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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. 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.

Rule changes[]

Several rule changes took effect this season:[1]

  • If a player is penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct for actions that occurred during a play ending in a touchdown, but before the goal line was crossed, the touchdown will be nullified and the fifteen-yard penalty enforced from the spot of the foul. This change was made the year after Georgia receiver A.J. Green was called for a personal foul after catching a pass for a touchdown against LSU. The fifteen-yard penalty was assessed on the resulting kickoff, which helped LSU's position for the winning score.[2] In another game, North Dakota State defensive back Josh Gatlin pointed at the crowd at the seven-yard line before scoring a touchdown against South Dakota State. Gatlin received a penalty, but the touchdown was not taken back.[3] A similar proposal that would have nullified touchdowns for taunting or excessive celebration after the score failed to pass the NCAA Football Rules Committee.[4]
  • If a team commits a foul in the final minute of a half that results in a clock stoppage, the opposing team may choose one of the following three options: take the yardage penalty and the 10-second rundown; take the yardage penalty without the 10-second rundown; or decline both the 10-second rundown and the penalty yardage. Previously there was no option for a 10-second rundown. This rule change was made as a result of how the fourth quarter ended in the 2010 Music City Bowl. The new rule has been informally dubbed the "Dooley Rule", after Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley.[5]
  • Video monitors will be allowed in coaches' booths to allow coaching staffs to determine whether they should challenge a call. The televisions will have access only to the live broadcast feed, with no video recorders. The technology, if made available at a stadium, must be provided to both teams.
  • Players lined up outside the tackle box—more specifically, those lined up more than 7 yards from the center—will now be allowed to block below the waist only if they are blocking straight ahead or toward the nearest sideline.
  • On placekicks, no offensive lineman can now be engaged by more than two defensive players. A violation will be a 5-yard penalty.
  • A three-man wedge is prohibited during kickoffs and punts. The penalty will be a fifteen-yard penalty from the spot of the foul, if non-contact, or from the end of the run, if contact.[6]
  • Players will no longer be required to wear pants that always cover the knees.[2]
  • The officials' uniforms were slightly changed. The shirt stripes are wider, they now wear black pants instead of white, and the initial of the official's role (ex. "R" for referee, "U" for umpire) is displayed on the front uniform pocket.

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.[2]

Conference realignment[]

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.

The following day saw two schools change conferences:

In the following days, it was widely speculated that the five public schools in the Big 12 South Division (Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State) would leave as a unit for the Pac-10. A&M was also reported to be flirting with the SEC. However, a last-minute deal announced on June 14 saw Texas cast its lot with a truncated Big 12, with the remaining schools also pledging their support for the conference. Rebuffed by the Big 12 schools, the Pac-10 shifted its focus to the Mountain West, extending an invitation to Utah on June 16 to join effective in 2011. Utah accepted the next day. The conference name changed to Pacific-12 once Colorado and Utah officially joined on July 1, 2011.

Two months later, reports surfaced indicating that Brigham Young would leave the Mountain West Conference to become an independent in football, with its other sports rejoining the school's former conference, the WAC. Having already lost Utah to the Pac-10, the Mountain West decided to be proactive and in response the MWC invited WAC members Fresno State, Nevada, and Utah State on August 18 in an attempt to stop BYU's plan to go independent. Utah State declined the MWC offer, but the other two accepted later that day and attempted to join Boise by moving to their new home in the MWC the following year (Nevada will also greatly enhance its rivalry with the UNLV Rebels by joining the MWC). However after threats of legal action by the WAC, the two schools agreed to stay in the WAC through the 2011–12 season in exchange for greatly reduced exit fees. Just as things appeared to be stabilizing, BYU surprised everyone on August 31 by announcing that they would join the West Coast Conference and play as a FBS independent football team, starting in the 2011–12 season.

