2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season

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2008 NCAA Division I FBS season
Regular season August 28 - December 6
Bowl games December - January 8
National Championship Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
List of NCAA Division I FBS football seasons
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The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football season, or the college football season, begins on August 28th, 2008,[1] progresses through the regular season and bowl season, and (aside from all-star exhibition games that will follow) will conclude with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 8, 2009, featuring the #1 and #2 teams determined by the BCS Ranking to decide the National Champion.[2]

Contents

[edit] Conference standings

Atlantic Coast Conference
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA
Atlantic
Boston College 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clemson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maryland 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Carolina State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wake Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal
Duke 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miami (Fla.) 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Championship:
Big 12 Conference
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA
North
Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iowa State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missouri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 0
South
Baylor 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas A&M 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Championship:
Big East Conference
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0
Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rutgers 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 0
Big Ten Conference
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA
Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michigan State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northwestern 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penn State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Purdue 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference USA
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA
East
Central Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0
Memphis 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0
UAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
West
Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rice 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Methodist 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tulane 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tulsa 0 0 0 0 0 0
UTEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
Championship:
Mid-American Conference
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA
East
Akron 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Green 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kent State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miami (Ohio) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ohio 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temple 0 0 0 0 0 0
West
Ball State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toledo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Western Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Championship:
Mountain West Conference
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA
Air Force 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brigham Young 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colorado State 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Diego State 0 0 0 0 0 0
TCU 0 0 0 0 0 0
UNLV 0 0 0 0 0 0
Utah 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific-10 Conference
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA
Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arizona State 0 0 0 0 0 0
California 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern California 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stanford 0 0 0 0 0 0
UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southeastern Conference
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA
East
Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0
West
Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auburn 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louisiana State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mississippi State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Championship:
Sun Belt Conference
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA
Arkansas State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida Atlantic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida International 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0
Troy 0 0 0 0 0 0
ULL 0 0 0 0 0 0
ULM 0 0 0 0 0 0
Western Athletic Conference
Conf Overall
Team W L W L PF PA
Boise State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fresno State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hawaiʻi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louisiana Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nevada 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Mexico State 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Jose State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Utah State 0 0 0 0 0 0
Independents
Team W L PF PA
Army 0 0 0 0
Navy 0 0 0 0
Notre Dame 0 0 0 0
Western Kentucky♦ 0 0 0 0

♦ — Is currently a transitional member to the D-I FBS; will become fully eligible as a member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2009.

[edit] Conference championship games

[edit] Other conference champions

[edit] Bowl games

Main article: NCAA football bowl games, 2008-09

The big news is two new bowl games have been added for the 2008-09 post-season: The Congressional Bowl, which will be played at Nationals Park in Washington, DC and the St. Petersburg Bowl in the Florida titular city at Tropicana Field.

[edit] Bowl Championship Series

[edit] BCS bowls

Bowl Game Date Playing as Visitor Playing as Home Score TV
Rose Bowl January 1, 2009[2] ABC
Orange Bowl January 1, 2009[2] FOX
Sugar Bowl January 2, 2009[2] FOX
Fiesta Bowl January 5, 2009[2] FOX
BCS National Championship Game January 8, 2009[2] FOX

[edit] January bowl games

Bowl Game Date Playing as Visitor Playing as Home Score TV
Outback Bowl (Tampa, FL) January 1, 2009 ESPN
Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL) January 1, 2009 CBS
Capital One Bowl (Orlando, FL) January 1, 2009 ABC
Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX) January 2, 2009 FOX
Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) January 2, 2009 ESPN
International Bowl (Toronto, ON, Canada) January 3, 2009 ESPN2
GMAC Bowl (Mobile, AL) January 6, 2009 ESPN

[edit] December bowl games

Bowl Game Date Playing as Visitor Playing as Home Score TV
Congressional Bowl (Washington, D.C.) December 20, 2008 ESPN
New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, NM) December 20, 2008 ESPN
St. Petersburg Bowl (St. Petersburg, FL) December 20, 2008 ESPN2
Las Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas, NV) December 20, 2008 ESPN
New Orleans Bowl (New Orleans, LA) December 21, 2008 ESPN
Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego, CA) December 23, 2008 ESPN
Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, HI) December 24, 2008 ESPN
Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, TX) December 29, 2008 ESPN
Humanitarian Bowl (Boise, ID) December 30, 2008 ESPN2
Texas Bowl (Houston, TX) December 30, 2008 NFL Net.
Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA) December 30, 2008 ESPN
Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX) December 31, 2008 CBS
Insight Bowl (Tempe, AZ) December 31, 2008 NFL Net.

[edit] Bowl Challenge Cup standings

Conference Wins Losses Gms. Left Pct.

[edit] Heisman Trophy voting

The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player

[edit] Other major award winners

[edit] Coaching changes

[edit] Pre-season

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ NCAA Football Schedules Week 1. CBS Sportsline. Retrieved on 2007-08-20.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Future BCS Schedules", BCSFootball.org, Fox Sports. Retrieved on 2007-10-29. 
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