2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series selected the #1 and #2 ranked teams to play for the national championship on January 8. The 2006 season marked a change for the BCS system, as the BCS National Championship Game became a standalone bowl game for the first time, to be played at the site of one of the four BCS bowls (the Fiesta, Orange, Sugar, and Rose Bowls) on a rotating basis.

2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season

Section Title: Bowl Championship Series
Table Section Text: The Bowl Championship Series selected the #1 and #2 ranked teams to play for the national championship on January 8. The 2006 season marked a change for the BCS system, as the BCS National Championship Game became a standalone bowl game for the first time, to be played at the site of one of the four BCS bowls (the Fiesta, Orange, Sugar, and Rose Bowls) on a rotating basis.

Bowl game	Date	Playing as visitor	Playing as home	Score

BCS National Championship Game	January 8	#2 Florida	#1 Ohio State	41 – 14

Sugar Bowl	January 3	#11 Notre Dame	#4 LSU	14 – 41

Orange Bowl	January 2	#5 Louisville	#15 Wake Forest	24 – 13

Fiesta Bowl	January 1	#9 Boise State	#7 Oklahoma	43 – 42 (OT)

Rose Bowl	January 1	#8 Southern California	#3 Michigan	32 – 18

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On January 8, #2 Florida Gators defeated #1 Ohio State by a score of 41–14 and won the BCS National Championship Game.

final_sentence: On January 8, #2 Florida Gators defeated #1 Ohio State by a score of 41–14 and won the BCS National Championship Game.