2010 NAIA football season

2010 NAIA football season
2010 NAIA football season
National Championship	Barron Stadium; Rome, GA; December 18, 2010
Champion	Carroll (MT)
Player of the Year	Jon Ryan (wide receiver, Sioux Falls)
	← 2009; NAIA football season; 2011 →;

The 2010 NAIA football season was the component of the 2010 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 18, at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. The Carroll Fighting Saints defeated the Sioux Falls Cougars, 10–7, in the title game to win the program's sixth NAIA championship.

Conference standings

2010 Central States Football League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 NW Oklahoma State $^	5	–	0	8	–	3
No. 24 Southern Nazarene	4	–	1	7	–	4
Langston	3	–	2	6	–	4
Bacone	2	–	3	3	–	8
Texas College	1	–	4	1	–	9
SAGU	0	–	5	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2010 Dakota Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Dickinson State $^	7	–	1	9	–	2
No. 20 South Dakota Mines	6	–	2	7	–	3
Minot State	6	–	2	6	–	4
Black Hills State	5	–	3	6	–	4
Jamestown	4	–	4	5	–	5
Valley City State	3	–	5	4	–	6
Mayville State	1	–	7	2	–	8
Dakota State	0	–	8	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2010 Frontier Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Carroll (MT) $^	10	–	0	14	–	0
Rocky Mountain	6	–	4	6	–	5
Eastern Oregon	5	–	5	5	–	6
Montana Tech	5	–	5	5	–	6
Montana State–Northern	3	–	7	3	–	7
Montana Western	1	–	9	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2010 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Sioux Falls $^	10	–	0	13	–	1
No. 6 Morningside ^	9	–	1	10	–	2
No. 18 Northwestern (IA)	8	–	2	8	–	2
No. 21 Midland	7	–	3	8	–	3
Dakota Wesleyan	5	–	5	5	–	5
Hastings	5	–	5	5	–	5
Nebraska Wesleyan	4	–	6	4	–	6
Concordia (NE)	3	–	7	4	–	7
Doane	3	–	7	3	–	7
Briar Cliff	1	–	9	2	–	9
Dordt	0	–	10	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2010 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 MidAmerica Nazarene $^	10	–	0	12	–	1
No. 9 Lindenwood ^	9	–	1	9	–	2
No. 17 Missouri Valley	8	–	2	8	–	2
Baker	7	–	3	7	–	4
Benedictine (KS)	6	–	4	7	–	4
Evangel	4	–	6	4	–	6
William Jewell	4	–	6	4	–	7
Central Methodist	3	–	7	3	–	7
Avila	2	–	8	2	–	8
Culver–Stockton	1	–	9	1	–	10
Graceland	1	–	9	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2010 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 McPherson $^	9	–	0	10	–	1
No. 13 Ottawa ^	8	–	1	9	–	2
No. 22 Kansas Wesleyan	6	–	3	7	–	3
Sterling	6	–	3	7	–	3
Friends	5	–	4	6	–	4
Tabor	4	–	5	4	–	6
Bethany (KS)	3	–	6	4	–	6
Saint Mary (KS)	2	–	7	2	–	8
Southwestern (KS)	2	–	7	2	–	8
Bethel (KS)	0	–	9	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2010 Mid-South Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 14 Georgetown (KY) x^	6	–	0	8	–	3
Campbellsville	5	–	1	7	–	5
Lindsey Wilson	4	–	2	5	–	6
Virginia–Wise	3	–	3	3	–	8
Pikeville	2	–	4	2	–	8
West Virginia Tech	1	–	5	2	–	9
Kentucky Christian	0	–	6	0	–	11
West Division
No. 19 Cumberlands (KY) x^	5	–	1	7	–	4
No. 23 Cumberland (TN)	4	–	2	8	–	3
Union (KY)	4	–	2	7	–	4
Bethel (TN)	3	–	3	5	–	5
Shorter	2	–	4	5	–	6
Faulkner	2	–	4	3	–	7
Belhaven	1	–	5	4	–	7

x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2010 Mid-States Football Association standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Mideast League
No. 3 Saint Xavier x^	7	–	0	13	–	1
No. 5 Saint Francis (IN) ^	6	–	1	10	–	2
No. 7 Marian (IN) ^	5	–	2	10	–	3
Taylor	4	–	3	6	–	5
Walsh	3	–	4	7	–	4
Malone	2	–	5	3	–	7
Trinity International	1	–	6	3	–	8
Olivet Nazarene	0	–	7	0	–	11
Midwest League
No. 12 William Penn x	6	–	1	10	–	1
No. 8 McKendree x^	6	–	1	9	–	3
St. Francis (IL)	5	–	2	7	–	4
Grand View	4	–	3	6	–	4
St. Ambrose	3	–	4	5	–	5
Iowa Wesleyan	3	–	4	3	–	8
Waldorf	1	–	6	3	–	8
Quincy	0	–	7	0	–	11

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2010 NAIA independents football records
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 Azusa Pacific ^		–		7	–	3
No. 25 Webber International		–		7	–	4
Menlo		–		4	–	7
Peru State		–		4	–	7
Southern Oregon		–		3	–	7
Southern Virginia		–		3	–	7
Haskell		–		1	–	9
Edward Waters		–		0	–	8

^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll