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
TV partner(s)	ESPN College Football, ESPN+, Local TV partners
2025 NFL draft
Regular season
Champions Playoff participants	North Dakota State South Dakota State South Dakota Illinois State
Football seasons
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2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State +^		7	–	1					14	–	2
No. 3 South Dakota State +^		7	–	1					12	–	3
No. 4 South Dakota +^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 11 Illinois State ^		6	–	2					10	–	4
Missouri State *		6	–	2					8	–	4
Youngstown State		3	–	5					4	–	8
Indiana State		3	–	5					4	–	8
North Dakota		2	–	6					5	–	7
Southern Illinois		2	–	6					4	–	8
Northern Iowa		1	–	7					3	–	9
Murray State		0	–	8					1	–	11
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Ineligible for 2024 FCS playoffs due to transition to the FBS Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference season was 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 was the MVFC's first season returning to 11 teams, and its fourth in the last 5 seasons. It was also the conference's last at the time as Missouri State announced before the season that they would be joining Conference USA starting in the 2025–26 academic year. The Bears were ineligible for the FCS playoffs and the conference title during the 2024 season. ^[1]

North Dakota State made it to the National Championship as the 2nd seed and won their 10th FCS title in program history, and 18th title at any level, defeating Montana State. ^[2] South Dakota State and South Dakota made the playoffs as the 3rd and 4th seeds and won their way to the FCS semifinals, where they would fall to North Dakota State ^[3] and Montana State. ^[4] Illinois State also made the playoffs as the 12th seed, and made it to the second round, losing to 5th seeded UC Davis. ^[5]

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. ^[6] 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. ^[7] 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 ^[8] - 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 ^[9] and 6th seeded Villanova ^[10] respectively. The Fighting Hawks fell at home to Sacramento State in the first round. ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Coaching changes

Murray State

On January 10, 2024, Jody Wright was named the new head coach at Murray State. ^[13] Wright takes over for Dean Hood, who retired after the 2023 season. ^[14]

North Dakota State

On December 17, 2023, Tim Polasek was named the new head coach at North Dakota State. ^[15] Polasek takes over for Matt Entz, who left the Bison for the linebackers/assistant coach position at USC. ^[16]

Preseason

League Poll

The annual preseason poll; voted on by conference coaches, athletic directors, and media members. ^[17]

Predicted finish	Team	Points (1st place votes)
1	South Dakota State	482 (42)
2	North Dakota State	437 (1)
3	South Dakota	371
4	Southern Illinois	293
5	North Dakota	276
6	Illinois State	264
7	Youngstown State	255
8	Northern Iowa	227
9	Missouri State	164 (1)
10	Indiana State	68
11	Murray State	67

Individual Awards

Award Player School Position Year First Team Offense Mark Gronowski South Dakota State QB Sr. Mason King Illinois State RB Sr. Tyshon King Youngstown State RB Sr. Hunter Brozio North Dakota State FB Sr. Carter Bell South Dakota WR Sr. Bo Belquist North Dakota WR Sr. Dan Sobkowicz Illinois State WR Jr. JJ Galbreath South Dakota TE Sr. Gus Miller South Dakota State OL Sr. Jared Penning Northern Iowa OL Sr. Jaison Williams Youngstown State OL Sr. Grey Zabel North Dakota State OL Sr. Hunter Zambrano Illinois State OL Sr. First Team Defense Jarod DePriest South Dakota State DL Sr. Nick Gaes South Dakota DL Sr. Dylan Hendricks North Dakota State DL Sr. Eli Mostaert North Dakota State DL Sr. Amir Abdullah Illinois State LB Sr. Adam Bock South Dakota State LB Sr. Logan Kopp North Dakota State LB Jr. Garret Ollendieck Indiana State LB Sr. Dalys Beanum South Dakota State DB Sr. Maddix Blackwell Indiana State DB Jr. Tucker Large South Dakota State DB Jr. Dennis Shorter South Dakota DB Sr. Cole Wisniewski North Dakota State DB Sr. First Team Special Teams Hunter Brozio North Dakota State LS Sr. Will Leyland South Dakota PK Jr. Grant Burkett Missouri State P Sr. Carter Bell South Dakota RS Sr. Amar Johnson South Dakota State AP Sr.

