The Top 25 teams in The American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2010 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| No. |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. |
Minnesota-Duluth (26) |
15-0 |
650 |
1 |
| 2. |
Delta State (Miss.) |
11-4 |
622 |
NR |
| 3. |
Northwest Missouri State |
12-2 |
597 |
3 |
| 4. |
Albany State (Ga.) |
11-1 |
505 |
5 |
| 5. |
Central Missouri |
11-3 |
495 |
8 |
| 6. |
Augustana (S.D.) |
11-2 |
487 |
9 |
| 7. |
Shepherd (W.Va.) |
12-2 |
480 |
18 |
| 8. |
Abilene Christian (Texas) |
11-1 |
478 |
2 |
| 9. |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
10-2 |
458 |
4 |
| 10. |
Grand Valley State (Mich.) |
11-2 |
422 |
6 |
| 11. |
Mercyhurst (Pa.) |
10-3 |
392 |
11 |
| 12. |
St. Cloud State (Minn.) |
10-3 |
334 |
15 |
| 13. |
Kutztown (Pa.) |
10-2 |
302 |
13 |
| 14. |
California (Pa.) |
10-2 |
287 |
7 |
| 15. |
Bloomsburg (Pa.) |
10-3 |
247 |
20 |
| 16. |
Hillsdale (Mich.) |
9-3 |
229 |
10 |
| 17. |
Valdosta State (Ga.) |
8-3 |
187 |
17 |
| 18. |
West Texas A&M |
8-4 |
183 |
14 |
| 19. |
Colorado School of Mines |
9-3 |
158 |
16 |
| 20. |
Wingate (N.C.) |
9-3 |
154 |
NR |
| 21. |
Wayne State (Mich.) |
9-2 |
144 |
12 |
| 22. |
North Alabama |
9-4 |
128 |
NR |
| 23. |
Nebraska-Kearney |
9-2 |
89 |
19 |
| 24. |
Missouri Western State |
8-4 |
76 |
NR |
| 25. |
Michigan Tech |
8-2 |
69 |
21 |
Others Receiving Votes: Morehouse (Ga.), 65; Shaw (N.C.), 47; St. Augustine’s (N.C.), 34; Washburn (Kan.), 27; Tuskegee (Ala.), 24; Colorado St.-Pueblo, 19; Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 16; Winston-Salem St. (N.C.), 10; West Virginia Wesleyan, 9; Ashland (Ohio), 7; Central Washington, 6; Midwestern St. (Texas), 6; Chadron St. (Neb.), 4; West Liberty (W.Va.), 2; Concord (W.Va.), 1.