Season leaderboard
Top 25 College Football Games of 1993
Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 82/100
- Overtime
- 0
National ranking
The season's top 25
25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1993PostseasonNeutral site
Nebraska vs. Florida State
Nebraska 16, Florida State 18
No. 2 Nebraska vs. No. 1 Florida State · 2-point margin
Ranking 49/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
82
Game score
- 1993Week 12
Florida State at Notre Dame
Florida State 24, Notre Dame 31
No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Notre Dame · 7-point margin
Ranking 49/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
77
Game score
- 1993Week 8
Alabama at Tennessee
Alabama 17, Tennessee 17
No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 10 Tennessee · 0-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
75
Game score
- 1993PostseasonNeutral site
Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame
Texas A&M 21, Notre Dame 24
No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 4 Notre Dame · 3-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
73
Game score
- 1993Week 13
Miami at West Virginia
Miami 14, West Virginia 17
No. 4 Miami vs. No. 9 West Virginia · 3-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
71
Game score
- 1993Week 3
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 27, Michigan 23
No. 11 Notre Dame vs. No. 3 Michigan · 4-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
69
Game score
- 1993Week 11
Wisconsin at Ohio State
Wisconsin 14, Ohio State 14
No. 15 Wisconsin vs. No. 3 Ohio State · 0-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
69
Game score
- 1993Week 14
West Virginia at Boston College
West Virginia 17, Boston College 14
No. 5 West Virginia vs. No. 11 Boston College · 3-point margin
Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
68
Game score
- 1993Week 14
Florida State at Florida
Florida State 33, Florida 21
No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 7 Florida · 12-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
- 1993Week 13
Boston College at Notre Dame
Boston College 41, Notre Dame 39
No. 17 Boston College vs. No. 1 Notre Dame · 2-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
- 1993Week 4
Tennessee at Florida
Tennessee 34, Florida 41
No. 5 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Florida · 7-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
66
Game score
- 1993Week 7
Miami at Florida State
Miami 10, Florida State 28
No. 3 Miami vs. No. 1 Florida State · 18-point margin
Ranking 48/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
65
Game score
- 1993Week 5
Miami at Colorado
Miami 35, Colorado 29
No. 3 Miami vs. No. 13 Colorado · 6-point margin
Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
65
Game score
- 1993Week 13
Alabama at Auburn
Alabama 14, Auburn 22
No. 11 Alabama vs. No. 6 Auburn · 8-point margin
Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
- 1993Week 8
Florida at Auburn
Florida 35, Auburn 38
No. 4 Florida vs. No. 19 Auburn · 3-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
61
Game score
- 1993PostseasonNeutral site
Wisconsin vs. UCLA
Wisconsin 21, UCLA 16
No. 9 Wisconsin vs. No. 14 UCLA · 5-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1993Week 12
Indiana at Ohio State
Indiana 17, Ohio State 23
No. 19 Indiana vs. No. 5 Ohio State · 6-point margin
Ranking 28/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 1993Week 10
Nebraska at Colorado
Nebraska 21, Colorado 17
No. 6 Nebraska vs. No. 20 Colorado · 4-point margin
Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 1993Week 7
Washington at California
Washington 24, California 23
No. 13 Washington vs. No. 16 California · 1-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 1993Week 4
Colorado at Stanford
Colorado 37, Stanford 41
No. 7 Colorado vs. No. 20 Stanford · 4-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
- 1993Week 14
Oklahoma at Nebraska
Oklahoma 7, Nebraska 21
No. 16 Oklahoma vs. No. 2 Nebraska · 14-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1993Week 4
Texas at Syracuse
Texas 21, Syracuse 21
Unranked Texas vs. No. 6 Syracuse · 0-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1993Week 10
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 6, Ohio State 24
No. 12 Penn State vs. No. 3 Ohio State · 18-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1993Week 8
Michigan at Penn State
Michigan 21, Penn State 13
No. 18 Michigan vs. No. 7 Penn State · 8-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1993Week 11
Nebraska at Kansas
Nebraska 21, Kansas 20
No. 6 Nebraska vs. Unranked Kansas · 1-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.