2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season

The 2010 NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

season, part of the college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

season, began in September 2010 and concluded with the national championship game on January 7, 2011 won by Eastern Washington

2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

The 2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the college football season of 2010–2011. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin and the Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington....

. The Eagles defeated Delaware

2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

The 2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football season. They played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware...

20–19 to claim their first Division I national title in any team sport.

For the first time since 1997, the final game was played at a new location—Pizza Hut Park

Pizza Hut Park

Pizza Hut Park is a soccer-specific stadium with a 21,193-seat capacity, built and owned by the city of Frisco, Texas. Its primary tenant is Major League Soccer team FC Dallas, which relocated from the Cotton Bowl in central Dallas to the fast-growing suburb...

in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas

Frisco, Texas

Frisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also...

. Every title game since 1997 had been held at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County...

, but the NCAA opened the hosting rights for the 2010–2012 championship games for bids during the 2009 season

2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season

The 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of the college football season, began in August 2009 and concluded with the national championship game on December 18, 2009 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, won by Villanova 23–21 over Montana.-Rule changes for 2009:The NCAA football rules committee...

, as the hosting contract between the NCAA and the Chattanooga organizers was set to expire.
In addition to Frisco and Chattanooga, three other cities submitted bids:

Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...

— War Memorial Stadium
War Memorial Stadium (Arkansas)
War Memorial Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. The stadium is primarily used for American football and is the home stadium for the Arkansas Baptist Buffaloes, Catholic High School Rockets, and the secondary home stadium for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks...
Missoula, Montana
Missoula, Montana
Missoula is a city located in western Montana and is the county seat of Missoula County. The 2010 Census put the population of Missoula at 66,788 and the population of Missoula County at 109,299. Missoula is the principal city of the Missoula Metropolitan Area...

— Washington-Grizzly Stadium
Washington-Grizzly Stadium
Washington-Grizzly Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Missoula, Montana, located on the campus of the University of Montana. It is home to the Montana Grizzlies college football team, a dominant program of the Big Sky Conference and consistently a top team in Division I FCS, formerly known...
Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

— Joe Albi Stadium
Joe Albi Stadium
Joe Albi Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Spokane, Washington. Primarily used for football, it is located in the northwest part of the city, just east of the Spokane River. It opened in 1950 as "Memorial Stadium," with a natural grass field, cinder running track, and a seating capacity of...

The field of bidders was eventually cut to Chattanooga and Frisco, with Frisco being announced as the winner on February 26, 2010.

The January finish to the season was the result of an expanded playoff schedule. The championship tournament expanded from 16 teams to 20, with the Big South

Big South Conference

The Big South Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. The conference's football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision...

and Northeast Conference

Northeast Conference

The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

earning automatic bids for the first time. Eight teams played first-round games, with the remaining participants receiving byes into the second round. The playoffs began at their normal time on Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving (United States)

Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. It has officially been an annual tradition since 1863, when, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving to be celebrated on Thursday,...

weekend, specifically on November 27. According to early reports, the championship game would be played sometime between December 29, 2010 and January 7, 2011, and January 7 was ultimately chosen.

New FCS programs

Two FCS programs began play in the 2010 season, and a third officially launched its program but chose not to compete until 2011:

Georgia State University
Georgia State University
Georgia State University is a research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves about 30,000 students and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities...

fielded the first football team in its history. The Panthers
Georgia State Panthers football
The Georgia State Panthers football team represents Georgia State University in the NCAA Division I FCS, competing as an independent, but slated to join the Colonial Athletic Association beginning in 2012. Georgia State plays its home games at the Georgia Dome, which is located off-campus in...

play all home games at the Georgia Dome
Georgia Dome
The Georgia Dome is a domed stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, between downtown to the east and Vine City to the west. It is primarily the home stadium for the NFL Atlanta Falcons and the NCAA Division I FCS Georgia State Panthers football team. It is owned and operated by the...

in Atlanta, with the upper decks being covered so that the fans are restricted to the lower tier of the 71,000+ capacity stadium. Coached by Bill Curry
Bill Curry
William Alexander "Bill" Curry is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head coach at Georgia State University, which began competing in college football in 2010...

