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October 17, 2010 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP BCS Last Week
1 < 2 Oregon (39) Pac-10 6-0 1471 *1 2 DNP
2 < 3 Boise State (15) WAC 6-0 1433 *2 3 W 48-0 A San Jose State
3 < 6 Oklahoma (3) Big 12 6-0 1355 *3 1 W 52-0 H Iowa State
4 < 4 TCU (3) MWC 7-0 1340 *4 5 W 31-3 H BYU
5 < 7 Auburn SEC 7-0 1279 *5 4 W 65-43 H #12 Arkansas
6 < 9 LSU SEC 7-0 1132 6 6 W 32-10 H McNeese State
7 < 8 Alabama SEC 6-1 1121 7 8 W 23-10 H Mississippi
8 < 13 Michigan State Big Ten 7-0 1062 8 7 W 26-6 H Illinois
9 < 11 Utah MWC 6-0 1019 9 9 W 30-6 A Wyoming
10 < 18 Wisconsin Big Ten 6-1 920 11 13 W 31-18 H #1 Ohio State
11 < 1 Ohio State Big Ten 6-1 895 10 10 L 31-18 A #18 Wisconsin
12 < 14 Stanford Pac-10 5-1 828 14 12 DNP
13 < 15 Iowa Big Ten 5-1 768 12 15 W 38-28 A Michigan
14 < 5 Nebraska Big 12 5-1 684 13 16 L 20-13 H Texas
15 < 17 Arizona Pac-10 5-1 619 18 18 W 24-7 A Washington State
16 < 16 Florida State ACC 6-1 615 17 17 W 24-19 H Boston College
17 < 20 Oklahoma State Big 12 6-0 575 15 14 W 34-17 A Texas Tech
18 < 21 Missouri Big 12 6-0 552 16 11 W 30-9 A Texas A&M
19 < 10 South Carolina SEC 4-2 372 20 21 L 31-28 A Kentucky
20 < 25 West Virginia Big East 5-1 346 19 20 W 20-6 H South Florida
21 < 12 Arkansas SEC 4-2 343 21 23 L 65-43 A #7 Auburn
22 < NR Texas Big 12 4-2 267 22 19 W 20-13 A #5 Nebraska
23 < NR Virginia Tech ACC 5-2 122 23 25 W 52-21 H Wake Forest
24 < NR Mississippi State SEC 5-2 111 24 24 W 10-7 A #22 Florida
25 < NR Miami (FL) ACC 4-2 85 25 NR W 28-13 A Duke
RV < NR USC Pac-10 5-2 80 NR NR W 48-14 H California
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 5-1 40 RV 22 W 59-7 H Kansas
RV < 19 Nevada WAC 6-1 19 RV NR L 27-21 A Hawaii
RV < NR Hawaii WAC 5-2 8 RV NR W 27-21 H #19 Nevada
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 4-2 8 RV NR W 44-10 A Virginia
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 5-1 8 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 5-2 7 RV NR L 38-28 H #15 Iowa
RV < NR Georgia Tech ACC 5-2 5 RV NR W 42-14 H Middle Tennessee
RV < 24 Oregon State Pac-10 3-3 3 NR NR L 35-34 (2OT) A Washington
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 5-2 2 RV NR W 31-25 A Colorado
RV < NR NC State ACC 5-2 2 NR NR L 33-27 (1OT) A East Carolina
RV < 23 Air Force MWC 5-2 1 RV NR L 27-25 A San Diego State
RV < NR East Carolina CUSA 4-2 1 RV NR W 33-27 (1OT) H NC State
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 4-3 1 NR NR W 31-28 H #10 South Carolina
RV < NR Washington Pac-10 3-3 1 NR NR W 35-34 (2OT) H #24 Oregon State
NR < 22 Florida SEC 4-3 0 NR NR L 10-7 H Mississippi State
NR < NR Navy Ind 4-2 0 RV NR W 28-21 H SMU
NR < NR Purdue Big Ten 4-2 0 NR NR W 28-17 H Minnesota
NR < NR San Diego State MWC 4-2 0 NR NR W 27-25 H #23 Air Force
NR < NR Southern Miss CUSA 5-2 0 NR NR W 41-19 A Memphis

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 13.7 4358
Big 12 5 14.8 3433
Big Ten 4 10.5 3645
Pac-10 3 9.3 2918
ACC 3 21.3 822
MWC 2 6.5 2359
WAC 1 2.0 1433
Big East 1 20.0 346

Milestones

- Oregon makes first ever appearance at #1
- Oklahoma makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 2009 preseason poll (22 polls)
- Auburn makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 11/5/2006 poll (61 polls)
- Michigan State makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/26/2003 poll (111 polls)
- Wisconsin makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/21/2008 poll (35 polls)
- Mississippi State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/23/2001 poll (151 polls)
- Ohio State's weekly Top 10 streak ends at 13
- Florida's weekly Top 25 streak ends at 88
- Iowa's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 20
- Oregon's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 20
- Wisconsin's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances
- Iowa ties Pittsburgh for #24
- Oregon and Stanford break tie for #37
- TCU breaks tie with Kansas State and Houston for #43
- Mississippi State breaks tie for #53
- Utah ties Rice for #68

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.