Game-time AP archive
2006 Ranked Matchups
Every completed game where both teams were ranked No. 1–25 in the applicable AP snapshot before the result.
53
Ranked games
12
Both Top 10
2
Overtime
13.2
Avg. margin
Matchup tier
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Highest-ranked matchup: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Texas.
53 All Top 25 matchups
Week 1 · Sep 4, 2006 · Campus site
No. 11 Florida State 13 at No. 12 Miami 10
3-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 2 · Sep 9, 2006 · Campus site
No. 19 Penn State 17 at No. 4 Notre Dame 41
24-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 2 · Sep 9, 2006 · Campus site
No. 1 Ohio State 24 at No. 2 Texas 7
17-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 16, 2006 · Campus site
No. 6 LSU 3 at No. 3 Auburn 7
4-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 16, 2006 · Campus site
No. 11 Michigan 47 at No. 2 Notre Dame 21
26-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 16, 2006 · Campus site
No. 17 Miami 7 at No. 12 Louisville 31
24-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 16, 2006 · Campus site
No. 15 Oklahoma 33 at No. 18 Oregon 34
1-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 16, 2006 · Campus site
No. 24 Texas Tech 3 at No. 20 TCU 12
9-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 16, 2006 · Campus site
No. 19 Nebraska 10 at No. 4 USC 28
18-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 3 · Sep 16, 2006 · Campus site
No. 7 Florida 21 at No. 13 Tennessee 20
1-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 4 · Sep 23, 2006 · Campus site
No. 22 Arizona State 21 at No. 21 California 49
28-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 4 · Sep 23, 2006 · Campus site
No. 24 Penn State 6 at No. 1 Ohio State 28
22-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 5 · Sep 30, 2006 · Campus site
No. 24 Georgia Tech 38 at No. 11 Virginia Tech 27
11-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 5 · Sep 30, 2006 · Campus site
No. 1 Ohio State 38 at No. 13 Iowa 17
21-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 6 · Oct 7, 2006 · Campus site
No. 9 LSU 10 at No. 5 Florida 23
13-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Florida vs. LSU (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 6 · Oct 7, 2006 · Campus site
No. 7 Texas 28 at No. 14 Oklahoma 10
18-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 6 · Oct 7, 2006 · Campus site
No. 13 Tennessee 51 at No. 10 Georgia 33
18-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 6 · Oct 7, 2006 · Campus site
No. 11 Oregon 24 at No. 16 California 45
21-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 7 · Oct 14, 2006 · Campus site
No. 2 Florida 17 at No. 11 Auburn 27
10-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 8 · Oct 21, 2006 · Campus site
No. 5 Texas 22 at No. 17 Nebraska 20
2-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 8 · Oct 21, 2006 · Campus site
No. 13 Georgia Tech 7 at No. 12 Clemson 31
24-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 9 · Oct 28, 2006 · Campus site
No. 19 Oklahoma 26 at No. 23 Missouri 10
16-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 10 · Nov 2, 2006 · Campus site
No. 3 West Virginia 34 at No. 5 Louisville 44
10-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Louisville vs. West Virginia (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 10 · Nov 4, 2006 · Campus site
No. 13 LSU 28 at No. 8 Tennessee 24
4-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 10 · Nov 4, 2006 · Campus site
No. 16 Boston College 14 at No. 22 Wake Forest 21
7-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 10 · Nov 4, 2006 · Campus site
No. 18 Oklahoma 17 at No. 21 Texas A&M 16
1-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 11 · Nov 9, 2006 · Campus site
No. 3 Louisville 25 at No. 15 Rutgers 28
3-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 11 · Nov 11, 2006 · Campus site
No. 13 Tennessee 14 at No. 11 Arkansas 31
17-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 11 · Nov 11, 2006 · Campus site
No. 21 Oregon 10 at No. 7 USC 35
25-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 12 · Nov 18, 2006 · Campus site
No. 21 Maryland 16 at No. 20 Boston College 38
