2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season

2010 NCAA Division I FCS season
Duration	September – November
Playoff
Duration	November 27, 2010 – January 7, 2011
Championship site	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX
Champion	Eastern Washington
Payton Award	Jeremy Moses, Stephen F. Austin
Buchanan Award	J. C. Sherritt, Eastern Washington
Division I FCS football season
«2009 2011»

2010 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#1 Eastern Washington +^		7	–	1					13	–	2
#11 Montana State +^		7	–	1					9	–	3
#20 Montana		5	–	3					7	–	4
Weber State		5	–	3					6	–	5
Sacramento State		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	8
Portland State		1	–	7					2	–	9
Idaho State		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2010 Big South football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#21 Liberty +		5	–	1					8	–	3
Stony Brook +		5	–	1					6	–	5
Coastal Carolina +^		5	–	1					6	–	6
Gardner–Webb		2	–	4					4	–	7
VMI		2	–	4					3	–	8
Charleston Southern		1	–	5					3	–	8
Presbyterian		1	–	5					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2010 CAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#2 Delaware +^		6	–	2					12	–	3
#10 William & Mary +^		6	–	2					8	–	4
#3 Villanova ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
#7 New Hampshire ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
UMass		4	–	4					6	–	5
Richmond		4	–	4					6	–	5
Rhode Island		4	–	4					5	–	6
James Madison		3	–	5					6	–	5
Maine		3	–	5					4	–	7
Towson		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2010 Great West football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Southern Utah $		4	–	0					6	–	5
UC Davis		3	–	1					6	–	5
#24 Cal Poly SLO		2	–	2					7	–	4
South Dakota		1	–	3					4	–	7
North Dakota		0	–	4					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2010 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#18 Penn $		7	–	0					9	–	1
Harvard		5	–	2					7	–	3
Yale		5	–	2					7	–	3
Brown		5	–	2					6	–	4
Dartmouth		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		2	–	5					4	–	6
Cornell		1	–	6					2	–	8
Princeton		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion The Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2010 MEAC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#15 Bethune-Cookman +^		7	–	1					10	–	2
#16 South Carolina State +^		7	–	1					9	–	3
Florida A&M +		7	–	1					8	–	3
Hampton		5	–	3					6	–	5
Norfolk State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Morgan State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Delaware State		2	–	6					3	–	8
North Carolina A&T		1	–	7					1	–	10
North Carolina Central*		0	–	0					3	–	8
Savannah State*		0	–	0					1	–	10
Howard		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant *Not eligible for conference championship Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2010 MVFC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#19 Northern Iowa $^		6	–	2					7	–	5
#17 Western Illinois ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
#9 North Dakota State ^		4	–	4					9	–	5
Indiana State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Illinois State		4	–	4					6	–	5
South Dakota State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Missouri State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Southern Illinois		4	–	4					5	–	6
Youngstown State		1	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2010 NEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Robert Morris +^		7	–	1					8	–	3
Central Connecticut State +		7	–	1					8	–	3
Duquesne		5	–	3					7	–	4
Bryant		4	–	4					7	–	4
Albany		4	–	4					6	–	5
Wagner		3	–	5					5	–	6
Monmouth		3	–	5					3	–	8
Sacred Heart		2	–	6					4	–	7
Saint Francis (PA)		1	–	7					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

2010 OVC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#13 Southeast Missouri State $^		7	–	1					9	–	3
#12 Jacksonville State ^		6	–	2					9	–	3
Eastern Kentucky		5	–	2					6	–	5
Murray State		5	–	3					6	–	5
Tennessee–Martin		5	–	3					6	–	5
Tennessee Tech		4	–	4					5	–	6
Eastern Illinois		2	–	6					2	–	9
Austin Peay		1	–	7					2	–	9
Tennessee State		0	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2010 NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football season, part of the college football season, began in September 2010 and concluded with the national championship game on January 7, 2011 won by Eastern Washington. The Eagles defeated 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 in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas. Every title game since 1997 had been held at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but the NCAA opened the hosting rights for the 2010–2012 championship games for bids during the 2009 season, 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:

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 and Northeast Conference 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 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.

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