Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1993 college football season:
| Rank | Team Name | Rating | Record | AP | USA/ESPN Today | Bowl Game Results |
| 1 | FLORIDA STATE | 116.2225 | 12-1 | 1 | 1 | Beat Nebraska 18-16 |
| 2 | NEBRASKA | 114.8291 | 11-1 | 3 | 3 | Lost to Florida State |
| 3 | WISCONSIN | 103.2502 | 10-1-1 | 6 | 5 | Beat UCLA 21-16 |
| 4 | NOTRE DAME | 101.9166 | 11-1 | 2 | 2 | Beat Texas A+M 24-21 |
| 5 | TEXAS A+M | 100.7832 | 10-2 | 9 | 8 | Lost to Notre Dame |
| 6 | PENN STATE | 98.6081 | 10-2 | 8 | 7 | Beat Tennessee 31-13 |
| 7 | ARIZONA | 97.0530 | 10-2 | 10 | 9 | Beat Miami (F) 29-0 |
| 8 | BOSTON COLLEGE | 96.9319 | 9-3 | 13 | 12 | Beat Virginia 31-13 |
| 9 | MICHIGAN | 96.2128 | 8-4 | 21 | 19 | Beat North Carolina State 42-7 |
| 10 | OHIO STATE | 94.2582 | 10-1-1 | 11 | 10 | Beat BYU 28-21 |
| 11 | MIAMI (F) | 94.2298 | 9-3 | 15 | 15 | Lost to Arizona |
| 12 | FLORIDA | 93.1958 | 11-2 | 5 | 4 | Beat West Virginia 41-7 |
| 13 | UCLA | 92.7035 | 8-4 | 18 | 17 | Lost to Wisconsin |
| 14 | USC | 92.5211 | 8-5 | 26 | 25 | Beat Utah 28-21 |
| 15 | WEST VIRGINIA | 92.4410 | 11-1 | 7 | 6 | Lost to Florida |
| 16 | CALIFORNIA | 91.5486 | 9-4 | 25 | 24 | Beat Iowa 37-3 |
| 17 | OKLAHOMA | 88.7871 | 9-3 | 17 | 14 | Beat Texas Tech 41-10 |
| 18 | AUBURN | 88.7567 | 11-0 | 4 | Probation | No Bowl Game |
| 19 | ARIZONA STATE | 88.5522 | ||||
| 20 | VIRGINIA TECH | 87.7744 | ||||
| 21 | WASHINGTON | 85.2693 | ||||
| 22 | COLORADO | 84.2962 | ||||
| 23 | INDIANA | 83.7335 | ||||
| 24 | LOUISVILLE | 82.9654 | ||||
| 25 | ILLINOIS | 82.5959 | ||||
| 26 | MICHIGAN STATE | 82.2106 | ||||
| 27 | TENNESSEE | 82.0762 | ||||
| 28 | KANSAS STATE | 80.1572 | ||||
| 29 | STANFORD | 77.1400 | ||||
| 30 | WASHINGTON STATE | 76.9370 | ||||
| 31 | IOWA | 75.6408 | ||||
| 32 | MINNESOTA | 75.0257 | ||||
| 33 | OREGON STATE | 74.9810 | ||||
| 34 | ALABAMA | 74.7165 | ||||
| 35 | OREGON | 74.2262 | ||||
| 36 | NORTH CAROLINA | 73.9617 | ||||
| 37 | IOWA STATE | 70.4816 | ||||
| 38 | TEXAS TECH | 70.2348 | ||||
| 39 | KANSAS | 69.9909 | ||||
| 40 | TEXAS | 69.7645 | ||||
| 41 | NORTHWESTERN | 69.6647 | ||||
| 42 | MISSOURI | 68.6505 | ||||
| 43 | FRESNO STATE | 68.2999 | ||||
| 44 | SYRACUSE | 67.5378 | ||||
| 45 | CLEMSON | 67.3035 | ||||
| 46 | NORTH CAROLINA STATE | 66.1243 | ||||
| 47 | VIRGINIA | 66.1155 | ||||
| 48 | NEW MEXICO | 65.7084 | ||||
| 49 | COLORADO STATE | 65.4399 | ||||
| 50 | UTAH | 64.6230 | ||||
| 51 | LSU | 64.2160 | ||||
| 52 | WYOMING | 64.0538 | ||||
| 53 | BYU | 63.8863 | ||||
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