PHOENIX, Ariz. (FWAA) – By virtue of its 31-24 overtime win over Miami in the
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State (14-0) has been voted the winner of the 2002 Grantland
Rice Trophy by the Football Writers Association of America. The undefeated Buckeyes won
half of their games by seven or fewer points.
The Grantland Rice Trophy has been awarded to college football's national champion since the 1954
season and Ohio State has now won it for a fourth time. The Buckeyes won the trophy three times between
1957 and 1968.
For the first time in the trophy's 48-year history, the winner of the FWAA's national
championship has been determined by a season-long poll. The Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll
made its debut this season with 16 FWAA members as voters who ranked the nation's top 16 teams.
Ohio State was ranked No. 12 in the preseason poll, but zoomed up to No. 2 in the Nov. 11 poll. The
Buckeyes maintained that spot behind Miami for the remainder of the regular season before upsetting
the Hurricanes.
Miami finished No. 2 in the final poll after winning its fourth Grantland Rice Trophy a season ago.
The complete final Super 16 rankings are listed below.
• Click here to see how each pollster voted
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School [1st Place Votes] |
W-L |
Pts. |
LW |
| 1. |
Ohio State [16] |
14-0 |
256 |
2 |
| 2. |
Miami |
12-1 |
240 |
1 |
| 3. |
USC |
11-2 |
215 |
5 |
| 4. |
Georgia |
13-1 |
214 |
4 |
| 5. |
Oklahoma |
12-2 |
188 |
9 |
| 6. |
Kansas State |
11-2 |
168 |
6 |
| 7. |
Texas |
11-2 |
166 |
7 |
| 8. |
Iowa |
11-2 |
151 |
3 |
| 9. |
Michigan |
10-3 |
121 |
13 |
| 10. |
Washington State |
10-3 |
95 |
8 |
| 11. |
N.C. State |
11-3 |
72 |
- |
| 12. |
Maryland |
11-3 |
65 |
- |
| 13. |
Alabama |
10-3 |
55 |
14 |
| 14. |
Boise State |
12-1 |
38 |
- |
| 15. |
Auburn |
9-4 |
25 |
- |
| 16. |
Notre Dame |
10-3 |
23 |
11 |
Also receiving votes: Virginia Tech 21,
Penn State 19, Pittsburgh 14, Virginia 11, West Virginia 9, Washington 4, TCU 4, Colorado 1,
Marshall 1.
|
Dropped out: Penn State (10),
Colorado (12), Florida State (15), West Virginia (16).
|
By conference: Big Ten (3); Big 12 (3); SEC (3);
ACC (2); Pac-10 (2); Big East (1); WAC (1); Independents (1).
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| PREVIOUS GRANTLAND RICE TROPHY WINNERS |
2001 Miami (Fla.)
2000 Oklahoma
1999 Florida State
1998 Tennessee
1997 Michigan
1996 Florida
1995 Nebraska
1994 Nebraska
1993 Florida State
1992 Alabama
1991 Washington
1990 Colorado
1989 Miami (Fla.)
1988 Notre Dame
1987 Miami (Fla.)
1986 Penn State
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1985 Oklahoma
1984 BYU
1983 Miami (Fla.)
1982 Penn State
1981 Clemson
1980 Georgia
1979 Alabama
1978 Alabama
1977 Notre Dame
1976 Pittsburgh
1975 Oklahoma
1974 USC
1973 Notre Dame
1972 USC
1971 Nebraska
1970 Nebraska
|
1969 Texas
1968 Ohio State
1967 USC
1966 Notre Dame
1965 Alabama/Michigan St.
1964 Arkansas
1963 Texas
1962 USC
1961 Ohio State
1960 Ole Miss
1959 Syracuse
1958 Iowa
1957 Ohio State
1956 Oklahoma
1955 Oklahoma
1954 UCLA
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For further information contact Steve Richardson, Executive Director of the FWAA (972-713-6198,
tiger@sportswriters.net) or Ted Gangi, FWAA webmaster
(214-823-7992, webmaster@sportswriters.net).
| 2002
FWAA/GRANTLAND RICE SUPER 16 POLLSTERS |
| EAST |
SOUTH |
MIDWEST |
WEST |
Shelly Anderson
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
Ron Higgins
The Commercial Appeal |
Dennis Dodd
CBS SportsLine |
Randy Holtz
Rocky Mountain News |
Mark Blaudschun
Boston Globe |
Stewart Mandel
cnnsi.com |
Herb Gould
Chicago Sun-Times |
Ted Miller
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
Gregg Doyel
Charlotte Observer |
Darryl Richards
foxsports.com |
Vahe Gregorian
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
Bob Moran
East Valley Tribune |
Lenn Robbins
New York Post |
Joe Schad
Orlando Sentinel |
Keith Whitmire
The Dallas Morning News |
Jay Posner
San Diego Union-Tribune |
