2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
2010 NCAA Division I FBS season | |
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Number of teams | 120 |
Duration | September 2 – December 11 |
Preseason AP No. 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
Post-season | |
Duration | December 18, 2010 – January 10, 2011 |
Bowl games | 35 |
Heisman Trophy | Cam Newton, Auburn |
Bowl Championship Series | |
2011 BCS Championship Game | |
Site | University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona |
Winner | Auburn Tigers |
Division I FBS football seasons | |
← 2009 2011 → |
The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
The regular season began on September 2, 2010 and ended on December 11, 2010. The postseason concluded on January 10, 2011 with the BCS National Championship Game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The Auburn Tigers defeated the Oregon Ducks to complete an undefeated season and win their second national title in school history.
Contents
1 Rule changes
2 Conference realignment
3 New and updated stadiums
4 Season notes
5 Conference standings
6 Conference summaries
6.1 Conference championship games
6.2 Other conference champions
7 Final BCS rankings
8 Bowl games
9 Awards and honors
9.1 Heisman Trophy voting
9.2 Other award winners
9.2.1 Overall
9.2.2 Offense
9.2.3 Defense
9.2.4 Special teams
9.2.5 Coaches
9.3 All-Americans
10 Records
11 Coaching changes
11.1 Preseason and in-season
11.2 End of season
12 TV ratings
12.1 Ten most watched regular season games in 2010
13 Notes and references
14 External links
Rule changes
- Wedge blocks are now banned on kickoffs.
- Messages on eye-black, such as those worn by Tim Tebow, Reggie Bush, and Case Keenum are no longer allowed.[1][2]
Conference realignment
Multiple conferences announced changes in membership throughout 2010, triggering a major realignment that would eventually affect all 11 FBS leagues. Due to conference notice requirements, these changes would not take effect until 2011 at the earliest.
The first change came on June 10, when the Pacific-10 Conference announced that Colorado had accepted their invitation to join from the Big 12.
The following day, June 11, saw two schools change conferences. The Mountain West Conference announced that Boise State had accepted their invitation to join from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), while Nebraska ended its longstanding affiliation with the Big Eight/Big 12 to join the Big Ten Conference. Both moves would take effect starting with the 2011-2012 academic year.
In the following days, it was widely speculated that the five public schools in the Big 12 South Division (Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State) would leave for the Pac-10 to create a 16-team "superconference." However, a last-minute deal announced on June 14 saw Texas remain in the Big 12, prompting the other four schools to follow suit. The Pac-10 then extended an invitation to Utah on June 16, who accepted the next day. With the addition of Colorado and Utah, the Pac-10 announced that the conference would change its name to the Pac-12 upon the two new members joining in July 2011.
On August 18, the Mountain West responded to rumors of the imminent departure of Brigham Young by inviting WAC members Fresno State, Nevada, and Utah State. Utah State declined the offer[citation needed], but Fresno State and Nevada accepted later that day. Following threats of legal action by the WAC, the two schools agreed to stay in the WAC through the 2011-12 season in exchange for a greatly reduced exit fee. BYU officially announced their departure from the Mountain West on September 1. The BYU football team would become an FBS Independent while all other sports would move West Coast Conference for the 2011-12 season.[3]
On November 11, the Western Athletic Conference announced that Texas State, then a member of the FCS Southland Conference, and UTSA, which planned to launch a football team in 2011, would upgrade their football programs to FBS level, join the WAC in 2012, and become full FBS members in 2013.
On November 29, TCU announced it would leave the Mountain West to join the Big East in 2012. The Mountain West replaced TCU by adding Hawaiʻi as a football-only member on December 10; Hawaiʻi's other sports would join the Big West Conference.
New and updated stadiums
No new stadiums opened in the 2010 season. However, expansion projects at several stadiums were completed in time for the season:
Alabama: The seventh major expansion of Bryant–Denny Stadium increased the capacity from 92,138 to 101,821.
East Carolina: The east end zone at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium was enclosed, increasing capacity from 43,000 to 50,000.
