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The 2009 season

Alabama finished No. 1 in the final AP poll, 14–⁠0 under Nick Saban, after it beat Texas 37–⁠21 in the BCS National Championship. The biggest game by the rankings: No. 2 Alabama 32, No. 1 Florida 13 (Dec 5, 2009). Two FBS teams finished unbeaten. 64 ranked teams lost to unranked or lower-ranked opponents.

Heisman Trophy: Mark Ingram II, RB, Alabama.

The Heisman vote: Mark Ingram II 1,304 points, Toby Gerhart 1,276
PlayerPoints1st2nd3rd
Mark Ingram II RB, Alabama1,304227236151
Toby Gerhart RB, Stanford1,276222225160
Colt McCoy QB, Texas1,145203188160
Ndamukong Suh DT, Nebraska815161105122
Tim Tebow QB, Florida3904370121
C.J. Spiller RB, Clemson223263183
Kellen Moore QB, Boise State100102030
Case Keenum QB, Houston372913
Mardy Gilyard WR, Cincinnati232213
Golden Tate WR, Notre Dame21239

First-, second- and third-place votes (3, 2 and 1 points), from the season’s Wikipedia article, as published.

Scoreboards

Final AP poll

1Alabama (60)Southeastern Conference
2TexasBig 12
3FloridaSoutheastern Conference
4Boise StateWestern Athletic Conference
5Ohio StateBig Ten
6TCUMountain West Conference
7IowaBig Ten
8CincinnatiBig East
9Penn StateBig Ten
10Virginia TechAtlantic Coast Conference
11OregonPac-10
12BYUMountain West Conference
13Georgia TechAtlantic Coast Conference
14NebraskaBig 12
15PittsburghBig East
16WisconsinBig Ten
17LSUSoutheastern Conference
18UtahMountain West Conference
19MiamiAtlantic Coast Conference
20Ole MissSoutheastern Conference
21Texas TechBig 12
22USCPac-10
23Central MichiganMid-American Conference
24ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference
25West VirginiaBig East

Biggest upsets

Sep 19, 2009Washington 16, 3USC 13
Sep 24, 2009South Carolina 16, 4Ole Miss 10
Sep 12, 2009Houston 45, 5Oklahoma State 35
Sep 26, 2009Iowa 21, 5Penn State 10
Sep 26, 2009Oregon 42, 6California 3
Sep 19, 2009Florida State 54, 7BYU 28
Oct 17, 2009Purdue 26, 7Ohio State 18
Nov 7, 2009Stanford 51, 7Oregon 42
Nov 28, 2009Georgia 30, 7Georgia Tech 24
Oct 24, 2009Clemson 40, 8Miami 37
Nov 7, 2009Northwestern 17, 8Iowa 10
Nov 27, 2009West Virginia 19, 8Pittsburgh 16

Ranked teams that lost as the betting favorite, the longest shots first, with the winner’s odds on the line; before lines are on file, ranked teams beaten by unranked or lower-ranked ones.

