BCS Bowl Results
BCS NC: #2 Oregon defeated #1 Michigan State 40-37 in OT
Fiesta Bowl: #3 Missouri defeated #11 Boise State 41-38 in OT
Sugar Bowl: #9 South Carolina defeated USF 31-20
Rose Bowl: #6 Stanford throttled #4 Penn State 45-10
Orange Bowl: #24 Florida State got revenge over the #7 Oklahoma Sooners 46-30
Capital One Bowl: #5 Illinois proved their merit over #8 Alabama 44-3
Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona State toppled overrated #10 TCU 27-3
Final Coaches Poll of the Year
| NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Jan 10, 2012 |
| RK | LW | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L |
| 1 | 2 | Oregon | 14 | 0 | |
| 2 | 3 | Missouri | 13 | 0 | |
| 3 | 5 | Stanford | 12 | 1 | |
| 4 | 1 | Michigan State | 13 | 1 | |
| 5 | 6 | Illinois | 11 | 1 | |
| 6 | 4 | Penn State | 12 | 2 | |
| 7 | 11 | South Carolina | 12 | 2 | |
| 8 | 7 | Oklahoma | 10 | 3 | |
| 9 | 10 | Boise State | 10 | 3 | |
| 10 | 17 | Wisconsin | 10 | 3 | |
Oregon was also voted the AP Champion with 45 votes, Missouri finished 2nd and received 20 votes for 1st place