1991 Reward Ranking (after bowl games)
| Rank | Name | W | L | T | Reward | AP | ESPN/USA Today |
| 1 | Miami(Florida) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.4037 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Washington | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.3433 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Alabama | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6.7123 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | FloridaState | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6.5333 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Florida | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6.4355 | 7 | 8 |
| 6 | EastCarolina | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6.0738 | 9 | 9 |
| 7 | Michigan | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6.0374 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Syracuse | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5.8479 | 11 | 11 |
| 9 | PennState | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5.7267 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | California | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5.3326 | 8 | 7 |
| 11 | NotreDame | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5.1088 | 13 | 12 |
| 12 | Iowa | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5.0866 | 10 | 10 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4.8749 | 14 | 15 |
| 14 | Nebraska | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4.5956 | 15 | 16 |
| 15 | Tulsa | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4.4612 | 21 | 21 |
| 16 | BowlingGreenState | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4.1117 | 30 | 29 |
| 17 | Clemson | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4.0541 | 18 | 17 |
| 18 | TexasA&M | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4.0148 | 12 | 13 |
| 19 | Georgia | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3.8452 | 17 | 29 |
| 20 | UCLA | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3.7349 | 19 | 18 |
| 21 | Stanford | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3.4108 | 22 | 22 |
| 22 | Colorado | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3.1244 | 20 | 20 |
| 23 | NorthCarolinaState | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3.0811 | 24 | 25 |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3.0181 | 16 | 14 |
| 25 | AirForce | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2.4870 | 25 | 24 |
| 26 | BrighamYoung | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2.4770 | 23 | 23 |
| 27 | Virginia | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2.4375 | 27 | 27 |
| 28 | OhioState | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2.3404 | 29 | NR |
| 29 | FresnoState | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.9496 | NR | 31 |
| 30 | KansasState | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1.8224 | ||
| 31 | Indiana | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1.7758 | ||
| 32 | Baylor | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1.7326 | ||
| 33 | WestVirginia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.7006 | ||
| 34 | GeorgiaTech | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1.5973 | ||
| 35 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.4381 | ||
| 36 | CentralMichigan | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1.3060 | ||
| 37 | LouisianaTech | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1.2068 | ||
| 38 | SanDiegoState | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1.1681 | ||
| 39 | MississippiState | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1.1646 | ||
| 40 | NorthCarolina | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1.0906 | ||
| 41 | ArizonaState | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.0791 | ||
| 42 | Kansas | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.0349 | ||
| 43 | Illinois | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.9748 | ||
| 44 | LouisianaState | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.9116 | ||
| 45 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.7972 | ||
| 46 | TexasChristian | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.6895 | ||
| 47 | Memphis | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4938 | ||
| 48 | Auburn | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4883 | ||
| 49 | VirginiaTech | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4761 | ||
| 50 | Rutgers | 6 | 5 | 0 |