2010 NAIA football rankings

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  NAIA National Champion
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One human poll made up the 2010 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. Once the regular season was complete, the NAIA sponsored a 16-team playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2010 NAIA Football National Championship.[1]

The poll release dates were:

Week by week poll

Week 0-Spring
Apr 19
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 09
Week Poll 1
Sep 13
Week Poll 2
Sep 20
Week Poll 3
Sep 27
Week Poll 4
Oct 04
Week Poll 5
Oct 11
Week Poll 6
Oct 18
Week Poll 7
Oct 25
Week Poll 8
Nov 01
Week Poll 9
Nov 08
Week Final
Nov 14
Week Postseason
Jan 10
1. Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) *Carroll (MT) 1.
2. Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Sioux Falls (SD) 2.
3. Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) 3.
4. Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) 4.
5. Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Saint Francis (IN) 5.
6. Lambuth (TN) (T) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) McPherson (KS) McPherson (KS) McPherson (KS) McPherson (KS) McPherson (KS) Morningside (IA) 6.
7. MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) (T) Lambuth (TN) Ottawa (KS) McPherson (KS) McPherson (KS) McPherson (KS) McPherson (KS) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Marian (IN) 7.
8. Ottawa (KS) McKendree (IL) Missouri Valley Walsh (OH) Walsh (OH) Walsh (OH) Saint Francis (IN) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Ottawa (KS) Ottawa (KS) McKendree (IL) 8.
9. McKendree (IL) Ottawa (KS) McPherson (KS) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Dickinson State (SD) Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Dickinson State (SD) Dickinson State (SD) Lindenwood (MO) 9.
10. Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Walsh (OH) Lambuth (TN) Dickinson State (SD) Dickinson State (SD) Missouri Valley Ottawa (KS) Ottawa (KS) Ottawa (KS) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Dickinson State (SD) 10.
11. Cumberlands (KY) Cumberlands (KY) Lambuth (TN) (T) Dickinson State (SD) Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Ottawa (KS) William Penn (IA) Dickinson State (SD) Dickinson State (SD) Marian (IN) Marian (IN) McPherson (KS) 11.
12. McPherson (KS) McPherson (KS) Saint Francis (IN) (T) Missouri Valley McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) William Penn (IA) South Dakota M&T Marian (IN) Marian (IN) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) William Penn (IA) 12.
13. Hastings (NB) Hastings (NB) Dickinson State (SD) Marian (IN) Ottawa (KS) Ottawa (KS) Walsh (OH) Dickinson State (SD) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) William Penn (IA) William Penn (IA) Ottawa (KS) 13.
14. Minot State (ND) Minot State (ND) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) Azusa Pacific (CA) Marian (IN) Kansas Wesleyan Marian (IN) Northwestern (IA) William Penn (IA) Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Georgetown (KY) 14.
15. Friends (KS) Friends (KS) Marian (IN) Ottawa (KS) Marian (IN) William Penn (IA) South Dakota M&T Northwestern (IA) William Penn (IA) Northwestern (IA) Northwestern (IA) Northwestern (IA) Northwestern Oklahoma State (T) 15.
16. Walsh (OH) Walsh (OH) Cumberlands (KY) Benedictine (KS) William Penn (IA) Langston (OK) Cumberland (TN) McKendree (IL) Walsh (OH) South Dakota M&T Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Azusa Pacific (CA) (T) 16.
17. Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Benedictine (KS) (T) Azusa Pacific (CA) Northwestern (IA) Kansas Wesleyan Northwestern (IA) Webber International (FL) Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Cumberland (TN) Georgetown (KY) Missouri Valley 17.
18. Dickinson State (SD) Dickinson State (SD) St. Ambrose (IA) (T) Northwestern (IA) Langston (OK) South Dakota M&T Marian (IN) Kansas Wesleyan South Dakota M&T Cumberland (TN) Georgetown (KY) Azusa Pacific (CA) Northwestern (IA) 18.
19. Langston (OK) Langston (OK) Azusa Pacific (CA) William Penn (IA) Lambuth (TN) Azusa Pacific (CA) McKendree (IL) Walsh (OH) Friends (KS) Georgetown (KY) Midland (NB) South Dakota M&T Cumberlands (KY) 19.
20. Grand View (IA) Grand View (IA) William Penn (IA) Langston (OK) Benedictine (KS) Northwestern (IA) Benedictine (KS) Black Hills State (SD) Cumberland (TN) Midland (NB) Walsh (OH) Cumberlands (KY) South Dakota M&T 20.
21. Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon Northwestern (IA) Montana Tech Dakota Wesleyan (SD) Cumberland (TN) Montana Tech (T) Langston (OK) Georgetown (KY) Walsh (OH) Azusa Pacific (CA) (T) Kansas Wesleyan Midland (NB) 21.
22. Taylor (IN) Taylor (IN) Langston (OK) Hastings (NB) Kansas Wesleyan Montana Tech Webber International (FL) (T) Friends (KS) Webber International (FL) Azusa Pacific (CA) St. Francis (IL) (T) Midland (NB) Kansas Wesleyan 22.
23. Northwestern (IA) Northwestern (IA) Hastings (NB) St. Ambrose (IA) South Dakota M&T Benedictine (KS) Langston (OK) Northwestern Oklahoma State Kansas Wesleyan St. Francis (IL) Langston (OK) Cumberland (TN) Cumberland (TN) 23.
24. Baker (KS) Baker (KS) Southern Oregon Southern Nazarene (OK) Menlo (CA) Webber International (FL) Azusa Pacific (CA) Azusa Pacific (CA) Black Hills State (SD) Langston (OK) South Dakota M&T Southern Nazarene (OK) Southern Nazarene (OK) 24.
25. Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Montana Tech Sterling (KS) Cumberland (TN) Dakota Wesleyan (SD) (T)
Campbellsville (KY) (T)
Hastings (NB) (T)
Friends (KS) Cumberland (TN) Midland (NB) Friends (KS) Kansas Wesleyan Webber International (FL) Webber International (FL) 25.
Week 0-Spring
Apr 19
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 09
Week Poll 1
Sep 13
Week Poll 2
Sep 20
Week Poll 3
Sep 27
Week Poll 4
Oct 04
Week Poll 5
Oct 11
Week Poll 6
Oct 18
Week Poll 7
Oct 25
Week Poll 8
Nov 01
Week Poll 9
Nov 08
Week Final
Nov 14
Week Postseason
Jan 10
Dropped:
None
Dropped:
Baker (KS)
Eastern Oregon
Friends (KS)
Grand View (IA)
Minot State (ND)
Northwestern Oklahoma State
Taylor (IN)
Dropped:
Cumberlands (KY)
Southern Oregon
Dropped:
Hastings (NB)
Montana Tech
St. Ambrose (IA)
Southern Nazarene (OK)
Sterling (KS)
Dropped:
Lambuth (TN)
Menlo (CA)
Dropped:
Campbellsville (KY)
Dakota Wesleyan (SD)
Hastings (NB)
Dropped:
Benedictine (KS)
Montana Tech
Dropped:
Azusa Pacific (CA)
Langston (OK)
Dropped:
Black Hills State (SD)
Kansas Wesleyan
Webber International (FL)
Dropped:
Friends (KS)
Dropped:
Langston (OK)
St. Francis (IL)
Walsh (OH)
Dropped:
None

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