National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Division 1 Football Bowl Series College Football Playoff 2015-16

Enda Mulcahy

5 years ago

NCAAF DI FBS CFP 2014-15

	W	L	W	L	PF	PA
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
ACC Atlantic
**Clemson Tigers	8	0	14	1	577	325
*Florida State Seminoles	6	2	10	3	412	227
*Louisville Cardinals	5	3	8	5	373	313
*North Carolina State Wolfpack	3	5	7	6	432	336
Syracuse Orange	2	6	4	8	327	372
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	1	7	3	9	209	295
Boston College Eagles	0	8	3	9	206	183
ACC Coastal
**North Carolina Tar Heels	8	0	11	3	570	343
*Pittsburgh Panthers	6	2	8	5	367	339
*Miami (Fl.) Hurricanes	5	3	8	5	361	366
*Duke Blue Devils	4	4	8	5	410	330
*Virginia Tech Hokies	4	4	7	6	403	342
Virginia Cavaliers	3	5	4	8	309	386
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	1	7	3	9	351	309
BIG 12 CONFERENCE
Big 12
**Oklahoma Sooners	8	1	11	2	566	286
*Texas Christian TCU Horned Frogs	7	2	11	2	547	345
*Oklahoma State Cowboys	7	2	10	3	514	396
*Baylor Bears	6	3	10	3	625	368
*West Viginia Mountaineers	4	5	8	5	442	320
*Texas Tech Red Raiders	4	5	7	6	586	567
Texas Longhorns	4	5	5	7	317	366
Kansas State Wildcats	3	6	6	7	389	409
Iowa State Cyclones	2	7	3	9	300	392
Kansas Jayhawks	0	9	0	12	185	553
BIG 10 CONFERENCE
Big Ten East
*Ohio State Buckeyes	7	1	12	1	464	196
*Michigan State Spartans	7	1	12	2	417	304
*Michigan Wolverines	6	2	10	3	408	213
*Penn State Nittany Lions	4	4	7	6	301	284
Indiana Hoosiers	2	6	6	7	475	489
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	1	7	4	8	325	419
Maryland Terrapins	1	7	3	9	296	413
Big Ten West
**Iowa Hawkeyes	8	0	12	2	433	285
*Northwestern Wildcats	6	2	10	3	254	242
*Wisconsin Badgers	6	2	10	3	348	178
Nebraska Cornhuskers	3	5	6	7	427	362
Minnesota Golden Gophers	2	6	6	7	292	327
Illinois Fighting Illini	2	6	5	7	272	279
Purdue	1	7	2	10	301	438
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
SEC West
**Alabama Crimson Tide	7	1	14	1	526	227
*Ole Miss Rebels	6	2	10	3	531	294
*Louisiana State LSU Tigers	5	3	9	3	394	291
*Arkansas Razorbacks	5	3	8	5	467	365
*Mississippi State Bulldogs	4	4	9	4	447	302
*Texas A&M Aggies	4	4	8	5	361	286
*Auburn Tigers	2	6	7	6	357	338
SEC East
**Florida Gators	7	1	10	4	325	256
*Georgia Bulldogs	5	3	10	3	342	220
*Tennessee Volunteers	5	3	9	4	457	260
Kentucky Wildcats	2	6	5	7	296	329
Vanderbilt Commodores	2	6	4	8	182	252
Missouri Tigers	1	7	5	7	163	194
South Carolina Gamecocks	1	7	3	9	263	330
PACIFIC 12 CONFERENCE
Pac-12 North
**Stanford Cardinal	8	1	12	2	529	316
*Oregon Ducks	7	2	9	4	559	488
*Washington State Cougars	6	3	9	4	409	360
*California Golden Bears	4	5	8	5	493	399
*Washington Huskies	4	5	7	6	398	244
Oregon State Beavers	0	9	2	10	228	444
Pac-12 South
**Utah Utes	6	3	10	3	398	290
*Southern California USC Trojans	6	3	8	6	475	360
*California-Los Angeles UCLA Bruins	5	4	8	5	419	338
Arizona State Sun Devils	4	5	6	7	450	435
*Arizona Wildcats	3	6	7	6	486	465
Colorado Buffaloes	1	8	4	9	320	357
INDEPENDENTS (FBS)
*Notre Dame Fighting Irish	–	–	10	3	445	313
*Brigham Young BYU Cougars	–	–	9	4	438	297
Army	–	–	2	10	265	334

Reference: [1]

Legend: left-to-right: W-L (Conference Games) W-L (All Games) PF-PA (All Games)

** Division Champions and Qualify for Conference Championship Game * Qualify for Post-Season Bowl Game (minimum 6 Losses)

NCAA FD1 FBS CFP Conference Championships 2015-16

Conference	Winners		Runners-Up
ACC Atlantic Coast	Clemson Tigers	45	North Carolina Tar Heels	37
SEC Southeastern	Alabama Crimson Tide	29	Florida Gators	15
BIG10 Big Ten	Michigan State Spartans	16	Iowa Hawkeyes	13
PAC10 Pacific 10	Stanford Cardinal	41	Southern California Trojans	22