The AP poll, week by week

The AP poll’s top 10 in 2009, week by week1510152025Wk 1Wk 3Wk 5Wk 7Wk 9Wk 11Wk 13Wk 15FinalVirginia Tech: Wk 1 No. 7, Wk 2 No. 14, Wk 3 No. 13, Wk 4 No. 11, Wk 5 No. 6, Wk 6 No. 5, Wk 7 No. 4, Wk 8 No. 15, Wk 9 No. 14, Wk 10 No. 22, Wk 11 No. 20, Wk 12 No. 16, Wk 13 No. 14, Wk 14 No. 11, Wk 15 No. 12, Final No. 1010 Virginia TechPenn State: Wk 1 No. 9, Wk 2 No. 7, Wk 3 No. 5, Wk 4 No. 5, Wk 5 No. 15, Wk 6 No. 14, Wk 7 No. 14, Wk 8 No. 13, Wk 9 No. 12, Wk 10 No. 11, Wk 11 No. 19, Wk 12 No. 13, Wk 13 No. 12, Wk 14 No. 10, Wk 15 No. 11, Final No. 99 Penn StateCincinnati: Wk 1 unranked, Wk 2 No. 23, Wk 3 No. 17, Wk 4 No. 14, Wk 5 No. 10, Wk 6 No. 8, Wk 7 No. 8, Wk 8 No. 5, Wk 9 No. 5, Wk 10 No. 4, Wk 11 No. 5, Wk 12 No. 5, Wk 13 No. 5, Wk 14 No. 5, Wk 15 No. 4, Final No. 88 CincinnatiIowa: Wk 1 No. 22, Wk 2 unranked, Wk 3 unranked, Wk 4 unranked, Wk 5 No. 13, Wk 6 No. 12, Wk 7 No. 11, Wk 8 No. 7, Wk 9 No. 7, Wk 10 No. 8, Wk 11 No. 15, Wk 12 No. 15, Wk 13 No. 13, Wk 14 No. 9, Wk 15 No. 10, Final No. 77 IowaTCU: Wk 1 No. 17, Wk 2 No. 16, Wk 3 No. 15, Wk 4 No. 15, Wk 5 No. 11, Wk 6 No. 10, Wk 7 No. 12, Wk 8 No. 10, Wk 9 No. 8, Wk 10 No. 6, Wk 11 No. 4, Wk 12 No. 4, Wk 13 No. 4, Wk 14 No. 4, Wk 15 No. 3, Final No. 66 TCUOhio State: Wk 1 No. 6, Wk 2 No. 8, Wk 3 No. 11, Wk 4 No. 13, Wk 5 No. 9, Wk 6 No. 9, Wk 7 No. 7, Wk 8 No. 18, Wk 9 No. 17, Wk 10 No. 15, Wk 11 No. 10, Wk 12 No. 9, Wk 13 No. 9, Wk 14 No. 8, Wk 15 No. 8, Final No. 55 Ohio StateBoise State: Wk 1 No. 14, Wk 2 No. 12, Wk 3 No. 10, Wk 4 No. 8, Wk 5 No. 5, Wk 6 No. 6, Wk 7 No. 5, Wk 8 No. 6, Wk 9 No. 6, Wk 10 No. 5, Wk 11 No. 6, Wk 12 No. 6, Wk 13 No. 6, Wk 14 No. 6, Wk 15 No. 6, Final No. 44 Boise StateFlorida: Wk 1 No. 1, Wk 2 No. 1, Wk 3 No. 1, Wk 4 No. 1, Wk 5 No. 1, Wk 6 No. 1, Wk 7 No. 1, Wk 8 No. 2, Wk 9 No. 1, Wk 10 No. 1, Wk 11 No. 1, Wk 12 No. 1, Wk 13 No. 1, Wk 14 No. 1, Wk 15 No. 5, Final No. 33 FloridaTexas: Wk 1 No. 2, Wk 2 No. 2, Wk 3 No. 2, Wk 4 No. 2, Wk 5 No. 2, Wk 6 No. 2, Wk 7 No. 3, Wk 8 No. 3, Wk 9 No. 3, Wk 10 No. 2, Wk 11 No. 2, Wk 12 No. 3, Wk 13 No. 3, Wk 14 No. 3, Wk 15 No. 2, Final No. 22 TexasAlabama: Wk 1 No. 5, Wk 2 No. 4, Wk 3 No. 4, Wk 4 No. 3, Wk 5 No. 3, Wk 6 No. 3, Wk 7 No. 2, Wk 8 No. 1, Wk 9 No. 2, Wk 10 No. 3, Wk 11 No. 3, Wk 12 No. 2, Wk 13 No. 2, Wk 14 No. 2, Wk 15 No. 1, Final No. 11 Alabama
The top 10 of the final AP poll and where each stood every week before it; a gap is a week out of the Top 25. Hover or tab to a line for its weeks.