22-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 12 · Nov 18, 2006 · Campus site
No. 2 Michigan 39 at No. 1 Ohio State 42
3-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Ohio State vs. Michigan (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 12 · Nov 18, 2006 · Campus site
No. 19 Virginia Tech 27 at No. 14 Wake Forest 6
21-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 12 · Nov 18, 2006 · Campus site
No. 17 California 9 at No. 4 USC 23
14-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 13 · Nov 24, 2006 · Campus site
No. 9 LSU 31 at No. 5 Arkansas 26
5-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Arkansas vs. LSU (Regular Season Full Game)
Week 13 · Nov 25, 2006 · Campus site
No. 6 Notre Dame 24 at No. 3 USC 44
20-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Week 14 · Dec 2, 2006 · Campus site
No. 16 Wake Forest 9 at No. 23 Georgia Tech 6
3-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Georgia Tech vs. Wake Forest (ACC Championship Game Full Game)
Week 14 · Dec 2, 2006 · Campus site
No. 8 Arkansas 28 at No. 4 Florida 38
10-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Florida vs. Arkansas (SEC Championship Game Full Game)
Week 14 · Dec 2, 2006 · Campus site · 1 OT
No. 13 Rutgers 39 at No. 15 West Virginia 41
2-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Week 14 · Dec 2, 2006 · Campus site
No. 19 Nebraska 7 at No. 8 Oklahoma 21
14-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Oklahoma vs. Nebraska (Big 12 Championship Game Full Game)
Postseason · Dec 21, 2006 · Campus site
No. 20 BYU 38 at No. 21 Oregon 8
30-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Postseason · Dec 24, 2006 · Campus site
No. 22 Arizona State 24 at No. 24 Hawai'i 41
17-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Postseason · Dec 28, 2006 · Campus site
No. 22 Texas A&M 10 at No. 21 California 45
35-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Postseason · Dec 30, 2006 · Campus site
No. 17 Texas 26 at No. 15 Iowa 24
2-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Postseason · Dec 30, 2006 · Campus site
No. 16 Georgia 31 at No. 14 Virginia Tech 24
7-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →OUTBACK BOWL AT TAMPA FL · Jan 1, 2007 · Campus site
No. 17 Tennessee 10 at No. 24 Penn State 20
10-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →COTTON BOWL AT DALLAS TX · Jan 1, 2007 · Campus site
No. 11 Auburn 17 at No. 19 Nebraska 14
3-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Nebraska vs. Auburn (Cotton Bowl Full Game)
CAPITAL ONE BOWL AT ORLANDO FL · Jan 1, 2007 · Campus site
No. 8 Arkansas 14 at No. 7 Wisconsin 17
3-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Wisconsin vs. Arkansas (Citrus/Capital One Bowl Full Game)
GATOR BOWL AT JACKSONVILLE FL · Jan 1, 2007 · Campus site
No. 23 Georgia Tech 35 at No. 15 West Virginia 38
3-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →ROSE BOWL AT PASADENA CA · Jan 1, 2007 · Campus site
No. 2 USC 32 at No. 3 Michigan 18
14-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Michigan vs. USC (Rose Bowl Full Game)
FIESTA BOWL AT GLENDALE AZ · Jan 1, 2007 · Campus site · 1 OT
No. 10 Boise State 43 at No. 8 Oklahoma 42
1-point margin · Top-ten matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Oklahoma vs. Boise State (Fiesta Bowl Full Game)
ORANGE BOWL AT MIAMI FL · Jan 2, 2007 · Campus site
No. 6 Louisville 24 at No. 16 Wake Forest 13
11-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Wake Forest vs. Louisville (Orange Bowl Full Game)
SUGAR BOWL AT NEW ORLEANS LA · Jan 3, 2007 · Campus site
No. 12 Notre Dame 14 at No. 5 LSU 41
27-point margin · Ranked matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 LSU vs. Notre Dame (Sugar Bowl Full Game)
BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT GLENDALE AZ · Jan 8, 2007 · Campus site
No. 4 Florida 41 at No. 1 Ohio State 14
27-point margin · Top-five matchup
Game details →Full Game · 2006 Ohio State vs. Florida (National Championship Full Game)
Ranking snapshot policy
Regular-season games use the AP poll for that game’s week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Final season rankings are never substituted. Both teams must have valid ranks from 1 through 25.