Michael Dyer

College football's national champions continue to reside in the Southeastern Conference.

Wes Byrum drilled a 19-yard field goal as time expired to give Auburn a 22-19 win over Oregon, allowing the No.1 Tigers to the finish 14-0. The kick came after Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton and freshman running back Michael Dyer fueled a 73-yard drive that began once the Ducks tied the game on a touchdown and a 2 point conversion.

Dyer made the 2 biggest plays on the winning drive. First he rolled over an Oregon tackler for a 7 yard gain near midfield, stayed on his feet and scooted another 30 yards to the Oregon 23. Dyer ran 16 yards on the next play to put Auburn at the 1.

Auburn was milking a 19-11 lead late in the 4th quarter until Oregon's Casey Matthews knocked the ball from Newton's hands, setting up a 45-yard drive that ended when Darron Thomas threw a shovel pass to LaMichael James for a touchdown. Thomas then hit Jeff Maehl for the tying 2 point conversion with 2:33 left.

Newton and Dyer immediately marched the Tigers down field until Byrum's kick gave Auburn its first national championship since 1957. Dyer finished with 143 yards on 22 carries while helping the Tigers roll up over 500 total yards. Newton ran 22 times for just 64 yards and a near-disastrous fumble, but he also threw for 265 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Thomas finished with 363 passing yards and 2 touchdowns, both to James. However, Oregon scored 30 points below its season average and was shut out by Auburn for over 38 consecutive minutes. James managed just 49 rushing yards, 104 below his season average.