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2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season

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2017 NCAA Division I FBS season
Total # of teams 129 + 1 transitional
Preseason AP #1 Alabama Crimson Tide
Regular season August 26, 2017 – December 9, 2017
Number of bowls 40
Bowl games December 16, 2017 – January 8, 2018
National championship College Football Playoff National Championship
Location of championship Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia
Champions Alabama
Heisman Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma Sooners
Division I FBS football season
«2016 2018»

The 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on August 26, 2017 and ended on December 9, 2017.

The Alabama Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs played in the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship. Alabama defeated Georgia in overtime by a score of 26–23 on a game-winning touchdown pass from Tua Tagovailoa to Devonta Smith. Alabama claimed its 17th national title in school history, the most of any current FBS team.

The University of Central Florida Knights finished the season undefeated and beat the Auburn Tigers. Auburn defeated College Football Playoff national champion Alabama and split two games with runner-up Georgia during the season. Because of this, the UCF Knights also claimed a national title this season.[1]

Rule changes[]

Game rules[]

The following rule changes were recommended by the NCAA Football Rules Committee for the 2017 season:[2]

  • Prohibiting defensive players running toward the line of scrimmage from leaping or hurdling any offensive lineman on field goal or PAT attempts (15 yards). Previously, defensive players were allowed to leap or hurdle offensive linemen as long as they do not land on another player. The NFL also adopted this rule for the 2017 season.
  • Requiring players to wear knee pads and pants that cover the knees, repealing a change from the 2011 season that changed this from a requirement to a recommendation. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) also adopted a similar rule.
  • Include the nameplate on the back of the jersey in the definition of a "horse-collar tackle".
  • Expanded the interpretation of an "unfair act" to include committing intentional fouls designed to manipulate the game clock, which result in unsportsmanlike conduct penalties against each player committing the foul (which count towards their limit of two in the same game before ejection) and resetting of the game clock, similar to a rule change made in the NFL in 2017.

The committee left the current targeting rules unchanged for the 2017 season, despite discussions to modify the rule to eject a player for targeting only if the call is confirmed, not if the call stands due to lack of "indisputable video evidence" to overturn the ruling on the field.

Points of emphasis this season include speeding up games by:

  • Promptly starting the second half when the halftime clock reaches 0:00.
  • Penalizing coaches 15 yards and unsportsmanlike conduct for stepping onto the field to argue a call.
  • Starting the game clock immediately upon spotting the ball after a ball carrier goes out of bounds before the 2:00 mark of each half.

Recruiting rules[]

  • In April 2017, the NCAA Division I Council approved a suite of rule changes affecting the recruiting process. The most significant of these are:[3]
    • Effective with the 2017–18 school year, a national early signing period for high school players was introduced. The exact timing of the signing period was not set at the date of announcement; it would eventually be set for December (see below).
    • The current limit of 25 new scholarships (or financial aid agreements) per academic year became an absolute limit (with only narrowly defined exceptions). This was seen by media as ending the phenomenon of oversigning.
    • FBS programs may no longer conduct so-called "satellite camps"—i.e., camps or clinics that feature active FBS coaches or football staff members held at locations distant from the school's campus. Effective immediately, FBS coaches may only work at camps for a total of 10 days in June and July, and can only attend camps if they are located on their school's campus, or at an off-campus facility where their program regularly practices or plays home games. Schools were allowed to honor contracts for satellite camps that were signed before January 18, 2017.[4]
  • The following month, the Collegiate Commissioners Association, which controls the letter of intent program, approved the recruiting changes approved by the Division I Council. The early signing period for high schoolers was fixed as the first three days of the midyear signing period for junior college players; in 2017, this window fell on December 20–22.[5]

Conference realignment[]

Membership changes[]

School Former conference New conference
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers FCS independent Sun Belt
UAB Blazers No team Conference USA

Coastal Carolina was in the second year of its FBS transition. It was counted as an FBS opponent for scheduling purposes, with full FBS membership and bowl eligibility following in the 2018 season.