NCAA Football Division 1 FBS CFP Conference Championships 2015-16 [Ref: 3]

NCAA FD1 FBS CFP Bowl Games 2015-16

Bowl	Winners		Runners-Up
New Mexico	Arizona Wildcats	45	New Mexico Lobos	37
Las Vegas	Utah Utes	35	Brigham Young BYU Cougars	28
Sun	Washington State Cougars	20	Miami Hurricanes	14
Heart of Dallas	Washington Huskies	44	Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles	31
Pinstripe	Duke Blue Devils	44	Indiana Hoosiers	41
Independence	Virginia Tech Hokies	55	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	52
Foster Farms	Nebraska	37	California-Los Angeles UCLA Bruins	29
Military	Navy Midshipmen	44	Pittsburgh Panthers	28
Quick Lane	Minnesota Golden Gophers	21	Central Michigan Chippewas	14
Armed Forces	California Golden Bears	55	Air Force Fighting Falcons	36
Russell Athletic	Baylor Bears	49	North Carolina Tar Heels	38
Texas	Louisiana State LSU Tigers	56	Texas Tech Red Raiders	27
Birmingham	Auburn Tigers	31	Memphis Tigers	10
Belk	Mississippi State Bulldogs	51	North Carolina State Wolfpack	28
Music City	Louisville Cardinals	27	Texas A&M Aggies	21
Holiday	Wisconsin Badgers	23	Southern California Trojans	21
Peach	Houston Cougars	38	Florida State Seminoles	21
Orange	Clemson Tigers	37	Oklahoma Sooners	17
Cotton	Alabama Crimson Tide	38	Michigan State Spartans	0
Outback	Tennessee Volunteers	45	Northwestern Wildcats	6
Fiesta	Ohio State Buckeyes	44	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	28
Citrus	Michigan Wolverines	41	Florida Gators	7
Rose	Stanford Cardinal	45	Iowa Hawkeyes	16
Sugar	Mississippi Rebels	48	Oklahoma State Cowboys	20
TaxSlayer	Georgia Bulldogs	24	Penn State Nittany Lions	17
Liberty	Arkansas Razorbacks	45	Kansas State Cowboys	23
Alamo	Texas Christian TCU Horned Frogs	47	Oregon Ducks	41
Cactus	West Virginia Mountaineers	43	Arizona State Sun Devils	42

NCAA Football Division 1 FBS CFP Bowl Games [Ref: 2]

NCAA FD1 FBS College Football Playoff 2015-16

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Semi-Final		(Orange Bowl)
31.12.2015	Clemson Tigers	37	Oklahoma Sooners	17
	Semi-Final		(Cotton Bowl)
31.12.2015	Alabama Crimson Tide	38	Michigan State Spartans	0
	CFP National Championship
11.01.2016	Alabama Crimson Tide	45	Clemson Tigers	40

NCAA Football Division 1 FBS College Football Playoff National Championship 2015-16 Reference: [2]

Report

Alabama Crimson Tide won the 2015-16 National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Division 1 Football Bowl Series College Football Playoff National championship by beating Clemson tigers 45-40 in a close game.

Alabama had won the SEC Southeastern Conference title by beating Florida Gators 29-15, whilst Clemson had won the ACC Atlantic Coast Conference with a close 45-37 victory over North Carolina Tar Heels. In another close Conference championship Game, Michigan State Spartans won 16-13 against Iowa Hawkeyes, while in the PAC-10 Pacific 10 Conference, Stanford Cardinal won bragging rights for Northern California with a 41-22 victory over Southern California Trojans.

In the College Football Playoff Semi-Finals, Alabama defeated Michigan State 38-0 in a shutout victory, while in the other Semi-Final, Clemson had defeated Oklahoma, the Big 12 Conference Champions, 37-17.

In other Bowl games, Notre Dame Fighting Irish lost to Ohio State Buckeyes, 44-28 in the Fiesta Bowl, finishing 10-3 (Won-Lost) for the season.

Action from the Fiesta Bowl 2016: Notre Dame v Ohio State [Ref: 5]

References:

Websites

[1] NCAA | Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2015) Football FBS | Standings [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20150318162415/http://www.ncaa.com/standings/football/fbs [Accessed 12 February 2019]

[2] NCAA | Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2015) Football FBS Week 15 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20150318162415/http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/bowls [Accessed 12 February 2019]

[3] NCAA | Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2015) Football FBS | Bowls [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20150318162415/http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/bowls [Accessed 4 May 2020]

Images

[4] NCAA | Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2015) logo [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20160923081703im_/http://www.ncaa.com/sites/all/themes/ncaa/ncaa-respo/logo.png [Accessed 4 May 2020]

[5] Notre Dame Observer (2016) Depleted Notre Dame reach breaking point in Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio State {Internet] Available from: https://i0.wp.com/cdn.ndsmcobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01215257/1451685175-04caf025012aadd.jpg [Accessed 4 May 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Joe Grey.

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Researched, Compiled and Written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 4 May 2020