, a former FBS head coach, they participate in the Colonial Athletic Association
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

, although they will not play a full conference schedule until 2012.
Lamar University
Lamar University
Lamar University, often referred to as Lamar or LU, is a comprehensive coeducational public research university located in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Lamar confers bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees and is classified as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Commission on Higher...

revived its program after a 21-season absence. The Cardinals
Lamar Cardinals
The Lamar Cardinals refers to the collegiate athletic teams of Lamar University. The inception of the nickname "Cardinals" dates back to the schools name change to Lamar in 1932. The teams compete in Division I of NCAA sports...

play their home games in Provost Umphrey Stadium, the same venue that hosted the Cardinals before their demise after the 1989 season but was extensively renovated for their FCS return. The Southland Conference
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision...

members, coached by former NFL player Ray Woodard
Ray Woodard
Ray Woodard is a former American football defensive tackle and current head coach at Lamar University. He was hired on May 19, 2008 to resurrect the Lamar Cardinals football program that was discontinued in 1989. Woodard played college football at Kilgore College and Texas, was selected 199th...

, did not play a full conference schedule until 2011.
UTSA
UTSA Roadrunners football
UTSA Roadrunners Football is an American football program that represents the University of Texas at San Antonio. The team is coached by former Miami Hurricanes head coach, Larry Coker. UTSA began practicing in August 2010, and began competing as an NCAA Division I FCS independent on September...

officially began its football program during this season, however all of its players were redshirted
Redshirt (college sports)
Redshirt is a term used in American college athletics that refers to a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen his or her period of eligibility...

so that the season could be used for practice only.

FCS team wins over FBS teams

Most FCS teams play at least one game against FBS opposition each season; in many cases, the FCS team will receive a substantial sum of money to travel to the FBS school for the game. In the 2009 season, FCS teams played 91 games against FBS opposition, with the FCS team winning five of the games. For the 2010 college football season, a total of 88 FBS-FCS games were played, with the FCS team winning seven times.

September 4 – Jacksonville State 49, Ole Miss
2010 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 2010 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2010 college football season. The team was coached by Houston Nutt, who was in his third season as the Rebels' head coach...

48 (2OT)
September 4 – North Dakota State
North Dakota State Bison football
The North Dakota State Bison football program represents North Dakota State University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level and competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. From 2004 to 2007, the Bison were members of the Great West Football...

6, Kansas
2010 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 2010 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season which was the school's 121st season...

3
September 11 – James Madison
James Madison Dukes football
The James Madison Dukes football team, founded in 1972, plays at Bridgeforth Stadium. Originally called JMU Stadium, it was renamed for William E. Bridgeforth in 1990. The JMU football team was rarely the centerpiece of JMU sports until the hiring of Mickey Matthews in 1999...

21, #13 Virginia Tech
2010 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
The 2010 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Hokies were led by 24th-year head coach Frank Beamer and played their home games at Lane Stadium...

16
- This was only the second win by an FCS school over a ranked FBS team, after Appalachian State's
  2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
  The 2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the college football season of 2007–2008. The team was coached by Jerry Moore and the Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.The football team competes in...
  
  historic win
  2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game
  The 2007 Appalachian State-Michigan game was a college football game held on September 1 at Michigan Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It pitted the #5 ranked Michigan Wolverines against the two-time defending champions of the Division I FCS, the...
  
  over Michigan
  2007 Michigan Wolverines football team
  The 2007 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2007 college football season. This was Lloyd Carr's final season as Michigan head coach. The 2007 season began with a stunning loss to Appalachian State, but the Wolverines won eight straight games after...
  
  in 2007.
September 11 – South Dakota 41, Minnesota
2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2010 college football season. The Golden Gophers are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were led by fourth-year head coach Tim Brewster until his...

38
September 11 – Gardner-Webb 38, Akron
2010 Akron Zips football team
The 2010 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Zips, led by first-year head coach Rob Ianello, competed in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium – Summa...

37 (OT)
September 11 – Liberty
Liberty Flames
The Liberty University Flames are the athletics teams of Liberty University. The Liberty Flames are a member of the NCAA Division I level in 18 sports...

27, Ball State
2010 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 2010 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals, led by second-year head coach Stan Parrish, compete in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference and played their home games at Scheumann Stadium....

23
October 2 – UC Davis
UC Davis Aggies
The UC Davis Aggies compete in NCAA Division I sports in the Big West Conference. For football, the Aggies compete in Division I FCS , and are members of the Great West Conference, granting UC Davis the distinction of being one of only three UC campuses to field a football team...