The UAB football team returned after a two-year absence. The program was shut down by school administrators following the 2014 season but was reinstated less than a year later. UAB resumed its place as a full football-sponsoring member of Conference USA.

Upcoming changes[]

Idaho and New Mexico State played their final seasons as football members of the Sun Belt Conference. Idaho also played its last season at the FBS level; following the decision of the Sun Belt to not extend its football membership agreements with the two schools after their expirations in 2017, Idaho announced that it would downgrade to FCS and add football to its standing membership in the Big Sky Conference. New Mexico State reverted to FBS Independent status for 2018 and beyond.

Updated stadiums[]

Two schools opened new stadiums for the 2017 season:

  • Colorado State opened Sonny Lubick Field at Colorado State Stadium. The on-campus facility, with a capacity of 41,201, replaced the off-campus Hughes Stadium, which had been home to the Rams since 1968.
  • Georgia State moved from the Georgia Dome, which was demolished during the 2017 season, to Georgia State Stadium. This is the third incarnation of a stadium that opened in 1996 as the Centennial Olympic Stadium, built for the 1996 Summer Olympics. The stadium was planned from the beginning to be retrofitted into a baseball park for the Atlanta Braves, and opened in that form as Turner Field in 1997. After the Braves vacated Turner Field following their 2016 season to move into SunTrust Park, Georgia State bought Turner Field and adjacent property for a major campus expansion project. In its football form, the stadium had an initial capacity of 24,333 with possible future expansion to 33,000.

Several other schools debuted major improvements to their existing venues for 2017:

  • Arizona State is continuing a four-phase renovation of Sun Devil Stadium. The third phase, completed for the 2017 season, includes the addition of a new video board above the north end zone.
  • Coastal Carolina made its FBS debut in an expanded Brooks Stadium. The expansion project began immediately after the 2015 season, a few months after Coastal announced it would join the Sun Belt Conference in 2016 for non-football sports and 2017 for football. The venue, which previously held 9,200 people, had a capacity of 15,000 for the 2017 season, and will be further expanded to 20,000 in 2018.[6]
  • West Virginia completed approximately $50 million in renovations to Milan Puskar Stadium. Work on the west and south side gates and concourses, including renovations to concessions, restrooms, and additional space for EMS and police operations, was finished for 2017, mirroring similar work on the north and east sides completed for 2016.
  • Louisiana Tech opened a new pressbox and suite complex on the west side of Joe Aillet Stadium which includes new ticketing facilities and restrooms. Also included in the renovations were new LED stadium lighting fixtures.
  • Notre Dame debuted the Campus Crossroads project, which added three new 8-story structures on the South, West and East sides of Notre Dame Stadium. The expansion, which added new premium stadium seats on the East and West sides of the stadium, also features more than 750,000 square feet of teaching, research, and performance space.

Two schools announced naming rights deals for their stadiums:

  • Kentucky renamed its stadium from Commonwealth Stadium to Kroger Field per a 12-year naming rights deal with the Cincinnati-based supermarket company. This made UK the first Southeastern Conference school to enter into such a deal for its football stadium.[7]
  • New Mexico renamed its stadium from University Stadium to Dreamstyle Stadium per a 10-year naming rights deal with Albuquerque-based construction firm Dreamstyle Remodeling.[8]

Kickoff games[]

"Week Zero"[]

  • A recent rule change allows Hawaii, and teams that have a scheduled game at Hawaii, to play during the "Week Zero" kickoff weekend in late August. This change better accommodates the long-standing "Hawaii rule" that allows schools which travel between Hawaii and the mainland (including schools based in Hawaii) to schedule an extra game each season. Four schools have taken advantage of the extra week:[9]
    • Hawaii played at UMass on August 26, with the visitors winning 38–35.[10] UMass ended their 2016 season with a loss at Hawaii, and thus opened their 2017 season against the same opponent.
    • BYU hosted FCS opponent Portland State on August 26, winning 20–6.[11]
    • San Jose State hosted USF on August 26, with the visitors winning 42–22.[12]
    • Colorado State hosted Oregon State on August 26 in the first game at the Rams' new stadium (see above), and won 58–27.[13]
  • Stanford and Rice played in Sydney on August 26 (August 27 local time) for the second Sydney Cup,[14] won by Stanford in a 62–7 blowout.[15] This was the second straight year a Pac-12 team went to Australia, as California defeated Hawaii in the first Sydney Cup to open the 2016 season.

