🏈 The 1993 college football season
The champion and its path, the poll race week by week, the honours, the best games and every conference table.
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1993 national champion
Named by the selectors, with the road it took.
The path, Florida State12-1
- Aug 28vsKansasW42-0Kickoff Classic
- Sep 4atDukeW45-7
- Sep 11vs#21ClemsonW57-0
- Sep 18at#13North CarolinaW33-7
- Oct 2vsGeorgia TechW51-0
- Oct 9vs#3Miami (FL)W28-10
- Oct 16vs#15VirginiaW40-14
- Oct 30vsWake ForestW54-0
- Nov 6atMarylandW49-20
- Nov 13at#2Notre DameL24-31
- Nov 20vsNorth Carolina StateW62-3
- Nov 27at#7FloridaW33-21
- Jan 1vs#2NebraskaW18-16Orange Bowl
The 1993 title game
The game that settled the title, then the rest of the major bowls.
Bowl Coalition
Title game · 1 game
The other major bowls
- Cotton BowlJan 1#4Notre Dame24#7Texas A&M21
- Fiesta BowlJan 1#16Arizona29#10Miami (FL)0
- Rose BowlJan 1#9Wisconsin21#14UCLA16
- Sugar BowlJan 1#8Florida41
The 1993 poll race
Rank by poll week, 1 at the top, or Elo by week. A poll line breaks where a team was unranked.
How this is measured
The final top five and the champion are drawn in team colours; everyone else is muted until you tap a line or pick a team. The grid under a poll chart has the same ranks, team by week, so a rank can be read as a number as well as a height. Where the College Football Playoff or BCS ranking also ran, switch between it and the AP poll. The Elo view plots each team's rating on the poll dates for the teams that finished in the Elo top 15 or were ranked at any point, and its Show filter works the same way.
- Conference title week
- Break before bowls
- Bowl season
Tap or drag on the chart to read a team's rank in any week.
AP rank, team by week
| Team | Aug17 | 31 | Sep7 | 14 | 21 | 27 | Oct4 | 11 | 18 | 25 | Nov1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 29 | Dec6 | Jan3final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Notre Dame | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Nebraska | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Auburn | 23 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| Florida | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | |||
| West Virginia | 24 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Penn State | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 |
| Texas A&M | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Arizona | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 10 |
| Ohio State | 17 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Tennessee | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Boston College | 21 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | |||||||
| Alabama | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 14 |
| Miami (FL) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 15 |
| Colorado | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| Oklahoma | 22 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
| UCLA | 25 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | ||||||
| North Carolina | 20 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 19 |
| Kansas State | 25 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
| Michigan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | |||
| Virginia Tech | 25 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Clemson | 23 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | |||||||||
| Louisville | 23 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 25 | 24 | |||||||
| California | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Indiana | 23 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Fresno State | 25 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 25 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||||||
| USC | 18 | 22 | |||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 25 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 23 | |||||||
| Wyoming | 24 | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Washington | 12 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 25 | |||||||
| North Carolina State | 25 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 24 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Syracuse | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 24 | 23 | ||||||||
| Washington State | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Stanford | 15 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 13 | 14 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 24 | 23 |
Tap a rank to read it and highlight that team on the chart above.
Movers
AP rank on Aug 17 against the final AP rank. NR is not ranked.
Risers
- AuburnNR → #4
- WisconsinNR → #6
- West VirginiaNR → #7
- Penn State#16 → #8
- Boston College#21 → #13
Fallers
- Syracuse#6 → NR
- Michigan#3 → #21
- Washington#12 → NR
- Georgia#13 → NR
- Alabama#2 → #14
1993 final polls
The last ranking of the season in each poll.
