October 3, 2010 AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

W-L

PTS

CP

Last Week

1

<  1

Alabama (58)

SEC

5-0

1497

*1

W 31-6 vs #7 Florida

2

<  2

Ohio State (1)

Big Ten

5-0

1401

*2

W 24-13 at Illinois

3

<  4

Oregon

Pac-10

5-0

1379

3

W 52-31 vs #9 Stanford

4

<  3

Boise State (1)

WAC

4-0

1341

4

W 59-0 at New Mexico State

5

<  5

TCU

MWC

5-0

1250

5

W 27-0 at Colorado State

6

<  8

Oklahoma

Big 12

5-0

1183

7

W 28-20 vs #21 Texas

7

<  6

Nebraska

Big 12

4-0

1172

6

DNP

8

<  10

Auburn

SEC

5-0

1045

8

W 52-3 vs Louisiana-Monroe

9

<  14

Arizona

Pac-10

4-0

898

11

DNP

10

<  13

Utah

MWC

4-0

860

10

DNP

11

<  15

Arkansas

SEC

3-1

825

13

DNP

12

<  12

LSU

SEC

5-0

819

9

W 16-14 vs Tennessee

13

<  16

Miami (FL)

ACC

3-1

769

14

W 30-21 at Clemson

14

<  7

Florida

SEC

4-1

681

12

L 31-6 at #1 Alabama

15

<  17

Iowa

Big Ten

4-1

670

15

W 24-3 vs #22 Penn State

16

<  9

Stanford

Pac-10

4-1

663

18

L 52-31 at #4 Oregon

17

<  24

Michigan State

Big Ten

5-0

607

16

W 34-24 vs #11 Wisconsin

18

<  19

Michigan

Big Ten

5-0

555

17

W 42-35 at Indiana

19

<  20

South Carolina

SEC

3-1

450

20

DNP

20

<  11

Wisconsin

Big Ten

4-1

316

19

L 34-24 at #24 Michigan State

21

<  25

Nevada

WAC

5-0

286

23

W 44-26 at UNLV

22

<  NR

Oklahoma State

Big 12

4-0

173

21

W 38-35 vs Texas A&M

23

<  NR

Florida State

ACC

4-1

162

24

W 34-14 at Virginia

24

<  NR

Missouri

Big 12

4-0

99

22

DNP

25

<  NR

Air Force

MWC

4-1

94

RV

W 14-6 vs Navy

RV

<  NR

West Virginia

Big East

3-1

83

RV

DNP

RV

<  NR

Kansas State

Big 12

4-0

69

RV

DNP

RV

<  18

USC

Pac-10

4-1

52

NR

L 32-31 vs Washington

RV

<  21

Texas

Big 12

3-2

33

RV

L 28-20 vs #8 Oklahoma

RV

<  NR

Northwestern

Big Ten

5-0

25

25

W 29-28 at Minnesota

RV

<  NR

Oregon State

Pac-10

2-2

12

RV

W 31-28 vs Arizona State

RV

<  NR

Baylor

Big 12

4-1

10

RV

W 55-7 vs Kansas

RV

<  NR

UCLA

Pac-10

3-2

8

RV

W 42-28 vs Washington State

RV

<  NR

Virginia Tech

ACC

3-2

8

RV

W 41-30 at #23 NC State

RV

<  23

NC State

ACC

4-1

4

RV

L 41-30 vs Virginia Tech

RV

<  22

Penn State

Big Ten

3-2

1

RV

L 24-3 at #17 Iowa

NR

<  NR

Houston

C-USA

3-1

0

RV

DNP

NR

<  NR

Mississippi State

SEC

3-2

0

RV

W 49-16 vs Alcorn State

NR

<  NR

Temple (PA)

MAC

4-1

0

RV

W 42-35 at Army

MILESTONES
- Arizona makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 1999 preseason poll (187 polls).
- Utah makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 2008 final poll (21 polls).
- Auburn makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/14/2008 poll (33 polls).
- Missouri makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/4/2009 poll (15 polls).
- Air Force makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/20/2002 poll (127 polls).
- Florida's weekly Top 10 streak ends at 31.
- Boise State's weekly Top 10 streak reaches 20.
- Ohio State's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 90.
- Texas' weekly Top 25 streak ends at 162.
- Penn State's weekly Top 25 streak ends at 38.
- Oklahoma ties USC for #4 in total appearances.
- TCU breaks tie for #45 in total appearances.
- Oklahoma State ties NC State for #50 in total appearances.
- South Carolina ties Navy for #59 in total appearances.
- Boise State breaks tie for #63 in total appearances.
- Nevada ties 3 others for #112 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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