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Authored by Christopher Reina - 17th January, 2011 - 11:07 pm

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Unlike previous seasons, the national champion did not finish the season leading in the Trench Counter.

While Auburn proved beyond any doubt that they were the best team in the country during the 2010 season, several close victories prevented the Tigers from having a better showing in the Trench Counter.

The runner-up Oregon Ducks finished ahead of Auburn in the eighth position.

The top-four teams, Boise State, TCU, Ohio State and Stanford, all had just one loss and were victorious in their bowl game (three of which were BCS contests).

Northern Illinois had three losses, but were largely aided by a 71-3 win over Eastern Michigan, plus a big win over Fresno State in the Humanitarian Bowl.

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Special thanks to William Pilat for his work compiling our data.

RANK	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE	AVERAGE TC
1	Boise State	WAC	21.1
2	TCU	Mountain West	20.3
3	Ohio State	Big 10	16.7
4	Stanford	Pac-10	15.5
5	Wisconsin	Big 10	15.2
6	Alabama	SEC	14.8
7	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	14.5
8	Oregon	Pac-10	14.3
9	Auburn	SEC	13.4
10	Iowa	Big 10	12.7
11	Navy	Independent	12.4
12	Air Force	Mountain West	11.9
13	Nevada	WAC	11.7
14	Oklahoma	Big 12	10.9
15	West Virginia	Big East	10.4
16	Oklahoma State	Big 12	9.9
17	UCF	C-USA	9.7
18	Hawaii	WAC	9.0
19	Virginia Tech	ACC	8.6
20	San Diego State	Mountain West	7.5
21	Arkansas	SEC	7.4
22	Tulsa	C-USA	7.1
23	Mississippi State	SEC	7.0
24	North Carolina State	ACC	6.7
25	South Carolina	SEC	6.6
26	Georgia	SEC	6.6
27	Nebraska	Big 12	6.4
28	Arizona	Pac-10	5.7
29	LSU	SEC	5.3
30	Florida State	ACC	5.0
31	Missouri	Big 12	4.8
32	Southern Miss	C-USA	4.6
33	Maryland	ACC	4.3
34	Texas A&M	Big 12	3.9
35	BYU	Mountain West	3.8
36	Michigan State	Big 10	3.7
37	Illinois	Big 10	3.7
38	Louisville	Big East	3.5
39	Army	Independent	3.5
40	Miami (FL)	ACC	3.3
41	Pittsburgh	Big East	3.3
42	South Florida	Big East	3.1
43	North Carolina	ACC	3.1
44	Texas	Big 12	3.0
45	Toledo	Mid-American	2.7
46	Kentucky	SEC	2.4
47	Temple	Mid-American	2.2
48	Utah	Mountain West	2.1
49	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2.0
50	Syracuse	Big East	2.0
51	Boston College	ACC	1.9
52	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1.9
53	California	Pac-10	1.5
54	Clemson	ACC	1.5
55	USC	Pac-10	1.4
56	Florida	SEC	1.4
57	Houston	C-USA	1.3
58	Ohio	Mid-American	1.3
59	SMU	C-USA	1.2
60	Michigan	Big 10	1.1
61	Tennessee	SEC	0.8
62	Notre Dame	Independent	0.8
63	Connecticut	Big East	0.8
64	Troy	Sun Belt	0.7
65	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.2
66	Baylor	Big 12	0.2
67	Florida International	Sun Belt	0.0
68	Penn State	Big 10	-0.1
69	Arizona State	Pac-10	-0.3
70	Northwestern	Big 10	-0.5
71	Texas Tech	Big 12	-0.7
72	Kent State	Mid-American	-0.8
73	Fresno State	WAC	-1.2
74	North Texas	Sun Belt	-1.5
75	UAB	C-USA	-1.5
76	Cincinnati	Big East	-1.6
77	Washington	Pac-10	-1.9
78	Kansas State	Big 12	-1.9
79	Mississippi	SEC	-2.0
80	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	-2.7
81	Colorado	Big 12	-2.7
82	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-2.8
83	UTEP	C-USA	-2.9
84	Tulane	C-USA	-3.1
85	Idaho	WAC	-3.4
86	Middle Tennessee State	Sun Belt	-3.5
87	Oregon State	Pac-10	-3.7
88	Rutgers	Big East	-3.7
89	Minnesota	Big 10	-3.9
90	Rice	C-USA	-4.5
91	Louisiana Tech	WAC	-4.7
92	Virginia	ACC	-4.8
93	Indiana	Big 10	-4.9
94	Marshall	C-USA	-5.0
95	LA Lafayette	Sun Belt	-6.3
96	Iowa State	Big 12	-6.4
97	Utah State	WAC	-6.6
98	Central Michigan	Mid-American	-6.6
99	Buffalo	Mid-American	-6.9
100	Ball State	Mid-American	-7.1
101	Wyoming	Mountain West	-7.5
102	Purdue	Big 10	-8.2
103	LA Monroe	Sun Belt	-8.2
104	UCLA	Pac-10	-8.6
105	Vanderbilt	SEC	-8.6
106	Duke	ACC	-8.7
107	East Carolina	C-USA	-8.9
108	Kansas	Big 12	-9.2
109	Wake Forest	ACC	-9.5
110	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	-9.8
111	Washington State	Pac-10	-10.2
112	Colorado State	Mountain West	-11.1
113	Bowling Green	Mid-American	-11.1
114	Akron	Mid-American	-11.9
115	San Jose State	WAC	-12.2
116	New Mexico State	WAC	-13.7
117	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	-14.9
118	UNLV	Mountain West	-15.4
119	New Mexico	Mountain West	-17.0
120	Memphis	C-USA	-17.9

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