1993 final pollsAP, Coaches, Elo
AP and Coaches
Jan 3 final| AP | Team | C | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida StateAPCTitle | 1 | 12-1 |
| 2 | 2 | 11-1 | |
| 3 | 3 | 11-1 | |
| 4 | 11-0 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 11-2 | |
| 6 | 5 | 10-1-1 | |
| 7 | 6 | 11-1 | |
| 8 | 7 | 10-2 | |
| 9 | 8 | 10-2 | |
| 10 | 9 | 10-2 | |
| 11 | 10 | 10-1-1 | |
| 12 | 11 | 9-2-1 | |
| 13 | 12 | 9-3 | |
| 14 | 13 | 9-3-1 | |
| 15 | 15 | 9-3 | |
| 16 | 16 | 8-3-1 | |
| 17 | 14 | 9-3 | |
| 18 | 17 | 8-4 | |
| 19 | 21 | 10-3 | |
| 20 | 18 | 9-2-1 | |
| 21 | 19 | 8-4 | |
| 22 | 20 | 9-3 | |
| 23 | 22 | 9-3 | |
| 24 | 23 | 9-3 | |
| 25 | 24 | 9-4 | |
| Coaches only | |||
| 25 | |||
Elo top 25
rating, zAPAP championCCoaches championTitleTitle game winner
1993 conference championship games
The title game of each conference that played one, by date. The percentage is the winner's pre-game Elo win chance.
The 1993 honours
The Heisman vote and the major awards side by side, then the All-Americans.
The 1993 honoursHeisman: Charlie Ward
Heisman Trophy voting
Major awards
Barry Alvarez
AFCA Coach of the Year Award · Coach · Wisconsin
Rob Waldrop
Bronko Nagurski Award · DL · Arizona
Charlie Ward
Davey O'Brien Award · QB · Florida State
Trev Alberts
Dick Butkus Award · LB · Nebraska
Byron Morris
Doak Walker Award · RB · Texas Tech
Show all 12 awards
Antonio Langham
Jim Thorpe Award · DB · Alabama
Charlie Ward
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award · QB · Florida State
Judd Davis
Lou Groza Award · PK · Florida
Charlie Ward
Maxwell Award · QB · Florida State
Rob Waldrop
Outland Trophy · NG · Arizona
Aaron Taylor
Vince Lombardi/Rotary Award · OT · Notre Dame
Charlie Ward
Walter Camp Award · QB · Florida State
Consensus All-Americans
A star marks a unanimous selection.
QB
- Charlie Ward★ unanimousFlorida State
RB
- LeShon Johnson★ unanimousNorthern Illinois
- Marshall Faulk★ unanimousSan Diego State
Show all 11 positions
OL
- Wayne GandyAuburn
- Stacy SeegarsClemson
- Aaron Taylor★ unanimousNotre Dame
- Mark DixonVirginia
C
- Jim Pyne★ unanimousVirginia Tech
DL
- Rob Waldrop★ unanimousArizona
- Dan WilkinsonOhio State
- Sam AdamsTexas A&M
LB
- Derrick Brooks★ unanimousFlorida State
- Trev Alberts★ unanimousNebraska
- Jamir MillerUCLA
DB
- Antonio Langham★ unanimousAlabama
- Corey SawyerFlorida State
- Jeff BurrisNotre Dame
- Aaron GlennTexas A&M
P
- Terry DanielAuburn
KR
- David PalmerAlabama
PK
- Bjorn MertenUCLA
QB
- Charlie Ward★ unanimousFlorida State
RB
- LeShon Johnson★ unanimousNorthern Illinois
- Marshall Faulk★ unanimousSan Diego State
OL
- Wayne GandyAuburn
- Stacy SeegarsClemson
- Aaron Taylor★ unanimousNotre Dame
- Mark DixonVirginia
C
- Jim Pyne★ unanimousVirginia Tech
DL
- Rob Waldrop★ unanimousArizona
- Dan WilkinsonOhio State
- Sam AdamsTexas A&M
LB
- Derrick Brooks★ unanimousFlorida State
- Trev Alberts★ unanimousNebraska
- Jamir MillerUCLA
DB
- Antonio Langham★ unanimousAlabama
- Corey SawyerFlorida State
- Jeff BurrisNotre Dame
- Aaron GlennTexas A&M
P
- Terry DanielAuburn
KR
- David PalmerAlabama
PK
- Bjorn MertenUCLA
The best games of 1993
The ten best games of the season by Game Score. Switch to the Elo score for a second opinion.
