# 2010 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2010 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2010 season.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## American Football Coaches Association poll

| | Preseason | Week 1 Aug 31 | Week 2 Sept 7 | Week 3 Sept 14 | Week 4 Sept 21 | Week 5 Sept 28 | Week 6 Oct 5 | Week 7 Oct 12 | Week 8 Oct 19 | Week 9 Oct 26 | Week 10 Nov 2 | Week 11 Nov 9 | Week 12 Nov 16 | Week 13 Postseason | |
| 1. | Northwest Missouri State (22) | Northwest Missouri State (0–0) (23) | Grand Valley State (1–0) (21) | Grand Valley State (2–0) (23) | Grand Valley State (3–0) (19) | Grand Valley State (4–0) (21) | Grand Valley State (5–0) (21) | Grand Valley State (6–0) (20) | Grand Valley State (7–0) (23) | Grand Valley State (8–0) (24) | Minnesota–Duluth (9–0) (24) | Minnesota–Duluth (10–0) (23) | Minnesota–Duluth (11–0) (23) | Minnesota–Duluth (15–0) | 1. |
| 2. | Grand Valley State (3) | Grand Valley State (0–0) (1) | Minnesota–Duluth (1–0) (2) | Minnesota–Duluth (2–0) (1) | Minnesota–Duluth (3–0) (4) | Minnesota–Duluth (4–0) (2) | Minnesota–Duluth (5–0) (2) | Minnesota–Duluth (6–0) (4) | Minnesota–Duluth (7–0) (3) | Minnesota–Duluth (8–0) (1) | Abilene Christian (9–0) (2) | Abilene Christian (10–0) (3) | Abilene Christian (11–0) (3) | Delta State (11–4) | 2. |
| 3. | North Alabama (1) | Minnesota–Duluth (1–0) (1) | North Alabama (1–0) (3) | North Alabama (2–0) (2) | North Alabama (3–0) (3) | North Alabama (4–0) (3) | North Alabama (5–0) (3) | North Alabama (6–0) (2) | California (PA) (7–0) | Abilene Christian (8–0) (1) | Northwest Missouri State (7–1) | Northwest Missouri State (8–1) | Northwest Missouri State (9–1) | Northwest Missouri State (12–2) | 3. |
| 4. | Minnesota–Duluth | North Alabama (0–0) (1) | California (PA) (1–0) | California (PA) (2–0) | California (PA) (3–0) | California (PA) (4–0) | California (PA) (5–0) | California (PA) (6–0) | Abilene Christian (7–0) | Northwest Missouri State (6–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (8–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (9–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (10–1) | Albany State (11–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Central Washington | California (PA) (0–0) | Abilene Christian (1–0) | Abilene Christian (2–0) | Abilene Christian (3–0) | Abilene Christian (4–0) | Abilene Christian (5–0) | Abilene Christian (6–0) | Northwest Missouri State (5–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–1) | Albany State (9–0) | Albany State (10–0) | Albany State (10–0) | Central Missouri (11–3) | 5. |
| 6. | California (PA) | Abilene Christian (0–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (1–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (4–0) | Northwest Missouri State (3–1) | Northwest Missouri State (4–1) | Hillsdale (6–1) | Albany State (8–0) | Central Missouri (9–1) | Grand Valley State (9–1) | Grand Valley State (10–1) | Augustana (11–2) | 6. |
| 7. | Abilene Christian | West Liberty State (0–0) | West Alabama (2–0) | Northwest Missouri State (0–1) | Northwest Missouri State (1–1) | Northwest Missouri State (2–1) | West Texas A&M (4–1) | West Texas A&M (5–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (6–1) | Central Missouri (8–1) | Augustana (9–0) | Valdosta State (8–1) | California (PA) (10–1) | Shepherd (12–2) | 7. |
