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National Champion: Nebraska (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Eddie George (Ohio State)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Gary Barnett (Northwestern)

AP Preseason #1: Florida State ▪ AP Final #1: Nebraska

Conference Summary

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			Overall					Bowls					SRS		Polls
Rk	Conference	Schs	G	W	L	T	Pct	G	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	Pre	Final	Champion
1	Big Ten Conference	11	129	71	53	5	.570	6	2	4	0	.333	11.20	8.81	4	5	Northwestern
2	Big Eight Conference	8	93	57	35	1	.618	4	4	0	0	1.000	7.07	2.84	3	4	Nebraska
3	Southeastern Conference	12	140	79	59	2	.571	6	2	4	0	.333	5.86	3.49	4	4	Florida
4	Pacific-10 Conference	10	115	58	54	3	.517	5	1	4	0	.200	2.41	1.92	4	2	Southern California Washington
5	Big East Conference	8	91	43	48	0	.473	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.70	2.54	4	3	Miami (FL) Virginia Tech
6	Atlantic Coast Conference	9	104	53	51	0	.510	4	3	1	0	.750	0.89	0.37	3	2	Florida State Virginia
7	Southwest Conference	8	92	46	44	2	.511	3	2	1	0	.667	0.78	0.80	2	3	Texas
8	Independent	12	134	60	73	1	.451	2	1	1	0	.500	-2.56	-1.52	1	1
9	Western Athletic Conference	10	117	59	58	0	.504	2	0	2	0	.000	-2.72	-2.79	0	0	Air Force Brigham Young Colorado State Utah
10	Mid-American Conference	10	111	53	54	4	.495	1	1	0	0	1.000	-8.30	-6.87	0	1	Toledo
11	Big West Conference	10	111	45	66	0	.405	1	0	1	0	.000	-12.72	-8.34	0	0	Nevada

AP Poll Summary

School	Conf	Pre	8/29	9/5	9/12	9/19	9/26	10/3	10/10	10/17	10/24	10/31	11/7	11/14	11/21	11/28	12/5	Final
Nebraska	Big 8	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Florida	SEC	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Tennessee	SEC	8	8	8	8	15	12	10	6	6	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	3
Florida State	ACC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	6	6	6	8	8	4
Colorado	Big 8	13	14	10	9	7	4	4	9	9	7	10	9	9	8	7	7	5
Ohio State	Big Ten	12	10	9	10	8	7	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	5	4	6
Kansas State	Big 8			21	22	19	16	13	8	8	14	9	7	7	10	10	10	7
Northwestern	Big Ten				25			25	14	11	8	6	5	5	4	3	3	8
Kansas	Big 8						25	24	10	7	6	11	10	15	11	11	11	9
Virginia Tech	Big East	24	24	20									21	20	13	13	13	10
Notre Dame	Ind	9	9	25	24	21	15	23	17	17	12	8	8	8	7	6	6	11
Southern California	Pac-10	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	13	14	12	11	17	18	17	12
Penn State	Big Ten	4	4	4	7	6	6	12	20	19	16	12	19	19	14	15	15	13
Texas	SWC	18	18	15	15	13	21	20	18	16	15	13	11	10	9	9	9	14
Texas A&M	SWC	3	3	3	3	3	9	8	22	22	19	17	18	18	15	16	19	15
Virginia	ACC	17	17	16	16	11	11	9	19	14	20	24	14	13	19	19	18	16
Michigan	Big Ten	14	13	11	11	9	8	7	11	10	9	7	13	12	18	14	14	17
Oregon	Pac-10			24	20	12	19	17	15	12	10	19	17	16	12	12	12	18
Syracuse	Big East			22							21	20	23	23	22			19
Miami (FL)	Big East	11	12	19	19	17								25	25	22	22	20
Alabama	SEC	10	11	13	13	23	20	16	11	21	18	16	16	17	21	21	21	21
Auburn	SEC	6	6	6	5	14	13	11	7	13	11	21	20	21	16	17	16	22
Texas Tech	SWC						24		25	25	22	23						23
Toledo	MAC															25	25	24
Iowa	Big Ten								23	18	25							25
School	Conf	Pre	8/29	9/5	9/12	9/19	9/26	10/3	10/10	10/17	10/24	10/31	11/7	11/14	11/21	11/28	12/5	Final
Air Force	WAC				21
Arizona	Pac-10	19	19	17	17	25
Arkansas	SEC						23	18				18	15	14	23	23	24
Boston College	Big East	22
Clemson	ACC												24	24	24	24	23
Georgia	SEC				23	20
Illinois	Big Ten		25
Louisiana State	SEC					18	14	21
Maryland	ACC					24	17
North Carolina	ACC	20	20
North Carolina State	ACC			23
Oklahoma	Big 8	15	16	14	14	10	10	14	13	15	23	25
San Diego State	WAC												25
Stanford	Pac-10						22	19	16	23
UCLA	Pac-10	16	15	12	12	16					24	22
Washington	Pac-10	24	22	18	18	22	18	15	24	20	17	15	22	22	20	20	20
West Virginia	Big East	23	23
Wisconsin	Big Ten	21	21					22	21	24

