2006 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

none August 2023 2006 Ohio State Florida SEC (6) 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   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week   Selected for BCS National Championship Game (#–#)   Win–loss record (Italics)   Number of first place votes т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol AP Poll Preseason Week 1Sept 5 Week 2Sept 10 Week 3Sept 17 Week 4Sept 24 Week 5Oct 1 Week 6Oct 8 Week 7Oct 15 Week 8Oct 22 Week 9Oct 29 Week 10Nov 5 Week 11Nov 12 Week 12Nov 19 Week 13Nov 26 Week 14Dec 3 Week 15 (Final)Jan 9 1. Ohio State (35) Ohio State (1–0) (39) Ohio State (2–0) (59) Ohio State (3–0) (59) Ohio State (4–0) (59) Ohio State (5–0) (62) Ohio State (6–0) (63) Ohio State (7–0) (63) Ohio State (8–0) (63) Ohio State (9–0) (63) Ohio State (10–0) (65) Ohio State (11–0) (64) Ohio State (12–0) (65) Ohio State (12–0) (65) Ohio State (12–0) (65) Florida (13–1) (64) 1.2. Notre Dame (10) Texas (1–0) (7) Notre Dame (2–0) (3) Auburn (3–0) (2) Auburn (4–0) (2) Auburn (5–0) (1) Florida (6–0) Michigan (7–0) Michigan (8–0) Michigan (9–0) Michigan (10–0) Michigan (11–0) (1) Michigan (11–1) USC (10–1) Florida (12–1) Ohio State (12–1)2.3. Texas (8) USC (1–0) (3) Auburn (2–0) (2) USC (2–0) (2) USC (3–0) (2) USC (4–0) USC (5–0) USC (6–0) USC (6–0) West Virginia (7–0) (2) Louisville (8–0) Florida (9–1) USC (9–1) Michigan (11–1) Michigan (11–1) LSU (11–2)3.4. Auburn (3) Auburn (1–0) (3) т USC (1–0) (2) West Virginia (3–0) (2) West Virginia (4–0) (2) West Virginia (5–0) (2) Michigan (6–0) West Virginia (6–0) (2) West Virginia (7–0) (2) Texas (8–1) Texas (9–1) USC (8–1) Florida (10–1) Florida (11–1) LSU (10–2) USC (11–2)4.5. West Virginia (6) Notre Dame (1–0) (8) т West Virginia (2–0) (2) Florida (3–0) Florida (4–0) Florida (5–0) West Virginia (5–0) (2) Texas (6–1) Texas (7–1) Louisville (7–0) Auburn (9–1) Arkansas (9–1) Arkansas (10–1) LSU (10–2) Louisville (11–1) Boise State (13–0) (1) 5.6. USC (3) West Virginia (1–0) (5) LSU (2–0) Michigan (3–0) Michigan (4–0) Michigan (5–0) Texas (5–1) Louisville (6–0) Louisville (7–0) Auburn (8–1) Florida (8–1) Notre Dame (9–1) Notre Dame (10–1) Louisville (10–1) Wisconsin (11–1) Louisville (12–1)6.7. Florida Florida (1–0) Florida (2–0) Texas (2–1) Texas (3–1) Texas (4–1) Louisville (5–0) Tennessee (5–1) Auburn (7–1) Florida (7–1) USC (7–1) Rutgers (9–0) West Virginia (9–1) Wisconsin (11–1) Oklahoma (11–2) Wisconsin (12–1)7.8. LSU LSU (1–0) Texas (1–1) Louisville (3–0) Louisville (4–0) Louisville (4–0) Tennessee (5–1) Auburn (6–1) Tennessee (6–1) Tennessee (7–1) California (8–1) West Virginia (8–1) Louisville (9–1) Arkansas (10–2) т USC (10–2) Michigan (11–2)8.9. California Florida State (1–0) Florida State (2–0) Georgia (3–0) LSU (3–1) LSU (4–1) Notre Dame (5–1) Florida (6–1) Florida (6–1) USC (6–1) Notre Dame (8–1) LSU (8–2) LSU (9–2) Oklahoma (10–2) т Boise State (12–0) Auburn (11–2)9.10. Oklahoma Michigan (1–0) Georgia (2–0) LSU (2–1) Georgia (4–0) Georgia (5–0) California (5–1) Notre Dame (5–1) Clemson (7–1) California (7–1) West Virginia (7–1) Louisville (8–1) Wisconsin (11–1) Boise State (12–0) Auburn (10–2) West Virginia (11–2)10.11. Florida