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1996 Year Summary

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

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Danny Wuerffel (Florida)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Bruce Snyder (Arizona State)

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

Conference Summary

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			Overall				Bowls				SRS		Polls
Rk	Conference	Schs	G	W	L	Pct	G	W	L	Pct	SRS	SOS	Pre	Final	Champion
1	Big Ten Conference	11	130	74	56	.569	7	4	3	.571	7.94	5.58	5	5	Northwestern Ohio State
2	Southeastern Conference	12	139	81	58	.583	5	5	0	1.000	6.04	3.70	5	5	Florida
3	Pacific-10 Conference	10	115	62	53	.539	4	1	3	.250	5.52	3.98	2	2	Arizona State
4	Big 12 Conference	12	140	74	66	.529	5	2	3	.400	5.33	3.94	6	4	Texas
5	Big East Conference	8	93	48	45	.516	4	2	2	.500	2.95	2.92	3	3	Miami (FL) Syracuse Virginia Tech
6	Atlantic Coast Conference	9	103	51	52	.495	4	1	3	.250	2.60	3.02	3	2	Florida State
7	Conference USA	6	67	32	35	.478	1	0	1	.000	1.50	2.41	0	0	Houston Southern Mississippi
8	Western Athletic Conference	16	186	91	95	.489	2	1	1	.500	-3.66	-2.43	0	2	Brigham Young
9	Independent	11	123	66	57	.537	2	1	1	.500	-4.07	-4.45	1	2
10	Big West Conference	6	68	29	39	.426	1	1	0	1.000	-11.54	-8.80	0	0	Nevada Utah State
11	Mid-American Conference	10	112	47	65	.420	1	0	1	.000	-12.04	-9.30	0	0	Ball State

AP Poll Summary

School	Conf	Pre	8/26	9/2	9/9	9/16	9/23	9/30	10/7	10/14	10/21	10/28	11/4	11/11	11/18	11/25	12/2	12/9	Final
Florida	SEC	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	1
Ohio State	Big Ten	9	9	10	8	7	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	5	4	2
Florida State	ACC	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3
Arizona State	Pac-10	20	20	20	18	17	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4
Brigham Young	WAC		19	16	14		24	21	19	18	15	13	12	10	8	7	6	5	5
Nebraska	Big 12	1	1	1	1	1	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	6	6
Penn State	Big Ten	11	7	7	6	5	3	4	10	10	17	15	14	11	7	8	8	7	7
Colorado	Big 12	5	5	5	5	12	12	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	7	8	8
Tennessee	SEC	2	2	2	2	2	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	12	9	9	9	9	9
North Carolina	ACC			24	12	11	11	15	13	11	9	8	8	6	13	13	13	12	10
Alabama	SEC	15	13	14	13	13	14	13	8	7	7	10	10	8	15	15	11	16	11
Louisiana State	SEC	19	18	17	20	21	17	14	12	17	13	12	11	17	18	19	17	17	12
Virginia Tech	Big East	16	14	15	19	18	18						25	21	17	17	15	10	13
Miami (FL)	Big East	12	11	11	10	10	10	8	6	12	25	22	21	18	25	23	19	19	14
Northwestern	Big Ten	18	15	13			25	22	15	14	11	11	18	13	11	11	10	11	15
Washington	Pac-10					24	21	18	16	25	23	21	19	15	12	12	12	13	16
Kansas State	Big 12	21	21	21	17	16	16	16	22	21	16	14	13	9	14	14	14	14	17
Iowa	Big Ten	22	22	22	21	19					20	25	23		24	22	21	21	18
Notre Dame	Ind	6	6	6	9	9	5	11	11	8	19	19	17	14	10	10	18	18	19
Michigan	Big Ten	14	12	12	11	8	7	6	14	13	10	9	9	16	21	18	16	15	20
Syracuse	Big East	10	10	9	23	23							24	19	16	16	22	23	21
Wyoming	WAC							25	24	23	18	17	16	23	20	21	20	22	22
Texas	Big 12	8	8	8	7	6	13	23	25									20	23
Auburn	SEC	17	16	18	15	13	22	20	18	16	22	24	22	20					24
Army	Ind													22		24	23	24	25
School	Conf	Pre	8/26	9/2	9/9	9/16	9/23	9/30	10/7	10/14	10/21	10/28	11/4	11/11	11/18	11/25	12/2	12/9	Final
California	Pac-10								21	19
Clemson	ACC	25													22
Georgia Tech	ACC								23	22
Kansas	Big 12	24	25		24	22	20
Oregon	Pac-10					25
Southern California	Pac-10	7	17	19	16	15	15	17
Southern Mississippi	CUSA										24	23	20	25
Texas A&M	Big 12	13	23	25	25
Utah	WAC							24		24	21	20
Virginia	ACC	23	24	23	22	20	19	12	20	20	14	16	15	24	19	20	25
West Virginia	Big East						23	19	17	15	12	18			23	25	24	25

