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The members of the Bowl Coalition were the Sugar Bowl , Orange Bowl , Cotton Bowl , and Fiesta Bowl s. Under the aggreement the Sugar, Orange, and Cotton Bowls hosted the Southeastern Conference , Big 8 , and Southwest Conference champions, respectively, and then a pool of at large teams was formed between the Atlantic Coast Conference champ, the Big East champ, Notre Dame, and two conference runner ups from the Big 8, SWC, ACC, Big East and Pac-10. The highest ranked host team would play the highest ranked at-large team. If the two highest ranked teams were both at-large teams, the championship game would be hosted by the Fiesta Bowl. So for this year, (host) SEC champ Alabama played (at-large) Big East Champ Miami-FL, the Orange Bowl featured (host) Big-8 champ Nebraska and (at-large) ACC champ Florida St., the Cotton Bowl featured (host) SWC champ Texas A&M and (at-large) independent Notre Dame, and the Fiesta Bowl featured (at-large) Big East runner up Syracuse and (at-large) Big 8 runner up Colorado. Not only did Alabama have to face #1 ranked Miami-FL in the Sugar Bowl, but they played in the first ever SEC Championship game, played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama . This was the first year of the split divisions in the SEC . The Big West Conference lost two members, Frenso State left for the WAC and Long Beach State stopped sponsoring football, but they also gained a member in Nevada, which made the jump from Division I-AA. Possibly in a show of how weak the conference was, Nevada went 5-1 in conference, winning the Big West championshp and representing the conference in the Las Vegas Bowl (formerly the California Bowl held in Fresno, California ). BOWL GAMES See Also: D1A Bowl Games, 1992-93
FINAL AP POLL #Alabama #Florida St. #Miami, FL #Notre Dame #Michigan #Syracuse #Texas A&M #Georgia #Stanford #Florida #Washington #Tennessee #Colorado #Nebraska #Washington St. #Mississippi #N.C. State #Ohio St. #North Carolina #Hawaii #Boston College #Kansas #Mississippi St. #Fresno St. #Wake Forest HEISMAN TROPHY VOTING ''The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award is given to the Most Oustanding Player of the year'' Winner: Gino Torretta, Miami-FL, Sr. QB (1400 votes)
OTHER MAJOR AWARDS
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