Duration August 28 – December 6 Start date August 28, 2008 | Preseason AP #1 Georgia Bulldogs Site Hard Rock Stadium | |
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Number of teams 119 full members, 1 transitional Duration December 20, 2008 – January 31, 2009 Bowl games 37 (34 team-competitive and 3 all-star games) Heisman Trophy Sam Bradford, Oklahoma QB National championship 2009 BCS National Championship Game Similar 2009 NCAA Division I, 2007 NCAA Division I, 2006 NCAA Division I, 2005 NCAA Division I, 2002 NCAA Division I |
Timothy tyler 2008 football season for fairmont heights high school class of 2009
The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 28, 2008, progressing through the regular season and bowl season, and (aside from all-star exhibition games that followed) concluded with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 8, 2009, where the #2 Florida Gators, defeated the #1 Oklahoma Sooners, 24–14, of which the teams were determined by the BCS Ranking. The Gators were declared national champions by the BCS and most major polls.
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- Timothy tyler 2008 football season for fairmont heights high school class of 2009
- Rule changes
- Conference and program changes
- Bowl games
- Bowl Championship Series
- Other bowl games
- Bowl Challenge Cup standings
- Heisman Trophy voting
- Other major award winners
- All Americans
- Statistical leaders
- Final rankings
- References
Rule changes
The NCAA football rules committee made several rule changes for 2008, and includes the following:
Conference and program changes
One team upgraded from Division I-AA, thus increasing the number of Division I-A schools from 119 to 120.
Bowl games
If a conference does not have enough eligible teams to fill all of its contracted bowl slots, and an affected bowl does not have a contingency agreement with another conference (e.g., the Poinsettia Bowl, which has a contract with the WAC to take one of its teams if the Pac-10 does not have enough eligible teams), the bowl "left out" can select an at-large team. By NCAA rule, an at-large bowl slot must be filled by a team with at least 7 wins, if available. Two new bowl games were added for the 2008–09 post-season: the EagleBank Bowl, which was played at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., and the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl in the titular Florida city at Tropicana Field.
Bowl Championship Series
Ten teams played in the five BCS bowls. The top two teams in the final BCS ranking played in the BCS National Championship Game. The champions of the six BCS conferences who are not in the top two are given automatic berths into other BCS bowls. Unless playing in the championship game, the champions of the Big Ten and Pac-10 play in the Rose Bowl, the ACC champion in the Orange Bowl, the SEC champion in the Sugar Bowl and the Big 12 champion in the Fiesta Bowl. The Big East champion can play in any open BCS bowl games.
After the completion of the regular season and conference championship games, seven teams had secured BCS berths: Big Ten champion Penn State, Big East champion Cincinnati, ACC champion Virginia Tech, SEC champion Florida, Big 12 champion Oklahoma, Pac-10 champion USC, and Mountain West champion Utah, as the highest-ranked non-BCS conference champion. With Oklahoma and Florida being selected to play in the championship, Texas and Alabama were selected to assume their conference's spots in the Fiesta and Sugar Bowls. Cincinnati was selected for the Orange Bowl and Utah for the Sugar Bowl, with the remaining at-large spot awarded to Ohio State for the Fiesta Bowl. Ohio State was selected despite being ranked behind #9 Boise State at #10. #7 Texas Tech did not receive an at-large selection, as they were ineligible with the Big 12 already being awarded two BCS slots.
Other bowl games
Winners are bold
Bowl Challenge Cup standings
* Does not meet minimum game requirement of three teams needed for a conference to be eligible.
Heisman Trophy voting
The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player.
Other major award winners
Top Player
Coaching
Offense
Defense
Lineman
Special Teams
Other
All-Americans
Statistical leaders
Final rankings
* - The AFCA requires that their voters make the winner of the BCS Championship at the number one position in the final poll.
≠ - Kyle Whittingham, head coach of Utah, broke the agreement and voted his team number one on his ballot.