Louisville: A second deck was added to the east side of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, increasing capacity from its original 42,000 to over 56,000.
Michigan: Michigan Stadium once again claimed the title of largest college football stadium. The new capacity was officially announced on July 14 as 109,901.
Texas Tech: Renovations to Jones AT&T Stadium increased the capacity to 60,454 and a new building on the stadium's eastern side added an additional 26 suites and 500 club seats.
Season notes
USC was not eligible to be ranked in the USA Today Coaches Poll due to NCAA sanctions. They were also prohibited from playing in a bowl.[4]- On September 11, Virginia Tech, then #13 in the AP Poll, was stunned at home by in-state FCS team James Madison. The Dukes' 21–16 victory was only the second by an FCS school over a ranked FBS team, after Appalachian State's historic upset of Michigan in 2007.[5]
- The University of Texas reached an agreement with ESPN to distribute the Longhorn Network on cable systems in the fall of 2011. The deal is for 10 years and guarantees Texas $12 million annually on top of the television revenue UT would receive as part of the Big 12's current television contracts with ABC/ESPN and Fox. The Longhorn Network would be the first sports-centric network for a university and was slated to broadcast third-tier programming, but UT men's athletic director DeLoss Dodds has asked the Big 12 to be allowed to air one football game, and a smattering of men's basketball games.[1]
- The CBS telecast of the Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn on November 26, 2010 earned a 7.5 rating, the highest for any game of the 2010 college football season through week 13.[6]
Conference standings
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Conference summaries
Rankings reflect the Week 14 AP Poll before the conference championship games were played.
Conference championship games
Conference | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Coach of the Year |
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ACC | #12 Virginia Tech | #20 Florida State | 44–33 | Tyrod Taylor, QB, Virginia Tech[9] | Da'Quan Bowers, DE, Clemson[9] | Ralph Friedgen, Maryland[10] |
Big 12 | #10 Oklahoma | #13 Nebraska | 23–20 | Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State[11] | Prince Amukamara, CB, Nebraska[11] | Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State[11] |
C-USA | UCF | SMU | 17–7 | Dwayne Harris, WR/KR, East Carolina (MVP)[12] G.J. Kinne, QB, Tulsa[12] | Bruce Miller, DE, UCF[12] | George O'Leary, UCF[13] |
MAC | Miami (OH) | #24 Northern Illinois | 26–21 | Chad Spann, RB, Northern Illinois[14] | Roosevelt Nix, DT, Kent State[14] | Mike Haywood, Miami[14] |
SEC | #2 Auburn | #18 South Carolina | 56–17 | Cam Newton, QB, Auburn[15] | Patrick Peterson, CB, LSU[15] | Steve Spurrier, South Carolina[15] |
Other conference champions
Conference | Champion | Record | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Coach of the Year |
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Big East | Connecticut* Pittsburgh #23 West Virginia | 8–4 7–5 | Jordan Todman, RB, Connecticut[16] | Jabaal Sheard, DE, Pittsburgh[16] | Randy Edsall, Connecticut and Charlie Strong, Louisville[16] |
Big Ten | #7 Michigan State #6 Ohio State (vacated) #4 Wisconsin* | 11–1 11–1 11–1 | Denard Robinson, QB, Michigan[17] | Ryan Kerrigan, DE, Purdue[17] | Mark Dantonio, Michigan State[17] |
MWC | #3 TCU | 12–0 | Andy Dalton, QB, TCU[18] | Tank Carder, LB, TCU[18] | Brady Hoke, San Diego State[18] |
Pac-10 | #1 Oregon | 12–0 | Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford[19] | Stephen Paea, DT, Oregon State[19] | Chip Kelly, Oregon[19] |
Sun Belt | FIU Troy | 6–6 7–5 | T. Y. Hilton, WR/KR, FIU (Player of the Year)[20] Bobby Rainey, RB, Western Kentucky (Offensive POY)[20] | Jamari Lattimore, DE, Middle Tennessee[20] | Mario Cristobal, FIU[20] |
WAC | #9 Boise State #25 Hawaiʻi #14 Nevada | 11–1 10–3 12–1 | Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State and Colin Kaepernick, QB, Nevada[21] | Chris Carter, DE, Fresno State[21] | Chris Ault, Nevada[21] |
* Received conference's automatic BCS bowl bid.