Week 1[]

During the official Week 1 (as usual, held the weekend before Labor Day), several neutral-site "kickoff weekend" games were held, in addition to a full slate of games held at home stadiums around the U.S.:

  • Advocare Classic
    • #17 Florida played against #11 Michigan at AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas) on September 2, with Michigan winning 33–17.
  • Belk Kickoff Game
  • Chick-fil-A Kickoff Games
    • #1 Alabama defeated #3 Florida State. Alabama rolled past FSU 24–7 at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Georgia) on September 2.
    • #25 Tennessee defeated Georgia Tech. Tennessee came back and won in a classic 42–41 in double overtime at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on September 4.
  • Advocare Texas Kickoff

Conference standings[]

Template:2017 American Athletic Conference football standings Template:2017 ACC football standings Template:2017 Big Ten football standings
Template:2017 Big 12 football standings Template:2017 Conference USA football standings Template:2017 Mid-American football standings
Template:2017 Mountain West Conference football standings Template:2017 Pac-12 football standings Template:2017 SEC football standings
Template:2017 Sun Belt football standings
2017 Division I FBS independents football records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Army     –           10 – 3  
No. 11 Notre Dame     –           10 – 3  
UMass     –           4 – 8  
BYU     –           4 – 9  
As of December 11, 2024 • Rankings from AP Poll

Conference summaries[]

Through the 2015 season, conferences were required to have a minimum of 12 football members to play a conference championship game outside of the NCAA limit of 12 regular-season games. The NCAA removed this requirement effective with the 2016 season.[16] At that time, all FBS conferences except the Big 12 and Sun Belt Conferences held championship games for football. The Big 12 reinstated its championship game for the 2017 season, while the Sun Belt determined its 2017 football champion solely by regular-season records before launching a championship game starting in 2018.

Rankings reflect the Week 14 AP Poll before the conference championship games were played.

Power 5 Conferences[]

Conference Champion Runner-up Score Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Coach of the Year
ACC #1 Clemson CFP #7 Miami 38–3 Lamar Jackson, Louisville[17] Bradley Chubb, NC State[17] Mark Richt, Miami[18]
Big 12 #2 Oklahoma CFP #10 TCU 41–17 Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma[19] Ogbo Okoronkwo, Oklahoma &
Malik Jefferson, Texas[19] 		Matt Campbell, Iowa State[19]
Big Ten #8 Ohio State #3 Wisconsin 27–21 Saquon Barkley, Penn State[20] Josey Jewell, Iowa[20] Paul Chryst, Wisconsin[20]
Pac-12 #11 USC #14 Stanford 31–28 Bryce Love, Stanford[21] Vita Vea, Washington[21] David Shaw, Stanford[21]
SEC #6 Georgia CFP #4 Auburn 28–7 Kerryon Johnson, Auburn[22] Roquan Smith, Georgia[22] Kirby Smart, Georgia[22]

Group of Five Conferences[]

Conference Champion Runner Up Score Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Coach of the Year
AAC #12 UCF #16 Memphis 62–552OT McKenzie Milton, UCF[23] Ed Oliver, Houston[23] Scott Frost, UCF[23]
C-USA Florida Atlantic North Texas 41–17 Devin Singletary, Florida Atlantic (MVP) &
Mason Fine, North Texas (Offensive POY)[24] 		Marcus Davenport, UTSA[24] Bill Clark, UAB[25]
MAC Toledo Akron 45–28 Logan Woodside, Toledo[26] Sutton Smith, Northern Illinois[26] Jason Candle, Toledo[26]
MW Boise State #25 Fresno State 17–14 Rashaad Penny, San Diego State[27] Leighton Vander Esch, Boise State[27] Jeff Tedford, Fresno State[27]
Sun Belt Appalachian State

