AutoNation National Team of the Week

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]

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week
Awarded forweekly award given by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) to an American College Football team to honor that team's win and performance
CountryUnited States
Presented byFootball Writers Association of America
History
First awardAugust 31, 2002

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

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

See also

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References

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  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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