In 2011, Ohio State vacated all twelve wins and their share of the Big Ten title from the 2010 season after it was revealed that several players had committed NCAA violations by receiving improper benefits from a local business owner.[22]
Final BCS rankings
BCS | School | Record | BCS Bowl Game |
1 | Auburn | 13–0 | BCS National Championship |
2 | Oregon | 12–1 | BCS National Championship |
3 | TCU | 12–0 | Rose |
4 | Stanford | 11–1 | Orange |
5 | Wisconsin | 11–1 | Rose |
6 | Ohio State | 11–1 | Sugar |
7 | Oklahoma | 11–2 | Fiesta |
8 | Arkansas | 10–2 | Sugar |
9 | Michigan State | 11–1 | |
10 | Boise State | 11–1 | |
11 | LSU | 10–2 | |
12 | Missouri | 10–2 | |
13 | Virginia Tech | 11–2 | Orange |
14 | Oklahoma State | 10–2 | |
15 | Nevada | 12–1 | |
16 | Alabama | 9–3 | |
17 | Texas A&M | 9–3 | |
18 | Nebraska | 10–3 | |
19 | Utah | 10–2 | |
20 | South Carolina | 9–4 | |
21 | Mississippi State | 8–4 | |
22 | West Virginia | 9–3 | |
23 | Florida State | 9–4 | |
24 | Hawaiʻi | 10–3 | |
25 | UCF | 10–3 |
- Despite not being in the BCS rankings, Connecticut (8–4) played in the Fiesta Bowl by virtue of being the Big East Conference Champion.
Bowl games
Non-BCS Bowls | ||||||||
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Date | Game | Site | Television | Participants and Results | ||||
Dec. 18 | New Mexico Bowl | University Stadium University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 2:00 pm | ESPN | Brigham Young (6-6) 52 UTEP (6-6) 24 | ||||
uDrove Humanitarian Bowl | Bronco Stadium Boise State University Boise, ID 5:30 pm | Northern Illinois (10-3) 40 Fresno State (8-4) 17 | ||||||
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA 9:00 pm | Troy (7-5) 48 Ohio (8-4) 21 | ||||||
Dec. 21 | Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl | Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL 8:00 pm | Southern Mississippi (8-4) 28 Louisville (6-6) 31 | |||||
Dec. 22 | Maaco Bowl Las Vegas | Sam Boyd Stadium University of Nevada, Las Vegas Whitney, NV 8:00 pm | #19 Utah (10-2) 3 #10 Boise State (11-1) 26 | |||||
Dec. 23 | SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl | Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA 8:00 pm | Navy (9-3) 14 San Diego State (8-4) 35 | |||||
Dec. 24 | Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl | Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI 8:00 pm | #24 Hawaiʻi (10-3) 35 Tulsa (9-3) 62 | |||||
Dec. 26 | Little Caesars Pizza Bowl | Ford Field Detroit, MI 8:30 pm | Florida International (6-6) 34 Toledo (8-4) 32 | |||||
Dec. 27 | AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl | Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA 5:00 pm | ESPN2 | Air Force (8-4) 14 Georgia Tech (6-6) 7 | ||||
Dec. 28 | Champs Sports Bowl | Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 6:30 pm | ESPN | #22 West Virginia (9-3) 7 North Carolina State (9-3) 23 | ||||
Insight Bowl | Sun Devil Stadium Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 10:00 pm | #12 Missouri (10-2) 24 Iowa (7-5) 27 | ||||||
Dec. 29 | Military Bowl Pres. By Northrop Grumman | RFK Stadium Washington D.C. 2:30 pm | East Carolina (6-6) 20 Maryland (8-4) 51 | |||||
Texas Bowl | Reliant Stadium Houston, TX 6:00 pm | Illinois (6-6) 38 Baylor (7-5) 14 | ||||||
