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The 2007–08 NCAA football bowl games [1] concluded the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS regular season in college football. A total of 32 team-competitive plus four all-star postseason games were played. While bowl games had been the purview of only the very best teams for nearly a century, this was the second consecutive year that teams with non ...
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.
† Winner of the Bowl Challenge Cup – § NCAA record for bowl victories in a conference in one bowl season. Notes. The Sun Belt Conference, represented by Florida Atlantic University, was not eligible for the Bowl Challenge Cup as they only had one bowl berth. Conferences must have a minimum of three bids to be a part of the challenge.
The final Coaches Poll of the 2008 season (technically taking place in 2009) was notable in that the winner of the BCS Championship Game was not the unanimous number 1. . While the coaches are obligated to vote the winner of that game, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham voted his team number 1 after they defeated favored Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl and completed the only undefeated season (13
Making their first bowl appearance since 2002, Air Force jumped out to a 21-0 lead to start the game. But then the Cal offense got going, with quarterback Kevin Riley throwing for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns and running back Justin Forsett running for 140 yards and two scores. This was the MW's only loss of the 2007 bowl season.
Here’s a look at each conference’s record in bowl games, in order of winning percentage, with just the CFP title game remaining: MAC. Record: 4-2. Winning percentage: .667. Independent. Record ...
The regular season began on August 28, 2008, and ended on December 6, 2008. The postseason concluded on January 8, 2009, with the BCS National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida , which featured the top two teams ranked by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS): the No. 2 Florida Gators (No. 1 in the AP Poll ) and No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners ...
2007 Big Ten Conference football season; League: NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) Sport: football: Duration: August, 2007 through January, 2008: Number of teams: 11: TV partner(s) ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Big Ten Network: 2008 NFL Draft; Top draft pick: Jake Long (Michigan) Picked by: Miami Dolphins, first round (1st overall) Regular ...