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1990 Year Summary
National Champions: Colorado (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA-CNN), Georgia Tech (UPI)
Heisman Memorial Trophy: Ty Detmer (Brigham Young)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Bobby Ross (Georgia Tech)
AP Preseason #1: Miami (FL) ▪ AP Final #1: Colorado
Conference Summary
Sorted by SRS
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8 | 93 | 55 | 35 | 3 | .608 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .700 | 7.61 | 3.79 | 2 | 3 | Georgia Tech |
| 2 | Big Eight Conference | 8 | 91 | 48 | 40 | 3 | .544 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 6.26 | 4.50 | 3 | 3 | Colorado |
| 3 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 116 | 57 | 56 | 3 | .504 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 5.47 | 4.89 | 4 | 4 | Illinois Iowa Michigan Michigan State |
| 4 | Pacific-10 Conference | 10 | 116 | 58 | 56 | 2 | .509 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 5.33 | 5.70 | 3 | 2 | Washington |
| 5 | Southwest Conference | 9 | 102 | 53 | 47 | 2 | .529 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 3.06 | 2.21 | 3 | 3 | Texas |
| 6 | Southeastern Conference | 10 | 115 | 61 | 51 | 3 | .543 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.89 | 1.25 | 3 | 4 | Tennessee |
| 7 | Independent | 26 | 295 | 149 | 138 | 8 | .519 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | 0.23 | -0.51 | 6 | 5 | |
| 8 | Western Athletic Conference | 9 | 108 | 57 | 51 | 0 | .528 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | -0.87 | -1.18 | 1 | 1 | Brigham Young |
| 9 | Big West Conference | 8 | 90 | 38 | 49 | 3 | .439 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -10.56 | -7.77 | 0 | 0 | San Jose State |
| 10 | Mid-American Conference | 9 | 99 | 44 | 50 | 5 | .470 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -13.61 | -11.97 | 0 | 0 | Central Michigan Toledo |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Conf | Pre | 9/4 | 9/11 | 9/18 | 9/25 | 10/2 | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | Big 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia Tech | ACC | 23 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Miami (FL) | Ind | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Florida State | Ind | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Washington | Pac-10 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Notre Dame | Ind | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Michigan | Big Ten | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 |
| Tennessee | SEC | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Clemson | ACC | 10 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 9 |
| Houston | SWC | 24 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| Penn State | Ind | 21 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | |||||||
| Texas | SWC | 23 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |||||
| Florida | SEC | 24 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | ||
| Louisville | Ind | 25 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 14 | |||||||||
| Texas A&M | SWC | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 15 | |||||||
| Michigan State | Big Ten | 23 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 16 | |||
| Oklahoma | Big 8 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 17 | ||||
| Iowa | Big Ten | 25 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 18 | ||||||
| Auburn | SEC | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 19 | |
| Southern California | Pac-10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 |
| Mississippi | SEC | 24 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 21 | ||||||
| Brigham Young | WAC | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| Virginia | ACC | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 23 | ||
| Nebraska | Big 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 24 |
| Illinois | Big Ten | 11 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 25 |
| School | Conf | Pre | 9/4 | 9/11 | 9/18 | 9/25 | 10/2 | 10/9 | 10/16 | 10/23 | 10/30 | 11/6 | 11/13 | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/4 | Final |
| Alabama | SEC | 12 | 13 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| Arizona | Pac-10 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 23 | |||||||||
| Arizona State | Pac-10 | 25 | 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| Arkansas | SWC | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Fresno State | Big West | 24 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiana | Big Ten | 22 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | Big Ten | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 24 | ||||||
| Oregon | Pac-10 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | Ind | 18 | 17 | 13 | 25 | ||||||||||||
| South Carolina | Ind | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Southern Mississippi | Ind | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| Texas Christian | SWC | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| UCLA | Pac-10 | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | Ind | 25 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | WAC | 23 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 25 |
Award Winners
Consensus All-America Teams
* unanimous selection
|
Offense Ty Detmer, QB, Brigham Young Eric Bieniemy*, RB, Colorado Darren Lewis, RB, Texas A&M Raghib Ismail*, WR, Notre Dame Herman Moore, WR, Virginia Chris Smith*, TE, Brigham Young Antone Davis*, OL, Tennessee John Flannery, OL, Syracuse Joe Garten*, OL, Colorado Ed King*, OL, Auburn Stacy Long, OL, Clemson Philip Doyle*, K, Alabama |
Defense Moe Gardner, DL, Illinois Russell Maryland*, DL, Miami (FL) David Rocker, DL, Auburn Chris Zorich*, DL, Notre Dame Maurice Crum, LB, Miami (FL) Michael Stonebreaker*, LB, Notre Dame Alfred Williams*, LB, Colorado Darryll Lewis*, DB, Arizona Todd Lyght, DB, Notre Dame Ken Swilling*, DB, Georgia Tech Tripp Welborne*, DB, Michigan Brian Greenfield, P, Pittsburgh |
Year Leaders
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