Realignment activity then shifted to Division I FCS for several weeks, although rumors continued to swirl regarding potential movement in several conferences. The Big East Conference also announced that it had extended an invitation to Villanova, a founding non-football member, to upgrade its football program to FBS level and join in that sport. On November 11, the WAC announced that Texas State, currently a member of the FCS Southland Conference, and UTSA, which planned to launch an FCS program in that conference in 2011, would upgrade their football programs to FBS level, join the WAC in 2012, and become full FBS members in 2013. On November 29, the next domino fell when TCU announced it would join the Big East in 2012. However, less than a year later on October 10, 2011, TCU announced it would not join the Big East and would instead join the Big 12 in 2012.[7] The MWC replaced TCU for football only with Hawaiʻi on December 10; Hawaiʻi's other sports will join the Big West Conference.

On April 20, 2011, UMass announced that it would upgrade to FBS football and become a football-only member of the Mid-American Conference in 2012, with full FBS membership and eligibility for the conference championship coming in 2013.

Realignment continued to be a major story in the 2011 football season. On September 18, the ACC announced that Big East mainstays Pitt and Syracuse were officially accepted as members. However, the schools' departure date remains uncertain, as Big East bylaws require a 27-month notice period for departing members. As the Big East is currently holding these schools to the notice period, the earliest that Pitt and Syracuse can join the ACC, barring other developments, is July 2014.[8] (TCU was not held to the notice period because it had never formally joined the Big East.) On September 26, the Southeastern Conference announced that Texas A&M would become the league's 13th member in July 2012.[9]

On October 14, it was announced that the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA would merge their football operations to form a two-division, 22-team conference. The conferences were hoping that the merger would give them an automatic qualifier to a BCS bowl. The next move came on October 28, when the Big 12 formally accepted another Big East school, West Virginia.[10] This paved the way for Missouri's official acceptance by the SEC on November 6, a move that had been in the works for several weeks.[11] WVU's move led to a legal battle between the school and the Big East, with WVU filing suit to overturn the notice period, and the conference suing in another court to enforce it.[11] In February 2012, the Big East and WVU reached a settlement that allowed WVU to join the Big 12 that July.[12]

With the upcoming loss of three of its mainstays, the Big East announced on December 7 that five new schools would join its football conference in 2013. Houston, SMU, and UCF will join as all-sports members, while Boise State and San Diego State will join in football only.[13] Both Boise State and San Diego State will rejoin former conferences for non-football sports. Boise State will return to the WAC, while San Diego State will rejoin the Big West after a 35-year absence.[14] These developments eventually led the Mountain West and C-USA to announce plans to fully merge, under a new charter, as early as 2013.[15]

Membership changes[]

School Former Conference New Conference
Colorado Buffaloes[16] Big 12 Pac-12
Boise State Broncos[17] WAC Mountain West
Nebraska Cornhuskers[18] Big 12 Big Ten
Utah Utes[19] Mountain West Pac-12
BYU Cougars Mountain West Independent (WCC in other sports)

Teams transitioning to FBS[]

Four schools began a two-year transition from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to FBS in July 2011. These schools were technically FCS members in 2011, and will be provisional FBS members in 2012 before becoming full FBS members in 2013.

Records[]

  • Several significant records were tied or broken on October 22:
  • On October 27, Keenum's nine touchdown passes in Houston's 73–34 win over crosstown rival Rice gave him 139 for his college career, surpassing the previous record of 134 by Texas Tech's Graham Harrell from 2005 to 2008.[26] He also took sole possession of the record for most touchdowns accounted for, with 159 (and counting).
  • On October 29, Paterno took sole possession of the record for most career wins by a Division I head coach when Penn State defeated Illinois 10–7.[27] This would prove to be Paterno's final game, as he would be fired less than two weeks later in the midst of a sexual abuse scandal (more details below).
  • On November 5:
    • In Houston's 56–13 pasting of UAB, Keenum broke Chang's record for career passing yards, ending the game with 17,212.[28]
    • Boise State defeated UNLV 48–21, giving Moore his 46th career win as a starter and sole possession of that record.[29]
  • On November 19, Keenum added another major FBS record to his collection, surpassing Harrell's previous record of 1,403 career completions in the first quarter of Houston's 37–7 win over SMU. Keenum ended with 1,427 completions.[30]
  • On November 26, Kentucky defeated Tennessee for the first time since 1984. The Wildcats' 10–7 win ended the longest current losing streak against an annual opponent in FBS at 26.[31]