Climbed

  1. Cincinnatiunranked → No. 8
  2. IowaNo. 22 → No. 7
  3. TCUNo. 17 → No. 6
  4. Pittsburghunranked → No. 15
  5. Boise StateNo. 14 → No. 4

Fell

  1. OklahomaNo. 3 → unranked
  2. USCNo. 4 → No. 22
  3. Oklahoma StateNo. 9 → unranked
  4. CaliforniaNo. 12 → unranked
  5. GeorgiaNo. 13 → unranked

From the season’s first AP poll (the preseason poll) to the final one.

National leaders

Passing yardsCase Keenum (Houston)5,671 yds
Passing touchdownsCase Keenum (Houston)44 TD
Passer ratingTim Tebow (Florida)164.2
Rushing yardsToby Gerhart (Stanford)1,871 yds
Rushing touchdownsToby Gerhart (Stanford)28 TD
Yards per carryVai Taua (Nevada)7.8
ReceptionsFreddie Barnes (Bowling Green)155 catches
Receiving yardsDanario Alexander (Missouri)1,781 yds
Yards per catchOwen Spencer (NC State)25.5
Receiving touchdownsFreddie Barnes (Bowling Green)19 TD
PointsToby Gerhart (Stanford)166 pts
Points per gameDonald Buckram (UTEP)15.8
Total offenseCase Keenum (Houston)5,829 yds
Total offense per gameCase Keenum (Houston)416.4
Punt return averageGreg Reid (Florida State)18.4
Kickoff return averageRay Fisher (Indiana)37.4

The NCAA’s official leaders; our own top-five lists are hidden for 2009, because our source’s player stats miss players for too many teams that season to rank the nation fairly. From Wikipedia’s yearly NCAA leader lists for passing, rushing, receiving, scoring, total offense and returns.

Conference champions

FBS

Atlantic Coast Conference
Georgia Tech
Big 12
Texas
Big East
Cincinnati
Big Ten
Ohio State
Conference USA
East Carolina
Mid-American Conference
Central Michigan
Mountain West Conference
TCU
Pac-10
Oregon
Southeastern Conference
Alabama
Sun Belt Conference
Troy
Western Athletic Conference
Boise State

FCS

Big Sky
Montana
Big South
Liberty and Stony Brook (shared)
Colonial Athletic Association
Richmond and Villanova (shared)
Great West Conference
UC Davis
Ivy League
Pennsylvania
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
South Carolina State
Missouri Valley Football Conference
Southern Illinois
Northeast Conference
Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley Conference
Eastern Illinois
Patriot League
Holy Cross
Pioneer Football League
Butler and Dayton (shared)
Southern Conference
App State
Southland Conference
McNeese and Stephen F. Austin (shared)
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Prairie View A&M

Division II and below

Gulf South Conference
North Alabama
Heart of America Athletic Conference
Lindenwood
Lone Star Conference
Tarleton State
Northeast-10 Conference
Merrimack

From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.

Consensus All-Americans

24 playersAll 12 selectors’ teams

Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 2009 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 2009 All-America teams page.

The 2009 awards

Every award

Player of the year

By position

Defensive player of the year

Scholarship and character

Coaches

The champion’s staff

Every title staff

Alabama 47 on the staff list

Support staff (37)

Strength and conditioning

  • Scott Cochran head football strength and conditioning coach
  • Terry Jones assistant head strength coach
  • Dedrick Agee Graduate assistant, strength & conditioning
  • Freddie Roach strength & conditioning
  • Rob Sale strength & conditioning
  • Lester Towns strength & conditioning

Operations and recruiting

  • Mike Vollmar associate athletics director for football
  • Ed Marynowitz director of player personnel
  • Ashleigh Kimble assistant director, player personnel
  • Patrick Suddes associate director, football operations
  • C.C. Thompson special assistant to head coach, football operations coordinator
  • Rachael Smallwood recruiting operations coordinator
  • Troy Finney senior director
  • Glenda Edwards administrative assistant for head coach
  • Jeremy Pruitt director of player development
  • Willie Carl Martin director of player development (Academics, strength & conditioning)
  • Thad Turnipseed director of athletic Facilities, director of Capital Projects (athletic department, football facilities)
  • Daniel Lyerly football video operations staff (later assistant AD, video operations)

