Template:Infobox NCAA Division I FBS season

2008 NCAA Division I FBS season
2008 NCAA Division I FBS season
	Florida Gators celebrating after winning the 2009 BCS Championship Game
Number of teams	119 full members, 1 transitional
Duration	August 28 – December 6
Preseason AP No. 1	Georgia Bulldogs
Postseason
Duration	December 20, 2008 – January 31, 2009
Bowl games	34 (+4 All Star games)
AP Poll No. 1	Florida Gators
Heisman Trophy	Sam Bradford, Oklahoma QB
Bowl Championship Series
	2009 BCS Championship Game
Site	Dolphin Stadium,; Miami Gardens, Florida
Champion(s)	Florida Gators
NCAA Division I FBS football seasons
	← 2007 2009 →

2024 NCAA Division I FBS season
2024 NCAA Division I FBS season
Postseason
NCAA Division I FBS football seasons
	← 2023 2025 →

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{{Infobox NCAA Division I FBS season
| year = 
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| number_of_teams = 
| preseason_ap = 
| regular_season = 
| number_of_bowls = 
| bowl_start = 
| bowl_end = 
| championship_system =
| championship_bowl = 
| championship_location = 
| champions = 
| heisman =
| ap_poll =
| coaches_poll =
}}

Parameters

* denotes a required field

Parameter	Explanation	Example
year*	The year of the season; if blank, defaults to current year	`2004`
image	An image for the season. Follow Wikipedia guidelines.	`[[File:Example.png\|200px]]`
image_caption	A caption for the image, if provided	`2007 NCAA season`
number_of_teams	Total number of teams competing at the highest level (either I-A or FBS depending on year)	`120`
preseason_ap	The team ranked No. 1 in the pre-season AP Poll; The reason AP is used is because the BCS does not start until halfway through the season, and for older years there is no BCS, and the Coaches Poll does not go back as many years as the AP.	`[[2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team\|Georgia Bulldogs]]`
regular_season	The dates of the first and last games of the regular season	`August 30 – December 1`
number_of_bowls	The number of postseason bowls played	`34`
bowl_start*	The date of the first bowl game of the season	`December 20, 2007`
bowl_end*	The date of the last bowl played of the season (use <br /> for carriage return if date is too long)	`<br />January 6, 2008`
championship_system	The name of the system/organizers that are organizing a dedicated national championship game	`[[Bowl Championship Series]]`
championship_bowl	The name of the championship game specified by the BCS or similar frameworks	`[[2008 BCS National Championship Game]]`
championship_location	The name of the stadium hosting the designated national championship game and the city/state where it is located. (can use <br /> for line between stadium and city)	`[[Louisiana Superdome]],<br />[[New Orleans, Louisiana]]`
champions	The name of the team that won the designated national championship game	`[[2007 Buffalo Bulls football team\|Buffalo Bulls]]`
heisman	The winner of the Heisman Trophy	`[[John Doe]]`
ap_poll	The team ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll at the conclusion of the regular season.	`[[2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team\|Georgia Bulldogs]]`
coaches_poll	The team ranked No. 1 in the Coaches' Poll at the conclusion of the regular season. Only include this on non-BCS years, as it will be the same as the BCS champion in BCS years due to contractual provisions.	`[[2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team\|Georgia Bulldogs]]`

Example

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{{Infobox NCAA Division I FBS season
| year = 2008
| image = [[File:2008 Florida Gators football team celebrates in Florida Field (January 11 2009).jpg|275px]]
| image_caption = [[2008 Florida Gators football team|Florida Gators]] celebrating after winning the [[2009 BCS National Championship Game|2009 BCS Championship Game]]
| number_of_teams = 119 full members, 1 transitional
| preseason_ap = [[2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia Bulldogs]]
| regular_season = August 28 – December 6
| number_of_bowls = 34 (+4 All Star games)
| bowl_start = December 20, 2008
| bowl_end = January 31, 2009
| championship_system = [[Bowl Championship Series]]
| championship_bowl = [[2009 BCS National Championship Game|2009 BCS Championship Game]]
| championship_location = [[Dolphin Stadium]],<br />[[Miami Gardens, Florida]]
| champions = [[2008 Florida Gators football team|Florida Gators]]
| heisman = [[Sam Bradford]], Oklahoma [[Quarterback|QB]]
| ap_poll = [[2008 Florida Gators football team|Florida Gators]]
}}

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2024 NCAA Division I FBS season
Postseason
NCAA Division I FBS football seasons
← 2023 2025 →