Award Player School Position Year Second Team Offense Cam Miller North Dakota State QB Sr. Amar Johnson South Dakota State RB Jr. Travis Theis South Dakota RB Sr. Jaden Norby North Dakota FB Sr. Vinson Davis III Southern Illinois WR Jr. Max Tomczak Youngstown State WR Jr. Griffin Wilde South Dakota State WR So. Joe Stoffel North Dakota State TE Sr. Evan Beernten South Dakota State OL Sr. Joe Cotton South Dakota OL So. Chase Evans Southern Illinois OL Sr. Joe Lombard South Dakota OL Sr. Mason Miller North Dakota State OL Jr. Second Team Defense Jake Anderson Illinois State DL So. Cannon Butler Northern Iowa DL Jr. Blake Holden South Dakota DL Sr. Darion Smith Missouri State DL Sr. Colin Bohanek Southern Illinois LB Sr. Tucker Langenberg Northern Iowa LB Jr. Tye Niekamp Illinois State LB So. Wyatt Pedigo North Dakota LB Sr. PJ Hall Missouri State DB Sr. Keondre Jackson Illinois State DB Sr. Todric McGee Missouri State DB Jr. Cale Reeder South Dakota State DB Sr. Ubayd Steed Southern Illinois DB Sr. Second Team Special Teams Kaydon Olivia South Dakota State LS Jr. Griffin Crosa North Dakota State PK Sr. Hunter Dustman South Dakota State P Sr. Tucker Large South Dakota State RS Jr. Vinson Davis III Southern Illinois AP Jr.

Source: ^[18]

Rankings

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football 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	Wk 13	Final
Illinois State	STATS	19	21	18	17	18	18	16	21	21	21	18	17	14	11	11
	Coaches	20	22	19	15	15	19	16	23	20	19	17	16	13	10	10
Indiana State	STATS
	Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV			RV			RV
Missouri State	STATS
	Coaches	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	25	20	18	17	15	14	18	21
Murray State	STATS
	Coaches	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV
North Dakota	STATS	24	23	10	10	9	7	9	9	7	15	21	RV
	Coaches	22	20	10	9	8	6	10	10	7	15	23	RV	RV
North Dakota State	STATS	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1
	Coaches	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	1
Northern Iowa	STATS	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV
	Coaches	RV	RV	21	19	19	18	RV
South Dakota	STATS	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
	Coaches	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	4
South Dakota State	STATS	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
	Coaches	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Southern Illinois	STATS	10	10	9	7	17	19	RV
	Coaches	11	12	8	7	17	23	RV
Youngstown State	STATS	25	25	21	RV
	Coaches	23	23	20	25	RV