Most watched regular season games in 2011[]

Rank Date Matchup Channel Viewers
1 November 5, 8:00 ET #1 LSU vs. #2 Alabama CBS 20.01 Million
2 December 3, 4:00 ET #1 LSU vs. #14 Georgia CBS 12.01 Million
3 November 25, 2:30 ET #3 Arkansas vs. #1 LSU CBS 10.44 Million
4 November 19, 8:00 ET USC vs. #4 Oregon, #5 Oklahoma vs. #22 Baylor Regional ESPN on ABC 9.74 Million
5 September 17, 8:00 ET #1 Oklahoma vs. #5 Florida State ESPN on ABC 9.31 Million
6 November 12, 8:00 ET #7 Oregon vs. #4 Stanford ESPN on ABC 8.73 Million
7 October 29, 8:00 ET #5 Clemson vs. Georgia Tech, #6 Stanford vs. USC Regional ESPN on ABC 8.43 Million
8 November 26, 12:00 ET Ohio State vs. #15 Michigan ESPN on ABC 7.96 Million
9 December 3, 8:15 ET #15 Wisconsin vs. #13 Michigan State ESPN on ABC 7.77 Million
10 September 3, 8:00 ET #4 LSU vs. #3 Oregon ESPN on ABC 7.75 Million
Special December 10, 2:30 ET Army vs. Navy CBS 5.50 Million [1]

New, expanded, and temporary stadiums[]

New stadiums[]

School Name Capacity
Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium 30,000
North Texas Apogee Stadium 30,850

Expanded stadium[]

  • North Carolina: Renovations on Kenan Memorial Stadium will be completed in time for the start of the season. The renovations, which began last year, enclosed the stadium with what is called "The Blue Zone" and included an additional 1,836 seats (part in the form of private boxes and suites) bringing the total capacity to 61,836.

Temporary stadiums[]

Infractions, investigations, and scandals[]

Ohio State[]

The Ohio State Buckeyes had five players and their head coach, Jim Tressel, suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season. The program was also under investigation by the NCAA, with the school going before the NCAA Committee on Infractions in August 2011, with findings and decisions following shortly thereafter.[33] The players were alleged to have improperly traded dozens of items to the owner of a tattoo parlor, receiving tattoos, $14,000, and in one case a sport-utility vehicle. Tressel was under investigation for lying to the University and investigators regarding his knowledge of the incident.[34] The scandal led to the resignation of Tressel on May 30.[35] Then, on June 8, starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor, one of the five suspended players, announced that he would forego his final year of college eligibility.[36]

Initially, Ohio State offered to vacate its entire 2010 season, return money received from the 2011 Sugar Bowl, impose two years of probation, and use five fewer football scholarships over the next three seasons. However, after the school went before the NCAA, further rules violations emerged. Three players were suspended before the start of the season for receiving $200 from a booster. Then, midway through the season, it was discovered that the same booster had overpaid several players for summer jobs. The NCAA announced its final penalties on December 20. While accepting Ohio State's initial penalties, it imposed extra sanctions. One extra year of both probation and scholarship reductions was added, running through the 2014 season. The Buckeyes will also be banned from a bowl in 2012. Tressel, who joined the staff of the Indianapolis Colts during the 2011 NFL season and has since taken a non-athletic position at his alma mater of the University of Akron, was hit with a five-year show-cause penalty, which effectively bars him from college coaching through the 2016 season. Finally, the school was required to disassociate itself from Pryor for five years.[37]

North Carolina[]

The North Carolina Tar Heels, in the midst of an NCAA investigation into improper benefits and academic misconduct within the football program, fired head coach Butch Davis on July 27.[38]

