2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference season

2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference season
2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference season
League	NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 29, 2024; through January 6, 2025
Number of teams	11
2025 NFL draft
Regular season
Football seasons
	← 2023 2025 →

Last updated April 23, 2024

2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Illinois State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Indiana State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Missouri State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Murray State	0	–	0	0	–	0
North Dakota	0	–	0	0	–	0
North Dakota State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Northern Iowa	0	–	0	0	–	0
South Dakota	0	–	0	0	–	0
South Dakota State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Southern Illinois	0	–	0	0	–	0
Youngstown State	0	–	0	0	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of April 22, 2024 Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference season will be the 39th season of college football play for the Missouri Valley Football Conference and part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. This will be the MVFC's first season returning to 11 teams, and its 4th in the last 5 seasons.

Previous season

In 2023, South Dakota State won the conference and received the automatic bid to the 2023 playoffs. The top seeded Jacks would go on to win their second consecutive FCS Championship, beating second seeded Montana.^[1] South Dakota would also make a seed and wait until the second round to play as the third seed, but would fall to North Dakota State in the quarterfinal round.^[2] The Bison made the tournament unseeded for the first time since the 2010 season, and would make it all the way to the semifinal round before losing to the Griz^[3] - winning two straight road games to get there. Southern Illinois, Youngstown State and North Dakota would also make the playoffs as unseeded teams. The Salukis and Penguins fell in the second round, to 4th seeded Idaho ^[4] and 6th seeded Villanova ^[5] respectively. The Fighting Hawks fell at home to Sacramento State in the first round.^[6]

Conference changes

After the conclusion of the 2023 college football season, Western Illinois left the conference for the Ohio Valley Conference after 38 years in the league as a charter member. This move matches the Leathernecks departure from their main conference, the Summit League, which they left after the 2022-23 collegiate season.^[7]

Coaching changes

Murray State

On January 10, 2024, Jody Wright was named the new head coach at Murray State.^[8] Wright takes over for Dean Hood, who retired after the 2023 season.^[9]

North Dakota State

On December 17, 2023, Tim Polasek was named the new head coach at North Dakota State.^[10] Polasek takes over for Matt Entz, who left the Bison for the linebackers/assistant coach position at USC.^[11]

Preseason

Rankings

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Illinois State	STATS
Illinois State	Coaches
Indiana State	STATS
Indiana State	Coaches
Missouri State	STATS
Missouri State	Coaches
Murray State	STATS
Murray State	Coaches
North Dakota	STATS
North Dakota	Coaches
North Dakota State	STATS
North Dakota State	Coaches
Northern Iowa	STATS
Northern Iowa	Coaches
South Dakota	STATS
South Dakota	Coaches
South Dakota State	STATS
South Dakota State	Coaches
Southern Illinois	STATS
Southern Illinois	Coaches
Youngstown State	STATS
Youngstown State	Coaches

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
MVFC member won
MVFC member lost
MVFC teams in bold

All times Central time.

† denotes Homecoming game
^ denotes AP Poll ranking for FBS teams

Regular season schedule

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
August 29	TBA	Youngstown State	Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	FloSports
August 29	TBA	North Dakota State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	TBA
August 29	7:00 PM	Northern State	South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	TBA
August 31	TBA	Indiana State	Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	TBA
August 31	TBA	Southern Illinois	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	TBA
August 31	TBA	Valparaiso	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	TBA
August 31	TBA	South Dakota State	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	TBA
August 31	TBA	Illinois State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	TBA
August 31	TBA	Missouri State	Montana	Washington-Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	TBA
August 31	TBA	North Dakota	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	TBA
August 31	7:00 PM	Murray State	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	SEC Network/ESPN+
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 7	TBA	Indiana State	Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Field • Charleston, IL	TBA
September 7	TBA	Montana	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	TBA
September 7	TBA	Butler	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	TBA
September 7	TBA	Illinois State	North Alabama	Braly Municipal Stadium • Florence, AL	TBA
September 7	TBA	Missouri State	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	TBA
September 7	TBA	Southern Illinois	Austin Peay	Fortera Stadium • Clarksville, TN	TBA
September 7	TBA	Tennessee State	North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	TBA
September 7	TBA	South Dakota	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	TBA
September 7	TBA	Northern Iowa	St. Thomas	O'Shaughnessy Stadium • St. Paul, MN	TBA
September 7	1:00 PM	Valparaiso	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	TBA
September 7	6:00 PM	Incarnate Word	South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 14	TBA	Dayton	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	TBA
September 14	TBA	South Dakota	Portland State	Hillsboro Stadium • Portland, OR	TBA
September 14	TBA	Incarnate Word	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	TBA
September 14	TBA	Northern Iowa	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	TBA
September 14	TBA	Lindenwood	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	TBA
September 14	TBA	Western Illinois	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	TBA
September 14	TBA	Mississippi Valley State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	TBA
September 14	TBA	Idaho State	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	TBA
September 14	TBA	North Dakota State	East Tennessee State	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium • Johnson City, TN	TBA
September 14	1:00 PM	Duquesne	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	TBA
September 14	6:00 PM	Augustana (SD)	South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 21	TBA	Youngstown State	Pitt	Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	TBA
September 21	TBA	South Dakota State	Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA	TBA
September 21	TBA	Southeast Missouri State	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	TBA
September 21	TBA	Northern Iowa	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI	TBA
September 21	TBA	Towson	North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	TBA
September 21	TBA	San Diego	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	TBA
September 21	TBA	Eastern Illinois	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	TBA
September 21	TBA	Missouri State	UT Martin	Graham Stadium • Martin, TN	TBA
September 21	1:00 PM	Drake	South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 28	TBA	Houston Christian	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	TBA
September 28	TBA	Youngstown State	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	TBA
September 28	TBA	North Dakota State	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	TBA
September 28	TBA	Murray State	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	TBA
September 28	1:00 PM	Southern Illinois	South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
September 28	South Dakota State	Northern Iowa

