA Division I football has resulted from:

1)Reduction in Scholarships--95 to 85 (may go to 72 soon)

2)Strength & Conditioning Coaches/Methods influencing high school and college programs

3)Excellent coaches and coaching staffs, methods and techniques including national recruiting of athletes

Football Playoff System including Bowl games

Week One-1st weekend after Thanksgiving-December 1-3, 2005
Bowl Team 1 Team 2 Matchup Date Sponsor City
MAC Championship Northern Illinois Akron MAC-West vs. MAC-East 12/1/2005 Ford Detroit, MI
Conference USA Championship Tulsa Central Florida East vs. West 12/3/2005 n/a Orlando, FL
Mountain West Championship TCU Utah South vs. North 12/3/2005 n/a Albaquerque, Sacramento, Denver, San Diego
Big East Championship West Virginia Louisville East vs. West 12/3/2005 n/a n/a
WAC Championship Fresno State Boise State WAC-South vs. WAC-North 12/3/2005 n/a n/a
ACC Championship Virginia Tech Florida State ACC-Coastal vs. ACC-Atlantic 12/3/2005 Dr. Pepper Jacksonville, FL
SEC Championship LSU Georgia SEC-West vs. SEC-East 12/3/2005 Dr. Pepper Atlanta, GA
Big 12 Championship Colorado Texas Big 12-North vs. Big 12-South 12/3/2005 Dr. Pepper Kansas City, KS
PAC 10 Championship USC Oregon PAC 10-South vs. PAC 10-North 12/3/2005 Dr. Pepper n/a
Big 10 Championship Penn State Iowa Big 10-East vs. Big 10-West 12/3/2005 Dr. Pepper Indianapolis, IN

If no league championship game, then conference champ as decided by conference. 6 conferences earn automatic births in NCAA Division I quarterfinals on New Year's Day (Big 10, Big 12, ACC, SEC, PAC 10 and Big East).

Week 2-December 10-2nd weekend after Thanksgiving Holiday
New Orleans Arkansas State Tulsa Sun Belt vs. Conference USA 10-Dec Wyndham New Orleans, LA
GMAC Fresno State Akron WAC Champ vs. MAC Champ 10-Dec GMAC Mobile, AL
Las Vegas Ohio State Oregon BCS two highest ranked non-champs 10-Dec Pioneer Las Vegas, NV
Insight.com Notre Dame TCU At-Large vs. Mountain West Champ 10-Dec Insight.com Phoenix, AZ

Week 3-December 17-3rd weekend after Thanksgiving Holiday
Houston Ohio State Notre Dame Las Vegas vs. Insight winners 17-Dec EV1 Houston, TX
Liberty Tulsa Fresno State New Orleans vs. GMAC winners 17-Dec AutoZone Memphis, TN

New Year's Day: Quarterfinals
Capital One (Quarter-Final) Penn State USC Big 10 Champ vs. PAC 10 Champ 1-Jan Capital One Orlando, FL
Gator (Quarter-Final) Florida State West Virginia ACC vs. Big East 1-Jan Toyota Jacksonville, FL
Cotton (Quarter-Final) Texas Fresno State Big 12 vs. Liberty Winner 1-Jan AT&T Dallas, TX
Sugar (Quarter-Final) Ohio State Georgia Houston winner vs. SEC 1-Jan Nokia Atlanta, GA

January 8, 2006: Semi-Finals
Fiesta (Semi-Final) USC Ohio State Capital One vs. Sugar winners 8-Jan Tostitos Tempe, AZ
Orange (Semi-Final) Texas Florida State Cotton vs. Gator winners 8-Jan FedEx Miami-FL

January 15, 2006: Finals
Rose (Final) USC Texas Fiesta vs. Orange winners 15-Jan Citibank Pasadena, CA

