1993 NCAA Division I-A football season

1993 NCAA Division I-A season
Number of teams	106^[1]
Preseason AP #1	Florida State Seminoles^[2]
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 →

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.

The Alamo Bowl played its inaugural game.

The Sunshine Classic was no longer sponsored by Blockbuster Entertainment, and was now known as the Carquest Bowl.

Rule changes

The distance between the hashmarks was narrowed from 53 feet, 4 inches (the same as high school football, with the exception of Texas, which is the same as College Football at 40 feet) to 40 feet (the standard used by the National Football League through the 1971 season). This cut down on severe angles for kickers who attempted short field goals, although angles would still be far greater than those encountered by kickers in the NFL, where the hashmarks are the same width as the goalposts, 18 feet, 6 inches.
The "fumblerooski" play is outlawed as intentional fumbles are now illegal.
Players who are bleeding or have open wounds are required to leave the game until the bleeding is stopped and the wound treated.
The loss of down penalty associated with offensive pass interference has been deleted. The yardage penalty remains at 15 yards.
Officials are instructed to flag players for unsportsmanlike conduct (15 yards) for actions on the field that are prolonged, excessive, or meant to bring attention to themselves (such as the "Heisman pose" and the firing of six-shooters).
On kickoffs, at least four players must be lined up on either side of the kicker.
All balls must be made of leather. Composite and rubber balls were outlawed.

Conference and program changes

Five teams changed conferences and one team dropped its football team prior to the season. As such, the total number of Division I-A schools decreased to 106.

Penn State also played its first year as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Cal State Fullerton dropped its football program, which had been a member of the Big West.
The Big West responded by adding four new programs: Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana–Lafayette) and Arkansas State which had just made the jump to Division I-A in 1990, and former independents Northern Illinois and Louisiana Tech.

School	1992 Conference	1993 Conference
Arkansas State Indians	I-A Independent	Big West
Cal State Fullerton Titans	Big West	Dropped Program
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	I-A Independent	Big West
Northern Illinois Huskies	I-A Independent	Big West
Penn State Nittany Lions	I-A Independent	Big Ten
Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	I-A Independent	Big West

Conference standings

1993 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 1 Florida State $		8	–	0		12	–	1
No. 19 North Carolina		6	–	2		10	–	3
No. 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
No. 7 West Virginia $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 15 Miami (FL)	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Boston College	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 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
No. 3 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Colorado	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 20 Kansas State	4	–	2	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 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
No. 6 Wisconsin +	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
No. 11 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Penn State	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 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	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
New Mexico State	4	–	2	–	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
No. 18 UCLA +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 10 Arizona +	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
USC +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	5	–	0
Washington	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 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
No. 5 Florida x$	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Tennessee	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Georgia	2	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Western Division
No. 4 Auburn	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
Arkansas	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	5	–	2
LSU	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
No. 14 Alabama x	0*	–	8	–	0	1*	–	12	–	0
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 (9–3–1, 5–2–1) 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
No. 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

1993 WAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Fresno State +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Wyoming +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
BYU +	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Utah	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	6	–	0
Colorado State	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
New Mexico	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
San Diego State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Hawaii	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Air Force	1	–	7	–	0	4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	11	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1993 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Notre Dame		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 24 Louisville		–		9	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		8	–	3	–	0
Army		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis		–		6	–	5	–	0
Tulsa		–		4	–	6	–	1
Navy		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		3	–	9	–	0
Southern Miss		–		2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

#1 and #2 progress

Florida State's Seminoles were the unanimous choice for #1 beginning with the October 19 poll and the three after that, receiving all 62 votes. After Notre Dame's 31-24 defeat of Florida State on November 13, Notre Dame got all 62 first place votes in the next poll.

WEEKS	#1	#2	Event	Date
PRE - 7	Florida State	Alabama	Tennessee 17, Alabama 17	Oct 16
8 - 11	Florida State	Notre Dame	Notre Dame 31, Florida St. 24	Nov 13
12	Notre Dame	Florida State	Boston College 41, Notre Dame 39	Nov 20
13-15	Florida State	Nebraska	Florida State 18, Nebraska 16	Jan 1

Bowl games

Orange Bowl: #1 Florida State 18, #2 Nebraska 16
Rose Bowl: #9 Wisconsin 21, #14 UCLA 16
Sugar Bowl: #8 Florida 41, #3 West Virginia 7
Cotton Bowl Classic: #4 Notre Dame 24, #7 Texas A&M 21
Fiesta Bowl: #16 Arizona 29, #10 Miami 0
Florida Citrus Bowl: #13 Penn State 31, #6 Tennessee 13
Hall of Fame Bowl: #23 Michigan 42, NC State 7
Carquest Bowl: #15 Boston College 31, Virginia 13
Gator Bowl: #18 Alabama 24, #12 North Carolina 10
Peach Bowl: #24 Clemson 14, Kentucky 13
Alamo Bowl: California 37, Iowa 3
Independence Bowl: #22 Virginia Tech 45, #21 Indiana 20
Holiday Bowl: #11 Ohio State 28, BYU 21
Freedom Bowl: USC 28, Utah 21
Copper Bowl: #20 Kansas State 52, Wyoming 17
Liberty Bowl: #25 Louisville 18, Michigan State 7
Aloha Bowl: #17 Colorado 41, #25 Fresno St 30
John Hancock Bowl: #19 Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10
Las Vegas Bowl: Utah State 42, Ball State 33

Final rankings

Final AP Poll

Final Coaches Poll

Awards and honors

Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award is given to the Most Outstanding Player of the year

Winner: Charlie Ward, Florida State, Quarterback (2310 votes)

2. Heath Shuler, Tennessee, Jr.. QB (668 votes)
3. David Palmer, Alabama, Jr. WR (292 votes)
4. Marshall Faulk, San Diego State, Jr. RB (250 votes)
5. Glenn Foley, Boston College, Sr. QB (180 votes)

Other major awards

Maxwell Award (College Player of the Year) - Charlie Ward, Florida State
Walter Camp Award (Back) - Charlie Ward, Florida State
Davey O'Brien Award (Quarterback) - Charlie Ward, Florida State
Doak Walker Award (Running back) - Byron Morris, Texas Tech
Dick Butkus Award (Linebacker) - Trev Alberts, Nebraska
Lombardi Award (Lineman or linebacker) - Aaron Taylor, Notre Dame
Outland Trophy (Interior lineman) - Rob Waldrop, NG, Arizona
Jim Thorpe Award (Defensive back) - Antonio Langham, Alabama
AFCA Coach of the Year - Terry Bowden, Auburn
FWAA Coach of the Year - Terry Bowden, Auburn

Coaching changes

Preseason and in-season

School	Outgoing coach	Date	Reason	Replacement
Houston	John Jenkins	April 30	resigned ^[3]	Kim Helton
NC State	Dick Sheridan	June 29	resigned ^[4]	Mike O'Cain
Washington	Don James	August 22	resigned ^[5]	Jim Lambright
UTEP	David Lee	October 17	fired ^[6]	Charlie Bailey

References

↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1993.htm
↑ http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=718
↑ Associated Press (May 2, 1993). "Houston Football Coach Resigns". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
↑ Chuck Carree (June 30, 1993). "Sheridan's resignation stuns, worries local Wolfpack fans". Star-News. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
↑ Mike Downey (August 23, 1993). "Too-Harsh Penalties Don't Fit the Crimes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
↑ Associated Press (October 18, 1993). "UTEP fires coach after loss to Utah". Deseret News. Retrieved December 11, 2013.

NCAA football seasons
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