Award Winners

Bronko Nagurski Award:	Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern)
Chuck Bednarik Award:	Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern)
Davey O'Brien Award:	Danny Wuerffel (Florida)
Dick Butkus Award:	Matt Russell (Colorado)
Doak Walker Award:	Byron Hanspard (Texas Tech)
Fred Biletnikoff Award:	Marcus Harris (Wyoming)
Heisman Memorial Trophy:	Danny Wuerffel (Florida)
Jim Thorpe Award:	Lawrence Wright (Florida)
John Outland Trophy:	Orlando Pace (Ohio State)
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award:	Danny Wuerffel (Florida)
Lou Groza Award:	Marc Primanti (North Carolina State)
Maxwell Award:	Danny Wuerffel (Florida)
Sammy Baugh Trophy:	Steve Sarkisian (Brigham Young)
Vince Lombardi Award:	Orlando Pace (Ohio State)
Walter Camp Player of the Year Award:	Danny Wuerffel (Florida)

AFCA Coach of the Year Award:	Bruce Snyder (Arizona State)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award:	Bruce Snyder (Arizona State)
Home Depot Coach of the Year Award:	Bobby Bowden (Florida State)
Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award:	Bruce Snyder (Arizona State)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award:	Bruce Snyder (Arizona State)

Consensus All-America Teams

* unanimous selection

Offense
Danny Wuerffel, QB, Florida
Troy Davis, RB, Iowa State
Byron Hanspard*, RB, Texas Tech
Reidel Anthony, WR, Florida
Marcus Harris, WR, Wyoming
Ike Hilliard, WR, Florida
Tony Gonzalez, TE, California
Chris Naeole, OL, Colorado
Dan Neil, OL, Texas
Benji Olson, OL, Washington
Orlando Pace*, OL, Ohio State
Juan Roque, OL, Arizona State
Aaron Taylor, OL, Nebraska
Marc Primanti, K, North Carolina State

Defense
Peter Boulware, DL, Florida State
Derrick Rodgers, DL, Arizona State
Mike Vrabel, DL, Ohio State
Reinard Wilson, DL, Florida State
Grant Wistrom, DL, Nebraska
Canute Curtis, LB, West Virginia
Pat Fitzgerald, LB, Northwestern
Jarrett Irons, LB, Michigan
Matt Russell, LB, Colorado
Dre Bly, DB, North Carolina
Chris Canty*, DB, Kansas State
Kevin Jackson*, DB, Alabama
Shawn Springs, DB, Ohio State
Brad Maynard, P, Ball State

Year Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	286
2.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	278
3.	Jon Denton (NVLV)	277
4.	Ryan Fien (ID)	267
5.	Pat Barnes* (CA)	250
6.	Jason Martin (LATECH)	247
7.	Peyton Manning (TN)	243
8.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	227
9.	Chuck Clements (HOU)	223
10.	John Dutton (NV)	222

Pass Attempts

1.	Jon Denton (NVLV)	506
2.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	458
3.	Ryan Fien (ID)	455
4.	Pat Barnes* (CA)	420
5.	Jason Martin (LATECH)	415
6.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	404
7.	Brian Kuklick (WAKE)	396
8.	Peyton Manning (TN)	380
9.	Jake Delhomme (LALAF)	377
10.	Ryan Leaf (WAST)	373

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	68.8
2.	John Dutton (NV)	66.5
3.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	66.0
4.	Chad Hutchinson* (STAN)	64.2
5.	Peyton Manning (TN)	63.9
6.	Chuck Clements (HOU)	63.0
7.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	62.4
8.	Todd Schultz* (MIST)	62.2
9.	Jim Arellanes (FREST)	61.6
10.	Donald Sellers (NM)	61.3

Passing Yards

1.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	4090
2.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	4027
3.	Ryan Fien (ID)	3674
4.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	3625
5.	Jon Denton (NVLV)	3591
6.	Pat Barnes* (CA)	3499
7.	Jason Martin (LATECH)	3360
8.	Peyton Manning (TN)	3287
9.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	3221
10.	Koy Detmer (CO)	3156