How this is measured
Game score is the college football workbook's own rating of how good a game was; it weighs a lot more than the margin. The Elo score is a second view built from the ratings alone: the two teams' average pre-game Elo, plus stakes (150 for the national championship game, 90 for a playoff game or a major bowl, 40 for another bowl or a conference title game, 15 for a rivalry), plus up to 60 for a close finish and 15 for overtime. The Elo view takes its own top ten from every game between major teams. Sort by any column.
The best games of 199310 games
Rank by
Upsets of 1993
The results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of, lowest first.
How this is measured
Win chance is the winner's pre-game probability from the site's college football Elo ratings, home field included, so 3% means the winner would be expected to win about one time in thirty. Games against lower-level opponents count and carry a tag for the level (FCS, Division II and so on). Where the AP poll had ranks, the rank line is shown as context. Elo gap is the loser's pre-game rating minus the winner's.
Upsets of 199310 upsets
1993 standings by conference
Every conference at once: conference and overall record, and the final AP rank. A star marks the conference champion.
1993 standings by conference11 groups
Atlantic Coast
9 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | AP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State★ conference champion | 8-0 | 12-1 | #1 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 6-2 | 10-3 | #19 |
| 3 | Clemson | 5-3 | 9-3 | #23 |
| 4 | Virginia | 5-3 | 7-5 | |
| 5 | North Carolina State | 4-4 | 7-5 | |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | 3-5 | 5-6 | |
| 7 | Duke | 2-6 | 3-8 | |
| 8 | Maryland | 2-6 | 2-9 | |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 1-7 | 2-9 |
Big East
8 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | AP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia★ conference champion | 7-0 | 11-1 | #7 |
| 2 | Miami (FL) | 6-1 | 9-3 | #15 |
| 3 | Boston College | 5-2 | 9-3 | #13 |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 4-3 | 9-3 | #22 |
| 5 | Syracuse | 3-4 | 6-4-1 | |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 2-5 | 3-8 | |
| 7 | Rutgers | 1-6 | 4-7 | |
| 8 | Temple | 0-7 | 1-10 |
Big Eight
8 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | AP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebraska★ conference champion | 7-0 | 11-1 | #3 |
| 2 | Colorado | 5-1-1 | 8-3-1 | #16 |
| 3 | Kansas State | 4-2-1 | 9-2-1 | #20 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 4-3 | 9-3 | #17 |
| 5 | Kansas | 3-4 | 5-7 | |
| 6 | Missouri | 2-5 | 3-7-1 | |
| 7 | Iowa State | 2-5 | 3-8 | |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 0-7 | 3-8 |
Big Ten
11 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | AP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State★ conference champion | 6-1-1 | 10-1-1 | #11 |
| 2 | Wisconsin★ conference champion | 6-1-1 | 10-1-1 | #6 |
| 3 | Penn State | 6-2 | 10-2 | #8 |
| 4 | Indiana | 5-3 | 8-4 | |
| 5 | Michigan | 5-3 | 8-4 | #21 |
| 6 | Illinois | 5-3 | 5-6 | |
| 7 | Michigan State | 4-4 | 6-6 | |
| 8 | Iowa | 3-5 | 6-6 | |
| 9 | Minnesota | 3-5 | 4-7 | |
| 10 | Northwestern | 0-8 | 2-9 | |
| 11 | Purdue | 0-8 | 1-10 |
Big West
10 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SW Louisiana★ conference champion | 5-1 | 8-3 | |
| 2 | Utah State★ conference champion | 5-1 | 7-5 | |
