The 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game or BCS Title Game was played on January 8, 2007 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The BCS #2 Florida Gators defeated the BCS #1 Ohio State Buckeyes, 41-14. The Ohio State Buckeyes secured a spot by finishing the 2006 regular season undefeated and ranked #1 in the BCS. It was the first time ever for the Buckeyes and Gators to meet.^[1] The 12-1 Florida Gators earned a spot after defeating Arkansas in the SEC title game and jumping from #4 to #2 in the final BCS Rankings, passing #3 Michigan and previous #2 USC. James Patrick Tressel (born December 5, 1952) is the current head football coach at The Ohio State University. ... The Associated Press (AP) Poll, along with the USA Today Coaches Poll, ranks the top 25 NCAA Division I college football and basketball teams, weekly. ... 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Pre-game buildup

The Ohio State Buckeyes were the #1 ranked team for the entire 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season, anchored by Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Troy Smith. The Buckeyes were 12-0 with several wins over ranked opponents: the defending national champions, then #2 Texas Longhorns, then #24 Penn State Nittany Lions, then #13 Iowa Hawkeyes, and their then undefeated Big Ten Conference rival, then #2 Michigan. The win over Michigan to finish the regular season essentially guaranteed the Buckeyes a spot in the National Championship game. Who they would play remained a highly-debated question. Despite the loss to Ohio State, Michigan remained #2 in the polls, followed by #3 Southern California (USC), #4 Florida, and #5 Notre Dame. Head Coach Jim Tressel 7th Year, 62-14 Home Stadium Ohio Stadium Capacity 101,568 - FieldTurf Conference Big Ten First Year 1889 Athletic Director Gene Smith Website OhioStateBuckeyes. ... The 2006 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football season, or the college football season, began on August 31, 2006 and, aside from all-star exhibition games that follow, concluded with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona, USA, where the... “Heisman” redirects here. ... Navy quarterback Aaron Polanco sets up to throw. ... Troy Smith (born July 20, 1984 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former starting quarterback for the Ohio State University football team from 2004-2006, and the winner of the 2006 Heisman Trophy. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The Nittany Lion The 2006 Penn State Nittany Lion football team will represent Pennsylvania State University in the college football season of 2006-2007. ... The Iowa Hawkeyes is the team name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the University of Iowa. ... For other uses of the term Big Ten see Big Ten (disambiguation). ... The 2006 Michigan Wolverines football team is representing the University of Michigan in the college football season of 2006-2007. ... The 2006 USC Trojans football team will represent the University of Southern California in the 2006 college football season The team is coached by Pete Carroll and will play their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. ... The team is honored as BCS champions by President George W. Bush at the White House. ... The 2006 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represents the University of Notre Dame during the 2006 college football season. ...

The next week, with both #1 Ohio State and #2 Michigan's regular season complete, #3 USC defeated then #5 Notre Dame. #4 Florida defeated unranked in-state rival Florida State. With the victory over Notre Dame, USC passed Michigan in the polls, taking over the #2 spot. Michigan fell to #3 with Florida remaining #4 and Notre Dame falling to #10. The 2006 Florida State Seminoles football team will represent Florida State University in the 2006 USA college football season. ...

The last week of the regular season was dynamic for the national championship race. #3 Michigan remained idle. #4 Florida faced #9 Arkansas in the SEC Championship while #2 USC faced unranked, in-city rival UCLA. Both Florida and Michigan cheered as USC fell to UCLA 13-9. Florida defeated Arkansas to claim the 2006 SEC Championship Title. USC's loss knocked them out of contention, leaving #3 Michigan and #4 Florida as the most likely teams to earn the #2 ranking and face Ohio State for the BCS National Championship. The final BCS poll passed Florida over Michigan to take the #2 spot while Michigan remained unchanged at #3, with .0101 points separating the two teams. This small difference was a result of the human polls (the Coaches Poll and Harris Interactive Poll) ranking Florida above Michigan while the computer polls had the two teams tied for second. The Razorbacks are the mascot for the University of Arkansas The Arkansas Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the names of college sports teams at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. ... The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern part of the United States. ... The UCLA-USC rivalry is the college rivalry between two universities located in Los Angeles, California: the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California. ... The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). ... The USA Today Coaches Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football and Division I college basketball teams. ... The Harris Interactive College Football Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football teams. ...

Controversy over #2: Rematch or new opponent?

There were many theories how Florida jumped Michigan in the final poll. Some sportswriters theorized that it was not a matter of which was the better team, claiming Florida had an advantage in the polls because they had played the last two weeks while Michigan had not, or that voters were swayed due to Florida coach Urban Meyer's "campaign" to get Florida into the BCS National Championship Game.^[2][3][4] The fact that the difference in the final BCS Poll was due to human voters, not computer rankings, gives some credence to these theories. Other theories suggest that since Michigan did not win their conference title, they did not deserve to play for the BCS National Championship, or that a rematch between Michigan and Ohio State was not favored by the poll voters.^[5] Urban Meyer (born July 10, 1964 in Ashtabula, Ohio) is currently the head football coach at the University of Florida. ...

The outcome of the game confirmed the wisdom of the voters. Florida's dominating performance against OSU stood in stark contrast to Michigan's loss to OSU late in the regular season. Michigan's loss to USC in the Rose Bowl finally put to rest any complaints of unfairness.

Scoring summary

First Half

Ohio State dominated from the opening kickoff until the end of the game.

Second Half

Ohio State won... pure and simple

Scoring Summary