Troy

N/A N/A Justice Hansen, Arkansas State[28] Javon Rolland-Jones, Arkansas State (overall POY)
Jeremy Reaves, South Alabama (Defensive POY)[28] 		Neal Brown, Troy[28]

CFP College Football Playoff participant

Bowl eligibility[]

Main article: 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games

There were 39 post-season bowl games, with two teams advancing to a 40th – the CFP National Championship game. Normally, a team is required to have a .500 minimum winning percentage during the regular season to become bowl eligible. If there are not enough winning teams to fulfill all open bowl slots, teams with losing records may be chosen to fill all 78 bowl slots. Additionally, on the rare occasion in which a conference champion does not meet eligibility requirements, they are usually still chosen for bowl games via tie-ins for their conference. For the 2017 season, no team with a losing record was chosen for a bowl game. Three bowl-eligible teams, including one with a winning record, were denied bowl bids.

Bowl eligible teams[]

  • American Athletic Conference (7): Houston, Memphis, Navy, South Florida, SMU, Temple, UCF
  • Atlantic Coast Conference (10): Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
  • Big 12 Conference (8): Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech, TCU, West Virginia
  • Big Ten Conference (8): Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
  • Conference USA (10): Florida Atlantic, FIU, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Southern Miss, UAB, Western Kentucky, UTSA*
  • Independents (2): Army, Notre Dame
  • Mid-American Conference (7): Akron, Buffalo*, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan*
  • Mountain West Conference (6): Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State, Wyoming
  • Pac-12 Conference (9): Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State
  • Southeastern Conference (9): Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M
  • Sun Belt Conference (5): Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia State, New Mexico State, Troy

An asterisk (*) indicates the team did not receive a bowl bid.

Total: 81

Bowl ineligible teams[]

Total: 49

Postseason[]

Main article: 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games

Since the 2014–15 postseason, six College Football Playoff (CFP) bowl games have hosted two semifinal playoff games on a rotating basis. For this season, the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl hosted the semifinal games, with the winners advancing to the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Template:2018 College Football Playoff

Rankings[]

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Final CFP rankings[]

On December 3, 2017, the College Football Playoff selection committee announced their final team rankings for the year.[29]

Rank Team W–L Conference and standing Bowl game
1
 Clemson
12–1
 ACC champions Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal)
2
 Oklahoma
12–1
 Big 12 champions Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal)
3
 Georgia
12–1
 SEC champions Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal)
4
 Alabama
11–1
 SEC West Division co-champions Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal)
5
 Ohio State
11–2
 Big Ten champions Cotton Bowl
6
 Wisconsin
12–1
 Big Ten West Division champions Orange Bowl
7
 Auburn
10–3
 SEC West Division co-champions Peach Bowl
8
 USC
11-2
 Pac-12 champions Cotton Bowl
9
 Penn State
10–2
 Big Ten East Division second place (tie) Fiesta Bowl
10
 Miami (FL)
10–2
 ACC Coastal Division champions Orange Bowl
11
 Washington
10–2
 Pac-12 North Division co-champions Fiesta Bowl
12
 UCF
12–0
 AAC champions Peach Bowl
13
 Stanford
9–4
 Pac-12 North Division co-champions Alamo Bowl
14
 Notre Dame
9–3
 Independent Citrus Bowl
15
 TCU
10–3
 Big 12 second place Alamo Bowl
16
 Michigan State
9–3
 Big Ten East Division second place (tie) Holiday Bowl
17
 LSU
9–3
 SEC West Division third place Citrus Bowl
18
 Washington State
9–3
 Pac-12 North Division third place Holiday Bowl
19
 Oklahoma State
9–3
 Big 12 third place Camping World Bowl
20
 Memphis
10–2
 AAC West Division champions Liberty Bowl
21
 Northwestern
9–3
 Big Ten West Division second place Music City Bowl
22
 Virginia Tech
9–3
 ACC Coastal Division second place Camping World Bowl
23
 Mississippi State
8–4
 SEC West Division fourth place (tie) TaxSlayer Bowl
24
 NC State
8–4
 ACC Atlantic Division second place Sun Bowl
25
 Boise State
10–3
 MW Champions Las Vegas Bowl