State Tennessee (1–0) Michigan (2–0) Virginia Tech (3–0) Virginia Tech (4–0) Oregon (4–0) Auburn (5–1) California (6–1) Notre Dame (6–1) Notre Dame (7–1) Arkansas (8–1) Texas (9–2) Texas (9–2) Auburn (10–2) Notre Dame (10–2) Oklahoma (11–3)11.12. Miami (FL) Georgia (1–0) Louisville (2–0) Notre Dame (2–1) Notre Dame (3–1) Notre Dame (4–1) Clemson (5–1) Clemson (6–1) California (7–1) Arkansas (7–1) LSU (7–2) Wisconsin (10–1) Boise State (11–0) Notre Dame (10–2) Arkansas (10–3) Rutgers (11–2)12.13. Louisville Louisville (1–0) Tennessee (2–0) Oregon (3–0) Iowa (4–0) Tennessee (4–1) Georgia Tech (5–1) Georgia Tech (5–1) Arkansas (6–1) LSU (6–2) Tennessee (7–2) Boise State (10–0) Oklahoma (9–2) Rutgers (10–1) West Virginia (10–2) Texas (10–3)13.14. Michigan Iowa (1–0) Virginia Tech (2–0) Iowa (3–0) Oregon (3–0) Oklahoma (3–1) LSU (4–2) LSU (5–2) LSU (6–2) Boise State (8–0) Boise State (9–0) Wake Forest (9–1) Auburn (10–2) Virginia Tech (10–2) Virginia Tech (10–2) California (10–3)14.15. Georgia Oklahoma (1–0) Oklahoma (2–0) Tennessee (2–1) Tennessee (3–1) Clemson (4–1) Iowa (5–1) Arkansas (5–1) Boise State (8–0) Rutgers (8–0) Rutgers (8–0) Auburn (9–2) Rutgers (9–1) West Virginia (9–2) Wake Forest (11–2) Arkansas (10–4)15.16. Iowa Virginia Tech (1–0) Iowa (2–0) TCU (3–0) Oklahoma (3–1) California (4–1) Georgia (5–1) Oregon (5–1) Rutgers (7–0) Boston College (7–1) Wisconsin (9–1) Oklahoma (8–2) Georgia Tech (9–2) Wake Forest (10–2) Rutgers (10–2) BYU (11–2)16.17. Virginia Tech Miami (FL) (0–1) Miami (FL) (1–1) Oklahoma (2–1) TCU (3–0) Florida State (3–1) Arkansas (4–1) Nebraska (6–1) Wisconsin (7–1) Wisconsin (8–1) Oklahoma (7–2) California (8–2) Virginia Tech (9–2) Tennessee (9–3) т Tennessee (9–3) Notre Dame (10–3)17.18. Clemson Clemson (1–0) Oregon (2–0) Florida State (2–1) Clemson (3–1) Georgia Tech (4–1) Oregon (5–1) Boise State (6–0) Boston College (6–1) Oklahoma (6–2) Wake Forest (8–1) Georgia Tech (8–2) Boston College (9–2) Texas (9–3) т Texas (9–3) Wake Forest (11–3)18.19. Penn State Penn State (1–0) Nebraska (2–0) Clemson (2–1) Florida State (3–1) Iowa (4–1) Missouri (6–0) Rutgers (6–0) Oklahoma (5–2) Clemson (7–2) Georgia Tech (7–2) Virginia Tech (8–2) Tennessee (8–3) Nebraska (9–3) BYU (10–2) Virginia Tech (10–3)19.20. Nebraska Oregon (1–0) TCU (2–0) Boston College (3–0) California (3–1) Boise State (5–0) Boise State (6–0) Oklahoma (4–2) Nebraska (6–2) Georgia Tech (6–2) Virginia Tech (7–2) Boston College (8–2) Wake Forest (9–2) BYU (10–2) California (9–3) Boston College (10–3)20.21. Oregon Nebraska (1–0) California (1–1) California (2–1) Nebraska (3–1) Virginia Tech (4–1) Nebraska (5–1) Wisconsin (6–1) Georgia Tech (5–2) Texas A&M (8–1) Oregon (7–2) Maryland (8–2) BYU (9–2) California (8–3) Texas A&M (9–3) Oregon State (10–4)21.22. TCU California (0–1) Arizona State (2–0) Arizona State (3–0) Boise State (4–0) Nebraska (4–1) Virginia Tech (4–1) Boston College (5–1) Texas A&M (7–1) Wake Forest (7–1) Boston College (7–2) Tennessee (7–3) California (8–3) Texas A&M (9–3) Nebraska (9–4) TCU (11–2)22.23. Tennessee TCU (1–0) Boston College (2–0) Nebraska (2–1) Rutgers (4–0) Missouri (5–0) Oklahoma (3–2) Texas A&M (6–1) Missouri (7–1) Virginia Tech (6–2) Maryland (7–2) BYU (8–2) Nebraska (8–3) Georgia Tech (9–3) Boston College (9–3) Georgia (9–4)23.24. Arizona State Texas Tech (1–0) Texas Tech (2–0) Penn State (2–1) Georgia Tech (3–1) Rutgers (5–0) Rutgers (5–0) Missouri (6–1) Wake Forest (6–1) Oregon (6–2) Texas A&M (8–2) Nebraska (8–3) Clemson (8–3) Hawaiʻi (10–2) Oregon State (9–4) Penn State (9–4)24.25. Texas Tech Arizona State (1–0) Penn State (1–1) Boise State (3–0) Missouri (4–0) Boston College (4–1) Wisconsin (5–1) Wake Forest (6–1) Oregon (5–2) Washington State (6–3) BYU (7–2) Clemson (8–3) Hawaiʻi (9–2) Boston College (9–3) TCU (10–2) Tennessee (9–4)25. Preseason Week 1Sept 5 Week 2Sept 10 Week 3Sept 17 Week 4Sept 24 Week 5Oct 1 Week 6Oct 8 Week 7Oct 15 Week 8Oct 22 Week 9Oct 29 Week 10Nov 5 Week 11Nov 12 Week 12Nov 19 Week 13Nov 26 Week 14Dec 3 Week 15 (Final)Jan 9 Dropped:None Dropped:Clemson Dropped:Miami (FL)Texas Tech Dropped:Boston CollegeArizona StatePenn State Dropped:TCU Dropped:Florida StateBoston College Dropped:IowaGeorgiaVirginia Tech Dropped:None Dropped:NebraskaMissouri Dropped:ClemsonWashington State Dropped:OregonTexas A&M Dropped:Maryland Dropped:Clemson Dropped:Georgia TechHawaiʻi Dropped:Texas A&MNebraska 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 for the 2006 season, the final ballots are made public. Tressel did not want his vote of picking Florida or Michigan to play against his team to be known publicly and therefore refused to vote and was an unprecedented move in that no Coaches Poll voter has ever refused to vote.https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2684920 Ohio State's Tressel won't vote in coaches poll Associated Press ESPN December 3, 2006 December 6, 2006 Preseason Week 1Sept 5 Week 2Sept 10 Week 3Sept 17 Week 4Sept 24 Week 5Oct 1 Week 6Oct 8 Week 7Oct 15 Week 8Oct 22 Week 9Oct 29 Week 10Nov 5 Week 11Nov 12 Week 12Nov 19 Week 13Nov 26 Week 14Dec 3 Week 15 (Final)Jan 9 1. Ohio State (28) Ohio State (1–0) (41) Ohio State (2–0) (59) Ohio State (3–0) (60) Ohio State (4–0) (59) Ohio State (5–0) (62) Ohio State (6–0) (62) Ohio State (7–0) (63) Ohio State (8–0) (63) Ohio State (9–0) (63) Ohio State (10–0) (63) Ohio State (11–0) (62) Ohio State (12–0) (63) Ohio State (12–0) (63) Ohio State (12–0) (62) Florida (13–1) (63)1.2. Texas (11) Texas (1–0) (14) USC (2–0) (2) USC (3–0) (2) USC (3–0) (2) USC (4–0) USC (5–0) USC (6–0) USC (6–0) Michigan (9–0) Michigan (10–0) Michigan (11–0) (1) USC (9–1) USC (10–1) Florida (12–1) Ohio State (12–1)2.3. Notre Dame (9) т USC (1–0) (4) Notre Dame (2–0) (1) Auburn (3–0) (1) Auburn (4–0) (2) Auburn (5–0) (1) Florida (6–0) (1) Michigan (7–0) Michigan (8–0) West Virginia (7–0) Texas (9–1) Florida (9–1) Michigan (11–1) Michigan (11–1) Michigan (11–1) LSU (11–2)3.4. USC (1) т Auburn (1–0) (2) Auburn (2–0) (1) West Virginia (3–0) West Virginia (4–0) West Virginia (4–0) West Virginia (5–0) West Virginia (6–0) West Virginia (7–0) Texas (8–1) Louisville (8–0) USC (8–1) Florida (10–1) Florida (11–1) LSU (10–2) USC (11–2)4.5. Oklahoma (13) Notre Dame (1–0) (2) т West Virginia (2–0) Florida (3–0) Florida (4–0) Florida (5–0) Michigan (6–0) Texas (6–1) Texas (7–1) Louisville (7–0) Auburn (9–1) Notre Dame (9–1) Arkansas (10–1) LSU (10–2) Wisconsin (11–1) Wisconsin (12–1)5.6. Auburn (1) West Virginia (1–0) т Florida (2–0) Michigan (3–0) Michigan (4–0) Michigan (5–0) Texas (5–1) Louisville (6–0) Louisville (7–0) Auburn (8–1) Florida (8–1) Arkansas (9–1) Notre Dame (10–1) Wisconsin (11–1) Louisville (11–1) Boise State (13–0)6.7. West Virginia Florida (1–0) LSU (2–0) Georgia (3–0) Texas (3–1) Texas (4–1) Louisville (5–0) Auburn (6–1) Auburn (7–1) Florida (7–1) USC (7–1) West Virginia (8–1) West Virginia (9–1) Louisville (10–1) USC (10–2) Louisville (12–1)7.8. Florida LSU (1–0) Texas (1–1) Texas (2–1) Louisville (4–0) Louisville (4–0) Notre Dame (5–1) Notre Dame (5–1) Florida (6–1) Tennessee (7–1) Notre Dame (8–1) Rutgers (9–0) LSU (9–2) Arkansas (10–2) Oklahoma (11–2) Auburn (11–2)8.9. LSU Florida State (1–0) Georgia (2–0) Louisville (3–0) Georgia (4–0) Georgia (5–0) Tennessee (5–1) Tennessee (5–1) Tennessee (6–1) USC (6–1) California (8–1) LSU (8–2) Wisconsin (11–1) Boise State (12–0) Boise State (12–0) Michigan (11–2)9.10. Florida State Oklahoma (1–0) Florida State (2–0) Virginia Tech (3–0) Virginia Tech (4–0) т LSU (4–1) Auburn (5–1) Florida (6–1) Notre Dame (6–1) Notre Dame (7–1) West Virginia (7–1) Wisconsin (10–1) Texas (9–2) Oklahoma (10–2) Auburn (10–2) West Virginia (11–2)10.11. Miami (FL) Georgia (1–0) Oklahoma (2–0) LSU (2–1) LSU (3–1) т Oregon (4–0) California (5–1) California (6–1) Clemson (7–1) California (7–1) Arkansas (8–1) Texas (9–2) Louisville (9–1) Auburn (10–2) Notre Dame (10–2) Oklahoma (11–3)11.12. California Louisville (1–0) Louisville (2–0) Oregon (3–0) Oregon (4–0) Notre Dame (4–1) Clemson (5–1) Clemson (6–1) California (7–1) т Arkansas (7–1) LSU (7–2) Louisville (8–1) Boise State (11–0) Notre Dame (10–2) West Virginia (10–2) Rutgers (11–2)12.13. Louisville Michigan (1–0) Michigan (2–0) Notre Dame (2–1) Iowa (4–0) Oklahoma (3–1) Iowa (5–1) Georgia Tech (5–1) LSU (6–2) т LSU (6–2) Boise State (9–0) Boise State (10–0) Auburn (10–2) Rutgers (10–1) Arkansas (10–3) Texas (10–3)13.14. Georgia Virginia Tech (1–0) Virginia Tech (2–0) Iowa (3–0) Notre Dame (3–1) Tennessee (4–1) Georgia (5–1) LSU (5–2) Arkansas (6–1) Boise State (8–0) Rutgers (8–0) Wake Forest (9–1) Oklahoma (9–2) Virginia Tech (10–2) Virginia Tech (10–2) California (10–3)14.15. Michigan Iowa (1–0) Miami (FL) (1–1) TCU (3–0) TCU (4–0) Clemson (4–1) Georgia Tech (5–1) Oregon (5–1) Boise State (8–0) Rutgers (8–0) Tennessee (7–2) Auburn (9–2) Georgia Tech (9–2) West Virginia (9–2) Wake Forest (11–2) BYU (11–2)15.16. Virginia Tech Miami (FL) (0–1) Iowa (2–0) Oklahoma (2–1) Oklahoma (3–1) Florida State (3–1) LSU (4–2) Nebraska (6–1) Rutgers (7–0) Boston College (7–1) Wisconsin (9–1) т Oklahoma (8–2) Rutgers (9–1) Wake Forest (10–2) Texas (9–3) Arkansas (10–4)16.17. Iowa Tennessee (1–0) Tennessee (2–0) Florida State (2–1) Florida State (3–1) California (4–1) Virginia Tech (4–1) Boise State (7–0) Boston College (6–1) Wisconsin (8–1) Oklahoma (7–2) т California (8–2) Virginia Tech (9–2) Texas (9–3) Rutgers (10–2) Wake Forest (11–3)17.18. Clemson Clemson (1–0) Oregon (2–0) Arizona State (3–0) Tennessee (3–1) Virginia Tech (4–1) Oregon (4–1) Arkansas (5–1) Wisconsin (7–1) Oklahoma (6–2) Georgia