Miami[]

On August 16, Yahoo! Sports broke a story in which former Miami Hurricanes booster Nevin Shapiro, currently imprisoned for running a Ponzi scheme, stated that from 2002 through 2010 he had given massive amounts of improper benefits to Miami players and coaches, mostly in football but also in men's basketball. Shapiro indicated that the benefits included cash, various goods, prostitutes, and even an abortion.[39]

Penn State[]

On November 5, former Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky was indicted on multiple felony charges of sex abuse against minors. Two other high-ranking Penn State administrators—athletic director Tim Curley and vice president for business and finance Gary Schultz (whose job includes supervision of the university police department)—were charged with perjury in the case.[40] The day after the indictments, the university Board of Trustees held an emergency meeting, at which Curley requested to be placed on administrative leave and Schultz stepped down.[41] Paterno, who had received notice of inappropriate behavior by Sandusky in 2002 and had reported the allegations to university administrators (though not to police), was not charged or implicated in any wrongdoing. On November 9, he announced his retirement effective at the end of the season, stating he was "absolutely devastated by the developments in this case."[42] However, hours later, the Penn State Board of Trustees fired Paterno, effective immediately.[43]

Conference standings[]

2011 ACC football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic
#22 Clemson x   6 2         10 4  
#23 Florida State   5 3         9 4  
Wake Forest   5 3         6 7  
NC State   4 4         8 5  
Boston College   3 5         4 8  
Maryland   1 7         2 10  
Coastal
#21 Virginia Tech x   7 1         11 3  
Virginia   5 3         8 5  
Georgia Tech   5 3         8 5  
North Carolina   3 5         7 6  
Miami   3 5         6 6  
Duke   1 7         3 9  
Championship: Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 10
† – BCS representative as champion
‡ – BCS at-large representative
x – Division champion/co-champions
As of January 10, 2012 • Rankings from AP Poll
2011 Big 12 football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 Oklahoma State   8 1         12 1  
#8 Kansas State   7 2         10 3  
#12 Baylor   6 3         10 3  
#14 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 champion
As of January 7, 2012 • Rankings from AP Poll
2011 Big East football standings
v · d · e 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 champion
§ – Conference co-champions
As of January 11, 2012 • Rankings from AP Poll
2011 Big Ten football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Legends
#11 Michigan State xy   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
#10 Wisconsin xy   6 2         11 3  
Penn State   0* 2         0* 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 champion
‡ – BCS at-large representative
x – Division champion/co-champions
y – Championship game participant
2011 Conference USA football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East
#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
#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 Division I FBS independents football records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
BYU               10 3  
Notre Dame               8 5  
Navy               5 7  
Army               3 9  
As of December 30, 2011 • Rankings from AP Poll
2011 Mid-American Conference football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East
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
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 Conference football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#16 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
As of December 28, 2011 • Rankings from AP Poll
2011 Pacific-12 football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
North
#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
#6 USC   7 2         10 2  
UCLA xy   5 4         6 8  
Arizona State   4 5         6 7  
Utah   4 5         8 5  
Arizona   2 7         4 8  
Colorado   2 7         3 10  
Championship: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
† – BCS representative as 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
v · d · e 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 representative as champion
‡ – BCS at-large representative
x – Division champion/co-champions
As of January 9, 2012 • Rankings from AP Poll
2011 Sun Belt football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Arkansas State   8 0         10 3  
WKU   7 1         7 5  
Louisiana–Lafayette   6 2         9 4  
FIU   5 3         8 5  
North Texas   4 4         5 7  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 5         4 8  
Troy   2 6         3 9  
Middle Tennessee   1 7         2 10  
Florida Atlantic   0 8         1 11  
† – Conference champion
As of January 9, 2012 • Rankings from AP Poll
2011 WAC football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Louisiana Tech   6 1         8 5  
Nevada   5 2         7 6  
Utah State   5 2         7 6  
Hawaii   3 4         6 7  
San Jose State   3 4         5 7  
Fresno State   3 4         4 9  
New Mexico State   2 5         4 9  
Idaho   1 6         2 10  
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Conference summaries[]

