The 1910 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing

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and

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as having been retrospectively selected national champions, by four "major selectors" in about 1927, 1947, 1970 and 1980. Only Harvard claims a national championship for the 1910 season.

Rules

Rule changes were made prior to the 1910 season to permit more use of the forward pass, with complicated limitations: *The only eligible receivers were the two ends, who could catch a pass no more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage, and could not be interfered with until the ball was caught. *A legal pass could not be thrown unless the quarterback was at least 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage and the rest of the players, except the two ends, were at least 1 yard behind the scrimmage line. *On kickoffs and punts, the kicking team's players could not be touched until they had advanced 20 yards *Flying tackles were outlawed, and "the man making a tackle must have at least one foot on the ground". *The ballcarrier could no longer be aided in any way by his teammates. Other rules in 1910 were: *Field 110 yards in length *Kickoff made from midfield *Three downs to gain ten yards *Touchdown worth 5 points *Field goal worth 3 points *Game time based on agreement of the teams, not to exceed two 45 minute halves. The season ran from September 24 until

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(November 24)."Football Under New Rules Starts To-Day", ''New York Times'', September 24, 1910 Prior to Thanksgiving, the season's death toll was 22; the previous season's was thirty.

Conference and program changes

* The Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference (CFAC) changed its name to the

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(RMFAC, now just the ''Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference'') in 1910 after expanding into

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Conference changes

Program changes

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changed its nickname from the ''Cardinals'' to the current Razorbacks.

Conference standings

Major conference standings

Independents

Minor conferences

Minor conference standings

Awards and honors

All-Americans

The consensus

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team included

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's selections:

References

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