Sports medicine and nutrition

  • Jeff Allen head football athletic trainer
  • Bill McDonald director of sports medicine
  • Ginger Gilmore athletic trainer
  • Jeremy Gsell athletic trainer
  • Rodney Brown director of Rehab services

Equipment

  • Tank Conerly athletic equipment director
  • Jeremy Jordan assistant equipment manager

Video, communications and other staff

  • Jeff Aul Academic Program advisor
  • Lance Walker Academic Program advisor
  • Cedric Burns coordinator of athletic relations
  • Buddy Overstreet director of creative media
  • Jeff Purinton associate athletics director, football communications
  • Kent Gidley athletics director of Photography
  • Roots Woodruff associate director of media relations (football credentials)
  • Jon Dever assistant athletics director, Student services (academic support)
  • Barry Allen assistant director of media relations (football)
  • Josh Maxson assistant director of media relations (football)
  • Jessica Pare assistant director of media relations
  • Doug Walker associate athletic director for media relations (football)

The staff as the school listed it that season, roles in the source’s words (students and graduate assistants left out). Names link to coach pages where we have one, else to Wikipedia. Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages.

Final BCS standings

1Alabama13–⁠0
2Texas13–⁠0
3Cincinnati12–⁠0
4TCU12–⁠0
5Florida12–⁠1
6Boise State13–⁠0
7Oregon10–⁠2
8Ohio State10–⁠2
9Georgia Tech11–⁠2
10Iowa10–⁠2
11Virginia Tech9–⁠3
12LSU9–⁠3
13Penn State10–⁠2
14BYU10–⁠2
15Miami9–⁠3
16West Virginia9–⁠3
17Pittsburgh9–⁠3
18Oregon State8–⁠4
19Oklahoma State9–⁠3
20Arizona8–⁠4
21Stanford8–⁠4
22Nebraska9–⁠4
23Utah9–⁠3
24USC8–⁠4
25Wisconsin9–⁠3

The last standings of the season, released December 6: the Bowl Championship Series’ formula of polls and computer rankings that matched No. 1 and No. 2 in the title game, 1998–⁠2013. From Wikipedia’s season rankings article (CC BY-SA); records as it lists them.

Bowls and playoff

Scoreboard
Dec 19, 2009Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28New Mexico Bowl
Dec 19, 2009Rutgers 45, UCF 24St. Petersburg Bowl
Dec 20, 2009Middle Tennessee 42, Southern Miss 32New Orleans Bowl
Dec 22, 200915BYU 44, 16Oregon State 20Las Vegas Bowl
Dec 23, 200923Utah 37, California 27Poinsettia Bowl
Dec 24, 2009SMU 45, Nevada 10Hawai’i Bowl
Dec 26, 2009Marshall 21, Ohio 17Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl
Dec 26, 200917Pittsburgh 19, North Carolina 17Meineke Car Care Bowl
Dec 26, 2009USC 24, Boston College 13Emerald Bowl
Dec 27, 2009Clemson 21, Kentucky 13Music City Bowl
Dec 28, 2009Georgia 44, Texas A&M 20Independence Bowl
Dec 29, 2009UCLA 30, Temple 21EagleBank Bowl
Dec 29, 200924Wisconsin 20, 14Miami 14Champs Sports Bowl
Dec 30, 2009Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42Humanitarian Bowl
Dec 30, 200920Nebraska 33, 22Arizona 0Holiday Bowl
Dec 31, 2009Air Force 47, Houston 20Armed Forces Bowl
Dec 31, 2009Oklahoma 31, 19Stanford 27Sun Bowl
Dec 31, 2009Navy 35, Missouri 13Texas Bowl
Dec 31, 2009Iowa State 14, Minnesota 13Insight Bowl
Dec 31, 200912Virginia Tech 37, Tennessee 14Chick-fil-A Bowl
Jan 1, 2010Auburn 38, Northwestern 35Outback Bowl
Jan 1, 2010Florida State 33, 18West Virginia 21Gator Bowl
Jan 1, 201011Penn State 19, 13LSU 17Capital One Bowl
Jan 1, 20108Ohio State 26, 7Oregon 17Rose Bowl
Jan 1, 20105Florida 51, 4Cincinnati 24Sugar Bowl
Jan 2, 2010South Florida 27, Northern Illinois 3International Bowl
Jan 2, 2010UConn 20, South Carolina 7PapaJohns.com Bowl
Jan 2, 2010Ole Miss 21, 21Oklahoma State 7Cotton Bowl
Jan 2, 2010Arkansas 20, East Carolina 17Liberty Bowl
Jan 2, 2010Texas Tech 41, Michigan State 31Alamo Bowl
Jan 4, 20106Boise State 17, 3TCU 10Fiesta Bowl
Jan 5, 201010Iowa 24, 9Georgia Tech 14Orange Bowl
Jan 6, 201025Central Michigan 44, Troy 41GMAC Bowl
Jan 7, 20101Alabama 37, 2Texas 21BCS National Championship

