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1993 NCAA Division I-A football season

1993 NCAA Division I-A season
Number of teams 106
Preseason AP #1 Florida State Seminoles
Post-season
Bowl games 19
Heisman Trophy Charlie Ward, Florida State, QB
Bowl Coalition Championship
1994 Orange Bowl
Site Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
Winner Florida State Seminoles
Division I-A football seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#1 Florida State $   8 0         12 1  
#19 North Carolina   6 2         10 3  
#23 Clemson   5 3         9 3  
Virginia   5 3         7 5  
NC State   4 4         7 5  
Georgia Tech   3 5         5 6  
Duke   2 6         3 8  
Maryland   2 6         2 9  
Wake Forest   1 7         2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1993 Big East football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#7 West Virginia $ 7 0 0     11 1 0
#15 Miami (FL) 6 1 0     9 3 0
#13 Boston College 5 2 0     9 3 0
#22 Virginia Tech 4 3 0     9 3 0
Syracuse 3 4 0     6 4 1
Pittsburgh 2 5 0     3 8 0
Rutgers 1 6 0     4 7 0
Temple 0 7 0     1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1993 Big 8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Nebraska $ 7 0 0     11 1 0
#16 Colorado 5 1 1     8 3 1
#20 Kansas State 4 2 1     9 2 1
#17 Oklahoma  % 4 3 0     9 3 0
Kansas 3 4 0     5 7 0
Missouri 2 5 0     3 7 1
Iowa State 2 5 0     3 8 0
Oklahoma State 0 7 0     3 8 0
  • † – Bowl Coalition representative as champion
    ‡ – Bowl Coalition at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll
1993 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#6 Wisconsin + 6 1 1     10 1 1
#11 Ohio State + 6 1 1     10 1 1
#8 Penn State 6 2 0     10 2 0
Indiana 5 3 0     8 4 0
#21 Michigan 5 3 0     8 4 0
Illinois 5 3 0     5 6 0
Michigan State 4 4 0     6 6 0
Iowa 3 5 0     6 6 0
Minnesota 3 5 0     4 7 0
Northwestern 0 8 0     2 9 0
Purdue 0 8 0     1 10 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1993 Big West Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Southwestern Louisiana + 5 1 0     8 3 0
Utah State + 5 1 0     7 5 0
Nevada 5 2 0     7 4 0
New Mexico State 4 3 0     5 6 0
Northern Illinois 3 3 0     4 7 0
Pacific (CA) 2 4 0     3 8 0
UNLV 2 4 0     3 8 0
Louisiana Tech 2 4 0     2 9 0
San Jose State 2 4 0     2 9 0
Arkansas State 1 5 0     2 8 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1993 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Ball State $ 7 0 1     8 3 1
Western Michigan 6 1 1     7 3 1
Bowling Green 5 1 2     6 3 2
Central Michigan 5 4 0     5 6 0
Akron 4 4 0     5 6 0
Ohio 4 5 0     4 7 0
Eastern Michigan 3 5 0     4 7 0
Toledo 3 5 0     4 7 0
Miami 3 6 0     4 7 0
Kent State 0 9 0     0 11 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1993 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#18 UCLA + 6 2 0     8 4 0
#10 Arizona + 6 2 0     10 2 0
USC + 6 2 0     8 5 0
Washington 5 3 0     7 4 0
#25 California 4 4 0     9 4 0
Arizona State 4 4 0     6 5 0
Washington State 3 5 0     5 6 0
Oregon 2 6 0     5 6 0
Stanford 2 6 0     4 7 0
Oregon State 2 6 0     4 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1993 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Eastern Division
#5 Florida x$ 7 1 0     11 2 0
#12 Tennessee 6 1 1     9 2 1
Kentucky 4 4 0     6 6 0
South Carolina 2 6 0     4 7 0
Georgia 2 6 0     5 6 0
Vanderbilt 1 7 0     4 7 0
Western Division
#4 Auburn 8 0 0     11 0 0
#14 Alabama x 5 2 1     9 3 1
Arkansas 3 4 1     5 5 1
LSU 3 5 0     5 6 0
Ole Miss 3 5 0     5 6 0
Mississippi State 2 5 1     3 6 2
Championship: Florida 28, Alabama 13
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Auburn had the best division record, but did not participate in postseason play due to NCAA probation. Alabama later forfeited all 1993 regular season wins and one tie due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll
1993 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#9 Texas A&M $ 7 0 0     10 2 0
Texas 5 2 0     5 5 1
Texas Tech 5 2 0     6 6 0
Rice 3 4 0     6 5 0
Baylor 3 4 0     5 6 0
TCU 2 5 0     4 7 0
SMU 1 5 1     2 7 2
Houston 1 5 1     1 9 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State crowned national champions, in both the AP and Coaches poll.

Under the Bowl Coalition, undefeated Big 8 champ and #2 ranked Nebraska hosted ACC champ and #1 ranked Florida State in the Orange Bowl. This produced a clear champion in the Coaches Poll and the AP poll, despite Florida State's loss to Notre Dame 31–24 during the regular season, in a game known by many as the "Game of the Century". This much hyped clash between #1 and #2 was the site of the first ever "live" broadcast of the ESPN College GameDay show and did not fail to live up to expectations as Irish defensive back Shawn Wooden batted down a Charlie Ward pass in the end zone with three seconds left to play. Despite the win over Florida State, Notre Dame's title chances ended the very next week when the Fighting Irish lost to #17 Boston College. Further controversy surrounded the inclusion of one-loss Florida State in the national title game over undefeated West Virginia, who was ranked #2 (ahead of Florida State) by the final regular season coaches' poll but not the AP (Nebraska was #2 in the AP).

Despite beating Florida State in the regular season, Notre Dame finished #2 in the two major polls. Florida State, during the 1993 regular season played #2 Notre Dame, #2 Nebraska, #3 Miami, #7 Florida, #13 North Carolina, #15 Virginia, and #17 Clemson. FSU went 3–1 vs top 7 teams while playing only 1 home game in the 4 contests.

Florida State's Charlie Ward threw for 3,032 yards, completed 70 percent of his passes and became the first player to win the Heisman Trophy and the national championship in the same season since Pittsburgh's Tony Dorsett in 1976.


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