2010 Cal Poly

6–⁠4 (1–⁠2 Great West Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 7–⁠4, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Cal Poly in 2010, game by game: won vs. Humboldt State 23–17; won vs. Montana 35–33; lost at Texas State 12–21; won at McNeese 40–14; lost at Fresno State 17–38; won at Old Dominion 50–37; lost at Southern Utah 7–20; won vs. Saint Francis 41–33; won at South Dakota 38–24; lost vs. UC Davis 21–22+26−21Won 23–17 vs. Humboldt State+6Humboldt StateWon 35–33 vs. Montana+2MontanaLost 12–21 at Texas State-9Texas StateWon 40–14 at McNeese+26McNeeseLost 17–38 at Fresno State-21Fresno StateWon 50–37 at Old Dominion+13Old DominionLost 7–20 at Southern Utah-13Southern UtahWon 41–33 vs. Saint Francis+8Saint FrancisWon 38–24 at South Dakota+14South DakotaLost 21–22 vs. UC Davis-1UC Davis
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UC Davis 22–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Great West Conference.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Cal Poly’s 2010 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 23vsNorth DakotaW 22–⁠21Cal Poly’s article
Record
6–⁠4
Conference
1–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Great West Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
284–⁠259
Coach
—
Elo
1363 +78 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−19.3 No. 29 of 124 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinators
Brian Cook and Saga Tuitele
Defensive coordinator
Greg Lupfer
Offense
Triple option
Defense
3–⁠4

2010 Great West Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Southern Utah3–⁠05–⁠5
UC Davis3–⁠16–⁠4
Cal Poly1–⁠26–⁠4
South Dakota1–⁠24–⁠6
North Dakota0–⁠33–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.