14, San Jose State
2010 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 2010 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans were led by first year head coach Mike MacIntyre. They played their home games at Spartan Stadium and are members of the Western Athletic Conference...

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Conference standings

Automatic berths for conference champions

Big Sky Conference
Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the states of Arizona,...

– Montana State
Big South Conference
Big South Conference
The Big South Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. The conference's football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision...

– Coastal Carolina
Colonial Athletic Association
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

– William & Mary
2010 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 2010 William & Mary Tribe football team represents the College of William & Mary in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football for the 2010 season. William & Mary competes as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association under head...
Missouri Valley Football Conference – Northern Iowa
2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
The 2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers are a members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference, were coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They finished...
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities in the Southeastern United States...

– Bethune-Cookman
Northeast Conference
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

– Robert Morris
Ohio Valley Conference
Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision , the lower of two levels of Division I...

– Southeast Missouri State
Patriot League
Patriot League
The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...

– Lehigh
Southern Conference
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...

– Appalachian State
2010 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
The 2010 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represents Appalachian State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team is led by head coach Jerry Moore in his 22nd season and play their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium...
Southland Conference
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision...

– Stephen F. Austin

At large qualifiers

Big Sky Conference
Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the states of Arizona,...

– Eastern Washington
2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team
The 2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the college football season of 2010–2011. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin and the Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington....
Colonial Athletic Association
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

– Delaware
2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football season. They played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware...
Colonial Athletic Association
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

– New Hampshire
Colonial Athletic Association
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

– Villanova
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities in the Southeastern United States...

– South Carolina State
Missouri Valley Football Conference – North Dakota State
Missouri Valley Football Conference – Western Illinois
Ohio Valley Conference
Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision , the lower of two levels of Division I...

– Jacksonville State
2010 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
The 2010 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represents Jacksonville State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football during the 2010 season...
Southern Conference
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...

– Georgia Southern
Southern Conference
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...

– Wofford

No teams from the conferences that do not have automatic bids—currently the Great West Conference and Pioneer Football League

Pioneer Football League

The Pioneer Football League is a college athletic conference which operates in the East, Midwest, and California of the United States. It has member schools that range from New York, North Carolina, and Florida in the east to California in the west. The conference participates in the NCAA's...

—received bids. In order for a team from a conference without an automatic bid to be eligible for the playoffs, it must have a minimum of seven Division I wins, with at least two against teams in automatic bid conferences. The team in question also must be ranked an average of 16 or better in the national rankings.

Abstains

Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

– Pennsylvania
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The Southwestern Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black universities in the Southern United States...

– Texas Southern

(Overall Record, Conference Record)

NCAA FCS Playoff bracket

* Host institution

SWAC Championship Game

Date	Location	Venue	West Div. Champion	East Div. Champion	Result
December 11	Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...	Legion Field Legion Field Legion Field is a large stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, primarily designed to be used as a venue for American football, but is occasionally used for other large outdoor events. The stadium is named in honor of the American Legion, a U.S. organization of military veterans. At its peak...	Texas Southern Texas Southern University Texas Southern University is a historically black university located in Houston, Texas, United States....	Alabama State Alabama State University Alabama State University, founded 1867, is a historically black university located in Montgomery, Alabama. ASU is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.- History :...	TSU 11 - ASU 6

Global Kilimanjaro Bowl

On September 1, 2010, Drake University

Drake University

Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The institution offers a number of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and pharmacy. Today, Drake is one of the twenty-five oldest law schools in the country....

announced it would participate in the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl, the first American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

game played on the continent of Africa. The game will feature the Drake Bulldogs

Drake Bulldogs football

The Drake Bulldogs football program represents Drake University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level. Drake began competing in intercollegiate football in 1893.-Historic 1922 season:...

versus Mexican All-Star team CONADEIP

Mexican College Football

The Organización Nacional Estudiantil de Futbol Americano , usually known by the acronym ONEFA, is the major college football league in Mexico....

. Due to the seasonal difference in Africa, the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl was played on May 21, 2011.

