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October 10, 2010 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 2 Ohio State (34) Big Ten 6-0 1453 *1 W 38-10 H Indiana
2 < 3 Oregon (15) Pac-10 6-0 1427 *2 W 43-23 A Washington State
3 < 4 Boise State (8) WAC 5-0 1395 *3 W 57-14 H Toledo
4 < 5 TCU (1) MWC 6-0 1304 *5 W 45-0 H Wyoming
5 < 7 Nebraska Big 12 5-0 1236 *4 W 48-13 A Kansas State
6 < 6 Oklahoma (2) Big 12 5-0 1225 6 DNP
7 < 8 Auburn SEC 6-0 1104 7 W 37-34 A Kentucky
8 < 1 Alabama SEC 5-1 1021 8 L 35-21 A #19 South Carolina
9 < 12 LSU SEC 6-0 999 9 W 33-29 A #14 Florida
10 < 19 South Carolina SEC 4-1 978 12 W 35-21 H #1 Alabama
11 < 10 Utah MWC 5-0 926 10 W 68-27 A Iowa State
12 < 11 Arkansas SEC 4-1 813 13 W 24-17 A Texas A&M
13 < 17 Michigan State Big Ten 6-0 806 11 W 34-17 A #18 Michigan
14 < 16 Stanford Pac-10 5-1 732 15 W 37-35 H USC
15 < 15 Iowa Big Ten 4-1 648 14 DNP
16 < 23 Florida State ACC 5-1 547 17 W 45-17 A #13 Miami (FL)
17 < 9 Arizona Pac-10 4-1 472 20 L 29-27 H Oregon State
18 < 20 Wisconsin Big Ten 5-1 410 16 W 41-23 H Minnesota
19 < 21 Nevada WAC 6-0 376 21 W 35-13 H San Jose State
20 < 22 Oklahoma State Big 12 5-0 348 18 W 54-28 A Louisiana-Lafayette
21 < 24 Missouri Big 12 5-0 298 19 W 26-0 H Colorado
22 < 14 Florida SEC 4-2 209 22 L 33-29 H #12 LSU
23 < 25 Air Force MWC 5-1 187 23 W 49-27 H Colorado State
24 < NR Oregon State Pac-10 3-2 186 RV W 29-27 A #9 Arizona
25 < NR West Virginia Big East 4-1 141 25 W 49-10 H UNLV
RV < 18 Michigan Big Ten 5-1 137 24 L 34-17 H #17 Michigan State
RV < 13 Miami (FL) ACC 3-2 63 RV L 45-17 H #23 Florida State
RV < NR NC State ACC 5-1 31 RV W 44-17 H Boston College
RV < NR Virginia Tech ACC 4-2 17 RV W 45-21 H Central Michigan
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 5-1 5 RV L 20-17 H Purdue
RV < NR Texas Big 12 3-2 5 RV DNP
RV < NR Kansas State Big 12 4-1 1 NR L 48-13 H #7 Nebraska
NR < NR Baylor Big 12 4-2 0 NR L 45-38 N Texas Tech
NR < NR California Pac-10 3-2 0 NR W 35-7 H UCLA
NR < NR Georgia Tech ACC 4-2 0 NR W 33-21 H Virginia
NR < NR Illinois Big Ten 3-2 0 NR W 33-13 A Penn State
NR < NR Maryland ACC 4-1 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Mississippi State SEC 4-2 0 RV W 47-24 A Houston
NR < NR Syracuse Big East 4-1 0 NR W 13-9 A South Florida
NR < NR UTEP CUSA 5-1 0 NR W 44-24 H Rice

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 11.3 5124
Big Ten 4 11.8 3317
Big 12 4 13.0 3107
Pac-10 4 14.3 2817
MWC 3 12.7 2417
WAC 2 11.0 1771
ACC 1 16.0 547
Big East 1 25.0 141

Milestones

- Ohio State makes first appearance at #1 since the 12/2/2007 poll (40 polls)
- Nebraska makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 12/9/2001 poll (139 polls)
- South Carolina makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/14/2007 poll (47 polls)
- Alabama's weekly Top 5 streak ends at 22
- Miami (FL)'s weekly Top 25 ends at 21
- Alabama's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 40
- Nebraska's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Ohio State passes 600,000 in total points

Total Appearances
- Oklahoma breaks tie for #4
- West Virginia ties Virginia Tech for #30
- Oregon and Stanford tie California for #37
- TCU ties Kansas State and Houston for #43
- Oklahoma State breaks tie for #50
- South Carolina breaks tie for #59
- Air Force ties Kentucky for #67
- Nevada ties 2 others for #110

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)
  • Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.