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)

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 Conf Overall 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 Conf Overall 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 Conf Overall 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 Conf Overall 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 Conf Overall 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 Conf Overall 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 Conf Overall 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 Conf Overall 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 Conf Overall 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

Postseason

Main article: 2010 NAIA Football National Championship

Rankings

Main article: 2010 NAIA football rankings