Award Winners

Bronko Nagurski Award:	Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern)
Chuck Bednarik Award:	Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern)
Davey O'Brien Award:	Danny Wuerffel (Florida)
Dick Butkus Award:	Kevin Hardy (Illinois)
Doak Walker Award:	Eddie George (Ohio State)
Fred Biletnikoff Award:	Terry Glenn (Ohio State)
Heisman Memorial Trophy:	Eddie George (Ohio State)
Jim Thorpe Award:	Greg Myers (Colorado State)
John Outland Trophy:	Jonathan Ogden (UCLA)
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award:	Tommie Frazier (Nebraska)
Lou Groza Award:	Michael Reeder (Texas Christian)
Maxwell Award:	Eddie George (Ohio State)
Sammy Baugh Trophy:	Danny Wuerffel (Florida)
Vince Lombardi Award:	Orlando Pace (Ohio State)
Walter Camp Player of the Year Award:	Eddie George (Ohio State)

AFCA Coach of the Year Award:	Gary Barnett (Northwestern)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award:	Gary Barnett (Northwestern)
Home Depot Coach of the Year Award:	Gary Barnett (Northwestern)
Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award:	Gary Barnett (Northwestern)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award:	Gary Barnett (Northwestern)

Consensus All-America Teams

* unanimous selection

Offense
Tommie Frazier, QB, Nebraska
Troy Davis, RB, Iowa State
Eddie George*, RB, Ohio State
Terry Glenn, WR, Ohio State
Keyshawn Johnson*, WR, Southern California
Marco Battaglia*, TE, Rutgers
Jeff Hartings, OL, Penn State
Jason Odom*, OL, Florida
Jonathan Ogden*, OL, UCLA
Orlando Pace*, OL, Ohio State
Clay Shiver, OL, Florida State
Bryan Stoltenberg, OL, Colorado
Michael Reeder, K, Texas Christian

Defense
Tony Brackens, DL, Texas
Cornell Brown, DL, Virginia Tech
Tedy Bruschi*, DL, Arizona
Marcus Jones, DL, North Carolina
Pat Fitzgerald, LB, Northwestern
Kevin Hardy, LB, Illinois
Zach Thomas*, LB, Texas Tech
Aaron Beasley, DB, West Virginia
Chris Canty, DB, Kansas State
Lawyer Milloy*, DB, Washington
Greg Myers, DB, Colorado State
Brad Maynard, P, Ball State

Year Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Mike Maxwell (NV)	277
2.	Rusty LaRue (WAKE)	264
3.	Steve Taneyhill (SC)	261
4.	Cody Ledbetter (NMST)	259
5.	Danny Kanell (FLST)	257
6.	Spence Fischer (DUKE)	256
7.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	250
8.	Chuck Clements (HOU)	245
9.	Charlie Batch (EMI)	244
	Peyton Manning (TN)	244

Pass Attempts

1.	Cody Ledbetter (NMST)	453
2.	Marcus Crandell (ECAR)	447
3.	Spence Fischer (DUKE)	438
4.	Chuck Clements (HOU)	437
5.	Tony Graziani* (OR)	426
6.	Rusty LaRue (WAKE)	421
	Charlie Batch (EMI)	421
8.	Mike Maxwell (NV)	409
9.	Danny Kanell (FLST)	402
10.	Steve Taneyhill (SC)	389
	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	389

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Mike Maxwell (NV)	67.7
2.	Steve Taneyhill (SC)	67.1
3.	Scott Milanovich (MD)	66.5
4.	Darrell Bevell (WI)	65.0
5.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	64.9
6.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	64.6
7.	Peyton Manning (TN)	64.2
8.	Matt Miller (KSST)	64.2
9.	Damon Huard (WA)	64.1
10.	Danny Kanell (FLST)	63.9

Passing Yards

1.	Mike Maxwell (NV)	3611
2.	Cody Ledbetter (NMST)	3501
3.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	3437
4.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	3300
5.	Bobby Hoying* (OHST)	3269
6.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	3266
7.	Charlie Batch (EMI)	3177
8.	Steve Taneyhill (SC)	3094
9.	Danny Kanell (FLST)	2957
10.	Peyton Manning (TN)	2954