Major Bowls may rotate for Finals, Semi-Finals and Quarter-Finals

Other Holiday Bowls
Poinsettia Colorado State Navy Mountain West vs. At-Large 24-Dec San Diego County Credit Union San Diego, CA
Fort Worth South Carolina Kansas SEC vs. Big 12 12/24/2005 Multiple Fort Worth, TX
Hawaii Central Florida Nevada Conference USA #2 vs. WAC 24-Dec Sheraton Honolulu, HA
Motor City Northern Illinois Minnesota MAC #2 vs. Big 10 #6/7 26-Dec Ford Detroit, MI
Champs Clemson Colorado ACC vs. Big 12 27-Dec Champs Orlando, FL
MPC Computer Boise State Boston College WAC vs. ACC 28-Dec MPC Boise, ID
Alamo Michigan Nebraska Big 10 #2/3 vs. Big 12 #2 28-Dec MasterCard San Antonio, TX
Holiday Oregon Texas Tech PAC-10 #2 vs. Big 12 #3 29-Dec Pacific Life San Diego, CA
Emerald Utah Georgia Tech Mountain West #2/3 vs. PAC 10/ACC 29-Dec Diamond Foods San Francisco, CA
Independence Alabama Missouri SEC vs. Big 12 30-Dec Multiple Shreveport, LA
Music City Wisconsin Miami-FL Big Ten vs. ACC 30-Dec Gaylord Hotels Nashville, TN
Sun Northwestern UCLA Big 10 vs. Pac 10 30-Dec Vitalis El Paso, TX
Meineke Car Care Louisville North Carolina State Big East vs. ACC 30-Dec Meineke Charlotte, NC
Peach Virginia Tech LSU ACC #2 vs. SEC #2/3 31-Dec Chick-fil-A Atlanta, GA
Outback Iowa Auburn Big 10 #2/3 vs. SEC #2/3 31-Dec Outback Tampa, FL

Dates may vary; once a team is involved in playoff, they may not be considered for one of these holiday bowls. Under this format, all bowl teams would practically stay as is except for Memphis State, Southern Mississippi, BYU, South Florida, Rutgers, California, Arizona State and Florida would be eliminated from bowl consideration so the playoff format could move into reality.