Rule book changes

Every rule book

The 2009–⁠10 NCAA rule book against the one before: 27 new, 65 changed, 32 removed, 6 renumbered and 3 retitled articles.

Rule 1: The Game, Field, Players and Equipment

  • Changed Rule 1-1-6 Persons Subject to the Rules (General Provisions)
  • Changed Rule 1-4-3 Contrasting Colors (Players and Playing Equipment)
  • Changed Rule 1-4-4 Mandatory Equipment (Players and Playing Equipment)

Rule 2: Definitions

  • Changed Rule 2-2-6 Belongs To (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose)
  • Changed Rule 2-2-7 Catch, Interception, Recovery (The Ball: Live, Dead, Loose)
  • Changed Rule 2-3-2 Below Waist (Blocking)
  • Changed Rule 2-3-3 Chop Block (Blocking)
  • Changed Rule 2-3-4 Block in the Back (Blocking)
  • New Rule 2-3-6 Blocking Zone (Blocking)
  • Changed Rule 2-4-1 (Clipping)
  • Changed Rule 2-6-1 Down (Down and Between Downs)
  • New Rule 2-6-2 Between Downs (Down and Between Downs)
  • Changed Rule 2-7-2 Valid Signal (Fair Catch)
  • Changed Rule 2-7-3 Invalid Signal (Fair Catch)
  • New Rule 2-9-2 Violation (Foul and Violation)
  • Changed Rule 2-11-1 Sidelines (Lines)
  • New Rule 2-11-2 Goal Lines (Lines)
  • New Rule 2-11-3 End Lines (Lines)
  • New Rule 2-11-4 Boundary Lines (Lines)
  • Changed Rule 2-11-5 Restraining Lines (Lines)
  • Removed Rule 2-11-5 Out of Bounds Lines (Lines)
  • Renumbered Rule 2-11-6 Yard Lines (Lines) was Rule 2-11-3
  • Renumbered Rule 2-11-7 Inbounds Lines (Hash Marks) (Lines) was Rule 2-11-4
  • Renumbered Rule 2-11-8 Nine-Yard Marks (Lines) was Rule 2-11-6
  • Changed Rule 2-14-1 (Hurdling)
  • Changed Rule 2-15-8 Return Kick (Kicks)
  • Changed Rule 2-18-2 Offside (Encroachment and Offside)
  • Changed Rule 2-22-1 (Shift)
  • New Rule 2–⁠24 Series and Possession Series (Series and Possession Series)
  • Removed Rule 2–⁠24 Spearing (Series and Possession Series)
  • Changed Rule 2-24-1 Series (Series and Possession Series)
  • New Rule 2-24-2 Possession Series (Series and Possession Series)
  • Changed Rule 2-25-9 Spot Where Kick Ends (Spots)
  • Changed Rule 2-25-10 Basic Spot (Spots)
  • Changed Rule 2-25-11 Postscrimmage Kick Spot (Spots)
  • Changed Rule 2-27-1 Teams A and B (Team and Player Designations)
  • Changed Rule 2-28-1 (Tripping)
  • Changed Rule 2-31-2 Field of Play (Field Areas)
  • Changed Rule 2-31-3 End Zones (Field Areas)
  • Changed Rule 2-31-5 Playing Enclosure (Field Areas)
  • New Rule 2–⁠33 Three-and-One Principle (Three-and-One Principle)
  • New Rule 2-33-1 (Three-and-One Principle)
  • New Rule 2–⁠34 Tackle Box (Tackle Box)
  • New Rule 2-34-1 (Tackle Box)