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	10.1
2.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	10.0
3.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	9.4
4.	Herb Tyler (LAST)	9.0
5.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	8.9
6.	Jim Arellanes (FREST)	8.9
7.	Moses Moreno (COST)	8.7
8.	Matt Sauk (UTST)	8.7
9.	Koy Detmer (CO)	8.7
10.	Peyton Manning (TN)	8.7

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	10.6
2.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	10.4
3.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	10.3
4.	Pat Barnes* (CA)	8.9
5.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	8.9
6.	Jim Druckenmiller (VATECH)	8.7
7.	John Dutton (NV)	8.7
8.	Ron Powlus (NDAME)	8.6
9.	Brent Baldwin (BALLST)	8.6
10.	Koy Detmer (CO)	8.4

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	39
2.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	33
	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	33
4.	Jason Martin (LATECH)	32
5.	Pat Barnes* (CA)	31
6.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	29
7.	Ryan Fien (ID)	27
8.	Jon Denton (NVLV)	25
9.	Chris Keldorf (NC)	23
	Jake Plummer (AZST)	23

Passing Interceptions

1.	Ryan Fien (ID)	21
2.	Tony Hilde (BOISE)	17
	Jake Delhomme (LALAF)	17
4.	Jason Martin (LATECH)	16
	Cade McNown (UCLA)	16
	Mike Bobo (GA)	16
	Jon Denton (NVLV)	16
8.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	15
	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	15
10.	Jim Arellanes (FREST)	14
	Matt Sauk (UTST)	14
	Walter Church (EMI)	14
	Scott Weaver (IL)	14
	Freddie Kitchens (AL)	14
	Steve Schnur* (NWEST)	14

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	173.6
2.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	170.6
3.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	169.6
4.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	154.7
5.	John Dutton (NV)	153.8
6.	Pat Barnes* (CA)	150.1
7.	Peyton Manning (TN)	147.7
8.	Ryan Clement* (MIAFL)	147.2
9.	Brent Baldwin (BALLST)	146.5
10.	Jason Martin (LATECH)	145.3

Rush Attempts

1.	Troy Davis (IAST)	402
2.	Ron Dayne* (WI)	325
3.	Silas Massey (CMI)	312
4.	Byron Hanspard (TXTECH)	311
5.	Scott Harley (ECAR)	307
6.	June Henley (KS)	302
7.	Pepe Pearson* (OHST)	299
8.	David Thompson (OKST)	293
9.	Alex Smith (IN)	292
10.	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	280

Rushing Yards

1.	Troy Davis (IAST)	2185
2.	Ron Dayne* (WI)	2109
3.	Byron Hanspard (TXTECH)	2000
4.	Scott Harley (ECAR)	1745
5.	Corey Dillon (WA)	1555
6.	Silas Massey (CMI)	1544
7.	David Thompson (OKST)	1524
8.	Beau Morgan (AF)	1494
9.	Pepe Pearson* (OHST)	1484
10.	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	1452

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Robert Farmer (NDAME)	8.5
2.	Shaun Alexander (AL)	7.6
3.	Lamont Zachery (ARST)	7.4
4.	Dante Hall (TXAM)	7.0
5.	Tim Alexander (ORST)	6.9
6.	Carl Sanders (ALBIRM)	6.9
7.	Beau Morgan (AF)	6.6
8.	Damon Washington (COST)	6.6
9.	Bobby Williams (ARMY)	6.6
10.	Keffer McGee (MSST)	6.6

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	Corey Dillon (WA)	22
2.	Calvin Branch (COST)	21
	Ron Dayne* (WI)	21
	Troy Davis (IAST)	21
5.	Terry Battle (AZST)	18
	Beau Morgan (AF)	18
7.	June Henley (KS)	17
	D'Andre Hardeman (TXAM)	17
	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	17
	Pepe Pearson* (OHST)	17
	Skip Hicks (UCLA)	17

Receptions

1.	Damond Wilkins (NV)	114
2.	Marcus Harris (WY)	109
3.	Geoff Noisy (NV)	98
4.	Chad Mackey (LATECH)	85
5.	Nakia Jenkins (UTST)	82
6.	Brandon Stokley (LALAF)	81
7.	Brian Roberson (FREST)	78
8.	David Saunders* (WV)	76
9.	D'Wayne Bates* (NWEST)	75
10.	Kevin Lockett (KSST)	72
	Reidel Anthony (FL)	72

