September 26, 2010 AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

W-L

PTS

CP

Last Week

1

<  1

Alabama (57)

SEC

4-0

1496

*1

W 24-20 at #10 Arkansas

2

<  2

Ohio State (2)

Big Ten

4-0

1431

*2

W 73-20 vs Eastern Michigan

3

<  3

Boise State (1)

WAC

3-0

1356

3

W 37-24 vs #24 Oregon State

4

<  5

Oregon

Pac-10

4-0

1276

4

W 42-31 at Arizona State

5

<  4

TCU

MWC

4-0

1269

5

W 41-24 at SMU

6

<  6

Nebraska

Big 12

4-0

1158

6

W 17-3 vs South Dakota State

7

<  9

Florida

SEC

4-0

1132

7

W 48-14 vs Kentucky

8

<  8

Oklahoma

Big 12

4-0

1095

8

W 31-29 at Cincinnati

9

<  16

Stanford

Pac-10

4-0

895

13

W 37-14 at Notre Dame

10

<  17

Auburn

SEC

4-0

863

11

W 35-27 vs #12 South Carolina

11

<  11

Wisconsin

Big Ten

4-0

854

9

W 70-3 vs Austin Peay

12

<  15

LSU

SEC

4-0

805

10

W 20-14 vs #22 West Virginia

13

<  13

Utah

MWC

4-0

792

12

W 56-3 vs San Jose State

14

<  14

Arizona

Pac-10

4-0

724

14

W 10-9 vs California

15

<  10

Arkansas

SEC

3-1

716

15

L 24-20 vs #1 Alabama

16

<  19

Miami (FL)

ACC

2-1

598

17

W 31-3 at Pittsburgh

17

<  18

Iowa

Big Ten

3-1

505

18

W 45-0 vs Ball State

18

<  20

USC

Pac-10

4-0

467

NR

W 50-16 at Washington State

19

<  21

Michigan

Big Ten

4-0

398

19

W 65-21 vs Bowling Green

20

<  12

South Carolina

SEC

3-1

397

22

L 35-27 at #17 Auburn

21

<  7

Texas

Big 12

3-1

364

16

L 34-12 vs UCLA

22

<  23

Penn State

Big Ten

3-1

197

20

W 22-13 vs Temple

23

<  NR

NC State

ACC

4-0

166

RV

W 45-28 at Georgia Tech

24

<  25

Michigan State

Big Ten

4-0

149

21

W 45-7 vs Northern Colorado

25

<  NR

Nevada

WAC

4-0

123

25

W 27-13 at BYU

RV

<  22

West Virginia

Big East

3-1

57

RV

L 20-14 at #15 LSU

RV

<  NR

Florida State

ACC

3-1

51

RV

W 31-0 vs Wake Forest

RV

<  NR

Missouri

Big 12

4-0

51

23

W 51-13 vs Miami (OH)

RV

<  NR

Air Force

MWC

3-1

32

RV

W 20-14 at Wyoming

RV

<  NR

Kansas State

Big 12

4-0

27

RV

W 17-13 vs UCF

RV

<  NR

Oklahoma State

Big 12

3-0

24

24

DNP

RV

<  NR

Clemson

ACC

2-1

9

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

UCLA

Pac-10

2-2

9

RV

W 34-12 at #7 Texas

RV

<  24

Oregon State

Pac-10

1-2

7

NR

L 37-24 at #3 Oregon State

RV

<  NR

Northwestern

Big Ten

4-0

4

RV

W 30-25 vs Central Michigan

RV

<  NR

Houston

C-USA

3-1

3

RV

W 42-23 vs Tulane

NR

<  NR

Mississippi State

SEC

2-2

0

RV

W 24-12 vs Georgia

NR

<  NR

Texas Tech

Big 12

2-1

0

RV

DNP

NR

<  NR

Virginia Tech

ACC

2-2

0

RV

W 19-0 at Boston College

MILESTONES
- Stanford makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/28/2001 poll (143 polls).
- Auburn makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/14/2008 poll (33 polls).
- NC State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/7/2003 poll (115 polls).
- Nevada makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/8/948 poll (902 polls).
- Alabama's weekly Top 5 streak reachs 20.
- Texas' weekly Top 10 streak ends at 36.
- TCU's weekly Top 25 streak reachs 30.
- Miami (FL)'s weekly Top 25 streak reachs 20.
- Iowa breaks tie for #25 in total appearances.
- TCU breaks tie for #45 in total appearances.
- NC State breaks tie for #50 in total appearances.
- Boise State ties 2 others for #63 in total appearances.
- Nevada ties 4 others for #115 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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