| 8. | West Liberty State | West Texas A&M (0–0) | Northwest Missouri State (0–1) | West Alabama (2–0) | Missouri Western State (3–0) | Missouri Western State (4–0) | Midwestern State (5–0) | Hillsdale (5–1) | Albany State (7–0) | Augustana (8–0) | Grand Valley State (8–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (9–1) | Central Missouri (9–2) | Abilene Christian (11–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Carson–Newman | Washburn (1–0) | West Texas A&M (0–1) | West Texas A&M (1–1) | West Texas A&M (2–1) | West Texas A&M (3–1) | Hillsdale (4–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–1) | Central Missouri (7–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (7–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (8–1) | Shepherd (9–0) | Augustana (10–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (10–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Washburn | West Alabama (1–0) | Tuskegee (1–0) | Tuskegee (2–0) | Midwestern State (3–0) | Midwestern State (4–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (4–1) | Albany State (6–0) | North Alabama (6–1) | Valdosta State (6–1) | Valdosta State (7–1) | California (PA) (9–1) | Hillsdale (9–2) | Grand Valley State (11–2) | 10. |
| 11. | West Texas A&M | Saginaw Valley State (0–0) | Hillsdale (1–0) | Missouri Western State (2–0) | Minnesota State (3–0) | Hillsdale (3–1) | Albany State (5–0) | Central Missouri (6–1) | Augustana (7–0) | Shepherd (8–0) | Shepherd (9–0) | Bloomsburg (9–1) | Mercyhurst (9–2) | Mercyhurst (10–3) | 11. |
| 12. | West Alabama | Nebraska–Omaha (0–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Midwestern State (2–0) | Hillsdale (2–1) | Edinboro (4–0) | Central Missouri (5–1) | Delta State (5–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (6–1) | California (PA) (7–1) | California (PA) (8–1) | Central Missouri (9–2) | Wayne State (9–2) | St. Cloud State (10–3) | 12. |
| 13. | Nebraska–Kearney | Central Washington (0–1) | Midwestern State (1–0) | Hillsdale (1–1) | Edinboro (3–0) | Tusculum (4–0) | Delta State (4–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (5–1) | Midwestern State (6–1) | Bloomsburg (7–1) | Bloomsburg (8–1) | Hillsdale (8–2) | Kutztown (10–1) | Kutztown (10–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Saginaw Valley State | Texas A&M–Kingsville (0–0) | Missouri Western State (1–0) | UNC Pembroke (2–0) | Carson–Newman (2–1) | Albany State (4–0) | Nebraska–Kearney (4–1) | Augustana (6–0) | Valdosta State (5–1) | West Texas A&M (6–2) | West Texas A&M (7–2) | Augustana (9–1) | West Texas A&M (8–3) | California (PA) (10–2) | 14. |
| 15. | Nebraska–Omaha | Tuskegee (0–0) | Washburn (1–1) | Washburn (1–1) | Tusculum (4–0) | West Alabama (3–1) | Augustana (5–0) | Midwestern State (5–1) | Shepherd (7–0) | Kutztown (8–0) | Kutztown (9–0) | North Alabama (8–2) | St. Cloud State (9–2) | Bloomsburg (10–3) | 15. |
| 16. | Texas A&M–Kingsville | Hillsdale (0–0) | Saginaw Valley State (0–1) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Albany State (3–0) | Central Missouri (4–1) | Morehouse (5–0) | Tuskegee (5–1) | Bloomsburg (6–1) | Colorado Mines (7–1) | Colorado Mines (8–1) | Mercyhurst (8–2) | Colorado Mines (9–2) | Hillsdale (9–3) | 16. |
| 17. | Tuskegee | Midwestern State (0–0) | UNC Pembroke (1–0) | Winona State (2–0) | West Alabama (2–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (3–1) | Winston–Salem State (6–0) | Missouri Western State (5–1) | West Texas A&M (5–2) | Hillsdale (6–2) | Hillsdale (7–2) | Wayne State (8–2) | Valdosta State (8–2) | Valdosta State (8–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Hillsdale | Minnesota State (0–0) | Minnesota State (1–0) | Wayne State College (2–0) | West Liberty State (1–1) | Morehouse (5–0) | Tuskegee (4–1) | Shepherd (6–0) | Kutztown (7–0) | Winston–Salem State (8–1) | North Alabama (7–2) | St. Cloud State (8–2) | Shepherd (9–1) | West Texas A&M (8–4) | 18. |
