for the 2010 regular season. yes, i know there is one more game to play, so these rankings are based on the assumption that navy will beat army. if that does not happen, then i will have to revise my rankings next week. i did not count the conference championship games, because they give the winners an unfair advantage over teams in conferences that don't have one, and likewise give the losers an unfair disadvantage.
disclaimer: this ranking system is not designed to determine which team is best. the purpose is to determine which team has had the best season, and is therefore deserving of bcs bowl games, other bowls, and potential playoff spots.
all 120 teams:
1 auburn
2 oregon
3 tcu
4 ohio state
5 michigan state
6 oklahoma
7 stanford
8 boise
9 wisconsin
10 missouri
11 lsu
12 arkansas
13 oklahoma state
14 nevada
15 texas a&m
16 nebraska
17 alabama
18 florida state
19 virginia tech
20 south carolina
21 utah
22 hawaii
23 notre dame
24 west virginia
25 nc state
26 san diego state
27 navy
28 maryland
29 mississippi state
30 usc
31 air force
32 michigan
33t tulsa
33t northern illinois
35 penn state
36 florida
37 miami
38t arizona
38t iowa
40 fresno
41 texas tech
42t baylor
42t ucf
44 north carolina
45 u conn
46 boston college
47 pitt
48 illinois
49 washington
50 kansas state
51 toledo
52 southern miss
53 clemson
54t northwestern
54t oregon state
56 byu
57 temple
58 miami (oh)
59 smu
60 south florida
61 arizona state
62 ecu
63 georgia
64 ohio
65 syracuse
66 tennessee
67 colorado
68 california
69 texas
70 georgia tech
71t kentucky
71t louisiana Tech
73 idaho
74 louisville
75 army
76 indiana
77 troy
78 ucla
79 purdue
80 western michigan
81t cincinatti
81t utah state
83 marshall
84 mississippi
85 florida international
86 houston
87 utep
88 minnesota
89 iowa state
90 wake forrest
91 kent state
92 virginia
93 ulm
94 kansas
95 colorado state
96 rutgers
97 duke
98 wyoming
99 rice
100 uab
101 unlv
102 middle tennessee
103 washington state
104 tulane
105 vanderbilt
106 arkansas state
107 central michigan
108 florida atlantic
109 new mexico state
110 eastern michigan
111 ball state
112 new mexico
113 bowling green
114 louisiana-lafeyette
115 san jose state
116 buffalo
117 north texas
118 memphis
119 western kentucky
120 akron
conferences (avg. ranking)
1 big 10 (42.64)
2 big xii (42.67)
3 sec (42.92)
4 pac 10 (49.1)
5 acc (51.58)
6 big east (56.18)
7 wac (59.33)
8 mountain west (60.33)
9 cusa (77.08)
10 mac (85.54)
11 sun belt (102.33)