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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:
- 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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