The 2010 post season bowl games began with BYU taking on UTEP, and concluded with the BCS Championship Game (Auburn vs. Oregon). The Overtake and Feedback ranking system (OAF), and the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) rating systems' final positions are listed below for the 70 teams competing in this year's 35 bowl games. (http://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm lists the final rankings computed after the regular season ended for all 120 division I-A colleges.) The final pre-bowl rankings produced from the rating systems created by Jeff Anderson and Chris Hester (A&H), Richard Billingsley, Wes Colley, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin, Peter Wolfe, and the Associate Press (AP) / USA Today's coaches' poll position is shown below. (The systems that include margin of victory by Massey, and by Sagarin, were selected from those that are listed on the comparison web page given above since I believe both of their systems that include margin of victory are purported to be more effective, and margin of victory is excluded in the BCS versions of their systems.)

Bowl Game Records OAF A&H RB Colley Massey Sag. Wolfe Polls
Auburn
Oregon		 13-0
12-0		  2
1		 1
2		 1
2		 1
2		 2
1		 2
1		 1
2		 1/2
2/1
Boston College
Nevada		 7-5
12-1		 49
17		 60
17		 44
14		 47
15		 43
13		 57
18		 52
14		 NR
13/15
Pittsburgh
Kentucky		 7-5
6-6		 72
27		 53
66		 56
65		 51
72		 36
59		 41
64		 48
72		 33T/NR
NR
 LSU
Texas A&M		 10-2
9-3		 11
7		 11
14		 9
19		 10
14		 12
16		 10
13		 7
16		 11/12
18/17
Miami (Ohio)
Middle Tennessee St		 9-4
6-6		 80
102		 61
105		 47
91		 52
103		 72
105		 80
106		 50
105		 30/29
NR
Ohio State
Arkansas		 11-1
10-2		 15
6		 6
9		 6
8		 7
11		 7
6		 11
7		 10
4		 6
8
Stanford
Virginia Tech		 11-1
11-2		 3
14		 8
18		 7
16		 5
16		 3
9		 3
16		 5
17		 5
12/11
Connecticut
Oklahoma		 8-4
11-2		 66
5		 50
4		 39
11		 49
3		 52
10		 54
6		 49
6		 25/26
9
 Wisconsin
TCU		 11-1
12-0		 16
4		 5
3		 4
3		 12
4		 11
4		 15
4		 8
3		 4
3
Michigan
Mississippi St		 7-5
8-4		 44
19		 28
22		 31
21		 33
25		 50
24		 48
25		 32
21		 NR
21/22
Michigan State
Alabama		 11-1
9-3		 21
10		 7
15		 12
10		 8
17		 19
8		 20
5		 11
13		 7
15/18
Penn State
Florida		 7-5
7-5		  43
24		 31
27		 35
23		 37
36		 53
30		 50
26		 41
31		 NR
NR
 Northwestern
Texas Tech		 7-5
7-5		  56
20		  46
29		 25
48		 54
30		 69
44		 68
39		 60
30		 NR
NR
Florida State
South Carolina		 9-4
9-4		 30
12		 21
19		 22
20		 21
20		 20
14		 19
17		 23
20		 23
19/20
 Central Florida
Georgia		 10-3
6-6		 64
23		 40
48		 26
58		 31
60		 48
35		 49
36		 37
53		 26/24
NR
 Miami (F.)
Notre Dame		 7-5
7-5		 62
41		 41
26		 46
40		 42
24		 32
26		 33
28		  43
26		 NR
NR
South Florida
Clemson		 7-5
6-6		  68
46		 65
57		 55
57		 66
57		 58
38		 62
46		 68
59		 NR
NR
Nebraska
Washington		 10-3
6-6		  9
31		 16
44 		17
43		 18
45		 18
31		 14
42		 18
36		 17/16
NR
North Carolina
Tennessee		 7-5
7-5		  45
26		 45
54		 34
54 		46
65		 37
46		 43
51		 45
64		 NR
NR
Kansas State
Syracuse		 7-5
7-5		 33
77		 34
69		 49
62		 43
67		 49
64		 37
67		 39
70		 NR
NR
Army
SMU 		6-6
7-6		 84
82		 80
67		 87
78		 75
62		 82
70		 81
70		 76
67		 NR
NR
Arizona
Oklahoma State		 7-5
10-2		 34
8 		35
12		 29
13		 23
13		 25
17		 23
12		 34
15		 NR/33T
16/13
Illinois
Baylor		 6-6
7-5		  57
25		 42
33		 61
37		 50
38		 55
45		 44
35		 51
27		 NR
NR
East Carolina
Maryland		 6-6
8-4		  81
52		 68
36		 77
28		 64
32		 74
34		 71
40		 62
38		 NR
27
Iowa
Missouri		 7-5
10-2		  36
13		  32
10		 38
18		 39
6		 42
15		 27
9		 35
12		 35T/NR
14
West Virginia
North Carolina State		 9-3
8-4		  65
48		 24
30		 27
32		 26
23		 29
27		 29
30		 25
28		 22/21
35T/30
Air Force
Georgia Tech		 8-4
6-6		  54
60		 43
71		 36
63		 29
71		 39
60		 38
66		 29
73		 35T/33T
NR
 Florida Int.
Toledo		 6-6
8-4		  104
87		 92
64		 95
66		 88
53		 90
68		 96
73		 89
65		 NR
NR
Tulsa
Hawaii		 9-3
10-3		 61
22		 37
23		 30
24		 28
22		 47
28		 52
32		 33
22		 28/NR
24/25
Navy
San Diego State		 9-3
8-4		 50
51		 38
49		 33
50		 34
41		 41
51		 47
45		 40
42		 29/32
32/31
Boise State
Utah		 11-1
10-2		 18
42		 13
20		 5
15		 9
19		 5
23		 8
21		 9
19		 10
20/19
Louisville
Southern Miss St		 6-6
8-4		  78
69		 79
56		 75
42		 76
48		 67
61		 65
63		 75
54		 NR
NR
 Ohio Univ.
Troy		 8-4
7-5		  91
103		 73
87		 70
72		 70
78 		77
89		 78
95		 69
84		 NR
NR
 Northern Illinois
Fresno State		 10-3
8-4		  71
55		 55
39		 52
53		 44
39		 56
54		 56
61		 61
47		 31/28
33T
BYU
UTEP		 6-6
6-6		 58
92		 62
88 		60
85		 58
86		 66
97		 55
94		 55
86		 NR
NR

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