Receiving Yards

1.	Marcus Harris (WY)	1650
2.	Chad Mackey (LATECH)	1466
3.	Geoff Noisy (NV)	1435
4.	Nakia Jenkins (UTST)	1397
5.	Reidel Anthony (FL)	1293
6.	Brian Roberson (FREST)	1248
7.	Reggie Allen (CMI)	1229
8.	Eugene Baker (KENT)	1215
9.	Antonio Wilson (ID)	1203
10.	D'Wayne Bates* (NWEST)	1196

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Marcus Robinson (SC)	24.0
2.	Donnie Hart (TXTECH)	22.5
3.	Todd Yoder (VAND)	22.4
4.	Tony Gaiter* (MIAFL)	22.4
5.	Larry Shannon (ECAR)	21.4
6.	Peter Warrick (FLST)	21.2
7.	Joe Jurevicius (PAST)	21.2
8.	Rae Carruth (CO)	20.7
9.	Albert Johnson (SMETH)	20.3
10.	Kendrick Lee (SMS)	20.3

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	Reidel Anthony (FL)	18
2.	Eugene Baker (KENT)	13
	Marcus Harris (WY)	13
4.	Brian Alford (PUR)	12
	D'Wayne Bates* (NWEST)	12
6.	Keith Poole (AZST)	11
	Will Blackwell (SDGST)	11
8.	Ike Hilliard (FL)	10
	Troy Edwards (LATECH)	10
	Chad Mackey (LATECH)	10

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Troy Davis (IAST)	415
2.	Ron Dayne* (WI)	339
3.	Scott Harley (ECAR)	332
4.	Byron Hanspard (TXTECH)	328
5.	Silas Massey (CMI)	327
6.	June Henley (KS)	324
7.	Pepe Pearson* (OHST)	318
8.	David Thompson (OKST)	313
9.	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	306
10.	Alex Smith (IN)	301

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Troy Davis (IAST)	2249
2.	Ron Dayne* (WI)	2242
3.	Byron Hanspard (TXTECH)	2192
4.	Scott Harley (ECAR)	1944
5.	Corey Dillon (WA)	1828
6.	David Thompson (OKST)	1749
7.	Pepe Pearson* (OHST)	1702
8.	Marcus Harris (WY)	1650
9.	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	1648
10.	Silas Massey (CMI)	1647

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	Corey Dillon (WA)	23
2.	Calvin Branch (COST)	21
	Ron Dayne* (WI)	21
	Troy Davis (IAST)	21
5.	Skip Hicks (UCLA)	20
6.	Beau Morgan (AF)	18
	Reidel Anthony (FL)	18
	Terry Battle (AZST)	18
	June Henley (KS)	18
	Sedrick Irvin* (MIST)	18
	Darnell Autry* (NWEST)	18
	D'Andre Hardeman (TXAM)	18

Total Plays

1.	Jon Denton (NVLV)	594
2.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	525
3.	Ryan Fien (ID)	514
4.	Pat Barnes* (CA)	506
5.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	486
6.	Ryan Huzjak (TOL)	481
7.	Brian Kuklick (WAKE)	476
8.	Tony Hilde (BOISE)	466
9.	Carl Dean (SJST)	461
10.	Ryan Leaf (WAST)	442

Total Yards

1.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	4209
2.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	3983
3.	Jon Denton (NVLV)	3629
4.	Ryan Fien (ID)	3609
5.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	3525
6.	Pat Barnes* (CA)	3416
7.	Jason Martin (LATECH)	3320
8.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	3161
9.	Peyton Manning (TN)	3156
10.	Koy Detmer (CO)	3150

Total Yards Per Play

1.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	8.3
2.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	8.2
3.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	8.0
4.	Koy Detmer (CO)	7.9
5.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	7.6
6.	Jason Martin (LATECH)	7.5
7.	Peyton Manning (TN)	7.5
8.	Chad Darnell (CMI)	7.5
9.	Ryan Fien (ID)	7.0
10.	Pat Barnes* (CA)	6.8

Total Touchdowns

1.	Danny Wuerffel (FL)	41
2.	Josh Wallwork (WY)	35
3.	Steve Sarkisian (BYU)	34
4.	Pat Barnes* (CA)	32
	Jason Martin (LATECH)	32
6.	Billy Blanton (SDGST)	30
7.	Ryan Fien (ID)	29
8.	Jon Denton (NVLV)	28
9.	Ryan Leaf (WAST)	27
10.	Beau Morgan (AF)	26
	Jake Plummer (AZST)	26

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