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1993 Ohio State

10–⁠1–⁠1 (6–⁠1–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by John Cooper, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1993, game by game: won vs. Rice 34–7; won vs. No. 12 Washington 21–12; won at Pittsburgh 63–28; won vs. Northwestern 51–3; won at Illinois 20–12; won vs. No. 25 Michigan State 28–21; won at Purdue 45–24; won vs. No. 12 Penn State 24–6; tied at No. 15 Wisconsin 14–14; won vs. No. 19 Indiana 23–17; lost at Michigan 0–28; won vs. BYU 28–21+48−28Won 34–7 vs. Rice+27RiceWon 21–12 vs. No. 12 Washington+9No. 12 WashingtonWon 63–28 at Pittsburgh+35PittsburghWon 51–3 vs. Northwestern+48NorthwesternWon 20–12 at Illinois+8IllinoisWon 28–21 vs. No. 25 Michigan State+7No. 25 Michigan StateWon 45–24 at Purdue+21PurdueWon 24–6 vs. No. 12 Penn State+18No. 12 Penn StateTied 14–14 at No. 15 Wisconsin0No. 15 WisconsinWon 23–17 vs. No. 19 Indiana+6No. 19 IndianaLost 0–28 at Michigan-28MichiganWon 28–21 vs. BYU+7BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsRiceW 34–⁠773%
Sep 11vs12WashingtonW 21–⁠1253%
Sep 18atPittsburghW 63–⁠2875%
Oct 2vsNorthwesternW 51–⁠384%
Oct 9atIllinoisW 20–⁠1268%
Oct 16vs25Michigan StateW 28–⁠2174%
Oct 23atPurdueW 45–⁠2481%
Oct 30vs12Penn StateW 24–⁠665%
Nov 6at15WisconsinT 14–⁠1463%
Nov 13vs19IndianaW 23–⁠1777%
Nov 20atMichiganL 0–⁠2850%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsBYUHoliday BowlW 28–⁠2170%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 28–⁠21 in the Holiday Bowl; No. 11 in the final AP poll; Big Ten champions.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 3: 16
  4. Wk 4: 11
  5. Wk 5: 7
  6. Wk 6: 7
  7. Wk 7: 6
  8. Wk 8: 5
  9. Wk 9: 3
  10. Wk 10: 3
  11. Wk 11: 3
  12. Wk 12: 5
  13. Wk 13: 5
  14. Wk 14: 12
  15. Wk 15: 11
  16. Wk 16: 11
  17. Final: 11

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1993.

Big Ten champions6–⁠1–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Wisconsin

Consensus All-AmericanDan Wilkinson, DL

Record
10–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1–⁠1 shared first in Big Ten
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 3
Points
351–⁠193
Coach
John Cooper
Elo
1711 +103 this season
SP+ rating
21.0 No. 10 of 105; offense No. 27, defense No. 10
SRS
17.2 No. 12 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Joe Hollis
Defensive coordinator
Bill Young
Captains
Alan Kline, Chico Nelson, Cedric Saunders and Jason Simmons
Most valuable player
Raymont Harris
Offense
Singleback
Defense
4–⁠3 stack

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 1Dan Wilkinson DTCincinnati Bengals
Rd 3Jeff Cothran RBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 4Raymont Harris RBChicago Bears
Rd 6Jason Winrow OGNew York Giants
Rd 7Butler By’not’e RBDenver Broncos

All-Big Ten

5 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Raymont HarrisRBAP-2
  • Jason SimmonsDLAP-2
  • Chico NelsonDBAP-2
  • Tim WilliamsKAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wisconsin6–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠16
Ohio State6–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠111
Penn State6–⁠210–⁠28
Indiana5–⁠38–⁠4
Michigan5–⁠38–⁠421
Illinois5–⁠35–⁠6
Michigan State4–⁠46–⁠6
Iowa3–⁠56–⁠6
Minnesota3–⁠54–⁠7
Northwestern0–⁠82–⁠9
Purdue0–⁠81–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.