Last Second Scoring

[With_Two_Flakes]

Several folks have quoted examples of games prior to 2006 that did not force the try to be run. Seems that those crews got it right by the rule in use at that time. Prior to 2006, as Theisey said in his post the rule said "a TRY down is mandatory unless the team behind in the score leaves the field".
The 2006 NCAA Rules changed it to read "try shall not be attempted unless the point(s) would affect the outcome of the game."

The reason I know the answer to this is because it was a question I got wrong on our annual Rules test here in the UK. I was ticked off that I got the question wrong and I couldn't see (with a 2 point difference in the score) that the Rules Ctte would want the try to be attempted. I found this NCAA newsletter that proved I was wrong and saved the link to it.
http://www1.ncaa.org/eprise/main/pla...PreviewState=0

NCAA Football Play Situations Bulletin No.2 issued Sept 15 2006 (specifically Situation 11) from John Adams.

11. On the last play of the 4th period, Team A has scored a touchdown to take a 32-30 lead. Ruling: The try must be "attempted" since Team B could score 2 points. Attempted is defined as running a legal play (8-3-2-a).