| 19. | Midwestern State | Missouri Western State (0–0) | Winona State (1–0) | Carson–Newman (1–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (2–1) | Delta State (3–1) | Missouri Western State (4–1) | Valdosta State (4–1) | Morehouse (6–1) | Delta State (6–2) | Midwestern State (7–2) | West Texas A&M (7–3) | Nebraska–Kearney (9–2) | Colorado Mines (9–3) | 19. |
| 20. | Missouri Western State | Carson–Newman (0–1) | Carson–Newman (1–1) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Morehouse (4–0) | Augustana (4–0) | UNC Pembroke (4–1) | Bloomsburg (5–1) | Colorado Mines (6–1) | St. Cloud State (7–1) | St. Augustine's (8–1) | Kutztown (9–1) | Bloomsburg (9–2) | Wingate (9–3) | 20. |
| 21. | Minnesota State | West Chester (0–0) | West Liberty State (0–1) | West Liberty State (1–1) | Central Missouri (3–1) | Central Washington (3–2) | Shepherd (5–0) | West Virginia Wesleyan (6–0) | Winston–Salem State (7–1) | North Alabama (6–2) | Mercyhurst (7–2) | Colorado Mines (8–2) | Michigan Tech (8–2) | Wayne State (9–2) | 21. |
| 22. | West Chester | Delta State (0–0) | Wayne State College (1–0) | Edinboro (2–0) | Central Washington (2–2) | Tuskegee (3–1) | Valdosta State (4–1) | Morehouse (5–1) | Delta State (5–2) | Midwestern State (6–2) | Fort Valley State (8–1) | Michigan Tech (7–2) | Fort Valley State (8–2) | North Alabama (9–4) | 22. |
| 23. | UNC Pembroke | UNC Pembroke (0–0) | Nebraska–Kearney (1–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (1–1) | Delta State (2–1) | Winston–Salem State (5–0) | Tusculum (4–1) | Kutztown (6–0) | St. Cloud State (6–1) | St. Augustine's (7–1) | New Haven (8–1) | Fort Valley State (8–2) | Morehouse (8–2) | Nebraska–Kearney (9–2) | 23. |
| 24. | Delta State | Winona State (1–0) | Edinboro (1–0) | Tusculum (3–0) | Augustana (3–0) | UNC Pembroke (3–1) | Edinboro (4–1) | Colorado Mines (5–1) | St. Augustine's (6–1) | Mercyhurst (6–2) | Wayne State (7–2) | Morehouse (8–2) | Midwestern State (8–3) | Missouri Western State (8–4) | 24. |
| 25. | East Stroudsburg | Wayne State College (1–0) | East Stroudsburg (1–0) | Central Washington (1–2) | Tuskegee (2–1) | Minnesota State (3–1) | CSU Pueblo (5–0) | Winston–Salem State (6–1) | West Virginia Wesleyan (6–1) | Fort Valley State (7–1) | St. Cloud State (7–2) | Midwestern State (7–3) | Shaw (9–2) | Michigan Tech (8–2) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Aug 31 | Week 2 Sept 7 | Week 3 Sept 14 | Week 4 Sept 21 | Week 5 Sept 28 | Week 6 Oct 5 | Week 7 Oct 12 | Week 8 Oct 19 | Week 9 Oct 26 | Week 10 Nov 2 | Week 11 Nov 9 | Week 12 Nov 16 | Week 13 Postseason | |
| | | Dropped: 13 Nebraska–Kearney25 East Stroudsburg | Dropped: 12 Nebraska–Omaha21 West Chester22 Delta State | Dropped: 16 Saginaw Valley State25 East Stroudsburg | Dropped: 14 UNC Pembroke15 Washburn17 Winona State18 Wayne State College20 Valdosta State | Dropped: 14 Carson–Newman18 West Liberty State | Dropped: 15 West Alabama21 Central Washington25 Minnesota State | Dropped: 20 UNC Pembroke23 Tusculum24 Edinboro25 Colorado State University–Pueblo | Dropped: 16 Tuskegee17 Missouri Western State | Dropped: 19 Morehouse25 West Virginia Wesleyan | Dropped: 18 Winston–Salem State19 Delta State | Dropped: 20 St. Augustine's23 New Haven | Dropped: 15 North Alabama | Dropped: 22 Fort Valley State23 Morehouse24 Midwestern State25 Shaw | |