January 2007 in Sports - 8 January 2007 (Monday)

8 January 2007 (Monday)

• American football: NCAA Bowl Championship Series
  • BCS Championship Game: (2) Florida 41, (1) Ohio State 14. The Gators shock the previously undefeated Buckeyes to win the national championship. Florida holds the Buckeyes to 82 yards of total offense; Ohio State's quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith, goes 4-for-14. Half of Ohio State's points come on Ted Ginn Jr.'s return of the opening kickoff for a touchdown, but Ginn injures his ankles in the celebration that follows and does not return.
  • Boise State, the only undefeated team in Division I college football in 2006–07, wins one first-place vote in the year-end Associated Press poll, robbing the Gators of unanimity, and also becoming the second team in 3 seasons that was undefeated but not champion. Ohio State finishes number two despite the championship debacle.

• Basketball:
  • The WNBA holds its dispersal draft from the roster of the defunct Charlotte Sting. The Chicago Sky make Monique Currie the top pick.

• Freestyle skiing:
  • The International Ski Federation and the local organizing committee at Madonna di Campiglio agree to postpone the Freestyle Skiing World Championships. The event was originally scheduled for 22–27 January but will be now held on 5–11 March.