2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season

2011 NCAA Division I FBS season

Number of teams	120
Duration	September 1 – December 10
Preseason AP #1	Oklahoma Sooners
Post-season
Duration	December 17, 2011 – January 9, 2012 (excluding all-star games)
Bowl games	40 (35 team-competitive and 5 all-star)
Heisman Trophy	Robert Griffin III, Baylor, QB
Bowl Championship Series
2012 BCS Championship Game
Site	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
Winner	Alabama Crimson Tide
Division I FBS football seasons
← 2010 2012 →

2011 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Atlantic Division
#22 Clemson x$		6	–	2		10	–	4
Wake Forest		5	–	3		6	–	7
#23 Florida State		5	–	3		9	–	4
NC State		4	–	4		8	–	5
Boston College		3	–	5		4	–	8
Maryland		1	–	7		2	–	10
Coastal Division
#21 Virginia Tech x%		7	–	1		11	–	3
Virginia		5	–	3		8	–	5
Georgia Tech		5	–	3		8	–	5
Miami		3	–	5		6	–	6
North Carolina		3	–	5		7	–	6
Duke		1	–	7		3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

2011 Big East football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#17 West Virginia $+		5	–	2		10	–	3
#25 Cincinnati +		5	–	2		10	–	3
Louisville +		5	–	2		7	–	6
Rutgers		4	–	3		9	–	4
Pittsburgh		4	–	3		6	–	7
Connecticut		3	–	4		5	–	7
South Florida		1	–	6		5	–	7
Syracuse		1	–	6		5	–	7

$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions As of January 11, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

2011 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Legends Division
#11 Michigan State x		7	–	1		11	–	3
#12 Michigan %		6	–	2		11	–	2
#24 Nebraska		5	–	3		9	–	4
Iowa		4	–	4		7	–	6
Northwestern		3	–	5		6	–	7
Minnesota		2	–	6		3	–	9
Leaders Division
#10 Wisconsin xy$		6	–	2		11	–	3
Penn State x		6	–	2		9	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4		7	–	6
Ohio State		3	–	5		6	–	7
Illinois		2	–	6		7	–	6
Indiana		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

2011 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Oklahoma State $		8	–	1		12	–	1
#15 Kansas State		7	–	2		10	–	3
#13 Baylor		6	–	3		10	–	3
#16 Oklahoma		6	–	3		10	–	3
Missouri		5	–	4		8	–	5
Texas		4	–	5		8	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	5		7	–	6
Iowa State		3	–	6		6	–	7
Texas Tech		2	–	7		5	–	7
Kansas		0	–	9		2	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

2011 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
#20 Southern Miss x$		6	–	2		12	–	2
Marshall		5	–	3		7	–	6
East Carolina		4	–	4		5	–	7
UAB		3	–	5		3	–	9
UCF		3	–	5		5	–	7
Memphis		1	–	7		2	–	10
West Division
#18 Houston x		8	–	0		13	–	1
Tulsa		7	–	1		8	–	5
SMU		5	–	3		8	–	5
Rice		3	–	5		4	–	8
UTEP		2	–	6		5	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7		2	–	10
Championship: Southern Miss 49, Houston 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

2011 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Ohio xy		6	–	2		10	–	4
Temple		5	–	3		9	–	4
Kent State		4	–	4		5	–	7
Bowling Green		3	–	5		5	–	7
Miami		3	–	5		4	–	8
Buffalo		2	–	6		3	–	9
Akron		0	–	8		1	–	11
West Division
Northern Illinois xy$		7	–	1		11	–	3
Toledo x		7	–	1		9	–	4
Western Michigan		5	–	3		7	–	6
Ball State		4	–	4		6	–	6
Eastern Michigan		4	–	4		6	–	6
Central Michigan		2	–	6		3	–	9
Championship: NIU 23, Ohio 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

2011 Mountain West football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#14 TCU $		7	–	0		11	–	2
#8 Boise State		6	–	1		12	–	1
Wyoming		5	–	2		8	–	5
San Diego State		4	–	3		8	–	5
Air Force		3	–	4		7	–	6
Colorado State		1	–	6		3	–	9
UNLV		1	–	6		2	–	10
New Mexico		1	–	6		1	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

2011 Pac-12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
North Division
#4 Oregon xy$		8	–	1		12	–	2
#7 Stanford x%		8	–	1		11	–	2
Washington		5	–	4		7	–	6
California		4	–	5		7	–	6
Oregon State		3	–	6		3	–	9
Washington State		2	–	7		4	–	8
South Division
#6 USC *		7	–	2		10	–	2
UCLA xy		5	–	4		6	–	8
Utah		4	–	5		8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5		6	–	7
Arizona		2	–	7		4	–	8
Colorado		2	–	7		3	–	10
Championship: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant * – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

2011 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#19 Georgia x		7	–	1		10	–	4
#9 South Carolina		6	–	2		11	–	2
Florida		3	–	5		7	–	6
Vanderbilt		2	–	6		6	–	7
Kentucky		2	–	6		5	–	7
Tennessee		1	–	7		5	–	7
Western Division
#2 LSU x$		8	–	0		13	–	1
#1 Alabama %#		7	–	1		12	–	1
#5 Arkansas		6	–	2		11	–	2
Auburn		4	–	4		8	–	5
Mississippi State		2	–	6		7	–	6
Ole Miss		0	–	8		2	–	10
Championship: LSU 42, Georgia 10
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level, began on Thursday, September 1, 2011. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and, not counting all-star games that followed the bowl games, concluded with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game on January 9, 2012 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans in which the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the #1 LSU Tigers 21-0. For the first time since 2007 (and for only the third time in the BCS era), no major team finished the season with an undefeated record.

Several rule changes took effect this season:

The half or game can end due to the runoff. Teams can take a time-out to stop the clock and avoid the 10 second runoff. The new rule has been informally dubbed the "Dooley Rule", after former Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley.

In addition, the NCAA recommends that conferences without a pregame warm-up policy should use a ten-yard, no-player zone between the 45-yard lines beginning 60 minutes before kickoff.

During the first half of 2010, and especially starting in May of that year, several conferences were widely speculated to be considering expansion, and a number of schools were believed to be seriously considering conference moves. Due to conference notice requirements, no changes announced in 2010 would take effect until at least July 2011.

The first change to be officially announced came on June 10, when the Pacific-10 Conference announced that Colorado had accepted that conference's invitation to join. At the time, it was not yet known whether Colorado would officially join the Pac-10 in 2011 or 2012; in September 2010, it was confirmed for 2011.

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