Valero Alamo Bowl | Alamodome San Antonio, TX 9:15 pm | #14 Oklahoma State (10-2) 36 Arizona (7-5) 10 | ||||||
Dec. 30 | Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl | Gerald J. Ford Stadium Southern Methodist University University Park, TX 12:00 pm | Army (6-6) 16 Southern Methodist (7-6) 14 | |||||
New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Yankee Stadium The Bronx, New York, NY 3:20 pm | Kansas State (7-5) 34 Syracuse (7-5) 36 | ||||||
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | LP Field Nashville, TN 6:40 pm | North Carolina (7-5) 30 Tennessee (6-6) 27 (2OT) | ||||||
Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl | Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA 10:00 pm | #18 Nebraska (10-3) 7 Washington (6-6) 19 | ||||||
Dec. 31 | Meineke Car Care Bowl | Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC 12:00 pm | South Florida (7-5) 31 Clemson (6-6) 26 | |||||
Hyundai Sun Bowl | Sun Bowl Stadium University of Texas El Paso El Paso, TX 2:00 pm | CBS | Notre Dame (7-5) 33 Miami (FL) (7-5) 17 | |||||
AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Liberty Bowl Memphis, TN 3:30 pm | ESPN | Georgia (6-6) 6 #25 Central Florida (10-3) 10 | |||||
Chick-fil-A Bowl | Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 7:30 pm | #20 South Carolina (9-4) 17 #23 Florida State (9-4) 26 | ||||||
Jan. 1 | TicketCity Bowl | Cotton Bowl Fair Park, Dallas, TX 12:00 pm | ESPNU | Northwestern (7-5) 38 Texas Tech (7-5) 45 | ||||
Outback Bowl | Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL 1:00 pm | ABC | Florida (8-4) 37 Penn State (7-5) 24 | |||||
Capital One Bowl | Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 1:00 pm | ESPN | #16 Alabama (9-3) 49 #9 Michigan State (11-1) 7 | |||||
Progressive Gator Bowl | EverBank Field Jacksonville, FL 1:30 pm | ESPN2 | #21 Mississippi State (8-4) 52 Michigan (7-5) 14 | |||||
Jan. 6 | GoDaddy.com Bowl | Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 8:00 pm | ESPN | Middle Tennessee (6-6) 21 Miami (OH) (9-4) 35 | ||||
Jan. 7 | AT&T Cotton Bowl | Cowboys Stadium Arlington, TX 8:00 pm | Fox | #11 LSU (10-2) 41 #17 Texas A&M (9-3) 24 | ||||
Jan. 8 | BBVA Compass Bowl | Legion Field Birmingham, AL 12:00 pm | ESPN | Pittsburgh (7-5) 27 Kentucky (6-6) 10 | ||||
Jan. 9 | Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl | AT&T Park San Francisco, CA 9:00 pm | #15 Nevada (12-1) 20 Boston College (7-5) 13 | |||||
Bowl Championship Series | ||||||||
Date | Game | Site | Television | Participants and Results | ||||
Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio | Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 4:30 pm | ESPN | #5 Wisconsin (11-1) 19 #3 TCU (12-0) 21 | ||||
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ 8:30 pm | Connecticut (8-4) 20 #7 Oklahoma (11-2) 48 | ||||||
Jan. 3 | Discover Orange Bowl | Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 8:30 pm | #4 Stanford (11-1) 40 #13 Virginia Tech (11-2) 12 | |||||
Jan. 4 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA 8:30 pm | #6 Ohio State (11-1) 31 #8 Arkansas (10-2) 26 | |||||
Jan. 10 | Tostitos BCS National Championship Game | University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ 8:30 pm | #2 Oregon (12-0) 19 #1 Auburn (13-0) 22 |
Awards and honors
Heisman Trophy voting
The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player.
