2005 NCAA Division I-A football season

2005 NCAA Division I-A season
Texas team and coach Mack Brown with president George W. Bush, after winning the 2005 national championship
Number of teams	119
Duration	September 1–December 3
Preseason AP #1	USC Trojans
Post-season
Duration	December 20, 2005 – January 4, 2006
Bowl games	33 (28 team-competitive and 5 all-star)
Heisman Trophy	Reggie Bush, USC RB (vacated)
Bowl Championship Series
2006 Rose Bowl
Site	Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, California
Winner	Texas Longhorns
Division I-A football seasons
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2005 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Atlantic Division
#23 Florida State xy$		5	–	3		8	–	5
#18 Boston College x		5	–	3		9	–	3
#21 Clemson		4	–	4		8	–	4
Wake Forest		3	–	5		4	–	7
NC State		3	–	5		7	–	5
Maryland		3	–	5		5	–	6
Coastal Division
#7 Virginia Tech x		7	–	1		11	–	2
#17 Miami		6	–	2		9	–	3
Georgia Tech		5	–	3		7	–	5
North Carolina		4	–	4		5	–	6
Virginia		3	–	5		7	–	5
Duke		0	–	8		1	–	10
Championship: Florida State 27, Virginia Tech 22
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

2005 Big East football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#5 West Virginia $		7	–	0		11	–	1
#19 Louisville		5	–	2		9	–	3
Rutgers		4	–	3		7	–	5
South Florida		4	–	3		6	–	6
Pittsburgh		4	–	3		5	–	6
Connecticut		2	–	5		5	–	6
Cincinnati		2	–	5		4	–	7
Syracuse		0	–	7		1	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

2005 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Penn State $+		7	–	1		11	–	1
#4 Ohio State %+		7	–	1		10	–	2
#15 Wisconsin		5	–	3		10	–	3
Michigan		5	–	3		7	–	5
Northwestern		5	–	3		7	–	5
Iowa		5	–	3		7	–	5
Minnesota		4	–	4		7	–	5
Purdue		3	–	5		5	–	6
Michigan State		2	–	6		5	–	6
Indiana		1	–	7		4	–	7
Illinois		0	–	8		2	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

2005 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
Colorado x		5	–	3		7	–	6
#24 Nebraska		4	–	4		8	–	4
Iowa State		4	–	4		7	–	5
Missouri		4	–	4		7	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5		7	–	5
Kansas State		2	–	6		5	–	6
Southern Division
#1 Texas x$#		8	–	0		13	–	0
#20 Texas Tech		6	–	2		9	–	3
#22 Oklahoma		6	–	2		8	–	4
Texas A&M		3	–	5		5	–	6
Baylor		2	–	6		5	–	6
Oklahoma State		1	–	7		4	–	7
Championship: Texas 70, Colorado 3
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

2005 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
UCF x		7	–	1		8	–	5
Southern Miss		5	–	3		7	–	5
Memphis		5	–	3		7	–	5
East Carolina		4	–	4		5	–	6
Marshall		3	–	5		4	–	7
UAB		3	–	5		5	–	6
West Division
Tulsa x$		6	–	2		9	–	4
UTEP		5	–	3		8	–	4
Houston		4	–	4		6	–	6
SMU		4	–	4		5	–	6
Tulane		1	–	7		2	–	9
Rice		1	–	7		1	–	10
Championship: Tulsa 44, Central Florida 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

2005 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Akron xy$		5	–	3		7	–	6
Miami x		5	–	3		7	–	4
Bowling Green x		5	–	3		6	–	5
Ohio		3	–	5		4	–	7
Buffalo		1	–	7		1	–	10
Kent State		0	–	8		1	–	10
West Division
Northern Illinois xy		6	–	2		7	–	5
Toledo x		6	–	2		9	–	3
Western Michigan		5	–	3		7	–	4
Central Michigan		5	–	3		6	–	5
Ball State		4	–	4		4	–	7
Eastern Michigan		3	–	5		4	–	7
Championship: Akron 31, NIU 30
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

2005 Mountain West football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#11 TCU $		8	–	0		11	–	1
BYU		5	–	3		6	–	6
Colorado State		5	–	3		6	–	6
Utah		4	–	4		7	–	5
New Mexico		4	–	4		6	–	5
San Diego State		4	–	4		5	–	7
Air Force		3	–	5		4	–	7
Wyoming		2	–	6		4	–	7
UNLV		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

2005 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#2 USC * $		8	–	0		12	–	1
#13 Oregon		7	–	1		10	–	2
#16 UCLA		6	–	2		10	–	2
#25 California		4	–	4		8	–	4
Arizona State		4	–	4		7	–	5
Stanford		4	–	4		5	–	6
Oregon State		3	–	5		5	–	6
Arizona		2	–	6		3	–	8
Washington State		1	–	7		4	–	7
Washington		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion * – USC later vacated 12 wins (8 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

2005 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#10 Georgia x$		6	–	2		10	–	3
South Carolina		5	–	3		7	–	5
#12 Florida		5	–	3		9	–	3
Vanderbilt		3	–	5		5	–	6
Tennessee		3	–	5		5	–	6
Kentucky		2	–	6		3	–	8
Western Division
#5 LSU xy		7	–	1		11	–	2
#14 Auburn x		7	–	1		9	–	3
#8 Alabama		6	–	2		10	–	2
Arkansas		2	–	6		4	–	7
Mississippi State		1	–	7		3	–	8
Ole Miss		1	–	7		3	–	8
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2). Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with little controversy surrounding the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) title game.

All eight BCS teams were traditional powerhouses. Penn State and Florida State had the same coaches for nearly half a century. Alabama competed for the SEC title, shaking off the residual effects of NCAA sanctions. Ohio State and Michigan were both still in the running for the conference title until the last game.

The USC Trojans and the Texas Longhorns, went wire to wire as #1 and #2, respectively—the second year in a row that had happened—and finished as Division I-A's only undefeated teams after the regular season. As a result, there was no dispute over the choice of teams selected for the BCS title game. Conversely, there were five undefeated teams in the 2004 regular season: Oklahoma, USC, Auburn, Utah, and Boise State.

The BCS title game was played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA, where Texas defeated the heavily favored Trojans of Southern California, in large part due to the performance of Texas quarterback Vince Young. Young went on to gain 467 yards of total offense and ran for three touchdowns. The victory earned the Longhorns their first consensus National Championship since 1969. (Texas won a split title in 1970.)

The UCF Golden Knights were an unlikely comeback team but they came from a helpless 0–11 record in 2004, to a respectable 8–5 record and an appearance in the Conference USA Championship game and a Hawaii Bowl berth. Although their season had a poor start with a loss to South Carolina on opening day and another by their intrastate rival, South Florida. They had 8 wins over a 9-game span (only loss was a 31–52 loss to Southern Miss) including getting a win over eventual conference champions, Tulsa. Tulsa ended up beating UCF 44–27. In the Hawaii Bowl, the Golden Knights were a failed PAT away from sending Nevada to double overtime.

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