Season leaderboard

Top 25 College Football Games of 2010

Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games: 25
Top score: 81/100
Overtime: 3

National ranking

The season's top 25

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

2010TOSTITOS BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMENeutral site
Auburn vs. Oregon
Auburn 22, Oregon 19
No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 2 Oregon · 3-point margin
Ranking 49/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
81
Game score
Full Game · 2010 Oregon vs. Auburn (National Championship Full Game)
2010ROSE BOWL GAME PRESENTED BY VIZIONeutral site
Wisconsin vs. TCU
Wisconsin 19, TCU 21
No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 3 TCU · 2-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
78
Game score
Full Game · 2010 TCU vs. Wisconsin (Bowl Full Game)
2010Week 13
Auburn at Alabama
Auburn 28, Alabama 27
No. 2 Auburn vs. No. 9 Alabama · 1-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
75
Game score
2010Week 4
Alabama at Arkansas
Alabama 24, Arkansas 20
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 10 Arkansas · 4-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
72
Game score
Full Game · 2010 Arkansas vs. Alabama (Regular Season Full Game)
2010Week 131OT
Boise State at Nevada
Boise State 31, Nevada 34
No. 3 Boise State vs. No. 19 Nevada · 3-point margin
Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 9/15
71
Game score
2010Week 8
LSU at Auburn
LSU 17, Auburn 24
No. 6 LSU vs. No. 5 Auburn · 7-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
69
Game score
Full Game · 2010 Auburn vs. LSU (Regular Season Full Game)
2010ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWLNeutral site
Ohio State vs. Arkansas
Ohio State 31, Arkansas 26
No. 6 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Arkansas · 5-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
68
Game score
Full Game · 2010 Arkansas vs. Ohio State (Bowl Full Game)
2010Week 10
Alabama at LSU
Alabama 21, LSU 24
No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 12 LSU · 3-point margin
Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
Full Game · 2010 LSU vs. Alabama (Regular Season Full Game)
2010Week 8
Wisconsin at Iowa
Wisconsin 31, Iowa 30
No. 10 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 Iowa · 1-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
63
Game score
2010Week 2
Miami at Ohio State
Miami 24, Ohio State 36
No. 12 Miami vs. No. 2 Ohio State · 12-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
61
Game score
2010Week 13
LSU at Arkansas
LSU 23, Arkansas 31
No. 6 LSU vs. No. 12 Arkansas · 8-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
61
Game score
2010Week 14Neutral site
Oklahoma vs. Nebraska
Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 20
No. 10 Oklahoma vs. No. 13 Nebraska · 3-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
61
Game score
Full Game · 2010 Nebraska vs. Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship Game Full Game)
2010Week 101OT
Nebraska at Iowa State
Nebraska 31, Iowa State 30
No. 9 Nebraska vs. Unranked Iowa State · 1-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 9/15
60
Game score
2010Week 11
Oregon at California
Oregon 15, California 13
No. 1 Oregon vs. Unranked California · 2-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
2010Week 8
Oklahoma at Missouri
Oklahoma 27, Missouri 36
No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 18 Missouri · 9-point margin
Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
2010Week 13
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
Oklahoma 47, Oklahoma State 41
No. 14 Oklahoma vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State · 6-point margin
Ranking 28/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
2010Week 6
LSU at Florida
LSU 33, Florida 29
No. 12 LSU vs. No. 14 Florida · 4-point margin
Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
2010Week 12
Nebraska at Texas A&M
Nebraska 6, Texas A&M 9
No. 9 Nebraska vs. No. 18 Texas A&M · 3-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
2010Week 122OT
Arkansas at Mississippi State
Arkansas 38, Mississippi State 31
No. 13 Arkansas vs. No. 22 Mississippi State · 7-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 11/15
56
Game score
2010Week 7
Ohio State at Wisconsin
Ohio State 18, Wisconsin 31
No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 18 Wisconsin · 13-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
2010Week 12
Ohio State at Iowa
Ohio State 20, Iowa 17
No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 21 Iowa · 3-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
2010Week 5
Florida at Alabama
Florida 6, Alabama 31
No. 7 Florida vs. No. 1 Alabama · 25-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 10/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
Full Game · 2010 Alabama vs. Florida (Regular Season Full Game)
2010Week 5
Stanford at Oregon
Stanford 31, Oregon 52
No. 9 Stanford vs. No. 4 Oregon · 21-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
Full Game · 2010 Oregon vs. Stanford (Regular Season Full Game)
2010Week 6
Alabama at South Carolina
Alabama 21, South Carolina 35
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 19 South Carolina · 14-point margin
Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
2010Week 11
San Diego State at TCU
San Diego State 35, TCU 40
Unranked San Diego State vs. No. 3 TCU · 5-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.