| 3 | Nevada | 5-2 | 7-4 | |
| 4 | New Mexico State | 4-3 | 5-6 | |
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 3-3 | 4-7 | |
| 6 | Pacific | 2-4 | 3-8 | |
| 7 | UNLV | 2-4 | 3-8 | |
| 8 | Louisiana Tech | 2-4 | 2-9 | |
| 9 | San Jose State | 2-4 | 2-9 | |
| 10 | Arkansas State | 1-5 | 2-8-1 |
Mid-American
10 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ball State★ conference champion | 7-0-1 | 8-3-1 | |
| 2 | Western Michigan | 6-1-1 | 7-3-1 | |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 5-1-2 | 6-3-2 | |
| 4 | Central Michigan | 5-4 | 5-6 | |
| 5 | Akron | 4-4 | 5-6 | |
| 6 | Ohio | 4-5 | 4-7 | |
| 7 | Eastern Michigan | 3-5 | 4-7 | |
| 8 | Toledo | 3-5 | 4-7 | |
| 9 | Miami (OH) | 3-6 | 4-7 | |
| 10 | Kent State | 0-9 | 0-11 |
Pacific-10
10 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | AP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona★ conference champion | 6-2 | 10-2 | #10 |
| 2 | UCLA★ conference champion | 6-2 | 8-4 | #18 |
| 3 | USC★ conference champion | 6-2 | 8-5 | |
| 4 | Washington | 5-3 | 7-4 | |
| 5 | California | 4-4 | 9-4 | #25 |
| 6 | Arizona State | 4-4 | 6-5 | |
| 7 | Washington State | 3-5 | 5-6 | |
| 8 | Oregon | 2-6 | 5-6 | |
| 9 | Oregon State | 2-6 | 4-7 | |
| 10 | Stanford | 2-6 | 4-7 |
Southeastern
12 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | AP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western | ||||
| 1 | Auburn | 8-0 | 11-0 | #4 |
| 2 | Alabama | 5-2-1 | 9-3-1 | #14 |
| 3 | Arkansas | 3-4-1 | 5-5-1 | |
| 4 | LSU | 3-5 | 5-6 | |
| 5 | Mississippi | 3-5 | 5-6 | |
| 6 | Mississippi State | 2-5-1 | 3-6-2 | |
| Eastern | ||||
| 1 | Florida★ conference champion | 7-1 | 11-2 | #5 |
| 2 | Tennessee | 6-1-1 | 9-2-1 | #12 |
| 3 | Kentucky | 4-4 | 6-6 | |
| 4 | Georgia | 2-6 | 5-6 | |
| 5 | South Carolina | 2-6 | 4-7 | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 1-7 | 4-7 | |
Southwest
8 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | AP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A&M★ conference champion | 7-0 | 10-2 | #9 |
| 2 | Texas | 5-2 | 5-5-1 | |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 5-2 | 6-6 | |
| 4 | Rice | 3-4 | 6-5 | |
| 5 | Baylor | 3-4 | 5-6 | |
| 6 | TCU | 2-5 | 4-7 | |
| 7 | SMU | 1-5-1 | 2-7-2 | |
| 8 | Houston | 1-5-1 | 1-9-1 |
Western Athletic
10 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresno State★ conference champion | 6-2 | 8-4 | |
| 2 | Wyoming★ conference champion | 6-2 | 8-4 | |
| 3 | BYU★ conference champion | 6-2 | 6-6 | |
| 4 | Utah | 5-3 | 7-6 | |
| 5 | Colorado State | 5-3 | 5-6 | |
| 6 | New Mexico | 4-4 | 6-5 | |
| 7 | San Diego State | 4-4 | 6-6 | |
| 8 | Hawaii | 3-5 | 6-6 | |
| 9 | Air Force | 1-7 | 4-8 | |
| 10 | UTEP | 0-8 | 1-11 |
Independent
10 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | AP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | - | 11-1 | #2 |
| 2 | Louisville | - | 9-3 | #24 |
| 3 | Cincinnati | - | 8-3 | |
| 4 | Army | - | 6-5 | |
| 5 | Memphis State | - | 6-5 | |
| 6 | Tulsa | - | 4-6-1 | |
| 7 | Navy | - | 4-7 | |
| 8 | Tulane | - | 3-9 | |
| 9 | Southern Mississippi | - | 2-8-1 | |
| 10 | East Carolina | - | 2-9 |
1993 bowls
One line per game, latest first. A tag marks the playoff and the other major bowls.
1993 bowls19 bowls
Show all 19 bowls
I-AA. Shown for context. These seasons do not count in this hub’s major-college records.
Champion
I-AA national champion.
I-AA champion
Youngstown State
Playoff
Round by round.
