1993 Final Rankings

In the off-season, we will be running our computer analysis of each of the previous seasons of college football moving backward through time as far as it makes sense to do so. Here are the final rankings from 1993:

1. Florida State Seminoles (12-1) - 1.0
2. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-1) - 2.3
3. Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-1) - 2.9
4. Florida Gators (11-2) - 4.5
5. Texas A&M Aggies (10-2) - 4.6
6. Tennessee Volunteers (9-2-1) - 6.7
7. Miami Hurricanes (9-3) - 7.2
8. Auburn Tigers (11-0) - 8.5
(tie) West Virginia Mountaineers (11-1) - 8.5
10. Oklahoma Sooners (9-3) - 9.6
11. Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2) - 11.5
12. Ohio State Buckeyes (10-1-1) - 12.3
13. Michigan Wolverines (8-4) - 13.5
14. Colorado Buffaloes (8-3-1) - 14.7
15. Wisconsin Badgers (10-1-1) - 15.2
16. Arizona Wildcats (10-2) - 16.3
(tie) UCLA Bruins (8-4) - 16.3
18. Virginia Tech Hokies (9-3) - 17.5
19. Boston College Eagles (9-3) - 18.8
20. Louisville Cardinals (9-3) - 19.8
21. North Carolina Tar Heels (10-3) - 20.0
22. Alabama Crimson Tide (9-3-1) - 21.3
23. USC Trojans (8-5) - 23.1
24. California Golden Bears (9-4) - 24.6
25. Washington Huskies (7-4) - 24.7
26. Kansas State Wildcats (9-2-1) - 25.6
27. Indiana Hoosiers (8-4) - 27.2
28. Fresno State Bulldogs (8-4) - 28.6
29. Virginia Cavaliers (7-5) - 29.1
30. Michigan State Spartans (6-6) - 30.1
31. Arizona State Sun Devils (6-5) - 32.0
(tie) Syracuse Orange (6-4-1) - 32.0
33. Cincinnati Bearcats (8-3) - 33.8
34. Ole Miss Rebels (5-6) - 34.1
35. Texas Longhorns (5-5-1) - 35.5
36. Kentucky Wildcats (6-6) - 36.6
37. Georgia Bulldogs (5-6) - 36.8
38. Oregon Ducks (5-6) - 39.7
39. Memphis Tigers (6-5) - 39.8
40. Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-6) - 40.4
41. Clemson Tigers (9-3) - 40.7
42. Arkansas Razorbacks (5-5-1) - 41.2
43. Washington State Cougars (5-6) - 43.4
44. NC State Wolfpack (7-5) - 44.7
45. BYU Cougars (6-6) - 45.3
46. Illinois Fighting Illini (5-6) - 46.9
47. Bowling Green Falcons (6-3-2) - 47.9
48. Stanford Cardinal (4-7) - 49.6
49. LSU Tigers (5-6) - 50.4
50. Kansas Jayhawks (5-7) - 50.6
51. New Mexico Lobos (6-5) - 50.7
(tie) San Diego State Aztecs (6-6) - 50.7
53. South Carolina Gamecocks (4-7) - 52.3
54. Oregon State Beavers (4-7) - 53.1
55. Wyoming Cowboys (8-4) - 54.1
56. Mississippi State Bulldogs (3-6-2) - 54.9
57. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (8-3) - 57.2
58. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (5-6) - 57.7
59. Ball State Cardinals (8-3-1) - 59.8
60. Utah Utes (7-6) - 60.4
61. Vanderbilt Commodores (4-7) - 60.6
62. Utah State Aggies (7-5) - 60.8
63. Iowa Hawkeyes (6-6) - 61.6
64. Colorado State Rams (5-6) - 63.8
65. Hawaii Warriors (6-6) - 64.1
66. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-7) - 65.0
67. Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-7) - 68.3
68. Missouri Tigers (3-7-1) - 68.4
69. Northwestern Wildcats (2-9) - 68.6
70. Western Michigan Broncos (7-3-1) - 69.3
71. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (4-6-1) - 69.8
72. Baylor Bears (5-6) - 73.2
73. Iowa State Cyclones (3-8) - 73.6
74. Rice Owls (6-5) - 74.4
75. Nevada Wolf Pack (7-4) - 76.6
76. Army Black Knights (6-5) - 77.0
77. Toledo Rockets (4-7) - 78.6
78. Duke Blue Devils (3-8) - 78.7
79. Central Michigan Chippewas (5-6) - 79.8
80. Pittsburgh Panthers (3-8) - 80.1
81. Air Force Falcons (4-8) - 80.7
82. Oklahoma State Cowboys (3-8) - 80.9
83. Purdue Boilermakers (1-10) - 81.3
84. TCU Horned Frogs (4-7) - 81.9
85. San Jose State Spartans (2-9) - 85.1
86. Akron Zips (5-6) - 86.5
87. Miami University RedHawks (4-7) - 86.7
88. SMU Mustangs (2-7-2) - 87.0
89. Navy Midshipmen (4-7) - 88.1
90. New Mexico State Aggies (5-6) - 89.7
91. Pacific Tigers (3-8) - 90.5
92. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (2-8-1) - 92.1
93. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (2-9) - 93.5
94. Ohio Bobcats (4-7) - 93.7
95. Northern Illinois Huskies (4-7) - 94.1
96. Eastern Michigan Eagles (4-7) - 94.8
97. Maryland Terrapins (2-9) - 96.4
98. UNLV Rebels (3-8) - 98.2
99. Tulane Green Wave (3-9) - 98.7
100. Houston Cougars (1-9-1) - 100.3
101. ECU Pirates (2-9) - 101.5
102. Arkansas State Red Wolves (2-8-1) - 102.4
103. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (2-9) - 103.6
104. UTEP Miners (1-11) - 104.0
105. Temple Owls (1-10) - 106.2
106. Kent State Golden Flashes (0-11) - 106.3

Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/