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1991 NCAA Division I-A football season

1991 NCAA Division I-A season
Number of teams 107
Preseason AP #1 Florida State Seminoles
Post-season
Bowl games 18
AP Poll #1 Miami Hurricanes
Coaches Poll #1 Washington Huskies
Heisman Trophy Desmond Howard, Michigan WR-KR
Winner Miami Hurricanes (AP)
Washington Huskies (Coaches)
Division I-A football seasons
← 1990
1992 →
1991 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#18 Clemson $ 6 0 1     9 2 1
#24 NC State 5 2 0     9 3 0
Georgia Tech 5 2 0     8 5 0
Virginia 4 2 1     8 3 1
North Carolina 3 4 0     7 4 0
Maryland 2 5 0     2 9 0
Duke 1 6 0     4 6 1
Wake Forest 1 6 0     3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1991 Big East football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#11 Syracuse 5 0 0     10 2 0
#1 Miami (FL) 2 0 0     12 0 0
Virginia Tech 1 0 0     5 6 0
Pittsburgh 3 2 0     6 5 0
West Virginia 3 4 0     6 5 0
Rutgers 2 3 0     6 5 0
Boston College 2 4 0     4 7 0
Temple 0 5 0     2 9 0
  • The Big East did not crown an official champion until 1993 when full league play began.
Rankings from AP Poll
1991 Big 8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#15 Nebraska + 6 0 1     9 2 1
#20 Colorado + 6 0 1     8 3 1
#16 Oklahoma 5 2 0     9 3 0
Kansas State 4 3 0     7 4 0
Kansas 3 4 0     6 5 0
Iowa State 1 5 1     3 7 1
Missouri 1 6 0     3 7 1
Oklahoma State 0 6 1     0 10 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1991 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#6 Michigan $ 8 0 0     10 2 0
#10 Iowa 7 1 0     10 1 1
Ohio State 5 3 0     8 4 0
Indiana 5 3 0     7 4 1
Illinois 4 4 0     6 6 0
Purdue 3 5 0     4 7 0
Michigan State 3 5 0     3 8 0
Wisconsin 2 6 0     5 6 0
Northwestern 2 6 0     3 8 0
Minnesota 1 7 0     2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1991 Big West Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Fresno State + 6 1 0     10 2 0
San Jose State + 6 1 0     6 4 1
Utah State 5 2 0     5 6 0
Pacific (CA) 4 3 0     5 7 0
UNLV 2 5 0     4 7 0
Long Beach State 2 5 0     2 9 0
New Mexico State 2 5 0     2 9 0
Cal State Fullerton 1 6 0     2 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1991 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Bowling Green $ 8 0 0     11 1 0
Central Michigan 3 1 4     6 1 4
Miami 4 3 1     6 4 1
Toledo 4 3 1     5 5 1
Ball State 4 4 0     6 5 0
Western Michigan 4 4 0     6 5 0
Eastern Michigan 3 4 1     3 7 1
Ohio 1 6 1     2 8 1
Kent State 1 7 0     1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1991 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#2 Washington $   8 0         12 0  
#8 California   6 2         10 2  
#19 UCLA   6 2         9 3  
#22 Stanford   6 2         8 4  
Arizona State   4 4         6 5  
Washington State   3 5         4 7  
Arizona   3 5         4 7  
USC   2 6         3 8  
Oregon   1 7         3 8  
Oregon State   1 7         1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1991 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#7 Florida $ 7 0 0     10 2 0
#5 Alabama 6 1 0     11 1 0
#14 Tennessee 5 2 0     9 3 0
#17 Georgia 4 3 0     9 3 0
Mississippi State 4 3 0     7 5 0
LSU 3 4 0     5 6 0
Vanderbilt 3 4 0     5 6 0
Auburn 2 5 0     5 6 0
Ole Miss 1 6 0     5 6 0
Kentucky 0 7 0     3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1991 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#12 Texas A&M $ 8 0 0     10 2 0
Baylor 5 3 0     8 4 0
Texas Tech 5 3 0     6 5 0
Arkansas 5 3 0     6 6 0
TCU 4 4 0     7 4 0
Texas 4 4 0     5 6 0
Houston 3 5 0     4 7 0
Rice 2 6 0     4 7 0
SMU 0 8 0     1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split champion for the second consecutive season. Both the Miami Hurricanes and the Washington Huskies finished the season undefeated (12-0) and with the top ranking in a nationally recognized poll. Under the conference-bowl selection alignments of the time, the Hurricanes and Huskies could not meet in a decisive title game because A) Washington was slotted into the Rose Bowl as the Pac-10 champions and B) the other spot in the Rose Bowl was automatically given to the Big 10 champions, in this case Michigan. The Rose Bowl's selection terms also thwarted potential title matchups of undefeated teams in 1994 and 1997; since the 1998 BCS realignment, several Pac-10 and Big 10 teams have been able to play in a BCS title game instead of being forced to play a non-title contender in the Rose Bowl; these include the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2002, 2006 and 2007, the USC Trojans in 2004 and 2005 and the Oregon Ducks in 2010.

The Hurricanes closed the 1991 season with a 22-0 shutout over #11 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl, but their season was defined by a dramatic November victory over then-#1 ranked and perennial rival Florida State. That game ended with the FSU place kicker missing a field goal, wide right, which would become a theme in the Miami-FSU rivalry; this game later took on the moniker "Wide Right I." Nebraska lost to both national champions in 1991 and finished at 9-2-1, ranked fifteenth in the AP poll.


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