I-AA playoff
First Round · 8 games
Quarterfinals · 4 games
Semifinals · 2 games
Championship · 1 game
1993 standings by conference
Overall and conference record.
1993 standings by conference14 groups
American West
5 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UC Davis | 3-1 | 10-2 | |
| 2 | Southern Utah | 3-1 | 3-7-1 | |
| 3 | Sacramento State | 2-2 | 4-6 | |
| 4 | Cal Poly-SLO | 1-3 | 6-4 | |
| 5 | CSU-Northridge | 1-3 | 4-6 |
Big Sky
8 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montana | 7-0 | 10-2 | |
| 2 | Idaho | 5-2 | 11-3 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington | 5-2 | 7-3 | |
| 4 | Montana State | 4-3 | 7-4 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona | 3-4 | 7-4 | |
| 6 | Weber State | 3-4 | 7-4 | |
| 7 | Boise State | 1-6 | 3-8 | |
| 8 | Idaho State | 0-7 | 2-9 |
Gateway
7 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Iowa | 5-1 | 8-4 | |
| 2 | SW Missouri State | 4-2 | 7-4 | |
| 3 | Western Illinois | 4-2 | 4-7 | |
| 4 | Illinois State | 2-3 | 6-4-1 | |
| 5 | Eastern Illinois | 2-3 | 3-7-1 | |
| 6 | Indiana State | 2-4 | 4-7 | |
| 7 | Southern Illinois | 1-5 | 2-9 |
Ivy
8 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | 7-0 | 10-0 | |
| 2 | Dartmouth | 6-1 | 7-3 | |
| 3 | Princeton | 5-2 | 8-2 | |
| 4 | Brown | 3-4 | 4-6 | |
| 5 | Cornell | 3-4 | 4-6 | |
| 6 | Yale | 2-5 | 3-7 | |
| 7 | Harvard | 1-6 | 3-7 | |
| 8 | Columbia | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Metro Atlantic
6 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iona | 5-0 | 9-2 | |
| 2 | Canisius | 4-1 | 5-5 | |
| 3 | St. John's | 8-3 | 8-3 | |
| 4 | Georgetown | 2-3 | 4-5 | |
| 5 | St. Peter's | 1-4 | 3-7 | |
| 6 | Siena | 0-5 | 0-10 |
Mid-Eastern
6 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howard | 6-0 | 11-1 | |
| 2 | South Carolina State | 4-2 | 8-4 | |
| 3 | Delaware State | 4-2 | 6-5 | |
| 4 | North Carolina A&T | 3-3 | 8-3 | |
| 5 | Florida A&M | 3-3 | 5-6 | |
| 6 | Morgan State | 1-5 | 3-8 |
Ohio Valley
9 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Kentucky | 8-0 | 8-4 | |
| 2 | Tennessee Tech | 7-1 | 8-3 | |
| 3 | UT-Martin | 5-3 | 6-5 | |
| 4 | Middle Tennessee State | 4-4 | 5-6 | |
| 5 | Murray State | 4-4 | 4-7 | |
| 6 | Tennessee State | 4-4 | 4-7 | |
| 7 | Morehead State | 2-6 | 3-8 | |
| 8 | SE Missouri State | 2-6 | 3-8 | |
| 9 | Austin Peay | 0-8 | 1-10 |
Patriot
6 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lehigh | 4-1 | 7-4 | |
| 2 | Lafayette | 3-1 | 5-4-2 | |
| 3 | Bucknell | 3-2 | 4-7 | |
| 4 | Holy Cross | 2-3 | 3-8 | |
| 5 | Colgate | 1-3 | 3-7-1 | |
| 6 | Fordham | 1-4 | 1-10 |
Pioneer
6 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dayton | 5-0 | 9-1 | |
| 2 | Drake | 3-2 | 8-2 | |
| 3 | Butler | 3-2 | 4-6 | |
| 4 | Evansville | 2-3 | 6-4 | |
| 5 | San Diego | 1-4 | 5-5 | |
| 6 | Valparaiso | 1-4 | 5-5 |
Southern
9 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 7-1 | 10-3 | |
| 2 | Marshall | 6-2 | 11-4 | |
| 3 | Western Carolina | 5-3 | 6-5 | |
| 4 | Furman | 4-4 | 5-5-1 | |
| 5 | Citadel | 4-4 | 5-6 | |
| 6 | Appalachian State | 4-4 | 4-7 | |
| 7 | East Tennessee State | 3-5 | 5-6 | |
