Their head coach was Jim Leavitt; they played all of their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

After a decisive win against UCF in Week 7, the Bulls made their first ever appearance in the BCS rankings, debuting at No.

[1] Three straight losses to Rutgers, UConn, and Cincinnati dropped them out of the Top 25, but they won their next three games to improve to 9–3 and climb back up to No.

Sophomore WR Jessie Hester Jr. had 64 yards receiving and caught the game-winning touchdown in overtime.

However, the heroes of the day were the Bulls' defense, who dominated UNC forcing three interceptions and allowing under 180 total yards.

The Tar Heels did not score their touchdown until there was less than one minute left in regulation and the Bulls had their second string defense on the field.

5 ranked team in the nation, before their first-ever sold out home crowd, with a total of announced attendance of 67,012.

Nursing a "West Virginia hangover" from their upset the week before, the Bulls looked sloppy against the Owls.

However, Benjamin Williams put the game out of reach with his fourth rushing touchdown with less than 40 seconds to go.

5 ranking is no fluke by decimating the cross-state Knights 64–12 in front of a home crowd announced at 65,948.

South Florida gained 543 total yards—over three times as much as UCF—while holding the ball three fewer minutes than the Knights.

3 in the Coaches and Harris Polls (behind Ohio State and Boston College), earning first-place votes in all three.

If the touchdown had been successful, the Bulls could have either sent the game into overtime or won by one point with a two-point conversion.

Looking to end a three-game losing skid, the Bulls recorded a lopsided victory over the Orange.

In the final game at Raymond James Stadium for the 2007 season, Louisville was looking for their 6th win of the year so that they could become bowl eligible.

Nate Allen successfully recovered the ball for South Florida and scored the fastest touchdown in school history (8 game seconds).

Two days after winning the game against Pittsburgh, it was announced that USF would be play in the Brut Sun Bowl against a team from the Pac-10 Conference.