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December 5, 2010 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP BCS Last Week
1 < 2 Auburn (36) SEC 13-0 1473 *2 1 W 56-17 N #18 South Carolina (SEC CG)
2 < 1 Oregon (23) Pac-10 12-0 1462 *1 2 W 37-20 A Oregon State
3 < 3 TCU (1) MWC 12-0 1379 *3 3 DNP
4 < 4 Wisconsin Big Ten 11-1 1289 4 5 DNP
5 < 5 Stanford Pac-10 11-1 1283 5 4 DNP
6 < 6 Ohio State Big Ten 11-1 1179 6 6 DNP
7 < 7 Michigan State Big Ten 11-1 1101 7 9 DNP
8 < 8 Arkansas SEC 10-2 1085 8 8 DNP
9 < 10 Oklahoma Big 12 11-2 976 8 7 W 23-20 N #13 Nebraska (Big 12 CG)
10 < 9 Boise State WAC 11-1 932 10 10 W 50-14 H Utah State
11 < 11 LSU SEC 10-2 863 12 11 DNP
12 < 12 Virginia Tech ACC 11-2 817 11 13 W 44-33 N #20 Florida State (ACC CG)
13 < 14 Nevada WAC 12-1 759 15 15 W 35-17 A Louisiana Tech
14 < 15 Missouri Big 12 10-2 705 14 12 DNP
15 < 17 Alabama SEC 9-3 628 18 16 DNP
16 < 16 Oklahoma State Big 12 10-2 622 13 14 DNP
17 < 13 Nebraska Big 12 10-3 608 16 18 L 23-20 N #10 Oklahoma (Big 12 CG)
18 < 19 Texas A&M Big 12 9-3 601 17 17 DNP
19 < 18 South Carolina SEC 9-4 332 20 20 L 56-17 N #2 Auburn (SEC CG)
20 < 21 Utah MWC 10-2 312 19 19 DNP
21 < 22 Mississippi State SEC 8-4 288 22 21 DNP
22 < 23 West Virginia Big East 9-3 283 21 22 W 35-14 H Rutgers
23 < 20 Florida State ACC 9-4 188 23 23 L 44-33 N #12 Virginia Tech (ACC CG)
24 < 25 Hawaii WAC 10-3 111 25 24 W 59-21 H UNLV
25 < NR Connecticut Big East 8-4 74 RV NR W 19-16 A South Florida
RV < NR UCF CUSA 10-3 63 24 25 W 17-7 H SMU (CUSA)
RV < NR Maryland ACC 8-4 30 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Tulsa CUSA 9-3 18 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Navy Ind 8-3 11 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Miami (OH) MAC 9-4 8 RV NR W 26-21 N #24 Northern Illinois (MAC)
RV < 24 Northern Illinois MAC 10-3 7 RV NR L 26-21 N Miami (OH) (MAC CG)
RV < NR San Diego State MWC 8-4 6 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Fresno State WAC 8-4 2 NR NR W 25-23 H Illinois
RV < NR Pittsburgh Big East 7-5 2 NR NR W 28-10 A Cincinnati
RV < NR Air Force MWC 8-4 1 NR NR DNP
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 7-5 1 NR NR DNP
RV < NR NC State ACC 8-4 1 RV NR DNP
NR < NR Arizona Pac-10 7-5 0 RV NR L 30-29 (2OT) H Arizona State
NR < NR Notre Dame Ind 7-5 0 NR NR DNP
NR < NR South Florida Big East 7-5 0 NR NR L 19-16 H Connecticut

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 12.5 4669
Big 12 5 14.8 3512
Big Ten 3 5.7 3569
WAC 3 15.7 1802
Pac-10 2 3.5 2745
MWC 2 11.5 1691
ACC 2 17.5 1005
Big East 2 23.5 357

Milestones

- Auburn makes first appearance at #1 since the 9/24/1985 poll (426 polls)
- Connecticut makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/28/2008 poll (41 polls)
- TCU's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 40
- Oklahoma State's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Missouri's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances
- Arkansas breaks tie for #18
- West Virginia breaks tie for #30
- Mississippi State ties NC State for #52
- Hawaii ties East Carolina for #91
- Nevada ties March Field (CA) for #101
- Connecticut ties 2 others for #120

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.