| 8 | UT-Chattanooga | 2-6 | 4-7 | |
| 9 | VMI | 1-7 | 1-10 |
Southland
8 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McNeese State | 7-0 | 10-3 | |
| 2 | Northeast Louisiana | 6-1 | 9-3 | |
| 3 | Stephen F. Austin | 5-2 | 8-4 | |
| 4 | Northwestern State | 3-4 | 5-6 | |
| 5 | North Texas | 2-5 | 4-7 | |
| 6 | Sam Houston State | 2-5 | 4-7 | |
| 7 | Nicholls State | 2-5 | 3-8 | |
| 8 | SW Texas State | 1-6 | 2-9 |
Southwestern Athletic
8 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern | 7-0 | 11-1 | |
| 2 | Alcorn State | 6-1 | 8-3 | |
| 3 | Grambling | 4-3 | 7-4 | |
| 4 | Alabama State | 3-3 | 5-4-1 | |
| 5 | Jackson State | 3-3 | 5-5-1 | |
| 6 | Mississippi Valley State | 2-3 | 4-4-2 | |
| 7 | Texas Southern | 1-6 | 2-9 | |
| 8 | Prairie View | 0-7 | 0-11 |
Yankee
12 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England | ||||
| 1 | Boston University | 8-0 | 12-1 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 6-2 | 9-2 | |
| 3 | Connecticut | 5-3 | 6-5 | |
| 4 | New Hampshire | 4-4 | 6-5 | |
| 5 | Rhode Island | 2-6 | 4-7 | |
| 6 | Maine | 2-6 | 3-8 | |
| Mid-Atlantic | ||||
| 1 | William & Mary | 7-1 | 9-3 | |
| 2 | Delaware | 6-2 | 9-4 | |
| 3 | James Madison | 4-4 | 6-5 | |
| 4 | Richmond | 3-5 | 5-6 | |
| 5 | Northeastern | 2-6 | 2-9 | |
| 6 | Villanova | 1-7 | 3-8 | |
Independent
18 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marist | - | 5-5 | |
| 2 | Duquesne | - | 4-6 | |
| 3 | Buffalo | - | 1-10 | |
| 4 | Central Connecticut State | - | 5-5 | |
| 5 | Central Florida | - | 9-3 | |
| 6 | Charleston Southern | - | 3-8 | |
| 7 | Davidson | - | 6-4 | |
| 8 | Hofstra | - | 6-3-1 | |
| 9 | Liberty | - | 5-5 | |
| 10 | Samford | - | 5-6 | |
| 11 | St. Francis (PA) | - | 3-7 | |
| 12 | St. Mary's | - | 6-3-1 | |
| 13 | Towson | - | 8-2 | |
| 14 | Troy State | - | 11-0-1 | |
| 15 | UAB | - | 9-2 | |
| 16 | Wagner | - | 9-2 | |
| 17 | Western Kentucky | - | 8-3 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State | - | 10-2 |
Where these numbers come from
Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.
Champions, polls, standings, bowls, honours and games are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college football database, built from its own workbook one season at a time. Team colours and crests are the current programs’, so a school is drawn the way it looks today even where it played under another name.
The AP poll begins in 1936, so earlier seasons have no poll race and no final poll, but they do have an Elo race, and their champions are those the selectors named. Before 1992 there was no title game, so those seasons list the major bowls instead; from 1992 the title game is shown with the other major bowls, and from 2014 the playoff bracket. Where the database has no entry for a section, the section is left out rather than shown empty.
Elo ratings, the upsets and the best games come from the site’s college football Elo, which rates every game since 1869 and counts games against lower-level opponents. Each season’s ratings are shown on a scale where the average major team ends the season at 1500; z is the distance from that average in standard deviations.