1990–91 NCAA football bowl games
Number of bowl games per state.
Season	1990
Regular season	September 1–December 1
Number of bowls	19
Bowl games	December 8, 1990 – January 1, 1991
National Championship	none
Location of Championship	N/A
Champions	Colorado Buffaloes and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Bowl record by conference Conference Bowls Record Final AP Poll Independents 8 4–3–1 (0.563) 5 Big Ten 6 2–4 (0.333) 4 ACC 5 3–1–1 (0.700) 3 Pac-10 5 2–3 (0.400) 2 SEC 4 2–2 (0.500) 4 WAC 4 2–2 (0.500) 1 Big Eight 2 1–1 (0.500) 3 SWC 2 1–1 (0.500) 3 Big West 1 1–0 (1.000) 0 MAC 1 0–1 (0.000) 0
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The 1990–91 NCAA football bowl games featured 19 games, starting early in December 1990 and ending on New Year's Day 1991. They followed the 1990 regular season and ended in controversy. Going into the postseason, Colorado had a 10–1–1 record and was ranked #1 in both Coaches' and AP polls. After a relatively unimpressive (and controversial) 10–9 victory over #5 Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl and an impressive victory by the undefeated (10–0–1) #2 Georgia Tech in the Citrus Bowl, the Buffaloes lost their #1 ranking to the Yellow Jackets in the Coaches' Poll, creating a split championship. This controversial ending, along with the dual undefeated champions of the following year, led to the creation of the Bowl Coalition.

Bowl games

NOTE: Rankings used are the final regular season AP Rankings whenever noted

Final rankings

• Florida, Houston, and Oklahoma were on probation by the NCAA during the 1990 season; they were therefore ineligible to receive votes in the Coaches' Poll

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