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1991 Year Summary
National Champions: Washington (FWAA, UPI-NFF, USA-CNN), Miami (FL) (AP)
Heisman Memorial Trophy: Desmond Howard (Michigan)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Don James (Washington)
AP Preseason #1: Florida State ▪ AP Final #1: Miami (FL)
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 | Pacific-10 Conference | 10 | 114 | 60 | 54 | 0 | .526 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 7.47 | 6.12 | 3 | 4 | Washington |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | 10 | 115 | 69 | 46 | 0 | .600 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 5.74 | 2.70 | 4 | 4 | Florida |
| 3 | Big East Conference | 8 | 90 | 51 | 39 | 0 | .567 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.42 | 3.03 | 2 | 2 | Miami (FL) |
| 4 | Big Eight Conference | 8 | 91 | 45 | 41 | 5 | .522 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 4.44 | 3.47 | 3 | 3 | Colorado Nebraska |
| 5 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 115 | 58 | 55 | 2 | .513 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .300 | 3.20 | 3.00 | 4 | 2 | Michigan |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8 | 93 | 50 | 40 | 3 | .554 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 2.18 | 0.72 | 2 | 2 | Clemson |
| 7 | Southwest Conference | 9 | 102 | 51 | 51 | 0 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 1.46 | 1.03 | 3 | 1 | Texas A&M |
| 8 | Western Athletic Conference | 9 | 109 | 51 | 52 | 6 | .495 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | -2.82 | -2.06 | 1 | 2 | Brigham Young |
| 9 | Independent | 18 | 206 | 95 | 106 | 5 | .473 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -3.34 | -1.93 | 3 | 5 | |
| 10 | Mid-American Conference | 9 | 100 | 46 | 46 | 8 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -6.64 | -5.92 | 0 | 0 | Bowling Green State |
| 11 | Big West Conference | 8 | 90 | 36 | 53 | 1 | .406 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | -11.79 | -7.66 | 0 | 0 | Fresno State San Jose State |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Conf | Pre | 9/3 | 9/10 | 9/17 | 9/23 | 9/30 | 10/7 | 10/14 | 10/21 | 10/28 | 11/4 | 11/11 | 11/18 | 11/25 | 12/2 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami (FL) | Big East | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Washington | Pac-10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Penn State | Ind | 7 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Florida State | Ind | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Alabama | SEC | 22 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | |
| Michigan | Big Ten | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Florida | SEC | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| California | Pac-10 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 8 | |||
| East Carolina | Ind | 23 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | |||||||
| Iowa | Big Ten | 18 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Syracuse | Big East | 25 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 11 |
| Texas A&M | SWC | 21 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | |
| Notre Dame | Ind | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 13 |
| Tennessee | SEC | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 14 |
| Nebraska | Big 8 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| Oklahoma | Big 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 16 |
| Georgia | SEC | 25 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 17 | ||||||
| Clemson | ACC | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 |
| UCLA | Pac-10 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 19 | ||||||
| Colorado | Big 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 |
| Tulsa | Ind | 23 | 22 | 23 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Stanford | Pac-10 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Brigham Young | WAC | 19 | 25 | 23 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina State | ACC | 19 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 24 | |||||
| Air Force | WAC | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| School | Conf | Pre | 9/3 | 9/10 | 9/17 | 9/23 | 9/30 | 10/7 | 10/14 | 10/21 | 10/28 | 11/4 | 11/11 | 11/18 | 11/25 | 12/2 | Final |
| Arizona State | Pac-10 | 24 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | SWC | 25 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Auburn | SEC | 17 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 24 | |||||||||
| Baylor | SWC | 23 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | ||||||
| Fresno State | Big West | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | ACC | 8 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Houston | SWC | 12 | 10 | 10 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Illinois | Big Ten | 25 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Indiana | Big Ten | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | Big Ten | 20 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Mississippi | SEC | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | SEC | 25 | 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| North Carolina | ACC | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | Big Ten | 23 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 25 | |
| Pittsburgh | Big East | 24 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 23 | |||||||||
| Southern California | Pac-10 | 16 | 16 | 22 | |||||||||||||
| Texas | SWC | 14 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Virginia | ACC | 24 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
Award Winners
Consensus All-America Teams
* unanimous selection
|
Offense Ty Detmer, QB, Brigham Young Trevor Cobb, RB, Rice Vaughn Dunbar*, RB, Indiana Russell White, RB, California Mario Bailey, WR, Washington Desmond Howard*, WR, Michigan Kelly Blackwell, TE, Texas Christian Jeb Flesch, OL, Clemson Mirko Jurkovic, OL, Notre Dame Jay Leeuwenburg*, OL, Colorado Jerry Ostroski, OL, Tulsa Greg Skrepenak*, OL, Michigan Bob Whitfield, OL, Stanford Carlos Huerta, K, Miami (FL) |
Defense Brad Culpepper, DL, Florida Santana Dotson*, DL, Baylor Steve Emtman*, DL, Washington Leroy Smith, DL, Iowa Marvin Jones, LB, Florida State Robert Jones*, LB, East Carolina Levon Kirkland, LB, Clemson Terrell Buckley*, DB, Florida State Dale Carter, DB, Tennessee Kevin Smith, DB, Texas A&M Darryl Williams, DB, Miami (FL) Mark Bounds*, P, Texas Tech |
Year Leaders
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