2006 season
119 teams across 5 tiers
- National champion
- Californiafrom Tier 2
- Biggest riser (2006 tiers)
- BYU▲ 1 tier
- Biggest faller
- Florida State▼ 1 tier
Biggest movers
Teams with the largest tier change after promotions and relegations.
- Boston CollegeTier 3▲ 1Tier 2
- BYUTier 2▲ 1Premier
- CaliforniaTier 2▲ 1Premier
- Central MichiganTier 5▲ 1Tier 4
- HawaiiTier 3▲ 1Tier 2
- Colorado StatePremier▼ 1Tier 2
- Florida StatePremier▼ 1Tier 2
- Fresno StateTier 2▼ 1Tier 3
- Louisiana TechTier 3▼ 1Tier 4
- MemphisTier 3▼ 1Tier 4
Regular season champions
Tier winners — the top finisher in each tier on points, before any promotion playoff or main-playoff games.
Tier standings
Final regular-season standings. Promoted rows tinted green, relegated rows tinted red, survival winners tinted amber.
| Team | ⓘ
| Status | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 12 | 0 | 42 | 436 | 125 | +311 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Florida | 12 | 1 | 42 | 375 | 175 | +200 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | USC | 10 | 2 | 38 | 364 | 179 | +185 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan | 11 | 1 | 37 | 362 | 175 | +187 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 10 | 2 | 36 | 389 | 269 | +120 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Louisville | 11 | 1 | 32 | 467 | 199 | +268 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Wisconsin | 11 | 1 | 32 | 363 | 143 | +220 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Oklahoma | 11 | 2 | 31 | 382 | 199 | +183 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Auburn | 10 | 2 | 30 | 305 | 167 | +138 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | LSU | 10 | 2 | 29 | 397 | 150 | +247 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 2 | 27 | 312 | 112 | +200 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | TCU | 10 | 2 | 26 | 343 | 153 | +190 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 4 | 26 | 314 | 219 | +95 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | UCLA | 7 | 5 | 25 | 272 | 215 | +57 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Oregon | 7 | 5 | 24 | 375 | 307 | +68 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | West Virginia | 10 | 2 | 23 | 467 | 247 | +220 | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Georgia | 8 | 4 | 23 | 296 | 205 | +91 | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Texas | 9 | 3 | 22 | 441 | 214 | +227 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Penn State | 8 | 4 | 21 | 270 | 177 | +93 | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Purdue | 8 | 5 | 20 | 357 | 350 | +7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Relegation Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Florida State | 6 | 6 | 16 | 301 | 231 | +70 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | Alabama | 6 | 6 | 11 | 267 | 216 | +51 | Survived | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | Miami (FL) | 6 | 6 | 10 | 234 | 181 | +53 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | Colorado State | 4 | 8 | 10 | 202 | 263 | -61 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
Main playoff
Twelve-team championship bracket: top 8 from Premier (seeds 1–8), top 2 from Tier 2 (seeds 9–10), top 2 from Tier 3 (seeds 11–12). Seeds 1–4 receive first-round byes. Champion: California.
Promotion playoffs
Each lower tier sends two teams up automatically (ranks 1 and 2); ranks 3–6 contest a single-elimination playoff for the third promotion spot.
Relegation playoffs
Bottom 4 of each upper tier play a survival bracket. The Survival Final winner stays up; the other three drop down.
2007 starting tiers
Cascade from 2006: promoted teams move up, relegated teams move down, and FBS membership is reconciled against CFBD's roster for the next year.
- Ohio State1
- Florida2
- USC3
- Michigan4
- Notre Dame5
- BYU6
- Louisville7
- Wisconsin8
- California9
- Oklahoma10
- Auburn11
- LSU12
- Virginia Tech13
- TCU14
- Georgia Tech15
- Oregon State16
- UCLA17
- Oregon18
- West Virginia19
- Georgia20
- Texas21
- Penn State22
- Purdue23
- Alabama24
- Boise State1
- Tennessee2
- Arkansas3
- Hawaii4
- Boston College5
- Clemson6
- Nebraska7
- Nevada8
- Utah9
- Arizona State10
- Washington State11
- Texas A&M12
- Southern Miss13
- Kansas State14
- Florida State15
- New Mexico16
- Virginia17
- Texas Tech18
- Iowa19
- Minnesota20
- Miami (FL)21
- Colorado State22
- Michigan State23
- Colorado24
- Wake Forest1
- Houston2
- Maryland3
- Rutgers4
- Missouri5
- East Carolina6
- Wyoming7
- Tulsa8
- Washington9
- Pittsburgh10
- Rice11
- Cincinnati12
- Air Force13
- South Carolina14
- Syracuse15
- Marshall16
- Fresno State17
- Toledo18
- NC State19
- UCF20
- Northwestern21
- San Diego State22
- Ole Miss23
- Bowling Green24
- Miami (OH)25
- North Carolina26
- South Florida1
- Arizona2
- San Jose State3
- Western Michigan4
- Navy5
- Central Michigan6
- Kent State7
- Ohio8
- Kentucky9
- Akron10
- SMU11
- UTEP12
- Northern Illinois13
- Oklahoma State14
- Troy15
- UAB16
- Indiana17
- Iowa State18
- Tulane19
- Middle Tennessee20
- Vanderbilt21
- Louisiana-Lafayette22
- New Mexico State23
- Stanford24
- Louisiana Tech25
- Memphis26
- Kansas1
- Arkansas State2
- Baylor3
- Ball State4
- Mississippi State5
- Idaho6
- UConn7
- North Texas8
- Louisiana-Monroe9
- Illinois10
- Florida Atlantic11
- Utah State12
- UNLV13
- Eastern Michigan14
- Temple15
- Army16
- Buffalo17
- Florida International18
- Duke19