Player | School | Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
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Cam Newton | Auburn | QB | 729 | 24 | 28 | 2263 |
Andrew Luck | Stanford | QB | 78 | 309 | 227 | 1079 |
LaMichael James | Oregon | RB | 22 | 313 | 224 | 916 |
Kellen Moore | Boise State | QB | 40 | 165 | 122 | 635[23] |
Other award winners
Overall
AP Player of the Year: Cameron Newton, Auburn
Maxwell Award (top player): Cameron Newton, Auburn
Walter Camp Award (top player): Cameron Newton, Auburn
Niche
Campbell Trophy ("academic Heisman", formerly the Draddy Trophy): Sam Acho, Texas
Wuerffel Trophy (humanitarian-athlete): Sam Acho, Texas
Paul Hornung Award (most versatile player): Owen Marecic, Stanford
Burlsworth Trophy (top player who began as walk-on): Sean Bedford, Georgia Tech
Offense
Quarterback
Davey O'Brien Award (quarterback): Cameron Newton, Auburn
Johnny Unitas Award (senior quarterback): Scott Tolzien, Wisconsin
Manning Award (quarterback): Cameron Newton, Auburn
Sammy Baugh Trophy (quarterback, specifically passer): Landry Jones, Oklahoma
Running Back
Doak Walker Award (running back): LaMichael James, Oregon
Wide Receiver
Fred Biletnikoff Award (wide receiver): Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State
Tight End
John Mackey Award (tight end): D.J. Williams, Arkansas
Lineman
Dave Rimington Trophy (center): Jake Kirkpatrick, TCU
Outland Trophy (interior lineman): Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin
Defense
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (defensive player): Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson
Chuck Bednarik Award (defensive player): Patrick Peterson, LSU
Lott Trophy (defensive impact): J. J. Watt, Wisconsin
Defensive Line
Ted Hendricks Award (defensive end): Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson
Rotary Lombardi Award (defensive lineman): Nick Fairley, Auburn
Linebacker
Dick Butkus Award (linebacker): Von Miller, Texas A&M
Defensive Back
Jim Thorpe Award (defensive back): Patrick Peterson, LSU
Special teams
Lou Groza Award (placekicker): Dan Bailey, Oklahoma State
Ray Guy Award (punter): Chas Henry, Florida
Coaches
AP Coach of the Year: Chip Kelly, Oregon
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award: Gene Chizik, Auburn
The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award: Gene Chizik, Auburn
Walter Camp Coach of the Year: Chip Kelly, Oregon
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year: Chip Kelly, Oregon
Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award: Chris Petersen, Boise State
Bobby Bowden National Collegiate Coach of the Year Award: Gene Chizik, Auburn
Assistant
Broyles Award (assistant coach): Gus Malzahn, Auburn
All-Americans
Records
Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno, in his 45th season, has achieved a feat that no coach in major college football history has ever reached: the 400-win mark. Paterno already held records for the most wins in major college football history as well as the most bowl wins (24) in college football history.
Kyle Brotzman of Boise State set a new Division I record for most career points by a kicker. His 439 career points surpassed the former record of 433 by Art Carmody of Louisville.
Miami (Ohio) became the first team in FBS history to win 10 or more games after losing 10 or more games in the previous season.
Coaching changes
Preseason and in-season
This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2010. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2010, see 2009 NCAA Division I FBS end-of-season coaching changes.
School | Outgoing coach | Date | Reason | Replacement |
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Vanderbilt | Bobby Johnson | July 14 | Retired | Robbie Caldwell[24] |
Minnesota | Tim Brewster | October 17 | Fired after 1–6 start | Jeff Horton (interim)[25] |
North Texas | Todd Dodge | October 20 | Fired after 1–6 start | Mike Canales (interim)[26] |
Colorado | Dan Hawkins | November 9 | Fired after 3–6 start | Brian Cabral (interim)[27] |
End of season
Note:
- All dates in November and December are in 2010; all January dates are in 2011.
- The "resigned/fired" listing indicates that a coach technically resigned, but at least one media report has stated that he was effectively fired.