Final rankings[]

Rank Associated Press Coaches' Poll
1 Alabama Alabama
2 Georgia Georgia
3 Oklahoma Oklahoma
4 Clemson Clemson
5 Ohio State Ohio State
6 UCF Wisconsin
7 Wisconsin UCF
8 Penn State Penn State
9 TCU TCU
10 Auburn USC
11 Notre Dame Notre Dame
12 USC Auburn
13 Miami (FL) Miami (FL)
14 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
15 Michigan State Washington
16 Washington Northwestern
17 Northwestern Michigan State
18 LSU LSU
19 Mississippi State Stanford
20 Stanford Mississippi State
21 USF USF
22 Boise State Boise State
23 NC State NC State
24 Virginia Tech Memphis
25 Memphis Virginia Tech

Coaching changes[]

Preseason and in-season[]

This is restricted to coaching changes taking place on or after May 1, 2017. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2017, see 2016 NCAA Division I FBS end-of-season coaching changes.

School Outgoing coach Date Reason Replacement
Oklahoma Stoops, BobBob Stoops 02017-06-07 June 7, 2017 Retired Riley, LincolnLincoln Riley
Ole Miss Freeze, HughHugh Freeze 02017-07-20 July 20, 2017 Resigned Luke, MattMatt Luke [lower-alpha 1]
Coastal Carolina Moglia, JoeJoe Moglia 02017-07-28 July 28, 2017 Medical leave Chadwell, JameyJamey Chadwell (interim)
UTEP Kugler, SeanSean Kugler 02017-10-01 October 1, 2017 Resigned Price, MikeMike Price (interim)
Oregon State Andersen, GaryGary Andersen 02017-10-09 October 9, 2017 Resigned Hall, CoryCory Hall (interim)
Georgia Southern Summers, TysonTyson Summers 02017-10-22 October 22, 2017 Fired Lunsford, ChadChad Lunsford [lower-alpha 2]
Florida McElwain, JimJim McElwain 02017-10-29 October 29, 2017 Fired Shannon, RandyRandy Shannon (interim)
Tennessee Jones, ButchButch Jones 02017-11-12 November 12, 2017 Fired Hoke, BradyBrady Hoke (interim)
UCLA Mora, JimJim Mora 02017-11-19 November 19, 2017 Fired Fisch, JeddJedd Fisch (interim)
Florida State Jimbo Fisher December 1, 2017 Hired by Texas A&M Odell Haggins (interim)
SMU Chad Morris December 5, 2017 Hired by Arkansas Jeff Traylor (interim)
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  14. ↑ "Stanford to open 2017 season in Australia against Rice". https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2017/01/30/stanford-to-open-2017-season-in-australia-against-rice/97250740/. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
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  16. ↑ "College football: FBS conferences with fewer than 12 members now able to hold championship game" (Press release). NCAA. January 13, 2016. https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2016-01-13/college-football-fbs-conferences-fewer-12-members-now-able-hold. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
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  29. ↑ "Selection Committee Rankings: Final Top 25 Rankings". December 3, 2017. http://collegefootballplayoff.com/documents/2017/12/3/Final_Top_25_College_Football_Playoff_Selection_Day.pdf.
  30. ↑ Schlabach, Mark (November 26, 2017). "Matt Luke named permanent head coach after Ole Miss finishes 6-6". ESPN.com. http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/21579852/ole-miss-rebels-remove-interim-tag-head-coach-matt-luke. Retrieved November 26, 2017.

End of season[]

This list includes coaching changes announced during the season that did not take effect until the end of the season.