Championship games[]

Conference Champion Runner-up Score Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Coach of the Year
ACC ClemsonBCS Virginia TechBCS 38–10 David Wilson, Virginia Tech[44] Luke Kuechly, Boston College[45] Mike London, Virginia[46]
Big Ten WisconsinBCS Michigan State 42–39 Montee Ball, Wisconsin[47] Devon Still, Penn State[47] Brady Hoke, Michigan[47]
C-USA Southern Miss Houston 49–28 Case Keenum, Houston (MVP)[48]
Patrick Edwards, Houston[48]
Vinny Curry, Marshall[48] Kevin Sumlin, Houston[48]
MAC Northern Illinois Ohio 23–20 Chandler Harnish, Northern Illinois[49] Drew Nowak, Western Michigan[49] Ron English, Eastern Michigan[49]
Pac-12 OregonBCS UCLA 49–31 Andrew Luck, Stanford[50] Mychal Kendricks, California[50] David Shaw, Stanford[50]
SEC LSUBCS Georgia 42–10 Trent Richardson, Alabama[51] Tyrann Mathieu, LSU[51] Les Miles, LSU[51]

Other conference winners[]

Conference Champion Record Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Coach of the Year
Big 12 Oklahoma StateBCS 11–1 (8–1) Robert Griffin III, Baylor[52] A.J. Klein, Iowa State and Frank Alexander, Oklahoma[52] Bill Snyder, Kansas State[52]
Big East West VirginiaBCS
Cincinnati
Louisville
9–3 (5–2)
9–3 (5–2)
7–5 (5–2)
Isaiah Pead, Cincinnati[53] Khaseem Greene, Rutgers and
Derrick Wolfe, Cincinnati[53]
Butch Jones, Cincinnati[53]
MWC TCU 10–2 (7–0) Kellen Moore, Boise State[54] Tank Carder, TCU[54] Dave Christensen, Wyoming[54]
Sun Belt Arkansas State 10–2 (8–0) Ryan Aplin, Arkansas State[55] Brandon Joiner, Arkansas State[55] Hugh Freeze, Arkansas State[55]
WAC Louisiana Tech 8–4 (5–1) Robert Turbin, Utah State[56] Adrien Cole, Louisiana Tech[56] Sonny Dykes, Louisiana Tech[56]
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Final BCS standings[]

BCS School Record Bowl Game
1 Alabama 12-1 BCS Championship
2 LSU 13-1 BCS Championship
3 Oklahoma State 11–1 Fiesta
4 Stanford 11–1 Fiesta
5 Oregon 11–2 Rose
6 Arkansas 10–2 Cotton
7 Boise State 11–1 Las Vegas
8 Kansas State 10–2 Cotton
9 South Carolina 10–2 Capital One
10 Wisconsin 11–2 Rose
11 Virginia Tech 11–2 Sugar
12 Baylor 9–3 Alamo
13 Michigan 10–2 Sugar
14 Oklahoma 9–3 Insight
15 Clemson 10–3 Orange
16 Georgia 10–3 Outback
17 Michigan State 10–3 Outback
18 TCU 10–2 Poinsettia
19 Houston 12–1 TicketCity
20 Nebraska 9–3 Capital One
21 Southern Miss 11–2 Hawai'i
22 Penn State 9–3 TicketCity
23 West Virginia 9–3 Orange
24 Texas 7–5 Holiday
25 Auburn 7–5 Chick-fil-A

Bowl games[]

Bowl Challenge Cup standings[]

Conference Wins Losses Pct.
C-USA 4 1 .800
MAC 4 1 .800
Big 12 6 2 .750
SEC 6 3 .666
Big East 3 2 .600
Division I FBS Independents 1 1 .500
Big 10 4 6 .400
MWC 2 3 .400
Sun Belt 1 2 .333
Pac-12 2 5 .286
ACC 2 6 .250
WAC 0 3 .000