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 5	TBA	Illinois State	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	TBA
October 5	TBA	South Dakota State	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	TBA
October 5	TBA	North Dakota	North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	TBA
October 5	TBA	South Dakota	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	TBA
October 5	1:00 PM	Indiana State	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
October 5	Missouri State

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 12	TBA	Murray State	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	TBA
October 12	TBA	North Dakota State	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	TBA
October 12	TBA	Missouri State	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	TBA
October 12	2:00 PM	Northern Iowa	South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	TBA
October 12	2:00 PM	Youngstown State	South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
October 12	North Dakota

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 19	TBA	Illinois State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	TBA
October 19	TBA	Northern Iowa	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	TBA
October 19	TBA	South Dakota State	North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	TBA
October 19	TBA	Indiana State	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	TBA
October 19	5:00 PM	South Dakota	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
October 19	Southern Illinois

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 26	TBA	Southern Illinois	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	TBA
October 26	TBA	Missouri State	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	TBA
October 26	TBA	North Dakota State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	TBA
October 26	2:00 PM	South Dakota	South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	TBA
October 26	5:00 PM	North Dakota	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
October 26	Illinois State

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 2	TBA	North Dakota	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	TBA
November 2	TBA	Northern Iowa	North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	TBA
November 2	TBA	Southern Illinois	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	TBA
November 2	TBA	Youngstown State	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	TBA
November 2	2:00 PM	Murray State	South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
November 2	South Dakota

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 9	TBA	Youngstown State	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	TBA
November 9	TBA	Illinois State	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	TBA
November 9	TBA	South Dakota State	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	TBA
November 9	TBA	Missouri State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	TBA
November 9	1:00 PM	Indiana State	South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
November 9	North Dakota State

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 16	TBA	Illinois State	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	TBA
November 16	TBA	Murray State	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	TBA
November 16	TBA	South Dakota	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	TBA
November 16	TBA	Missouri State	North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	TBA
November 16	11:00 AM	Northern Iowa	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	TBA
November 16	2:00 PM	Southern Illinois	South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 23	TBA	Murray State	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	TBA
November 23	TBA	Indiana State	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	TBA
November 23	TBA	South Dakota State	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	TBA
November 23	TBA	North Dakota	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	TBA
November 23	1:00 PM	North Dakota State	South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	TBA
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
November 23	Youngstown State

MVFC records vs other conferences

2024–25 records against non-conference foes:

FCS power conferences	Record
Big Sky	None
CAA	None
FCS power total	0–0

Other FCS conferences	Record
Big South–OVC	None
Ivy League	None
MEAC	None
Northeast	None
Patriot	None
PFL	None
SoCon	None
Southland	None
SWAC	None
UAC (ASUN–WAC)	None
Other FCS total	0–0

Other Division I opponents	Record
Football Bowl Subdivision	0–0

Total Division I	0–0

Other NCAA opponents	Record
Division II	0–0

Total non-conference record	0–0

Post season

FCS power conferences	Record
Big Sky	None
CAA	None
FCS power total	0–0

Other FCS conferences	Record
Big South–OVC	None
Ivy League	None
MEAC	None
Northeast	None
Patriot	None
PFL	None
SoCon	None
Southland	None
SWAC	None
UAC (ASUN–WAC)	None
Other FCS total	0–0

Total postseason record	0–0

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special teams			Freshman
Week	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team

Home attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	% of capacity
Illinois State	Hancock Stadium	13,391	%
Indiana State	Memorial Stadium	12,764	%
Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium	17,500	%
Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium	16,800	%
North Dakota	Alerus Center	12,283	%
North Dakota State	Fargodome	18,700	%
Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome	16,324	%
South Dakota	DakotaDome	9,100	%
South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium	19,340	%
Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium	15,000	%
Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium	20,630	%

Bold - Exceed or met capacity
†Season High
‡FCS Playoff Game

2025 NFL draft

The following list includes all MVFC players who were drafted in the 2025 NFL draft.