Rule 3: Periods, Time Factors and Substitutions

  • Changed Rule 3-2-3 Extension of Periods (Playing Time and Intermissions)
  • Removed Rule 3-2-5 When Clock Starts (Playing Time and Intermissions)
  • Removed Rule 3-2-6 When Clock Stops (Playing Time and Intermissions)
  • New Rule 3–⁠3 Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock)
  • Removed Rule 3–⁠3 Timeouts How Charged (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock)
  • Changed Rule 3-3-1 Timeout (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock)
  • Removed Rule 3-3-1 (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock)
  • New Rule 3-3-2 Starting and Stopping the Clock (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock)
  • Retitled Rule 3-3-3 Suspending the Game (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock)
  • Changed Rule 3-3-6 Violation Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock)
  • Changed Rule 3-3-7 Length of Timeouts (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock)
  • Changed Rule 3-3-8 Referee’s Notification (Timeouts: Starting and Stopping the Clock)
  • Changed Rule 3-4-3 Unfair Clock Tactics (Delays)

Rule 4: Ball in Play, Dead Ball, Out of Bounds

  • Changed Rule 4-2-2 Held Ball Out of Bounds (Out of Bounds)

Rule 5: Series of Downs, Line to Gain

  • Changed Rule 5-2-3 Foul Before Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty)
  • Changed Rule 5-2-4 Foul After Change of Team Possession (Down and Possession After a Penalty)
  • Changed Rule 5-2-7 Foul Between Series (Down and Possession After a Penalty)
  • Renumbered Rule 5-2-9 Rule Decisions Final (Down and Possession After a Penalty) was Rule 5-2-10
  • Removed Rule 5-2-9 Fouls During a Loose Ball (Down and Possession After a Penalty)

Rule 6: Kicks

  • Changed Rule 6-1-2 Free Kick Formation (Free Kicks)
  • Changed Rule 6-1-7 Touching Ground On or Behind Goal Line (Free Kicks)
  • Changed Rule 6-3-11 Loose Behind the Goal Line (Scrimmage Kicks)

Rule 7: Snapping and Passing the Ball

  • Changed Rule 7-2-1 During Live Ball (Backward Pass and Fumble)
  • Changed Rule 7-2-2 Caught or Recovered (Backward Pass and Fumble)
  • Changed Rule 7-2-4 Out of Bounds (Backward Pass and Fumble)
  • Changed Rule 7-3-6 Complete Pass (Forward Pass)
  • Changed Rule 7-3-10 Ineligible Receiver Downfield (Forward Pass)

Rule 8: Scoring

  • Changed Rule 8-2-1 How Scored (Touchdown)
  • Changed Rule 8-3-2 Opportunity to Score (Try Down)
  • Changed Rule 8-5-1 How Scored (Safety)
  • Changed Rule 8-6-1 When Declared (Touchback)

Rule 9: Conduct of Players and Others Subject to the Rules

  • Retitled Rule 9–⁠2 Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls)
  • Changed Rule 9-2-3 Unfair Acts (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls)
  • Changed Rule 9-3-1 Who May Block (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms)
  • Changed Rule 9-3-2 Interfering for or Helping the Ball Carrier or Passer (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms)
  • Changed Rule 9-3-3 Use of Hands or Arms by Offense (Blocking, Use of Hands or Arms)
  • Changed Rule 9-4-2 Batting a Backward Pass (Batting and Kicking)
  • New Rule 9–⁠6 Flagrant Personal Fouls (Flagrant Personal Fouls)
  • New Rule 9-6-1 Player Ejection (Flagrant Personal Fouls)
  • New Rule 9-6-2 Initiating Contact/Targeting an Opponent (Flagrant Personal Fouls)
  • New Rule 9-6-3 Foul Not Called (Flagrant Personal Fouls)

