# 2010 NAIA football rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| * | NAIA National Champion |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
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.

## Poll release dates

The poll release dates were:
* April 19, 2010 (Spring)
* August 9, 2010 (Preseason)
* September 13, 2010
* September 20, 2010
* September 27, 2010
* October 4, 2010
* October 11, 2010
* October 18, 2010
* October 25, 2010
* November 1, 2010
* November 8, 2010
* November 14, 2010 (Final)
* January 10, 2011 (Postseason)

## 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. | (T) Lambuth (TN) | 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. | (T) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | 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) | (T) Lambuth (TN) | 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) | (T) Saint Francis (IN) | 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) | (T) Northwestern Oklahoma State | 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 | (T) Azusa Pacific (CA) | 16. |
| 17. | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | (T) Benedictine (KS) | 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) | (T) St. Ambrose (IA) | 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) | (T) Montana Tech | Langston (OK) | Georgetown (KY) | Walsh (OH) | (T) Azusa Pacific (CA) | Kansas Wesleyan | Midland (NB) | 21. |
| 22. | Taylor (IN) | Taylor (IN) | Langston (OK) | Hastings (NB) | Kansas Wesleyan | Montana Tech | (T) Webber International (FL) | Friends (KS) | Webber International (FL) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | (T) St. Francis (IL) | 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) | (T) Dakota Wesleyan (SD)(T) Campbellsville (KY)(T) Hastings (NB) | 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 | |
| | | None | Dropped: Baker (KS)Eastern OregonFriends (KS)Grand View (IA)Minot State (ND)Northwestern Oklahoma StateTaylor (IN) | Dropped: Cumberlands (KY)Southern Oregon | Dropped: Hastings (NB)Montana TechSt. 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 WesleyanWebber International (FL) | Dropped: Friends (KS) | Dropped: Langston (OK)St. Francis (IL)Walsh (OH) | None | |

## Leading vote-getters

Since the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through the postseason poll of the 2010 season, the teams and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses.
In 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.
| Team | Total #1 Rankings |
| Sioux Falls (SD) | 55 (3) |
| Carroll (MT) | 54 (6) |
| Georgetown (KY) | 23 (2) |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State | 12 (1) |
| Azusa Pacific (CA) | 3 |
| Saint Francis (IN) | 3 |