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BCS Championship Earns Florida #1 Spot in Final 2006 College Football AP Top 25
The Florida Gators 41-14 dismantling of Ohio State on Monday night earned the SEC school their second national championship and the #1 spot in the final AP Top 25 Poll for 2006.
The AP conceded that the game between #1 and #2 would determine who would finish in those spots. Despite suffering a blowout, the Buckeyes of Ohio State landed at #2 in the AP rankings.
Fresh of their own 41-14 thumping of Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl the LSU Tigers jumped to the #3 spot and helped solidify the belief that the SEC is college football’s dominant conference.
USC bounced back from their crushing loss to UCLA in the final game of the regular season to beat Michigan 32-18 in the Rose Bowl and earn the #4 ranking in the AP Top 25 at season’s end.
The Cinderella story of the season, Boise State, jumped all the way up to #5 and was the only other team to receive a vote as number one. The Broncos capped their perfect 13-0 season with a 43-42 overtime thriller against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.
Louisville will look back at the Bobby Petrino years and smile. The Cardinals finished a school best #6 after they beat Wake Forest 24-13 in this year’s Orange Bowl. Petrino was announced as the Atlanta Falcons new head coach yesterday.
AP Top 25 Rankings Week 17 Final 2006 Poll
1. Florida (64) 13-1 1,624
2. Ohio State 12-1 1,492
3. LSU 11-2 1,452
4. USC 11-2 1,389
5. Boise State (1) 13-0 1,383
6. Louisville 12-1 1,338
7. Wisconsin 12-1 1,288
8. Michigan 11-2 1,145
9. Auburn 11-2 1,112
10. West Virginia 11-2 1,035
11. Oklahoma 11-3 933
12. Rutgers 11-2 884
13. Texas 10-3 772
14. California 10-3 697
15. Arkansas 10-4 677
16. Brigham Young 11-2 673
17. Notre Dame 10-3 553
18. Wake Forest 11-3 551
19. Virginia Tech 10-3 407
20. Boston College 10-3 353
21. Oregon State 10-4 291
22. TCU 11-2 279
23. Georgia 9-4 204
24. Penn State 9-4 183
25. Tennessee 9-4 181