Date	Location	Venue	Mexican Team	USA Team	Result
May 21, 2011	Moshi Moshi Moshi is a Tanzanian town with a population of 144,739 in Kilimanjaro Region. The town is situated on the lower slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro, a volcanic mountain that is the highest mountain in Africa.... , Tanzania Tanzania The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...	Moshi Memorial Stadium	CONADEIP Stars Mexican College Football The Organización Nacional Estudiantil de Futbol Americano , usually known by the acronym ONEFA, is the major college football league in Mexico....	Drake Bulldogs Drake Bulldogs football The Drake Bulldogs football program represents Drake University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level. Drake began competing in intercollegiate football in 1893.-Historic 1922 season:...	Drake 17 - CONADEIP 7

Final poll standings

Standings are from The Sports Network
The Sports Network (wire service)
Based in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, The Sports Network is a wire service providing sports information in real time. Their Web site claims that they are "the largest privately owned international sports information service in North America and possibly the world"...

final poll.

Rank	Team	Record
1	Eastern Washington Eagles 2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team The 2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the college football season of 2010–2011. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin and the Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington....	13–2
2	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team The 2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football season. They played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware...	12–3
3	Villanova Wildcats	9–5
4	Appalachian State Mountaineers 2010 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team The 2010 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represents Appalachian State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team is led by head coach Jerry Moore in his 22nd season and play their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium...	10–3
5	Georgia Southern Eagles	10–5
6	Wofford Terriers	10–3
7	New Hampshire Wildcats	8–5
8	Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks	9–3
9	North Dakota State Bison	9–5
10	William & Mary Tribe 2010 William & Mary Tribe football team The 2010 William & Mary Tribe football team represents the College of William & Mary in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football for the 2010 season. William & Mary competes as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association under head...	8–4
11	Montana State Bobcats	9–3
12	Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2010 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team The 2010 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represents Jacksonville State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football during the 2010 season...	9–3
13	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	9–3
14	Lehigh Mountain Hawks	10–3
15	Bethune–Cookman Wildcats	10–2
16	South Carolina State Bulldogs	9–3
17	Western Illinois Leathernecks	8–5
18	Penn Quakers	9–1
19	Northern Iowa Panthers 2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football team The 2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers are a members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference, were coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They finished...	7–5
20	Montana Grizzlies 2010 Montana Grizzlies football team The 2010 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana – Missoula in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies, charter members of the Big Sky Conference, were led by first-year head coach Robin Pflugrad and played their home games on campus at...	7–4
21	Liberty Flames	8–3
22	Jacksonville Dolphins	10–1
23	Grambling State Tigers	9–2
24	Cal Poly Mustangs 2010 Cal Poly Mustangs football team The 2010 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the college football season of 2010. The team's head coach was Tim Walsh. The Mustangs play their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California...	7–4
25	Dayton Flyers	10–1

Standings are from the FCS Coaches final poll.

Rank	Team	Record
1	Eastern Washington Eagles 2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team The 2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the college football season of 2010–2011. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin and the Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington....	13–2
2	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team The 2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football season. They played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware...	12–3
3	Villanova Wildcats	9–5
4	Appalachian State Mountaineers 2010 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team The 2010 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represents Appalachian State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team is led by head coach Jerry Moore in his 22nd season and play their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium...	10–3
5	Wofford Terriers	10–3
6	Georgia Southern Eagles	10–5
7	New Hampshire Wildcats	8–5
8	William & Mary Tribe 2010 William & Mary Tribe football team The 2010 William & Mary Tribe football team represents the College of William & Mary in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football for the 2010 season. William & Mary competes as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association under head...	8–4
9	North Dakota State Bison	9–5
10	Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks	9–3
11	Montana State Bobcats	9–3
12	Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2010 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team The 2010 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represents Jacksonville State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football during the 2010 season...	9–3
13	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	9–3
14	Lehigh Mountain Hawks	10–3
15	Bethune–Cookman Wildcats	10–2
16	Penn Quakers	9–1
17	South Carolina State Bulldogs	9–3
18	Northern Iowa Panthers 2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football team The 2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers are a members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference, were coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They finished...	7–5
19	Liberty Flames	8–3
20	Western Illinois Leathernecks	8–5
21	Montana Grizzlies 2010 Montana Grizzlies football team The 2010 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana – Missoula in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies, charter members of the Big Sky Conference, were led by first-year head coach Robin Pflugrad and played their home games on campus at...	7–4
22	Jacksonville Dolphins	10–1
23	Cal Poly Mustangs 2010 Cal Poly Mustangs football team The 2010 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the college football season of 2010. The team's head coach was Tim Walsh. The Mustangs play their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California...	7–4
24	Grambling State Tigers	9–2
25	Dayton Flyers	10–1

External links

List of FCS Schools

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