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WORTH NOTING
CHECKING THE RANKINGS • Included below are TCU’s week-by-week rankings this season: AP USA Today Preseason 6 7 Sept. 7 4 5 Sept. 12 4 5 Sept. 19 4 5 Sept. 26 5 5 Oct. 3 5 5 Oct. 10 4 5 Oct. 17 4 4 Oct. 24 4 4 Oct. 31 4 4 Nov. 7 3 3 Nov. 14 4 4 Nov. 21 4 4 Nov. 28 3 3 Dec. 5 3 3
Harris BCS -- --- --- --- --- --- -4 -3 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
A NEW HOME • A $105 million renovation of the west side and north end zone of Amon G. Carter Stadium is underway to better enhance the football fan experience, upgrade amenities and transform the historic Fort Worth icon into the “Camden Yards” of collegiate football stadiums. • Completely funded by donor support, the renovation will be fully completed in 2012. • An implosion of the old press box side of the stadium occurred Dec. 5. The entire west side dropped in a process that took about 35 seconds. • After construction, Amon G. Carter Stadium will have a seating capacity of 40,000 that can be expanded to more than 50,000.
• TCU has been ranked a school-record 40 consecutive weeks, appearing in every poll since Oct. 19, 2008. • The Frogs’ run of 40 consecutive weeks ranked is the fourth-longest current streak in the nation (Ohio State 99, Alabama 48, Boise State 44). • A No. 6 preseason ranking was the best in TCU history. • TCU has three top-10 final rankings in the last five seasons. • In 2009, the Frogs had their highest season-ending ranking (sixth) since they were also sixth in 1955. • TCU has back-to-back top-10 appearances in final polls for the first time since the 1958-59 campaigns. • TCU received four No. 1 votes in the final 2009 Harris Poll. • The Frogs had a lone first-place vote in the final 2010 Harris Poll. FROG FEVER • TCU had three sellouts this season and has totaled four in its last eight home dates. • The Frogs set a single-season attendance record for the second straight year, averaging 42,466. Last year was 38,187. • Three of the top-six attendances in TCU’s history came this season. A standing-room only crowd of 47,393 for the Sept. 18 Baylor game ranks second. SRO crowds of 46,096 for Air Force (Oct. 23) and 45,694 against San Diego State (Nov. 13) place fifth and sixth, respectively. • Over its last eight home games, TCU has an average attendance of 43,355. It represents 97.7 percent of the capacity at 44,358-seat Amon G. Carter Stadium. • TCU sold a record 19,143 football season tickets in 2010. When including the student allotment, the total is 25,298. • The crowd of 50,307 for last year’s Utah contest set a TCU single-game home attendance record. An estimated 7,500 filled TCU’s Campus Commons earlier in the day for ESPN’s College GameDay. • Over 20,000 TCU fans made the trip to Arizona in January for the 2010 Fiesta Bowl. THE BEST IN TEXAS • Since 2005, TCU has the best record among the 10 FBS teams in Texas:
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Team 1. TCU 2. Texas 3. Texas Tech 4. Houston 5. Texas A&M 6. UTEP 7. SMU 8. Baylor 9. Rice 10. North Texas
W-L 65-11 63-15 52-23 47-30 40-32 32-39 28-45 27-44 27-45 13-58
Pct. .855 .808 .693 .610 .556 .451 .384 .380 .375 .183
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