Awards and honors[]

Heisman Trophy[]

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

Player School Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Robert Griffin III Baylor QB 405 168 136 1,687
Andrew Luck Stanford QB 247 250 166 1,407
Trent Richardson Alabama RB 138 207 150 978
Montee Ball Wisconsin RB 22 83 116 348
Tyrann Mathieu LSU CB 34 63 99 327[1]

Other overall[]

Offense[]

Quarterback

Running Back

Wide Receiver

Tight End

Lineman

Defense[]

Defensive Line

Linebacker

Defensive Back

Special teams[]

Coaches[]

Assistant

All-Americans[]

Coaching changes[]

Preseason and in-season[]

This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2011. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2011, see 2010 NCAA Division I FBS end-of-season coaching changes.

School Outgoing coach Date Reason Replacement
Ohio State Jim Tressel May 30 Resigned[2] Luke Fickell (interim)
West Virginia Bill Stewart June 10 Resigned[3] Dana Holgorsen
North Carolina Butch Davis July 27 Fired[4] Everett Withers (interim)[5]
New Mexico Mike Locksley September 25 Fired[6] George Barlow (interim)
Arizona Mike Stoops October 10 Fired[7] Tim Kish (interim)
Tulane Bob Toledo October 18 Resigned[8] Mark Hutson (interim)
Penn State Joe Paterno November 9 Fired[9] Tom Bradley (interim)

End of season[]

School Outgoing coach Date announced Reason Replacement
Florida Atlantic Howard Schnellenberger August 11 Retiring[10] Carl Pelini[11]
Ole Miss Houston Nutt November 7 Resigned[12] Hugh Freeze[13]
New Mexico George Barlow (interim) November 16 Permanent replacement Bob Davie[14]
Arizona Tim Kish (interim) November 21 Permanent replacement Rich Rodriguez[15]
Akron Rob Ianello November 26 Fired[16] Terry Bowden[17]
Memphis Larry Porter November 27 Fired[18] Justin Fuente[19]
Illinois Ron Zook November 27 Fired[20] Tim Beckman[21]
UAB Neil Callaway November 27 Fired[22] Garrick McGee[23]
Kansas Turner Gill November 27 Fired[24] Charlie Weis[25]
Arizona State Dennis Erickson November 27 Fired[26] Todd Graham[27]
Ohio State Luke Fickell (interim) November 28 Permanent replacement Urban Meyer[28]
UCLA Rick Neuheisel November 28 Fired[29] Jim Mora[30]
Washington State Paul Wulff November 29 Fired [31] Mike Leach[32]
Texas A&M Mike Sherman December 1 Fired[33] Kevin Sumlin[34]
Colorado State Steve Fairchild December 4 Fired[35] Jim McElwain[36]
Fresno State Pat Hill December 4 Fired[37] Tim DeRuyter[38]
Tulane Mark Hutson (interim) December 5 Permanent replacement Curtis Johnson[39]
Arkansas State Hugh Freeze December 5 Hired by Ole Miss[13] Gus Malzahn[40]
Hawaiʻi Greg McMackin December 5 Retiring[41] Norm Chow [42]
North Carolina Everett Withers (interim) December 7 Permanent replacement Larry Fedora[43]
Southern Miss Larry Fedora December 7 Hired by North Carolina[43] Ellis Johnson[44]
Toledo Tim Beckman December 9 Hired by Illinois[21] Matt Campbell[45]
Houston Kevin Sumlin December 10 Hired by Texas A&M[34] Tony Levine[46]
Pittsburgh Todd Graham December 14 Hired by Arizona State[27] Paul Chryst[47]
Penn State Tom Bradley (interim) January 5 Permanent replacement Bill O'Brien[48]
Rutgers Greg Schiano January 26 Hired by Tampa Bay Buccaneers[49] Kyle Flood[50]

See also[]

References[]

Notes
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