2010 season
120 teams across 5 tiers
Biggest movers
Teams with the largest tier change after promotions and relegations.
- AuburnTier 2▲ 1Premier
- BaylorTier 5▲ 1Tier 4
- IndianaTier 5▲ 1Tier 4
- Mississippi StateTier 5▲ 1Tier 4
- NC StateTier 3▲ 1Tier 2
- AkronTier 4▼ 1Tier 5
- BuffaloTier 4▼ 1Tier 5
- Central MichiganTier 3▼ 1Tier 4
- CincinnatiPremier▼ 1Tier 2
- Georgia TechPremier▼ 1Tier 2
Regular season champions
Tier winners — the top finisher in each tier on points, before any promotion playoff or main-playoff games.
Tier standings
Final regular-season standings. Promoted rows tinted green, relegated rows tinted red, survival winners tinted amber.
| Team | ⓘ
| Status | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Oregon | 12 | 0 | 41 | 592 | 221 | +371 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Oklahoma | 11 | 2 | 37 | 473 | 285 | +188 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 2 | 36 | 462 | 248 | +214 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 11 | 1 | 34 | 473 | 160 | +313 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Wisconsin | 11 | 1 | 33 | 520 | 246 | +274 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | TCU | 12 | 0 | 32 | 520 | 137 | +383 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Boise State | 11 | 1 | 30 | 560 | 163 | +397 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | LSU | 10 | 2 | 30 | 345 | 213 | +132 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | USC | 8 | 5 | 30 | 403 | 347 | +56 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Utah | 10 | 2 | 27 | 427 | 238 | +189 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Alabama | 9 | 3 | 25 | 415 | 169 | +246 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | West Virginia | 9 | 3 | 23 | 320 | 153 | +167 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Oregon State | 5 | 7 | 21 | 293 | 322 | -29 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Florida | 7 | 5 | 19 | 351 | 253 | +98 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Iowa | 7 | 5 | 17 | 349 | 197 | +152 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Boston College | 7 | 5 | 17 | 227 | 234 | -7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Georgia | 6 | 6 | 15 | 411 | 277 | +134 | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Penn State | 7 | 5 | 15 | 295 | 271 | +24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Clemson | 6 | 6 | 14 | 286 | 213 | +73 | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | California | 5 | 7 | 14 | 310 | 271 | +39 | ||||||||||||||||
| Relegation Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Texas | 5 | 7 | 14 | 285 | 284 | +1 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | BYU | 6 | 6 | 13 | 288 | 257 | +31 | Survived | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 6 | 13 | 331 | 314 | +17 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | Cincinnati | 4 | 8 | 8 | 325 | 336 | -11 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
Main playoff
Twelve-team championship bracket: top 8 from Premier (seeds 1–8), top 2 from Tier 2 (seeds 9–10), top 2 from Tier 3 (seeds 11–12). Seeds 1–4 receive first-round byes. Champion: Oregon.
Promotion playoffs
Each lower tier sends two teams up automatically (ranks 1 and 2); ranks 3–6 contest a single-elimination playoff for the third promotion spot.
Relegation playoffs
Bottom 4 of each upper tier play a survival bracket. The Survival Final winner stays up; the other three drop down.
2011 starting tiers
Cascade from 2010: promoted teams move up, relegated teams move down, and FBS membership is reconciled against CFBD's roster for the next year.
- Oregon1
- Auburn2
- Stanford3
- Oklahoma4
- Virginia Tech5
- Ohio State6
- Wisconsin7
- TCU8
- Boise State9
- LSU10
- USC11
- Oklahoma State12
- Utah13
- Alabama14
- West Virginia15
- Oregon State16
- Florida17
- Iowa18
- Boston College19
- Georgia20
- Penn State21
- Clemson22
- California23
- BYU24
- Michigan State1
- Florida State2
- South Carolina3
- Nevada4
- Arkansas5
- NC State6
- Missouri7
- Notre Dame8
- Nebraska9
- Texas A&M10
- Arizona11
- Miami (FL)12
- Pittsburgh13
- Texas Tech14
- Michigan15
- East Carolina16
- Colorado17
- UCLA18
- Southern Miss19
- Texas20
- Georgia Tech21
- Arizona State22
- Cincinnati23
- Virginia24
- UConn1
- Washington2
- North Carolina3
- Tulsa4
- Navy5
- Northern Illinois6
- UCF7
- Air Force8
- Syracuse9
- Toledo10
- Northwestern11
- Kansas State12
- South Florida13
- Hawaii14
- Fresno State15
- Tennessee16
- Kentucky17
- Louisville18
- Purdue19
- Houston20
- Minnesota21
- Ole Miss22
- Wyoming23
- Bowling Green24
- Vanderbilt25
- Rutgers26
- Mississippi State1
- Maryland2
- Miami (OH)3
- Baylor4
- Illinois5
- SMU6
- San Diego State7
- Iowa State8
- Ohio9
- Troy10
- Rice11
- Western Michigan12
- UTEP13
- UAB14
- Kent State15
- Indiana16
- Marshall17
- Idaho18
- Kansas19
- Louisiana Tech20
- Colorado State21
- Middle Tennessee22
- Wake Forest23
- Central Michigan24
- New Mexico25
- San Jose State26
- Temple1
- Utah State2
- Florida International3
- Duke4
- Tulane5
- Army6
- UNLV7
- Arkansas State8
- Louisiana-Monroe9
- Florida Atlantic10
- Washington State11
- New Mexico State12
- North Texas13
- Ball State14
- Buffalo15
- Louisiana-Lafayette16
- Eastern Michigan17
- Western Kentucky18
- Memphis19
- Akron20