School Outgoing coach Date Reason Replacement
South Alabama Jones, JoeyJoey Jones 02017-11-20 November 20, 2017 Resigned Campbell, SteveSteve Campbell
Kent State Haynes, PaulPaul Haynes 02017-11-22 November 22, 2017 Fired Ferrell, ColinColin Ferrell (Interim)
Arkansas Bielema, BretBret Bielema 02017-11-24 November 24, 2017 Fired Chad Morris
UCLA Fisch, JeddJedd Fisch (interim) 02017-11-25 November 25, 2017 Permanent replacement Kelly, ChipChip Kelly
Nebraska Riley, MikeMike Riley 02017-11-25 November 25, 2017 Fired Frost, ScottScott Frost
Arizona State Graham, ToddTodd Graham 02017-11-26 November 26, 2017 Fired Edwards, HermHerm Edwards
Florida Shannon, RandyRandy Shannon (interim) 02017-11-26 November 26, 2017 Permanent replacement Mullen, DanDan Mullen
Mississippi State Mullen, DanDan Mullen 02017-11-26 November 26, 2017 Hired by Florida Moorhead, JoeJoe Moorhead
Rice Bailiff, DavidDavid Bailiff 02017-11-27 November 27, 2017 Fired Mike Bloomgren
Texas A&M Sumlin, KevinKevin Sumlin 02017-11-27 November 27, 2017 Fired Fisher, JimboJimbo Fisher
Oregon State Hall, CoryCory Hall (interim) 02017-11-30 November 30, 2017 Permanent replacement Smith, JonathanJonathan Smith
UCF Frost, ScottScott Frost 02017-12-02 December 2, 2017 Hired by Nebraska Heupel, JoshJosh Heupel
Louisiana Hudspeth, MarkMark Hudspeth 02017-12-02 December 2, 2017 Fired Billy Napier
Florida State Haggins, OdellOdell Haggins (interim) 02017-12-05 December 5, 2017 Permanent replacement Taggart, WillieWillie Taggart
Oregon Taggart, WillieWillie Taggart 02017-12-05 December 5, 2017 Hired by Florida State Mario Cristobal [lower-alpha 3]
Arkansas Rhoads, PaulPaul Rhoads (Interim) 02017-12-06 December 6, 2017 Permanent replacement Morris, ChadChad Morris
UTEP Price, MikeMike Price 02017-12-06 December 6, 2017 Permanent replacement Dimel, DanaDana Dimel
Tennessee Hoke, BradyBrady Hoke (interim) 02017-12-07 December 7, 2017 Permanent replacement Pruitt, JeremyJeremy Pruitt
SMU Traylor, JeffJeff Traylor (interim) 02017-12-12 December 12, 2017 Permanent replacement Dykes, SonnySonny Dykes
Kent State Ferrell, ColinColin Ferrell (interim) 02017-12-21 December 21, 2017 Permanent replacement Lewis, SeanSean Lewis
Arizona Rodriguez, RichRich Rodriguez 02018-01-02 January 2, 2018 Fired Sumlin, KevinKevin Sumlin
Coastal Carolina Chadwell, JameyJamey Chadwell (interim) 02018-01-05 January 5, 2018 Medical clearance of head coach Moglia, JoeJoe Moglia

Awards and honors[]

Heisman Trophy[]

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

Other overall[]

Special overall[]

Offense[]

Quarterback

Running back

  • Doak Walker Award (running back): Finalists:
    • Saquon Barkley, Penn State
    • Bryce Love, Stanford
    • Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin

Wide receiver

Tight end

Lineman

Defense[]

Defensive line

Defensive back

Special teams[]

  • Lou Groza Award (placekicker):
    • Daniel Carlson, Auburn
    • Dominik Eberle, Utah State
    • Matt Gay, Utah
  • Ray Guy Award (punter):
  • Jet Award (return specialist): Dante Pettis, Washington
  • Peter Mortell Award (holder):
    • Mac Loudermilk (UCF)
    • Connor McGinnis (Oklahoma)
    • Montgomery VanGorder (Notre Dame)

Other positional awards[]