TOP NCAA FOOTBALL COACHES
Team Coach Conference Ranking Overall
USC Pete Carroll Pacific 10 1
Ohio State Jim Tressel Big Ten 2
Notre Dame Charlie Weis Independent 3
Florida Urban Meyer Southeastern 4
Texas Mack Brown Big 12 5
Virginia Tech Frank Beamer Atlantic Coast 6
Fresno State Pat Hill Western Athletic 7
Miami FL Larry Coker Atlantic Coast 8
Oklahoma Bob Stoops Big 12 9
Iowa Kirk Ferentz Big Ten 10
Louisville Bobby Petrino Big East 11
Oregon Mike Bellotti Pacific 10 12
Alabama Mike Shula Southeastern 13
Michigan Lloyd Carr Big Ten 14
Boston College Tom O'Brien Atlantic Coast 15
Texas Tech Mike Leach Big 12 16
West Virginia Rich Rodriguez Big East 17
Colorado Gary Barnett Big 12 18
Florida State Bobby Bowden Atlantic Coast 19
Georgia Mark Richt Southeastern 20
Minnesota Glen Mason Big Ten 21
UCLA Karl Dorrell Pacific 10 22
LSU Les Miles Southeastern 23
Clemson Tommy Bowden Atlantic Coast 24
Northwestern Randy Walker Big Ten 25
South Carolina Steve Spurrier Southeastern 26
Auburn Tommy Tuberville Southeastern 27
Colorado State Sonny Lubick Mountain West 28
UTEP Mike Price Conference USA 29
TCU Gary Patterson Mountain West 30
Boise State Dan Hawkins Western Athletic 31
South Florida Jim Leavitt Big East 32
California Jeff Tedford Pacific 10 33
Washington State Bill Doba Pacific 10 34
Virginia Al Groh Atlantic Coast 35
Penn State Joe Paterno Big Ten 36
Wisconsin Barry Alvarez Big Ten 37
Tennessee Phillip Fulmer Southeastern 38
Northern Illinois Joe Novak Mid-American 39
Iowa State Dan McCarney Big 12 40
Maryland Ralph Friedgen Atlantic Coast 41
Nebraska Bill Callahan Big 12 42
Purdue Joe Tiller Big Ten 43
Georgia Tech Chan Gailey Atlantic Coast 44
Stanford Walt Harris Pacific 10 45
Arizona State Dirk Koetter Pacific 10 46
Navy Paul Johnson Independent 47
Kansas State Bill Snyder Big 12 48
North Carolina John Bunting Atlantic Coast 49
Western Michigan Bill Cubit Mid-American 50
Kansas Mark Mangino Big 12 51
North Carolina State Chuck Amato Atlantic Coast 52
Toledo Tom Anstutz Mid-American 53
Texas A&M Dennis Franchione Big 12 53
Arizona Mike Stoops Pacific 10 54
Rutgers Greg Schiano Big East 55
Connecticut Randy Edsall Big East 56
Missouri Gary Pinkel Big 12 57
Army Bobby Ross Independent 58
Florida Atlantic Howard Schellenberger Sunbelt 59
Florida International Don Strock Sunbelt 60
Southern Mississippi Jeff Bower Conference USA 61
Central Michigan Brian Kelly Mid-American 62
Central Florida George O'Leary Conference USA 63
Nevada Chris Ault Western Athletic 64
Brigham Young Bronco Mendenhall Mountain West 65
Michigan State John L. Smith Big Ten 66
Washington Tyrone Willingham Pacific 10 67
Arkansas Houston Nutt Southeastern 68
Wake Forest Jim Grobe Atlantic Coast 69
Illinois Ron Zook Big Ten 70
Indiana Terry Hoeppner Big Ten 71
Vanderbilt Bobby Johnson Southeastern 72
Bowling Green Gregg Brandon Mid-American 73
San Diego State Tom Craft Mountain West 74
Akron J.D. Brookhart Mid-American 75
Tulsa Steve Kragthorpe Conference USA 76
Utah Kyle Whittingham Mountain West 77
Houston Art Briles Conference USA 78
Louisiana Tech Jack Bicknell Western Athletic 79
Miami Ohio Shane Montgomery Mid-American 80
Pittsburgh Dave Wannstedt Big East 81
Ball State Brady Hoke Mid-American 82
Memphis Tommy West Conference USA 83
Hawaii June Jones Western Athletic 84
Air Force Fisher DeBerry Mountain West 85
New Mexico Rocky Long Mountain West 86
Oregon State Mike Riley Pacific 10 87
Eastern Michigan Jeff Genyk Mid-American 88
Mississippi State Sylvester Croom Southeastern 89
Marshall Mark Snyder Conference USA 90
Arkansas State Steve Roberts Sunbelt 91
Tulane Chris Scelfo Conference USA 92
SMU Phil Bennett Conference USA 93
Cincinnati Mark Dantonio Big East 94
Oklahoma State Mike Gundy Big 12 95
Louisiana Lafayette Rickey Bustle Sunbelt 97
Louisiana Monroe Charlie Weatherbie Sunbelt 98
Middle Tennessee Andy McCollum Sunbelt 99
Baylor Guy Morriss Big 12 100
Utah State Brent Guy Western Athletic 101
Syracuse Greg Robinson Big East 102
East Carolina Skip Holtz Conference USA 103
Wyoming Joe Glenn Mountain West 104
Troy (State) Larry Blakeney Sunbelt 105
Rice Ken Hatfield Conference USA 106
Ohio U. Frank Solich Mid-American 107
Mississippi Ed Orgeron Southeastern 108
Kentucky Rich Brooks Southeastern 109
UAB Watson Brown Conference USA 110
San Jose State Dick Tomey Western Athletic 111
North Texas Darrell Dickey Sunbelt 112
Idaho Nick Holt Western Athletic 113
UNLV Mike Sanford Mountain West 114
Kent State Doug Martin Mid-American 115
Duke Ted Roof Atlantic Coast 116
Buffalo Jim Hofher Mid-American 117
Temple Bobby Wallace Independent 118
New Mexico State Hal Mumme Western Athletic 119

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