2010 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

W-L

PTS

CP

Last Week

1

<  1

Alabama (54)

SEC

0-0

1491

*1

DNP

2

<  5

Ohio State (3)

Big Ten

0-0

1400

*2

DNP

3

<  4

Boise State (1)

WAC

0-0

1336

5

DNP

4

<  3

Florida

SEC

0-0

1237

3

DNP

5

<  2

Texas (1)

Big 12

0-0

1223

4

DNP

6

<  6

TCU

MWC

0-0

1160

7

DNP

7

<  NR

Oklahoma (1)

Big 12

0-0

1104

8

DNP

8

<  14

Nebraska

Big 12

0-0

1033

9

DNP

9

<  7

Iowa

Big Ten

0-0

1007

10

DNP

10

<  10

Virginia Tech

ACC

0-0

973

6

DNP

11

<  11

Oregon

Pac-10

0-0

870

11

DNP

12

<  16

Wisconsin

Big Ten

0-0

822

12

DNP

13

<  19

Miami (FL)

ACC

0-0

785

13

DNP

14

<  22

USC

Pac-10

0-0

590

NR

DNP

15

<  15

Pittsburgh

Big East

0-0

516

15

DNP

16

<  13

Georgia Tech

ACC

0-0

511

17

DNP

17

<  NR

Arkansas

SEC

0-0

496

19

DNP

18

<  NR

North Carolina

ACC

0-0

397

18

DNP

19

<  9

Penn State

Big Ten

0-0

382

14

DNP

20

<  NR

Florida State

ACC

0-0

379

20

DNP

21

<  17

LSU

SEC

0-0

300

16

DNP

22

<  NR

Auburn

SEC

0-0

296

23

DNP

23

<  NR

Georgia

SEC

0-0

206

21

DNP

24

<  NR

Oregon State

Pac-10

0-0

198

22

DNP

25

<  25

West Virginia

Big East

0-0

184

24

DNP

RV

<  8

Cincinnati

Big East

0-0

108

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Stanford

Pac-10

0-0

81

RV

DNP

RV

<  18

Utah

MWC

0-0

80

24

DNP

RV

<  NR

South Carolina

SEC

0-0

71

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Houston

C-USA

0-0

66

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Connecticut

Big East

0-0

32

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Notre Dame

Ind

0-0

31

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Missouri

Big 12

0-0

27

RV

DNP

RV

<  12

BYU

MWC

0-0

19

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Arizona

Pac-10

0-0

15

RV

DNP

RV

<  24

Clemson

ACC

0-0

15

RV

DNP

RV

<  21

Texas Tech

Big 12

0-0

14

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Navy (MD)

Ind

0-0

12

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Washington

Pac-10

0-0

8

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Texas A&M

Big 12

0-0

7

RV

DNP

RV

<  20

Mississippi

SEC

0-0

6

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Oklahoma State

Big 12

0-0

3

RV

DNP

RV

<  23

Central Michigan

MAC

0-0

2

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Middle Tennessee

Sun Belt

0-0

2

NR

DNP

RV

<  NR

Temple (PA)

MAC

0-0

2

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Boston College

ACC

0-0

1

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

SMU

C-USA

0-0

1

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

UCF

C-USA

0-0

1

NR

DNP

NR

<  NR

Arizona State

Pac-10

0-0

0

RV

DNP

NR

<  NR

California

Pac-10

0-0

0

RV

DNP

NR

<  NR

Michigan State

Big Ten

0-0

0

RV

DNP

NR

<  NR

Mississippi State

SEC

0-0

0

RV

DNP

NR

<  NR

Nevada

WAC

0-0

0

RV

DNP

NR

<  NR

Northern Illinois

MAC

0-0

0

RV

DNP

NR

<  NR

Northwestern

Big Ten

0-0

0

RV

DNP

NR

<  NR

South Florida

Big East

0-0

0

RV

DNP

MILESTONES
- Nebraska makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/15/2003 poll (107 polls).
- Oklahoma makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/27/2009 poll (11 polls).
- Arkansas makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/2/2007 poll (34 polls).
- Florida State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/20/2009 poll (12 polls).
- Auburn makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/4/2009 poll (10 polls).
- Georgia makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/27/2009 poll (11 polls).
- BYU's preseason poll streak ends at 2.
- Kansas' preseason poll streak ends at 2.
- LSU's preseason poll streak reaches 10.
- Penn State's preseason poll streak reaches 5.
- TCU's weekly Top 10 streak reaches 10.
- Cincinnati's weekly Top 10 streak ends at 12.
- Boise State's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 30.
- Pittsburgh's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10.
- Cincinnati's weekly Top 25 streak ends at 15.
- West Virginia breaks tie with Purdue for #31 in total appearances.
- Oregon ties Stanford for #39 in total appearances.
- Oregon State breaks tie with Kentucky for #64 in total appearances.
- Boise State breaks tie with Air Force for #66 in total appearances.

NOTES
- Hold the mouse cursor over the non-AP rankings to see the first place votes, total points, and previous rank in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips), where available
- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
- Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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