  • Outland Trophy (interior lineman on either offense or defense):
    • Orlando Brown, Oklahoma
    • Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame
    • Ed Oliver, Houston

Coaches[]

Assistants[]

All-Americans[]

Main article: 2017 College Football All-America Team

Television viewers and ratings[]

Most watched regular season games[]

Rank Date Matchup Network Viewers (millions) TV Rating[1] Significance
1 November 25, 3:30 ET #1 Alabama 14 #6 Auburn 26 CBS 13.66 7.6 Iron Bowl/College GameDay
2 September 2, 8:00 ET #3 Florida State 7 #1 Alabama 24 ABC 12.34 6.9 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game/College GameDay
3 November 25, 12:00 ET Michigan 20 #9 Ohio State 31 FOX 10.51 6.1 The Game
4 October 28, 3:30 ET #2 Penn State 38 #6 Ohio State 39 9.87 5.8 Rivalry/College GameDay
5 December 9, 3:00 ET Army 14 Navy 13 CBS 8.42 5.2 Army–Navy Game/College GameDay
6 September 9, 7:30 ET #5 Oklahoma 31 #2 Ohio State 16 ABC 8.08 4.6 College GameDay
7 September 2, 3:30 ET #11 Michigan 33 #17 Florida 17 7.65 4.9 Advocare Classic
8 November 11, 3:30 ET #1 Georgia 17 #10 Auburn 40 CBS 7.41 4.4 Deep South's Oldest Rivalry
9 November 11, 7:00 ET #2 Alabama 31 #16 Mississippi State 24 ESPN 7.03 3.9 Rivalry
10 October 21, 7:30 ET #19 Michigan 13 #2 Penn State 42 ABC 6.95 3.9 College GameDay

Conference championship games[]

Rank Date Matchup Network Viewers (millions) TV Rating[2] Conference Location
1 December 2, 4:00 ET #6 Georgia (East) 28 #2 Auburn (West) 7 CBS 13.47 8.0 SEC Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
2 December 2, 8:00 ET #8 Ohio State (East) 27 #4 Wisconsin (West) 21 FOX 12.92 7.3 Big Ten Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN
3 December 2, 12:30 ET #11 TCU (#2 seed) 17 #3 Oklahoma (#1 seed) 41 5.90 3.8 Big 12 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
4 December 2, 8:00 ET #7 Miami (Coastal) 3 #1 Clemson (Atlantic) 38 ABC 5.43 3.2 ACC Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
5 December 1, 8:00 ET #12 Stanford (North) 28 #10 USC (South) 31 ESPN 3.66 2.3 Pac-12 Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
6 December 2, 12:00 ET #20 Memphis (West) 55 #14 UCF (East) 62 ABC 3.39 2.3 AAC Spectrum Stadium, Orlando, FL
7 December 2, 12:00 ET Akron (East) 28 Toledo (West) 45 ESPN 0.65 0.5 MAC Ford Field, Detroit, MI
8 December 2, 7:45 ET #25 Fresno State (West) 14 Boise State (Mountain) 17 0.62 0.4 MW Albertsons Stadium, Boise, ID
9 December 2, 12:00 ET North Texas (West) 17 Florida Atlantic (East) 41 ESPN2 0.26 n.a. C-USA FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, FL

College Football Playoff[]

Game Date Matchup Network Viewers (millions) TV Rating[3] Location
Rose Bowl (semifinal) January 1, 2018, 5:00 ET #3 Georgia 54 #2 Oklahoma 48 ESPN 26.91 13.7 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Sugar Bowl (semifinal) January 1, 2018, 8:45 ET #4 Alabama 24 #1 Clemson 6 21.47 11.4 Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
National Championship January 8, 2018, 8:00 ET #4 Alabama 26 #3 Georgia 23 28.44 15.6 Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA

See also[]

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Notes[]

  1. ↑ "College Football TV Ratings". SportsMediaWatch.com. http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ "College Football TV Ratings". SportsMediaWatch.com. http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ "COLLEGE FOOTBALL TV RATINGS". http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

References[]

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