Rule 10: Penalty Enforcement

  • Changed Rule 10-1-7 Interval Fouls (Penalties Completed)
  • Changed Rule 10-2-1 Enforcement Spots (Enforcement Procedures)
  • New Rule 10-2-2 Determining the Enforcement Spot (Enforcement Procedures)
  • Removed Rule 10-2-2 Procedures (Enforcement Procedures)
  • New Rule 10-2-4 Fouls by Team A During Kicks (Enforcement Procedures)
  • New Rule 10-2-5 Fouls During Or After A Touchdown, Field Goal or Try: (Enforcement Procedures)
  • Changed Rule 10-2-6 Half-Distance Enforcement Procedures (Enforcement Procedures)

Rule 11: The Officials: Jurisdiction and Duties

  • New Rule 11–⁠1 Jurisdiction (Jurisdiction)
  • Removed Rule 11–⁠1 General Duties (Jurisdiction)
  • Removed Rule 11-1-3 Responsibilities (Jurisdiction)
  • Removed Rule 11-1-4 Equipment (Jurisdiction)
  • Retitled Rule 11–⁠2 Responsibilities (Responsibilities)
  • Renumbered Rule 11-2-1 Number of Officials (Responsibilities) was Rule 11-1-2
  • Removed Rule 11-2-1 (Responsibilities)
  • Changed Rule 11-2-2 Position (Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11–⁠3 Umpire Basic Responsibilities (Umpire Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-3-1 (Umpire Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-3-2 Position (Umpire Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11–⁠4 Linesman Basic Responsibilities (Linesman Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-4-1 (Linesman Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-4-2 Position (Linesman Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11–⁠5 Line Judge Basic Responsibilities (Line Judge Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-5-1 (Line Judge Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-5-2 Position (Line Judge Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11–⁠6 Field Judge Basic Responsibilities (Field Judge Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-6-1 (Field Judge Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-6-2 Position (Field Judge Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11–⁠7 Side Judge Basic Responsibilities (Side Judge Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-7-1 (Side Judge Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-7-2 Position (Side Judge Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11–⁠8 Back Judge Basic Responsibilities (Back Judge Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-8-1 (Back Judge Basic Responsibilities)
  • Removed Rule 11-8-2 Position (Back Judge Basic Responsibilities)

Rule 12: Instant Replay

  • New Rule 12–⁠1 Purpose and Philosophy (Purpose and Philosophy)
  • Removed Rule 12–⁠1 Definition (Purpose and Philosophy)
  • New Rule 12-1-1 Purpose (Purpose and Philosophy)
  • Removed Rule 12-1-1 Definition (Purpose and Philosophy)
  • New Rule 12-1-2 Philosophy (Purpose and Philosophy)
  • Changed Rule 12-2-1 Participation (Eligibility for Instant Replay)
  • Changed Rule 12-3-1 Scoring Plays (Reviewable Plays)
  • New Rule 12-3-3 Dead Ball and Loose Ball (Reviewable Plays)
  • New Rule 12-3-4 Kicks (Reviewable Plays)
  • Changed Rule 12-3-5 Miscellaneous (Reviewable Plays)
  • Renumbered Rule 12-3-6 Limitations on Reviewable Plays (Reviewable Plays) was Rule 12-3-4
  • Changed Rule 12-4-2 Equipment (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location)
  • Changed Rule 12-4-3 Location (Instant Replay Personnel, Equipment and Location)
  • Changed Rule 12-6-2 Restrictions (Reviewing an On-field Ruling)
  • Changed Rule 12-7-1 Criterion for Reversal (Reversing an On-Field Ruling)

Only the first sentence of each article is compared, so a change deeper in an article (most penalty clauses, the overtime procedure) doesn’t show here, and a change that shows may be rewording. No rule text is kept: only numbers and headings. Rule books: NCAA, via Pierce’s provision dataset (Zenodo, CC BY 4.0).