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	10.0
2.	Donovan McNabb (SYR)	9.6
3.	Bobby Hoying* (OHST)	9.6
4.	Jim Arellanes (FREST)	8.9
5.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	8.9
6.	Mike Maxwell (NV)	8.8
7.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	8.7
8.	Donald Sellers (NM)	8.7
9.	Matt Sherman* (IA)	8.6
10.	Matt Miller (KSST)	8.6

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	10.8
2.	Donovan McNabb (SYR)	9.9
3.	Bobby Hoying* (OHST)	9.7
4.	Tommie Frazier (NE)	9.3
5.	Donald Sellers (NM)	9.1
6.	Jim Arellanes (FREST)	8.9
7.	Raymond Philyaw (LAMON)	8.6
8.	Mike Maxwell (NV)	8.6
9.	Peyton Manning (TN)	8.5
10.	Steve Taneyhill (SC)	8.4

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	35
2.	Mike Maxwell (NV)	33
3.	Danny Kanell (FLST)	32
4.	Cody Ledbetter (NMST)	30
5.	Bobby Hoying* (OHST)	29
	Steve Taneyhill (SC)	29
7.	Jason Martin (LATECH)	24
8.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	23
9.	Raymond Philyaw (LAMON)	22
	Peyton Manning (TN)	22
	Matt Miller (KSST)	22

Passing Interceptions

1.	Cody Ledbetter (NMST)	20
2.	Mike Thomas (NC)	19
	Eric Vibberts (CIN)	19
4.	Heath Graham (SMS)	18
	Jason Mills (NTX)	18
6.	Charlie Batch (EMI)	17
	Henry Burris (TEMP)	17
	Jared Brown (NVLV)	17
	Mike Maxwell (NV)	17
10.	Patrick Mullins (UTST)	16

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	178.4
2.	Bobby Hoying* (OHST)	163.4
3.	Donovan McNabb (SYR)	162.3
4.	Mike Maxwell (NV)	160.2
5.	Matt Miller (KSST)	157.3
6.	Tommie Frazier (NE)	156.1
7.	Steve Taneyhill (SC)	153.9
8.	Jim Arellanes (FREST)	152.4
9.	Donald Sellers (NM)	150.5
10.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	149.8

Rush Attempts

1.	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	387
2.	Wasean Tait (TOL)	357
3.	Troy Davis (IAST)	345
4.	Eddie George* (OHST)	328
5.	Deland McCullough (MIAOH)	321
6.	Sedrick Shaw* (IA)	316
7.	Madre Hill (AR)	307
8.	George Jones (SDGST)	305
9.	Tshimanga Biakabutuka* (MI)	303
10.	Karim Abdul-Jabbar* (UCLA)	296

Rushing Yards

1.	Troy Davis (IAST)	2010
2.	Eddie George* (OHST)	1927
3.	Wasean Tait (TOL)	1905
4.	George Jones (SDGST)	1842
5.	Tshimanga Biakabutuka* (MI)	1818
6.	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	1785
7.	Byron Hanspard* (TXTECH)	1634
8.	Deland McCullough (MIAOH)	1627
9.	Moe Williams (KY)	1600
10.	Karim Abdul-Jabbar* (UCLA)	1571

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Lawrence Phillips (NE)	7.7
2.	Ahman Green (NE)	7.7
3.	Jake Campbell (AF)	7.5
4.	Elijah Williams (FL)	7.5
5.	Warrick Dunn (FLST)	7.5
6.	Denvis Manns (NMST)	7.1
7.	Lee Ragsdale (LATECH)	7.1
8.	Terry Jackson (FL)	6.4
9.	Brett Washington (HI)	6.4
10.	Len Sexton (WY)	6.3

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	Eddie George* (OHST)	24
2.	George Jones (SDGST)	23
3.	Wasean Tait (TOL)	20
4.	Beau Morgan (AF)	19
5.	Scott Greene* (MIST)	17
	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	17
	Moe Williams (KY)	17
8.	Abu Wilson (UTST)	15
	Byron Hanspard* (TXTECH)	15
	Rashaan Shehee (WA)	15
	Troy Davis (IAST)	15
	Sedrick Shaw* (IA)	15
	Madre Hill (AR)	15

Receptions

1.	Alex Van Dyke (NV)	129
2.	Keyshawn Johnson* (SCA)	102
3.	Kevin Alexander (UTST)	92
4.	Chad Mackey (LATECH)	90
5.	Will Blackwell (SDGST)	86
6.	Marcus Harris (WY)	78
7.	Brandon Stokley (LALAF)	75
8.	Andre Cooper (FLST)	71
	Charlie Jones (FREST)	71
10.	Chris Doering (FL)	70

