The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) named Colorado State centerto its 2017 Outland Trophy Watch List on Thursday. The award is given annually to the nation's most outstanding interior lineman.The list includes 81 interior linemen, with representatives spanning all 10 Division I FBS conferences. Bennett is one of 19 centers on the list, and one of four players from the Mountain West.Bennett was named to the Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List on Monday, an award given to the most outstanding center in college football.Bennett was named Second Team All-Mountain West by the league's media and coaches last season, and also landed on Phil Steele's All-MW second team after starting all 13 games at center.The Lakewood, Colo., native helped anchor an offensive line that allowed just 1.0 sacks per game in 2016, ranking eighth in the NCAA. CSU's offense also ranked 12th in the country in passing efficiency, 31st in rushing offense. 28th in scoring offense and 30th in total offense.Bennett also started all 13 games for the Rams in his sophomore campaign in 2015, and made three starts in 2014 as a freshman before a knee injury ended his season.The Outland Trophy winner is chosen from three finalists who are a part of the annual FWAA All-America Team. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the entire membership, selects a 26-man first team and eventually the three Outland finalists. Committee members, then by individual ballot, select the winner. Only interior linemen on offense or defense are eligible for the award; ends are not eligible.The list will be trimmed to six or seven semifinalists on Wed, Nov. 15. Six days later, three Outland Trophy finalists will be named by the FWAA. The winner of the 72nd Outland Trophy – named after the late John Outland, an All-America lineman at Penn at the turn of the 20th century, will be announced live on ESPN at The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thurs., Dec. 7. For the third straight year, the show will air from the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.The Outland Trophy presentation banquet, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee, will be held on Jan. 10, 2018 in Omaha, Neb. Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden will receive the Tom Osborne Legacy Award at the same banquet.