2010 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 2010 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Steve Spurrier, who was in his sixth season at USC. The Gamecocks played their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina and were members of the East Division of the Southeastern Conference. The Gamecocks finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in SEC play to win the East Division for the first and only time in program history. They earned their first appearance in the SEC Championship where they were defeated by Auburn 17–56. They were invited to the Chick-fil-A Bowl, where they were defeated by Florida State 17–26.

2010 South Carolina Gamecocks football
SEC East Division champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 22
Record9–5 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach
  • Steve Spurrier (6th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorEllis Johnson (3rd season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium
(Capacity: 80,250)
2010 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 22 South Carolina x  5 3   9 5  
Florida  4 4   8 5  
Georgia  3 5   6 7  
Tennessee  3 5   6 7  
Kentucky  2 6   6 7  
Vanderbilt  1 7   2 10  
Western Division
No. 1 Auburn x$#  8 0   14 0  
No. 12 Arkansas %  6 2   10 3  
No. 8 LSU  6 2   11 2  
No. 10 Alabama  5 3   10 3  
No. 15 Mississippi State  4 4   9 4  
Ole Miss*  1 7   4 8  
Championship: Auburn 56, South Carolina 17
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * Ole Miss vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll
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