Receiving Yards

1.	Alex Van Dyke (NV)	1854
2.	Keyshawn Johnson* (SCA)	1434
3.	Marcus Harris (WY)	1423
4.	Terry Glenn* (OHST)	1411
5.	Kevin Alexander (UTST)	1400
6.	Chad Mackey (LATECH)	1253
7.	Will Blackwell (SDGST)	1207
8.	Charlie Jones (FREST)	1171
9.	Marvin Harrison (SYR)	1131
10.	Brandon Stokley (LALAF)	1121

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Terry Glenn* (OHST)	22.0
2.	Donald Richard (LALAF)	20.4
3.	P.J. Mills (OK)	20.3
4.	Marvin Harrison (SYR)	20.2
5.	Brian Alford (PUR)	20.2
6.	Demetrius Allen (VA)	19.8
7.	Bryan Still (VATECH)	19.6
8.	Anthony Lucas (AR)	19.5
9.	Tony Horne* (CLEM)	19.5
10.	Robert Tate (CIN)	19.5

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	Chris Doering (FL)	17
	Terry Glenn* (OHST)	17
3.	Alex Van Dyke (NV)	16
4.	Ike Hilliard (FL)	15
	Andre Cooper (FLST)	15
6.	Marcus Harris (WY)	14
7.	Kevin Lockett (KSST)	13
8.	Lucious Davis (NMST)	12
	Steve McHenry (NV)	12
	Stepfret Williams (LAMON)	12

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	414
2.	Wasean Tait (TOL)	376
3.	Eddie George* (OHST)	375
4.	Troy Davis (IAST)	359
5.	Deland McCullough (MIAOH)	340
6.	Sedrick Shaw* (IA)	332
7.	Madre Hill (AR)	330
8.	George Jones (SDGST)	323
9.	Karim Abdul-Jabbar* (UCLA)	316
10.	Ricky Whittle* (OR)	315

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Eddie George* (OHST)	2344
2.	Troy Davis (IAST)	2169
3.	Byron Hanspard* (TXTECH)	2126
4.	Wasean Tait (TOL)	2088
5.	George Jones (SDGST)	1961
6.	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	1953
7.	Tshimanga Biakabutuka* (MI)	1868
8.	Alex Van Dyke (NV)	1860
9.	Abu Wilson (UTST)	1851
10.	Joe Abdullah (PAC)	1794

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	Eddie George* (OHST)	25
2.	George Jones (SDGST)	23
3.	Byron Hanspard* (TXTECH)	22
4.	Wasean Tait (TOL)	20
5.	Beau Morgan (AF)	19
6.	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	18
7.	Moe Williams (KY)	17
	Chris Doering (FL)	17
	Stephen Davis (AUB)	17
	Terry Glenn* (OHST)	17
	Scott Greene* (MIST)	17

Total Plays

1.	Cody Ledbetter (NMST)	543
2.	Marcus Crandell (ECAR)	541
3.	Tony Graziani* (OR)	507
4.	Rusty LaRue (WAKE)	505
5.	Spence Fischer (DUKE)	502
6.	Charlie Batch (EMI)	482
7.	Chuck Clements (HOU)	473
8.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	467
9.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	458
10.	Steve Taneyhill (SC)	455

Total Yards

1.	Cody Ledbetter (NMST)	3724
2.	Mike Maxwell (NV)	3623
3.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	3324
4.	Bobby Hoying* (OHST)	3290
5.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	3270
6.	Charlie Batch (EMI)	3229
7.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	3125
8.	Steve Taneyhill (SC)	3056
9.	Peyton Manning (TN)	2960
10.	Marcus Crandell (ECAR)	2952

Total Yards Per Play

1.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	8.4
2.	Bobby Hoying* (OHST)	8.2
3.	Mike Maxwell (NV)	8.2
4.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	7.3
5.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	7.0
6.	Cody Ledbetter (NMST)	6.9
7.	Steve Taneyhill (SC)	6.7
8.	Charlie Batch (EMI)	6.7

Total Touchdowns

1.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	37
2.	Mike Maxwell (NV)	34
3.	Cody Ledbetter (NMST)	32
	Danny Kanell (FLST)	32
5.	Beau Morgan (AF)	31
	Tommie Frazier (NE)	31
	Bobby Hoying* (OHST)	31
8.	Matt Miller (KSST)	30
9.	Steve Taneyhill (SC)	29
10.	Peyton Manning (TN)	27

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