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1992 NCAA Division I-A football season

1992 NCAA Division I-A season
Number of teams 107
Preseason AP #1 Miami Hurricanes
Post-season
Bowl games 18
Heisman Trophy Gino Torretta, Miami, QB
Bowl Coalition Championship
1993 Sugar Bowl
Site Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Winner Alabama Crimson Tide
Division I-A football seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Florida State $ 8 0 0     11 1 0
#17 NC State 6 2 0     9 3 1
#19 North Carolina 5 3 0     9 3 0
#25 Wake Forest 4 4 0     8 4 0
Virginia 4 4 0     7 4 0
Georgia Tech 4 4 0     5 6 0
Clemson 3 5 0     5 6 0
Maryland 2 6 0     3 8 0
Duke 0 8 0     2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1992 Big East football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Miami (FL) 4 0 0     11 1 0
#6 Syracuse 6 1 0     10 2 0
Rutgers 4 2 0     7 4 0
#21 Boston College 2 1 1     8 3 1
West Virginia 2 3 1     5 4 2
Pittsburgh 1 3 0     3 9 0
Virginia Tech 1 4 0     2 8 1
Temple 0 6 0     1 10 0
  • The Big East did not crown an official champion until 1993 when full league play began.
Rankings from AP Poll
1992 Big 8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#14 Nebraska $ 6 1 0     9 3 0
#13 Colorado  % 5 1 1     9 2 1
#22 Kansas 4 3 0     8 4 0
Oklahoma 3 2 2     5 4 2
Oklahoma State 2 4 1     3 7 1
Kansas State 2 5 0     5 6 0
Iowa State 2 5 0     4 7 0
Missouri 2 5 0     3 8 0
  • † – Bowl Coalition representative as champion
    ‡ – Bowl Coalition at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll
1992 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Michigan $ 6 0 2     9 0 3
#18 Ohio State 5 2 1     8 3 1
Michigan State 5 3 0     5 6 0
Illinois 4 3 1     6 5 1
Iowa 4 4 0     5 7 0
Indiana 3 5 0     5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 5 0     5 6 0
Purdue 3 5 0     4 7 0
Northwestern 3 5 0     3 8 0
Minnesota 2 6 0     2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1992 Big West Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Nevada $ 5 1 0     7 5 0
San Jose State 4 2 0     7 4 0
Utah State 4 2 0     5 6 0
New Mexico State 3 3 0     6 5 0
UNLV 3 3 0     6 5 0
Pacific (CA) 2 4 0     3 8 0
Cal State Fullerton 0 6 0     2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1992 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Bowling Green $ 8 0 0     10 2 0
Western Michigan 6 3 0     7 3 1
Toledo 5 3 0     8 3 0
Akron 5 3 0     7 3 1
Miami 5 3 0     6 4 1
Ball State 5 4 0     5 6 0
Central Michigan 4 5 0     5 6 0
Kent State 2 7 0     2 9 0
Eastern Michigan 1 7 0     1 10 0
Ohio 1 7 0     1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1992 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#11 Washington + 6 2 0     9 3 0
#9 Stanford + 6 2 0     10 3 0
#15 Washington State 5 3 0     9 3 0
USC 5 3 0     6 5 1
Arizona 4 3 1     6 5 1
Arizona State 4 4 0     6 5 0
Oregon 4 4 0     6 6 0
UCLA 3 5 0     6 5 0
California 2 6 0     4 7 0
Oregon State 0 7 1     1 9 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1992 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Eastern Division
#10 Florida xy 6 2 0     9 4 0
#8 Georgia x 6 2 0     10 2 0
#12 Tennessee 5 3 0     9 3 0
South Carolina 3 5 0     5 6 0
Kentucky 2 6 0     4 7 0
Vanderbilt 2 6 0     4 7 0
Western Division
#1 Alabama x$ 8 0 0     13 0 0
#16 Ole Miss 5 3 0     9 3 0
#23 Mississippi State 4 4 0     7 5 0
Arkansas 3 4 1     3 7 1
Auburn 2 5 1     5 5 1
LSU 1 7 0     2 9 0
Championship: Alabama 28, Florida 21
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
1992 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#7 Texas A&M $ 7 0 0     12 1 0
Baylor 4 3 0     7 5 0
Rice 4 3 0     6 5 0
Texas 4 3 0     6 5 0
Texas Tech 4 3 0     5 6 0
SMU 2 5 0     5 6 0
Houston 2 5 0     4 7 0
TCU 1 6 0     2 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Coalition and concluded with Alabama's first national championship in thirteen years—their first since the departure of Bear Bryant. One of Bryant's former players, Gene Stallings, was the head coach, and he used a style similar to Bryant's, a smashmouth running game combined with a tough defense.

The members of the Bowl Coalition were the Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl Classic, and Fiesta Bowl. Under the agreement the Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, and Cotton Bowl Classic hosted the Southeastern Conference, Big 8, and Southwest Conference champions, respectively, and then a pool of at large teams was formed between the Atlantic Coast Conference champ, the Big East champ, Notre Dame, and two conference runners-up from the Big 8, SWC, ACC, Big East and Pac-10. The highest ranked host team would play the highest ranked at-large team. If the two highest ranked teams were both at-large teams, the championship game would be hosted by the Fiesta Bowl.

So for this year, (host) SEC champ Alabama played (at-large) Big East Champ Miami-FL, the Orange Bowl featured (host) Big-8 champ Nebraska and (at-large) ACC champ Florida St., the Cotton Bowl Classic featured (host) SWC champ Texas A&M and (at-large) independent Notre Dame, and the Fiesta Bowl featured (at-large) Big East runner up Syracuse and (at-large) Big 8 runner up Colorado.


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