Tech (7–2) Georgia Tech (8–2) Boston College (9–2) Nebraska (9–3) Tennessee (9–3) Virginia Tech (10–3)18.19. Penn State Penn State (1–0) Nebraska (2–0) Tennessee (2–1) Clemson (3–1) Iowa (4–1) Boise State (6–0) Rutgers (6–0) Oklahoma (5–2) Clemson (7–2) Wake Forest (8–1) Virginia Tech (8–2) Nebraska (8–3) Tennessee (9–3) California (9–3) Notre Dame (10–3)19.20. Oregon Oregon (1–0) TCU (2–0) California (2–1) California (3–1) Georgia Tech (4–1) Nebraska (5–1) Oklahoma (4–2) Nebraska (6–2) Georgia Tech (6–2) Oregon (7–2) Boston College (8–2) Wake Forest (9–2) California (8–3) BYU (10–2) Boston College (10–3)20.21. TCU Nebraska (1–0) California (1–1) Boston College (3–0) Nebraska (3–1) Boise State (5–0) Missouri (6–0) Boston College (5–1) Georgia Tech (5–2) Texas A&M (8–1) Virginia Tech (7–2) Maryland (8–2) Tennessee (8–3) BYU (10–2) Texas A&M (9–3) TCU (11–2)21.22. Nebraska TCU (1–0) Texas Tech (2–0) Alabama (3–0) Boise State (4–0) Nebraska (4–1) Oklahoma (3–2) Wisconsin (6–1) Texas A&M (7–1) Oregon (6–2) Boston College (7–2) Nebraska (8–3) California (8–3) Georgia Tech (9–3) Nebraska (9–4) Oregon State (10–4)22.23. Tennessee California (0–1) Arizona State (2–0) Clemson (2–1) Rutgers (4–0) Rutgers (5–0) Arkansas (4–1) Iowa (5–2) Missouri (7–1) Wake Forest (7–1) Texas A&M (8–2) Tennessee (7–3) BYU (9–2) Hawaiʻi (10–2) Boston College (9–3) Tennessee (9–4)23.24. Alabama Texas Tech (1–0) Alabama (2–0) Nebraska (2–1) Texas Tech (3–1) Texas Tech (4–1) Rutgers (5–0) Georgia (5–2) Oregon (5–2) Virginia Tech (6–2) Maryland (7–2) BYU (8–2) Clemson (8–3) Texas A&M (9–3) TCU (10–2) Hawaiʻi (11–3)24.25. Texas Tech Alabama (1–0) Boston College (2–0) Boise State (3–0) Boston College (3–1) Missouri (5–0) Boston College (4–1) Texas A&M (6–1) Georgia (6–2) Missouri (7–2) Nebraska (7–3) Clemson (8–3) Hawaiʻi (9–2) Boston College (9–3) Georgia Tech (9–4) т Penn State (9–4)25. Oregon State (9–4) т Preseason Week 1Sept 5 Week 2Sept 10 Week 3Sept 17 Week 4Sept 24 Week 5Oct 1 Week 6Oct 8 Week 7Oct 15 Week 8Oct 22 Week 9Oct 29 Week 10Nov 5 Week 11Nov 12 Week 12Nov 19 Week 13Nov 26 Week 14Dec 3 Week 15 (Final)Jan 9 Dropped:None Dropped:ClemsonPenn State Dropped:Miami (FL)Texas Tech Dropped:Arizona StateAlabama Dropped:TCUBoston College Dropped:Florida StateTexas Tech Dropped:Virginia TechMissouri Dropped:Iowa Dropped:GeorgiaNebraska Dropped:ClemsonMissouri Dropped:OregonTexas A&M Dropped:Maryland Dropped:Clemson Dropped:Hawaii Dropped:Texas A&MNebraskaGeorgia Tech Harris Interactive Poll Week 4Sept 24 Week 5Oct 1 Week 6Oct 8 Week 7Oct 15 Week 8Oct 22 Week 9Oct 29 Week 10Nov 5 Week 11Nov 12 Week 12Nov 19 Week 13Nov 26 Week 14 (Final)Dec 3 1. Ohio State (4–0) (107) Ohio State (5–0) (110) Ohio State (6–0) (112) Ohio State (7–0) (112) Ohio State (8–0) (112) Ohio State (9–0) (113) Ohio State (10–0) (113) Ohio State (11–0) (112) Ohio State (12–0) (114) Ohio State (12–0) (114) Ohio State (12–0) (112) 1.2. USC (3–0) (4) USC (4–0) (2) USC (5–0) (1) Michigan (7–0) (1) Michigan (8–0) (1) Michigan (9–0) Michigan (10–0) Michigan (11–0) USC (9–1) USC (10–1) Florida (12–1) (1)2.3. Auburn (4–0) (2) Auburn (5–0) (1) Florida (6–0) (1) USC (6–0) (1) USC (6–0) West Virginia (7–0) (1) Louisville (8–0) (1) USC (8–1) Michigan (11–1) Michigan (11–1) Michigan (11–1)3.4. West Virginia (4–0) Michigan (5–0) Michigan (6–0) West Virginia (6–0) West Virginia (7–0) Texas (8–1) Texas (9–1) Florida (9–1) Florida (10–1) Florida (11–1) LSU (10–2)4.5. Michigan (4–0) Florida (5–0) (1) т West Virginia (5–0) Texas (6–1) Texas (7–1) Louisville (7–0) Auburn (8–1) Notre Dame (9–1) Notre Dame (10–1) LSU (10–2) Louisville (11–1)5.6. Florida (4–0) West Virginia(4–0) т Texas (5–1) Louisville (6–0) Louisville (7–0) Auburn (8–1) Florida (8–1) Arkansas (9–1) Arkansas (10–1) Wisconsin (11–1) Wisconsin (11–1)6.7. Louisville (4–0) Louisville (4–0) Louisville (5–0) Auburn (6–1) Auburn (7–1) Florida (7–1) USC (7–1) Rutgers (9–0) West Virginia (9–1) Louisville (10–1) USC (10–2)7.8. Texas (3–1) Texas (4–1) Tennessee (5–1) Tennessee (5–1) Tennessee (6–1) Tennessee (7–1) Notre Dame (8–1) West Virginia (8–1) LSU (9–2) Arkansas (10–2) Oklahoma (11–2)8.9. Georgia (4–0) LSU (4–1) Notre Dame (5–1) Florida (6–1) Florida (6–1) USC (6–1) California (8–1) LSU (8–2) Wisconsin (11–1) Boise State (12–0) Boise State (12–0)9.10. LSU (3–1) Georgia (5–0) Auburn (5–1) Notre Dame (5–1) Notre Dame (6–1) Notre Dame (7–1) West Virginia (7–1) Louisville (8–1) Louisville (9–1) Notre Dame (10–2) Auburn (10–2) т10.11. Virginia Tech (4–0) Oregon (4–0) California (5–1) California (6–1) California (7–1) California (7–1) Arkansas (8–1) Wisconsin (10–1) Texas (9–2) Oklahoma (10–2) Notre Dame (10–2) т11.12. Notre Dame (3–1) Notre Dame (4–1) Clemson (5–1) Clemson (6–1) Clemson (7–1) Arkansas (7–1) LSU (7–2) Texas (9–2) Boise State (11–0) Auburn (10–2) West Virginia (10–2)12.13. Oregon (3–0) Tennessee (4–1) Iowa (5–1) Georgia Tech (5–1) LSU (6–2) LSU (6–2) Rutgers (8–0) Boise State (10–0) Auburn (10–2) Rutgers (10–1) Arkansas (10–3)13.14. Iowa (4–0) Oklahoma (3–1) Georgia (5–1) LSU (5–2) Arkansas (6–1) Rutgers (8–0) Boise State (8–0) Wake Forest (9–1) Oklahoma (9–2) Virginia Tech (10–2) Wake Forest (11–2)14.15. Tennessee (3–1) Clemson (4–1) Georgia Tech (5–1) Oregon (5–1) Rutgers (7–0) Boise State (8–0) Tennessee (7–2) Auburn (9–2) Rutgers (9–1) West Virginia (9–2) Virginia Tech (10–2)15.16. Oklahoma (3–1) California (4–1) LSU (4–2) Nebraska (6–1) Boise State (8–0) Boston College (7–1) Wisconsin (9–1) Oklahoma (9–2) Georgia Tech (9–2) Wake Forest (10–2) Rutgers (10–2)16.17. TCU (3–0) Florida State (3–1) Missouri (6–0) Arkansas (5–1) Boston College (6–1) Wisconsin (8–1) Oklahoma (7–2) California (8–2) Virginia Tech (9–2) Texas (9–3) Texas (9–3)17.18. California (3–1) Iowa (4–1) Virginia Tech (4–1) Boise State (6–0) Wisconsin (7–1) Oklahoma (6–2) Wake Forest (8–1) Georgia Tech (8–2) Boston College (9–2) Tennessee (9–3) Tennessee (9–3)18.19. Clemson (3–1) Virginia Tech (4–1) Nebraska (5–1) Rutgers (6–0) Oklahoma (5–2) Clemson (7–2) Georgia Tech (7–2) Virginia Tech (8–2) Tennessee (8–3) BYU (10–2) BYU (10–2)19.20. Florida State (3–1) Georgia Tech (4–1) Oregon (4–1) Oklahoma (4–2) Nebraska (6–2) Georgia Tech (6–2) Oregon (7–2) Boston College (8–2) Wake Forest (9–2) Nebraska (9–3) California (9–3)20.21. Nebraska (3–1) Nebraska (4–1) Boise State (6–0) Boston College (5–1) Missouri (7–1) Texas A&M (8–1) Virginia Tech (7–2) Maryland (8–2) BYU (9–2) California (8–3) Texas A&M (9–3)21.22. Boise State (4–0) Boise State (5–0) Arkansas (4–1) Wisconsin (6–1) Georgia Tech (5–2) Oregon (6–2) Boston College (7–2) Tennessee (7–3) Nebraska (8–3) Georgia Tech (9–3) Nebraska (9–4)22.23. Rutgers (4–0) Missouri (5–0) Oklahoma (3–2) Iowa (5–2) Texas A&M (7–1) Wake Forest (7–1) Maryland (7–2) Nebraska (8–3) California (8–3) Hawaii (10–2) Boston College (9–3)23.24. Missouri (4–0) Rutgers (5–0) Rutgers (5–0) Georgia (5–2) Oregon (5–2) Virginia Tech (6–2) Texas A&M (8–2) BYU (8–2) Clemson (8–3) Texas A&M (9–3) TCU (10–2)24.25. Boston College (3–1) Boston College (4–1) Boston College (4–1) Missouri (6–1) Wake Forest (6–1) Tulsa (7–1) Nebraska (7–3) Oregon (7–3) Hawaii (9–2) Boston College (9–3) Georgia Tech (9–4)25. Week 4Sept 24 Week 5Oct 1 Week 6Oct 8 Week 7Oct 15 Week 8Oct 22 Week 9Oct 29 Week 10Nov 5 Week 11Nov 12 Week 12Nov 19 Week 13Nov 26 Week 14 (Final)Dec 3 Dropped:TCU Dropped:Florida State Dropped:Virginia Tech Dropped:GeorgiaIowa Dropped:MissouriNebraska Dropped:ClemsonTulsa Dropped:Texas A&M Dropped:MarylandOregon Dropped:Clemson Dropped:Hawaii BCS standings The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) determined the two teams that competed in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game. Week 7Oct 15 Week 8Oct 22 Week 9Oct 29 Week 10Nov 5 Week 11Nov 12 Week 12Nov 19 Week 13Nov 26 Week 14 (Final)Dec 3 1. Ohio State (7–0) Ohio State (8–0) Ohio State (9–0) Ohio State (10–0) Ohio State (11–0) Ohio State (12–0) Ohio State (12–0) Ohio State (12–0)1.2. USC (6–0) Michigan (8–0) Michigan (9–0) Michigan (10–0) Michigan (11–0) Michigan (11–1) USC (10–1) Florida (12–1)2.3. Michigan (7–0) USC (6–0) West Virginia (7–0) Louisville (8–0) USC (8–1) USC (9–1) Michigan (11–1) Michigan (11–1)3.4. Auburn (6–1) West Virginia (7–0) Florida (7–1) Florida (8–1) Florida (9–1) Florida (10–1) Florida (11–1) LSU (10–2)4.5. West Virginia (6–0) Auburn (7–1) Louisville (7–0) Texas (9–1) Notre Dame (9–1) Notre Dame (10–1) LSU (10–2) USC (10–2)5.6. Florida (6–1) Florida (6–1) Auburn (8–1) Auburn (9–1) Rutgers (9–0) Arkansas (10–1) Louisville (10–1) Louisville (11–1)6.7. Louisville (6–0) Texas (7–1) Texas (8–1) USC (7–1) Arkansas (9–1) West Virginia (9–1) Wisconsin (11–1) Wisconsin (11–1)7.8. Notre Dame (5–1) Louisville (7–0) USC (6–1) California (8–1) West Virginia (8–1) Wisconsin (11–1) Boise State (12–0) Boise State (12–0)8.9. Texas (6–1) Notre Dame (6–1) Notre Dame (7–1) Notre Dame (8–1) Wisconsin (10–1) Louisville (9–1) Arkansas (10–2) Auburn (10–2)9.10. California (6–1) California (7–1) California (7–1) West Virginia (7–1) Louisville (8–1) LSU (9–2) Notre Dame (10–2) Oklahoma (11–2)10.11. Tennessee (5–1) Tennessee (6–1) Tennessee (7–1) Arkansas (8–1) LSU (8–2) Boise State (11–0) Auburn (10–2) Notre Dame (10–2)11.12. Clemson (6–1) Clemson (7–1) Rutgers (8–0) LSU (7–2) Boise State (10–0) Auburn (10–2) Oklahoma (10–2) Arkansas (10–3)12.13. Arkansas (5–1) Arkansas (6–1) Arkansas (7–1) Rutgers (8–0) Texas (9–2) Texas (9–2) Rutgers (10–1) West Virginia (10–2)13.14. Oregon (5–1) Rutgers (7–0) Boise State (8–0) Boise State (9–0) Auburn (9–2) Rutgers (9–1) Virginia Tech (10–2) Wake Forest (11–2)14.15. Boise State (6–0) Boise State (8–0) Boston College (7–1) Wisconsin (9–1) California (8–2) Oklahoma (9–2) West Virginia (9–2) Virginia Tech (10–2)15.16. Rutgers (6–0) LSU (6–2) Wisconsin (8–1) Tennessee (7–2) Wake Forest (9–1) Georgia Tech (9–2) Tennessee (9–3) Rutgers (10–2)16.17. Nebraska (6–1) Boston College (6–1) LSU (6–2) Oklahoma (7–2) Oklahoma (8–2) Virginia Tech (9–2) Wake Forest (10–2) Tennessee (9–3)17.18. LSU (5–2) Wisconsin (7–1) Oklahoma (6–2) Georgia Tech (7–2) Georgia Tech (8–2) Boston College (9–2) California (8–3) California (9–3)18.19. Georgia Tech (5–1) Oklahoma (5–2) Clemson (7–2) Wake Forest (8–1) Maryland (8–2) California (8–3) Texas (9–3) Texas (9–3)19.20. Boston College (5–1) Missouri (7–1) Georgia Tech (6–2) Oregon (7–2) Boston College (8–2) Tennessee (8–3) Nebraska (9–3) BYU (10–2)20.21. Wisconsin (6–1) Texas A&M (7–1) Texas A&M (8–1) Virginia Tech (7–2) Virginia Tech (8–2) Wake Forest (9–2) BYU (10–2) Texas A&M (9–3)21.22. Oklahoma (4–2) Nebraska (6–2) Oregon (6–2) Boston College (7–2) Tennessee (7–3) Nebraska (8–3) Georgia Tech (9–3) Oregon State (9–4)22.23. Iowa (5–2) Oregon (5–2) Washington State (6–3) Maryland (7–2) Nebraska (8–3) BYU (9–2) Texas A&M (9–3) Nebraska (9–4)23.24. Missouri (6–1) Georgia Tech (5–2) Wake Forest (7–1) Oregon State (6–3) Oregon (7–3) Clemson (8–3) Oregon State (8–4) Boston College (9–3)24.25. Tulsa (5–1) Washington State (5–3) Virginia Tech (6–2) Texas A&M (8–2) BYU (8–2) Penn State (8–4) Hawaii (10–2) UCLA (7–5)25. Week 7Oct 15 Week 8Oct 22 Week 9Oct 29 Week 10Nov 5 Week 11Nov 12 Week 12Nov 19 Week 13Nov 26 Week 14 (Final)Dec 3 Dropped:IowaTulsa Dropped:MissouriNebraska Dropped:ClemsonWashington State Dropped:Oregon StateTexas A&M Dropped:MarylandOregon Dropped:Boston CollegeClemsonPenn State Dropped:Georgia TechHawaii References College Football Rankings ESPN https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings September 11, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060907023242/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex 7 September 2006 live http://sportsline.com/collegefootball/polls NCAA Football Polls CBSSportsline.com October 2, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20061006042348/http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/polls 6 October 2006 live http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/polls/ https://web.archive.org/web/20030826013631/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/polls/ dead August 26, 2003 College Football Polls SI.com October 10, 2006 Breaking down the Top 25 teams https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-08-03-top-25-capsules_x.htm USA Today August 4, 2006 August 5, 2006 mgoblog: BlogPoll January 9, 2006 https://mgoblog.blogspot.com/ mgoblog https://web.archive.org/web/20060110075936/http://mgoblog.blogspot.com/ 10 January 2006 live Harris Poll October 10, 2006 http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/poll?poll=Harris Fox Sports https://web.archive.org/web/20061210071938/http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/poll?poll=Harris 2006-12-10 dead * Category:NCAA Division I FBS football rankings Category:Bowl Championship Series