2004 national championship game

A rotating and separate-from-the-bowls BCS national championship game would soon make that determination. It was on defense, though, where LSU separated itself from the rest of college football.

The regular season began on August 28, and ended on December 4, Rankings reflect the AP Poll. Teams that failed to be a top 10 team for one poll or the other will be noted. The season ended with five undefeated teams vying for a spot in the national title game. In the season , no team finished the regular season unbeaten, and five teams finished the season with one loss. In , the situation became even more complicated, as five teams went without losing, a record in the BCS era later tied in

2004 national championship game

The Tigers won the BCS National Championship, their second national championship in school history, defeating the Sooners by a score of 21— Top-ranked Oklahoma was 12—1, with the lone defeat coming at a neutral site in the Big 12 Championship Game against Kansas State 35—7. There was substantial media and fan controversy as to which teams deserved to play in the National Title game. Southern Cal owned a record of 11—1, with its one loss coming in triple overtime at unranked Cal 34— Once the game commenced, LSU's 1 ranked defense held the country's most prolific offense, which had averaged He was also sacked seven times and intercepted twice. As a result, LSU won their second national championship and first since Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons.

This confluence of events made a seminal year for serious momentum building behind a multi-team playoff system in college football, which would later be realized with the advent of the College Football Playoff in Article Talk. Mississippi State.

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The NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in the claim of a split national championship. Due to on-field circumstances, the BCS becoming a means of having a single champion going forward, and finally the four-team title playoff system's institution in , as of this is the most recent Division 1-A season to end with split national champions. Meanwhile, when AP No. Playing in the Orange Bowl ensured that their next meeting would be each of their very next games and their first of the season. Although USC, then 11—1, finished ranked No. Oklahoma's schedule rank was 0. As such, although the timing of Oklahoma's loss affected the human voters, the computers kept Oklahoma at No. LSU was ranked No. USC's No. Rankings reflect the AP Poll.

2004 national championship game

The BCS National Championship Game , or BCS National Championship , was a postseason college football bowl game , used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision FBS , first played in the college football season as one of four designated bowl games, and beginning in the season as a standalone event rotated among the host sites of the aforementioned bowls. The game was organized by a group known as the Bowl Championship Series , consisting of the Rose Bowl , Sugar Bowl , Fiesta Bowl , and Orange Bowl , which sought to match the two highest-ranked teams in a championship game to determine the best team in the country at the end of the season. The participating teams were determined by averaging the results of the final weekly Coaches' Poll , the Harris Poll of media, former players and coaches, and the average of six computer rankings. The Coaches' Poll was contractually required to name the winner of the game as its No. The methodologies of the BCS system and its selections proved to be controversial. Although in most years the winner of the BCS National Championship would also be designated as the national champion by other organizations and polls such as the Associated Press poll , the season was a major exception, as the BCS rankings chose the AP's No. That was the only season during the BCS era when the national championship was split, with Louisiana State University winning the BCS national championship and the University of Southern California winning the AP national championship , plus the football writers' national championship.

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Contents move to sidebar hide. San Diego State. The Sooners had Tiger fans gripping their seats from that point to the end, as White, taking over at the mark, moved Oklahoma from its 39 to the LSU 12 in eight plays. Jason White. Retrieved May 7, Florida Atlantic Owls. Michigan State. Colorado xy. After a Tiger field goal, which would have given LSU a lead, was wiped away by a penalty Oklahoma got new life, LSU made its only major mistake of the game, a third-down interception of Mauck that Brodney Pool returned 49 yards to the Tiger Marcus Spears was a wrecking machine for the LSU defense.

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Dennis Hennigan Big East. The Associated Press , as a result of two consecutive seasons of BCS controversy, prohibited the BCS from using their poll as part of its ranking formula following the season. Bowl game Adding to the frustration with the BCS system was that Auburn and Utah, though both picked to play in BCS bowl games, would not be able to play each other as a match-up of highly ranked unbeatens. Main article: NCAA conference realignment. The Tigers again had the lead with remaining until the half — a half in which Oklahoma managed a total of 44 yards. Miami Hurricanes. East Carolina. Tools Tools. From there, however, the Tigers threw up their prickly defense, giving OU no openings in the passing lanes. Mississippi State.