| AP Poll | USA Today / Coaches Poll | Combination Poll | ||||||||||||
| 27 Sep 2010 | 27 Sep 2010 | Average the %'s | ||||||||||||
| Points | % | Points | % | |||||||||||
| 1. | Alabama | 57 | 1496 | 99.7 | 1. | Alabama | 57 | 1472 | 99.8 | 1. | Alabama | 99.76 | ||
| 2. | Ohio State | 2 | 1431 | 95.4 | 2. | Ohio State | 2 | 1412 | 95.7 | 2. | Ohio State | 95.56 | ||
| 3. | Boise State | 1 | 1356 | 90.4 | 3. | Boise State | 1312 | 88.9 | 3. | Boise State | 89.67 | |||
| 4. | Oregon | 1276 | 85.1 | 4. | Oregon | 1243 | 84.3 | 4. | Oregon | 84.67 | ||||
| 5. | Texas Christian | 1269 | 84.6 | 5. | Texas Christian | 1221 | 82.8 | 5. | Texas Christian | 83.69 | ||||
| 6. | Nebraska | 1158 | 77.2 | 6. | Nebraska | 1164 | 78.9 | 6. | Nebraska | 78.06 | ||||
| 7. | Florida | 1132 | 75.5 | 7. | Florida | 1155 | 78.3 | 7. | Florida | 76.89 | ||||
| 8. | Oklahoma | 1095 | 73.0 | 8. | Oklahoma | 1083 | 73.4 | 8. | Oklahoma | 73.21 | ||||
| 9. | Stanford | 895 | 59.7 | 9. | Wisconsin | 989 | 67.1 | 9. | Wisconsin | 61.99 | ||||
| 10. | Auburn | 863 | 57.5 | 10. | LSU | 896 | 60.7 | 10. | LSU | 57.21 | ||||
| 11. | Wisconsin | 854 | 56.9 | 11. | Auburn | 828 | 56.1 | 11. | Auburn | 56.83 | ||||
| 12. | LSU | 805 | 53.7 | 12. | Utah | 790 | 53.6 | 12. | Stanford | 55.05 | ||||
| 13. | Utah | 792 | 52.8 | 13. | Stanford | 744 | 50.4 | 13. | Utah | 53.18 | ||||
| 14. | Arizona | 724 | 48.3 | 14. | Arizona | 689 | 46.7 | 14. | Arizona | 47.49 | ||||
| 15. | Arkansas | 716 | 47.7 | 15. | Arkansas | 576 | 39.1 | 15. | Arkansas | 43.39 | ||||
| 16. | Miami-Florida | 598 | 39.9 | 16. | Texas | 563 | 38.2 | 16. | Miami-Florida | 37.46 | ||||
| 17. | Iowa | 505 | 33.7 | 17. | Miami-Florida | 517 | 35.1 | 17. | Iowa | 34.09 | ||||
| 18. | Southern Cal | 467 | 31.1 | 18. | Iowa | 509 | 34.5 | 18. | Texas | 31.22 | ||||
| 19. | Michigan | 398 | 26.5 | 19. | Michigan | 375 | 25.4 | 19. | Michigan | 25.98 | ||||
| 20. | South Carolina | 397 | 26.5 | 20. | Penn State | 347 | 23.5 | 20. | South Carolina | 22.45 | ||||
| 21. | Texas | 364 | 24.3 | 21. | Michigan State | 278 | 18.8 | 21. | Penn State | 18.33 | ||||
| 22. | Penn State | 197 | 13.1 | 22. | South Carolina | 272 | 18.4 | 22. | Southern Cal | 15.57 | ||||
| 23. | N. C. State | 166 | 11.1 | 23. | Missouri | 182 | 12.3 | 23. | Michigan State | 14.39 | ||||
| 24. | Michigan State | 149 | 9.9 | 24. | Oklahoma State | 146 | 9.9 | 24. | N. C. State | 8.25 | ||||
| 25. | Nevada | 123 | 8.2 | 25. | Nevada | 102 | 6.9 | 25. | Missouri | 7.87 | ||||
| 26. | West Virginia | 57 | 3.8 | 26. | Florida State | 84 | 5.7 | 26. | Nevada | 7.56 | ||||
| 27. | Florida State | 51 | 3.4 | 27. | N. C. State | 80 | 5.4 | 27. | Oklahoma State | 5.75 | ||||
| 28. | Missouri | 51 | 3.4 | 28. | West Virginia | 45 | 3.1 | 28. | Florida State | 4.55 | ||||
| 29. | Air Force | 32 | 2.1 | 29. | Air Force | 22 | 1.5 | 29. | West Virginia | 3.43 | ||||
| 30. | Kansas State | 27 | 1.8 | 30. | Northwestern | 21 | 1.4 | 30. | Air Force | 1.81 | ||||
| 31. | Oklahoma State | 24 | 1.6 | 31. | Kansas State | 17 | 1.2 | 31. | Kansas State | 1.48 | ||||
| 32. | Clemson | 9 | 0.6 | 32. | Clemson | 16 | 1.1 | 32. | Northwestern | 0.85 | ||||
| 33. | UCLA | 9 | 0.6 | 33. | Houston | 10 | 0.7 | 33. | Clemson | 0.84 | ||||
| 34. | Oregon State | 7 | 0.5 | 34. | Mississippi State | 7 | 0.5 | 34. | Houston | 0.44 | ||||
| 35. | Northwestern | 4 | 0.3 | 35. | Texas Tech | 5 | 0.3 | 35. | UCLA | 0.33 | ||||
| 36. | Houston | 3 | 0.2 | 36. | Virginia Tech | 2 | 0.1 | 36. | Mississippi State | 0.24 | ||||
| 37. | UCLA | 1 | 0.1 | 37. | Oregon State | 0.23 | ||||||||
| 38. | Texas Tech | 0.17 | ||||||||||||
| 39. | Virginia Tech | 0.07 | ||||||||||||