AutoNation National Team of the Week

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week
Given for weekly award given by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) to an American College Football team to honor that team's win and performance
Country United States
Presented by Football Writers Association of America
History
First award August 31, 2002

The AutoNation National Team of the Week is a weekly award given by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) to an American College Football team to honor that team's win and performance. Beginning in 2002, the members of the FWAA began naming a National Team of the Week. In 2004, the award first started being sponsored by the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. In 2014, Big Game replaced Tostitos Fiesta Bowl as the presenting sponsor for the National Team of the Week. In 2015, AutoNation became the presenting sponsor.[1]

Members of the FWAA board of directors and All-America committee decide the weekly honor. Each Monday during the college football regular season at 4pm ET, the FWAA will name the AutoNation National Team of the Week.

The very first recipient of the award was Duke, following their 23-16 victory over East Carolina to open the 2002 season, which ended the Blue Devils' 23-game losing streak. [2] Since then, four teams have been given the honor at least three times, the most of any teams: Miami, Michigan State, Notre Dame, and Southern California. Only one team, Miami, has received the award twice in one season (2002),[3] and only once has the award been shared amongst two teams (Texas and Oklahoma State in 2008).[4]

Award recipients

YearDateTeam
2002Aug. 31Duke
Sept. 7Miami (Fla.)
Sept. 14California
Sept. 21Florida
Sept. 28Iowa State
Oct. 5Ole Miss
Oct. 12Miami (Fla.)
Oct. 19Arizona State
Oct. 26Notre Dame
Nov. 2Boston College
Nov. 9Texas A&M
Nov. 16Texas Tech
Nov. 23Ohio State
2003Aug. 30Southern Cal
Sept. 6Wake Forest
Sept. 13Arkansas
Sept. 20Marshall
Sept. 27California
Oct. 6Baylor
Oct. 13Oklahoma
Oct. 20Florida
Oct. 27West Virginia
Nov. 3Virginia Tech
Nov. 10Clemson
Nov. 17Kansas State
Nov. 24Michigan
2004Sept. 4Rutgers
Sept. 11Fresno State
Sept. 18Auburn
Sept. 25Navy
Oct. 2Northwestern
Oct. 9Army
Oct. 16Wisconsin
Oct. 23Mississippi State
Oct. 30North Carolina
Nov. 6Notre Dame
Nov. 13Michigan State
Nov. 20Utah
Nov. 27Syracuse
2005Sept. 3Texas Christian
Sept. 10Michigan State
Sept. 17Arkansas
Sept. 24South Florida
Oct. 1Alabama
Oct. 8Penn State
Oct. 15Southern Cal
Oct. 22Northwestern
Oct. 29South Carolina
Nov. 5Miami
Nov. 12Clemson
Nov. 19Georgia Tech
Nov. 26Nevada
2006Sept. 2Southern Cal
Sept. 9Tennessee
Sept. 16Michigan
Sept. 23Notre Dame
Sept. 30Georgia Tech
Oct. 14Indiana
Oct. 21Michigan STate
Oct. 28Oregon State
Nov. 4Louisville
Nov. 11Rutgers
Nov. 18Cincinnati
Nov. 25Texas A&M
2007Sept. 1Appalachian State
Sept. 8South Florida
Sept. 15Iowa State
Sept. 22Kentucky
Sept. 29Kansas State
Oct. 6Stanford
Oct. 13Oregon State
Oct. 20Vanderbilt
Oct. 27Kansas
Nov. 3Navy
Nov. 10Illinois
Nov. 17Indiana
Nov. 24Missouri
2008Aug. 30Alabama
Sept. 6East Carolina
Sept. 13Southern Cal
Sept. 20Boise State
Sept. 27Oregon State
Oct. 4Vanderbilt
Oct. 11Texas and Oklahoma State
Oct. 18Texas Christian
Oct. 25Penn State
Nov. 1Texas Tech
Nov. 8Iowa
Nov. 15Houston
Nov. 22Oklahoma
Nov. 29Kansas
2009Sept. 5BYU
Sept. 12Houston
Sept. 19Washington
Sept. 26South Florida
Oct. 3UTEP
Oct. 10Florida
Oct. 17Purdue
Oct. 24TCU
Oct. 31Oregon
Nov. 7Northwestern
Nov. 14Stanford
Nov. 21Connecticut
Nov. 28Georgia
2010Sept. 4Boise State
Sept. 11Oklahoma
Sept. 18Arizona
Sept. 25UCLA
Oct. 2Michigan State
Oct. 9South Carolina
Oct. 16Wisconsin
Oct. 23Missouri
Oct. 30Iowa
Nov. 6TCU
Nov. 13Northwestern
Nov. 20Texas A&M
Nov. 27Nevada
2015Nov. 2Iowa State

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Team of the Week". FWAA. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2002/team020903.html DUKE IS FWAA'S TEAM OF THE WEEK, Sept. 3, 2002
  3. ↑ http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2002/poll021014.html Miami Remains No. 1 in Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll, Oct. 14, 2002
  4. ↑ http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2008/team081013.html Oklahoma State, Texas are Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Teams of the Week, Oct. 13, 2008
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