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- December 9 - Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith wins the 2006 Heisman Trophy. Darren McFadden of Arkansas is the runner-up.
- December 2 - The 2006-07 Bowl Picture starts to firm-up as the regular season draws to a close.
- November 17 - Bo Schembechler the former coach of the Michigan Wolverines football program, died at the age of 77. His death came the day before one of the biggest games in the history of the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry as the two teams were each undefeated and respectively ranked #1 and #2 in the country.
- October 15 - After a game between the Miami Hurricanes and Florida International University is interrupted by a bench-clearing brawl, Miami Coach Larry Coker announces the suspension of eight players.
- September 16 - Controversial officiating leads coach Bob Stoops of the 2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team to ask that the result of his team's game versus the Oregon Ducks be over-turned. As a result of mistakes made, the Pacific-10 Conference has suspended the entire officiating crew who worked the game.
- September 6 - The 2006 NCAA Division I-A football season is underway as Notre Dame defeats Georgia Tech 14-10, #9 Cal is blown out by Tennessee, and Bobby Bowden's Florida State University Seminoles upset Miami. In the rankings released Tuesday, Ohio State, Texas, and USC occupy the top three spots in both polls.
- September 2 - "Godzillatron" debuts as the largest high-definition video screen in the world of college football.
- August 24 - Kansas Jayhawks defensive tackle Eric Butler alleges in a federal civil rights lawsuit that the NCAA violates Title IX by granting pregnancy leave to female student athletes, while he was denied an extra year of eligibility following the birth of his daughter.
- June 2006 - Former Heisman trophy winning running back Ricky Williams, having been suspended for the 2006 NFL season for violating the League's substance abuse policy for a fourth time, agrees to a contract with the Toronto Argonauts, although he announces that he plans to return to the Dolphins in 2007. (rm August 27, 2006)
- June 29 - Tragedy struck the Northwestern Wildcats football team when coach Randy Walker died, of an apparent heart attack. He was just 52 years old. The Northwestern community was stunned by the loss. Pat Fitzgerald was named the new head coach on July 7, 2006.
- August 23 - The Oklahoma Sooners ban their student athletes from working for Big Red Sports and Imports, a car dealership that had allegedly violated NCAA extra benefits rules by paying two players, Rhett Bomar and J.D. Quinn, for work that they did not perform. (rm October 15, 2006)