School | Outgoing coach | Date of departure | Reason | Replacement | Date of replacement |
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Kent State | Doug Martin | November 21 (effective November 27)[28] | Resigned | Darrell Hazell | December 20 |
Ball State | Stan Parrish | November 22[29] | Fired | Pete Lembo[30] | December 20 |
Vanderbilt | Robbie Caldwell | November 27[31] | Resigned | James Franklin[32] | December 17 |
Miami (FL) | Randy Shannon | November 27[33] | Fired | Al Golden[34] | December 12 |
Indiana | Bill Lynch | November 28[35] | Fired | Kevin Wilson[36] | December 7 |
Arkansas State | Steve Roberts | November 29[37] | Resigned/fired[38] | Hugh Freeze[38] | December 2 |
Louisiana-Lafayette | Rickey Bustle | November 29[39] | Fired | Mark Hudspeth[40] | December 13 |
North Texas | Mike Canales (interim) | November 30[41] | Permanent replacement | Dan McCarney[41] | November 30 |
Minnesota | Jeff Horton (interim) | December 5[42] | Permanent replacement | Jerry Kill[42] | December 5 |
Northern Illinois | Jerry Kill | December 5[42] | Hired by Minnesota[42] | Tom Matukewicz (interim)[43] | December 9 |
Dave Doeren (permanent)[44] | December 13 (effective January 2) | ||||
Colorado | Brian Cabral (interim) | December 6[45] | Permanent replacement | Jon Embree | December 6 |
Florida | Urban Meyer | December 8 (effective January 2)[46] | Resigned | Will Muschamp[47] | December 11 (effective January 2) |
Pittsburgh | Dave Wannstedt | December 7[48] | Resigned/fired | Mike Haywood[49] | December 16 (fired on Jan. 1) |
Temple | Al Golden | December 12 | Hired by Miami (FL)[34] | Steve Addazio[50] | December 22 (effective date TBA) |
Miami (OH) | Mike Haywood | December 16 | Hired by Pittsburgh[49] | Lance Guidry (interim)[51] | December 16 |
Don Treadwell (permanent)[52] | December 31 (effective January 10) | ||||
Maryland | Ralph Friedgen | December 20 | Fired | Randy Edsall[53] | January 2 |
Pittsburgh | Mike Haywood | January 1 | Fired[54] | Phil Bennett (interim) | January 3 |
Todd Graham (permanent)[55] | January 10 | ||||
Connecticut | Randy Edsall | January 2 | Hired by Maryland[53] | Paul Pasqualoni[56] | January 13 |
Michigan | Rich Rodriguez | January 5 | Fired[57] | Brady Hoke[58] | January 11 |
Stanford | Jim Harbaugh | January 7 | Hired by San Francisco 49ers[59] | David Shaw[60] | January 13 |
Tulsa | Todd Graham | January 10 | Hired by Pittsburgh[55] | Bill Blankenship[61] | January 14 |
San Diego State | Brady Hoke | January 11 | Hired by Michigan[58] | Rocky Long[62] | January 12 |
TV ratings
Ten most watched regular season games in 2010
- 1. November 26 - Iron Bowl/The Cam-Back - CBS - 2 Auburn vs 9 Alabama - 12.5 Million viewers
- 2. December 4 - 2010 SEC Championship - CBS - 1 Auburn vs 19 South Carolina - 10.1 Million viewers
- 3. September 6 - ESPN - 3 Boise State vs. 5 Virginia Tech - 9.9 Million viewers
- 4. December 4 - 2010 Big 12 Championship - ESPN on ABC - 13 Nebraska vs 10 Oklahoma - 8.98 Million viewers
- 5. October 2 - CBS - 7 Florida vs 1 Alabama - 8.6 Million viewers
- 6. November 13 - Deep South's Oldest Rivalry - CBS - Georgia vs 2 Auburn - 8.3 Million viewers
- 7. September 25 - CBS - 1 Alabama vs 10 Arkansas - 8.2 Million viewers
- 8. November 26 - ESPN - 21 Arizona vs 1 Oregon - 7.8 Million viewers
- 9. October 9 - CBS - 1 Alabama vs 19 South Carolina - 7.7 Million viewers
- 10. September 11 - ESPN - 18 Penn State vs 1 Alabama -7.2 Million viewers
7 of 10 games involved with SEC teams - All seven involved a team from the State of Alabama
Notes and references
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External links
Media related to 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season at Wikimedia Commons