In what was the most bizarre college football season in history, the Tigers managed to take home the title. Consider that for four consecutive weeks, the team that was ranked No. 2 in the polls lost. LSU looked to be headed to the title game until they lost to the Darren McFadden's, but with some luck ended up in the title game, and for the second straight season, delivered Ohio State a beat down.
LSU was an extremely frustrating team mostly because they were unbelievably talented but failed to put it all together on a consistent basis. Plus, they had 2 regular season losses, becoming the first team in BCS history to take home the title with 2 losses.
Notable players from team: DT Glenn Dorsey, S Craig Steltz, WR Early Doucet, QB Matt Flynn, RB Jacob Hester, CB Chevous Jackson
6. 1998 Tennessee Volunteers
Another tough call because you hate to penalize a team because of luck but that's exactly why the Vols wound up playing for the national title. If Arkansas doesn't run a bootleg with under two minutes to go against the Vols, they hang on and give the Big Orange their first loss. (Seriously what was Houston Nutt thinking).
The Vols occasionally blew their opponents out, but like the previous two teams on the list they lacked a WOW factor. Looking back, it's funny to think that the year after arguably the greatest quarterback to play college football leaves is when the Orange take home the title.
Notable Players from team: RB Jamal Lewis, RB Travis Henry, RB Shaun Bryson, WR Peerless Price, LB Al Wilson, DT Darwin Walker, DE Shaun Ellis
5. 2005 Texas Longhorns
I considered putting this team lower but I decided against it. I think everyone knows who was responsible for the Horns taking home the title in '05. Vince Young did it all. Literally. He did everything. The thing is, NO ONE could stop him.
The best thing about the Longhorns winning this game was that for the weeks leading up to this game, ESPN was touting where the '05 USC Trojans ranked in terms of the all-time great teams. So much for that. They weren't even the best team in the country that year.
Texas officially started getting people's attention when they went into Columbus and beat the Buckeyes. They beat their opponents by an average of 34 points a game. Clearly though, this team will be remembered for one reason. Vince Young.
Notable Players from team: QB: Vince Young
4. 1999 Florida State Seminoles
The Noles were coming off of a loss in the title game the year before to Tennessee and were eager to rebound and return to the championship game. The Noles were flat out loaded. NFL talent was littered all over their sidelines.
They did have to escape Clemson with a three point victory but other than that had no troubles with anyone else on their schedule. In the championship game, much of the hype was about Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick, but the Noles quickly made people forget about him en route to a national title.
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