The top 25 teams in the FCS Coaches football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2010 records and previous ranking:
| No. |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. |
Eastern Washington (25) |
13-2 |
625 |
1 |
| 2. |
Delaware |
12-3 |
600 |
5 |
| 3. |
Villanova |
9-5 |
553 |
T11 |
| 4. |
Appalachian State |
10-3 |
528 |
3 |
| 5. |
Wofford |
10-3 |
489 |
6 |
| 6. |
Georgia Southern |
10-5 |
465 |
22 |
| 7. |
New Hampshire |
8-5 |
438 |
10 |
| 8. |
William & Mary |
8-4 |
414 |
4 |
| 9. |
North Dakota State |
9-5 |
404 |
21 |
| 10. |
Stephen F. Austin |
9-3 |
382 |
2 |
| 11. |
Montana State |
9-3 |
353 |
7 |
| 12. |
Jacksonville State |
9-3 |
349 |
9 |
| 13. |
Southeast Missouri State |
9-3 |
346 |
8 |
| 14. |
Lehigh |
10-3 |
281 |
18 |
| 15. |
Bethune-Cookman |
10-2 |
249 |
T13 |
| 16. |
Penn |
9-1 |
220 |
T13 |
| 17. |
South Carolina State |
9-3 |
203 |
T11 |
| 18. |
Northern Iowa |
7-5 |
194 |
16 |
| 19. |
Liberty |
8-3 |
193 |
15 |
| 20. |
Western Illinois |
8-5 |
172 |
24 |
| 21. |
Montana |
7-4 |
146 |
17 |
| 22. |
Jacksonville |
10-1 |
123 |
19 |
| 23. |
Cal Poly |
7-4 |
92 |
20 |
| 24. |
Grambling State |
9-2 |
66 |
23 |
| 25. |
Dayton |
10-1 |
56 |
25 |
Others receiving votes: Robert Morris (42), Coastal Carolina (35), Richmond (19), Southern Utah (18), Texas Southern (15), Florida A&M (14), Massachusetts (13), Central Arkansas (12), Northern Arizona (4), Sacramento State (4), McNeese State (3), James Madison (2), Illinois State (1), UC Davis (1), Weber State (1).