Player	Position	School	Draft round	Round pick	Overall pick	Team

Head coaches

Through ---
All stats include 2024 season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MVFC record	MVFC titles	FCS playoff appearances	FCS playoff record	National titles
Illinois State	Brock Spack	16	101–70 (.591)	101–70 (.591)	64–52 (.552)	2	5	7–5 (.583)	0
Indiana State	Curt Mallory	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}	20–47 (.299)	20–47 (.299)	13–35 (.271)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
Missouri State	Ryan Beard	2	4–7 (.364)	4–7 (.364)	3–5 (.375)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
Murray State	Jody Wright	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
North Dakota	Bubba Schweigert ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	11	83–71 (.539)	61–50 (.550)	17–12 (.586)	0	5	1–5 (.167)	0
North Dakota State	Tim Polasek	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
Northern Iowa	Mark Farley	24	180–103 (.636)	180–103 (.636)	116–59 (.663)	7	13	16–13 (.552)	0
South Dakota	Bob Nielson ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	9	228–125–1 (.645)	42–45 (.483)	29–31 (.483)	0	3	2–3 (.400)	2
South Dakota State	Jimmy Rogers	2	15–0 (1.000)	15–0 (1.000)	8–0 (1.000)	1	1	4–0 (1.000)	1
Southern Illinois	Nick Hill	9	44–48 (.478)	44–48 (.478)	26–36 (.419)	0	3	3–3 (.500)	0
Youngstown State	Doug Phillips	5	18–22 (.450)	18–22 (.450)	12–18 (.400)	0	1	1–1 (.500)	0

↑ Indiana State did not play football in the 2020-21 academic year
↑ Bubba Schweigert coached Minnesota Duluth of NCAA Division II from 2004-07. He also coached North Dakota while they were a part of the Big Sky Conference from 2014-17 and were independents in 2018 and 2019.
↑ Bob Nielson coached Western Illinois from 2013-15, which included a run in the playoffs that ended in the second round. Nielson also coached Minnesota-Duluth from 1999-2003 and 2008-12, that second stint included five consecutive NCAA Division II playoff appearances highlighted by 2 National Titles. In the first stint at MN-Duluth included his first Division II playoff appearance. Nielson also coached Wisconsin-Eau Claire from 1996-98 that included one NCAA Division III playoff run that ended in the semifinals. Before that, he coached Wartburg from 1991-95, which included two Division III playoff runs as well. His first head coaching job was at Ripon from 1989-90.

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[12] Indiana State did not play football in the 2020-21 academic year

[13] Bubba Schweigert coached Minnesota Duluth of NCAA Division II from 2004-07. He also coached North Dakota while they were a part of the Big Sky Conference from 2014-17 and were independents in 2018 and 2019.

[14] Bob Nielson coached Western Illinois from 2013-15, which included a run in the playoffs that ended in the second round. Nielson also coached Minnesota-Duluth from 1999-2003 and 2008-12, that second stint included five consecutive NCAA Division II playoff appearances highlighted by 2 National Titles. In the first stint at MN-Duluth included his first Division II playoff appearance. Nielson also coached Wisconsin-Eau Claire from 1996-98 that included one NCAA Division III playoff run that ended in the semifinals. Before that, he coached Wartburg from 1991-95, which included two Division III playoff runs as well. His first head coaching job was at Ripon from 1989-90.

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[2] "North Dakota State rolls into FCS semifinals with 45-17 win over South Dakota". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. December 9, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[3] "Bergen comes up big as Montana beats North Dakota State 31-29 in 2 OTs to make FCS Championship game". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. December 17, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[4] "Chavez kicks 29-yard FG in OT to help Idaho beat S. Illinois 20-17, advance to FCS quarters". apnews.com. Associated Press. December 3, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[5] "Watkins, Jackson both run for two TDs, Villanova tops Youngstown State 45-28 in FCS playoffs". apnews.com. Associated Press. December 2, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[6] "Late score gives Sacramento State 42-35 win over North Dakota in FCS playoffs". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. November 25, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[7] "Leatherneck Athletics Moving to Ohio Valley Conference for All Sports". goleathernecks.com. Western Illinois Leathernecks. May 12, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[8] "Murray State Names Jody Wright 20th Head Coach of Racer Football". goracers.com. Murray State Racers. January 10, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[9] "Dean Hood Announces Retirement From Coaching". goracers.com. Murray State Racers. January 1, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[10] "NDSU Names Tim Polasek Head Football Coach". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. December 17, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

[11] "Matt Entz Leaving NDSU After FCS Playoffs". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. December 10, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

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