The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division I Championship Subdivision football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2010 records and previous ranking:
| No. |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. |
Eastern Washington (121) |
13-2 |
3,049 |
1 |
| 2. |
Delaware (1) |
12-3 |
2,928 |
5 |
| 3. |
Villanova |
9-5 |
2,765 |
10 |
| 4. |
Appalachian State |
10-3 |
2,453 |
2 |
| 5. |
Georgia Southern |
10-5 |
2,440 |
20 |
| 6. |
Wofford |
10-3 |
2,297 |
7 |
| 7. |
New Hampshire |
8-5 |
2,063 |
11 |
| 8. |
Stephen F. Austin |
9-3 |
1,962 |
3 |
| 9. |
North Dakota State |
9-5 |
1,923 |
25 |
| 10. |
William & Mary |
8-4 |
1,901 |
4 |
| 11. |
Montana State |
9-3 |
1,789 |
6 |
| 12. |
Jacksonville State |
9-3 |
1,721 |
8 |
| 13. |
Southeast Missouri State |
9-3 |
1,702 |
9 |
| 14. |
Lehigh |
10-3 |
1,369 |
19 |
| 15. |
Bethune-Cookman |
10-2 |
1,209 |
13 |
| 16. |
South Carolina State |
9-3 |
1,139 |
12 |
| 17. |
Western Illinois |
8-5 |
1,076 |
21 |
| 18. |
Penn |
9-1 |
1,003 |
14 |
| 19. |
Northern Iowa |
7-5 |
910 |
16 |
| 20. |
Montana |
7-4 |
751 |
15 |
| 21. |
Liberty |
8-3 |
565 |
17 |
| 22. |
Jacksonville |
10-1 |
515 |
18 |
| 23. |
Grambling State |
9-2 |
377 |
24 |
| 24. |
Cal Poly |
7-4 |
315 |
22 |
| 25. |
Dayton |
10-1 |
245 |
23 |
Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 230, Coastal Carolina 152, Texas Southern 138, Richmond 133, James Madison 92, Southern Utah 82, Massachusetts 77, Florida A&M 74, Jackson State 27, Central Arkansas 27, Old Dominion 20, Sacramento State 18, Chattanooga 17, UC Davis 16, McNeese State 15, Northern Arizona 14, Elon 8, Eastern Kentucky 7, Weber State 7, Harvard 6, Yale 5, Colgate 5, Murray State 4, Illinois State 3, Rhode Island 3, Indiana State 2, Stony Brook 1.