17-602: The Manning Award has been presented annually since the 2004 football season to the collegiate American football quarterback as judged by the Sugar Bowl Committee to be the best in the United States . It is the only quarterback award that includes each candidate's postseason-bowl performance in its balloting. The award is named in honor of former University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) quarterback Archie Manning and his quarterback sons Peyton and Eli . Archie
34-685: A multi-team playoff system in college football, which would later be realized with the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014 . USC was forced to vacate its BCS title win, along with its regular-season victory over rival UCLA, due to NCAA sanctions that stemmed from the USC athletics scandal . The AP title was not vacated, as the AP does not punish teams for violations. The severity of these sanctions has since been criticized by some pundits across college football. Controversy also arose in selecting
51-752: The AP and Coaches Polls, but the other three undefeated teams were handicapped by starting the season out of the top 15. Thus USC and OU played for the BCS National Championship in the Orange Bowl, while Auburn, Utah, and Boise State had to settle for other bowl games. Auburn played in the Sugar Bowl and beat Virginia Tech , the ACC champion and ranked No. 8 by the BCS. Utah became the first BCS Buster and beat Pittsburgh ,
68-522: The Orange Bowl , which served as the season's Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game. USC defeated Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl by a score of 55–19, which earned the Trojans their second consecutive AP title and first-ever BCS title. The Orange Bowl win and accompanying BCS title were later vacated as part of the sanctions levied against USC following an NCAA investigation . USC appealed
85-694: The 2009 season and was a third-round selection, and Stetson Bennett , who went in the 4th round. Deshaun Watson is the only player to win the award twice, for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on August 28, 2004 and ended on December 4, 2004. The postseason concluded on January 4, 2005 with
102-546: The Big East after having been an Independent since ascending to Division I-A in 2000. Troy State also left their Independent status and joined the Sun Belt Conference. Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University moved up from Division I-AA and became I-A Independents. Florida A&M also briefly attempted to move up to Division I-A and become the only HBCU at college football's highest level, but
119-918: The Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLI and with the Broncos in Super Bowl 50 , and Eli with the New York Giants in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI ). Both won the Super Bowl MVP award, Eli twice. Archie was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989. Each of the award winners has gone on to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft , except Colt McCoy , who won the award following
136-619: The champion of the Big East and ranked No. 21, in the Fiesta Bowl . Boise State lost a close, high scoring game in the Liberty Bowl to Louisville , the No. 10 ranked Conference USA champion. As with previous seasons, fans of successful teams left out of BCS bowls were disappointed. Auburn, Utah, and Boise State all went unbeaten but were not offered a chance to compete for the BCS championship. Auburn
153-653: The decision but was denied by the NCAA, and the 2004 BCS title was officially vacated on June 6, 2011. To this day, USC remains stripped of this national title. The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the following rule changes for the 2004 season: Prior to the 2004 season, Miami (FL) and Virginia Tech left the Big East Conference to join the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), giving the ACC 11 members. Connecticut joined
170-536: The fourth position, which ensured they would also receive the final at-large bid. Texas coach Mack Brown was criticized for publicly politicking voters to put Texas ahead of California, and Cal coach Jeff Tedford called for coaches' votes to be made public. Texas went on to defeat Michigan in the Rose Bowl , while California lost to Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl . Much of the pre-bowl criticisms of Texas being given
187-644: The season with one loss. In 2004, the situation became even more complicated, as five teams went without losing, a record in the BCS era (later tied in 2009 ). USC of the Pac-10 , Oklahoma of the Big 12 , Auburn of the SEC , Utah of the MWC , and Boise State of the WAC all finished the regular season undefeated. USC and Oklahoma were ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the preseason by both
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#1732869640038204-479: The second at-large team of the BCS after Utah. California expected to get the invitation, having been ranked fourth by the BCS entering the last week of the regular season. Texas , which had been left out of the BCS the previous season, was ranked fifth. Both teams finished with 10–1 records, but the Longhorns received a boost of support from poll voters in the final regular season rankings to overtake Cal and move into
221-419: The spot vs. Michigan evaporated when the Longhorns and Wolverines produced an instant classic game that was marked by a breakthrough performance by Vince Young and a Texas FG as time expired to give them a 38–37 victory. The Associated Press , as a result of two consecutive seasons of BCS controversy, prohibited the BCS from using their poll as part of its ranking formula following the 2004 season. The AP poll
238-472: The team was forced to abort its bid. Rankings reflect the AP Poll . Rankings for Week 8 and beyond will list BCS Rankings first and AP Poll second. Teams that failed to be a top 10 team for one poll or the other will be noted. The 2004 season ended with five undefeated teams vying for a spot in the national title game. In the 2003 season , no team finished the regular season unbeaten, and five teams finished
255-831: Was also the quarterback for the New Orleans Saints , Houston Oilers , and Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). Peyton was a star quarterback at the University of Tennessee as well as with the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos of the NFL. Eli was also a star quarterback at Ole Miss and was the quarterback of the NFL's New York Giants . Both Peyton and Eli were All-America selections during their college careers and both led their respective professional teams to 2 Super Bowl championships (Peyton with
272-422: Was especially the focus of national media attention on this topic, since Auburn managed to go undefeated in the traditionally tough SEC. Adding to the frustration with the BCS system was that Auburn and Utah, though both picked to play in BCS bowl games, would not be able to play each other as a match-up of highly ranked unbeatens. This confluence of events made 2004 a seminal year for serious momentum building behind
289-713: Was replaced by the Harris Interactive poll starting in 2005, and the AP continues to award its own national championship trophy. In another first, the LSU Tigers lost to the Iowa Hawkeyes on a last second Hail Mary pass in the Capital One Bowl , becoming the first school to lose a non-BCS bowl a year after winning the BCS National Championship Game . * USC finished the season with a 13–0 record but
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