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	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 29	6:00 PM	No. 25  Youngstown State	No. 6  Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	FloSports	L 17–24	5,421	[19]
August 29	7:00 PM	No. 2  North Dakota State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	ESPN	L 26–31	49,438	[20]
August 29	7:00 PM	Northern State	No. 5  South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 45–3	7,435	[21]
August 29	7:00 PM	Murray State	No. 11^  Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	SEC Network/ESPN+	L 0–51	62,621	[22]
August 31	11:00 AM	No. 19  Illinois State	No. 25^  Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	BTN	L 0–40	69,250	[23]
August 31	11:00 AM	Indiana State	Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	BTN	L 0–49	59,488	[24]
August 31	1:00 PM	No. 1  South Dakota State	No. 17^  Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	ESPN+	L 20–44	52,202	[25]
August 31	2:30 PM	No. 24  North Dakota	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	FS1	L 3–21	56,148	[26]
August 31	4:00 PM	Valparaiso	No. RV  Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	W 35–7	8,458	[27]
August 31	7:00 PM	No. 10  Southern Illinois	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN+	L 13–41	63,712	[28]
August 31	8:00 PM	Missouri State	No. 3  Montana	Washington-Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	ESPN+	L 24–29	26,482	[29]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 7	1:00 PM	No. RV  Northern Iowa	St. Thomas	O'Shaughnessy Stadium • St. Paul, MN		W 17–10	N/A	[30]
September 7	1:00 PM	Valparaiso	No. 25  Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 59–25	7,649	[31]
September 7	2:00 PM	Missouri State	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN+	L 34–42	10,018	[32]
September 7	2:30 PM	Tennessee State	No. 2  North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	W 52–3	16,811	[33]
September 7	2:30 PM	No. 6  South Dakota	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	FS1	L 13–27	76,069	[34]
September 7	6:00 PM	No. 21  Illinois State	North Alabama	Braly Municipal Stadium • Florence, AL		W 24–17	8,014	[35]
September 7	6:00 PM	Indiana State	Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Field • Charleston, IL	ESPN+	L 20–27	7,222	[36]
September 7	6:00 PM	No. 10  Southern Illinois	Austin Peay	Fortera Stadium • Clarksville, TN	ESPN+	W 31–17	8,124	[37]
September 7	6:00 PM	No. 4  Montana	No. 23  North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	W 27–24	11,595	[38]
September 7	6:00 PM	Butler	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	L 17–19	7,213	[39]
September 7	6:00 PM	No. 12  Incarnate Word	No. 1  South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	W 45–24	19,321	[40]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 14	12:00 PM	Western Illinois	No. 18  Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	W 51–34	N/A	[41]
September 14	1:00 PM	Duquesne	No. 21  Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	L 25–28	12,415	[42]
September 14	1:00 PM	Idaho State	No. 10  North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	W 52–28	10,685	[43]
September 14	3:00 PM	No. 6  South Dakota	Portland State	Hillsboro Stadium • Portland, OR	ESPN+	Cancelled		[44]
September 14	4:30 PM	No. 2  North Dakota State	East Tennessee State	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium • Johnson City, TN	ESPN+	W 38–35	11,040	[45]
September 14	5:00 PM	Dayton	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	W 24–13	3,614	[46]
September 14	6:00 PM	Mississippi Valley State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	W 59–8	9,088	[47]
September 14	6:00 PM	Lindenwood	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	W 28–14	9,642	[48]
September 14	6:00 PM	No. 12  Incarnate Word	No. 9  Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	W 35–28	7,879	[49]
September 14	6:00 PM	Augustana (SD)	No. 1  South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	W 24–3	19,376	[50]
September 14	6:30 PM	No. RV  Northern Iowa	No. 23^  Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 3–34	86,546	[51]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 21	1:00 PM	San Diego	No. 10  North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	W 41–24	8,491	[52]
September 21	1:00 PM	No. RV  Towson	No. 2  North Dakota State †	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	W 41–24	17,185	[53]
September 21	1:00 PM	Drake	No. 6  South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 42–3	6,529	[54]
September 21	2:30 PM	No. RV  Youngstown State	No. RV^  Pitt	Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	ACC Network	L 17–73	48,437	[55]
September 21	6:00 PM	No. RV  Eastern Illinois	No. 17  Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	W 31–7	9,012	[56]
September 21	6:00 PM	No. 21  Southeast Missouri State	No. 7  Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	L 21–38	13,421	[57]
September 21	6:00 PM	No. 1  South Dakota State	Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA		W 41–0	4,387	[58]
September 21	6:00 PM	Missouri State	UT Martin	Graham Stadium • Martin, TN	ESPN+	W 31–24	3,985	[59]
September 21	11:00 PM	No. 25  Northern Iowa	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI		L 7–36	11,402	[60]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
September 21	Indiana State	Murray State

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 28	12:00 PM	Houston Christian	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	L 24–27	3,466	[61]
September 28	1:00 PM	Murray State	No. 9  North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	UND 72–35	10,828	[62]
September 28	1:00 PM	No. 17  Southern Illinois	No. 5  South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	USD 42–13	6,706	[63]
September 28	2:00 PM	Youngstown State	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	MOST 38–31	12,117	[64]
September 28	2:00 PM	No. 2  North Dakota State	No. 18  Illinois State †	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	NDSU 42–10	11,687	[65]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
September 28	No. 1 South Dakota State	No. RV Northern Iowa

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 5	1:00 PM	Indiana State	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	YSU 21–14	8,202	[66]
October 5	2:00 PM	No. 4  South Dakota	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	USD 59–0	6,437	[67]
October 5	2:30 PM	No. 7  North Dakota	No. 2  North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	NDSU 41–17	18,723	[68]
October 5	4:00 PM	No. 1  South Dakota State	No. RV  Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	SDSU 41–3	12,611	[69]
October 5	6:00 PM	No. 18  Illinois State	No. 19  Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	ILST 45–10	7,157	[70]
#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	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 12	12:00 PM	Missouri State	No. 16  Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	MOST 41–7	6,232	[71]
October 12	12:00 PM	Murray State	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	INST 31–27	3,056	[72]
October 12	2:00 PM	No. 2  North Dakota State	No. RV  Southern Illinois †	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	NDSU 24–3	9,610	[73]
October 12	2:00 PM	Northern Iowa	No. 4  South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	USD 42–17	8,934	[74]
October 12	2:00 PM	Youngstown State	No. 1  South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	SDSU 63–13	19,331	[75]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
October 12	No. 9 North Dakota

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 19	1:00 PM	Northern Iowa	No. 9  North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	UND 31–7	11,617	[76]
October 19	2:00 PM	No. 21  Illinois State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	ILST 40–32	15,991	[77]
October 19	2:00 PM	Indiana State	Missouri State †	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	MOST 46–21	11,280	[78]
October 19	5:00 PM	No. 4  South Dakota	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	USD 27–17	8,560	[79]
October 19	7:00 PM	No. 1  South Dakota State	No. 2  North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN2	NDSU 13–9	18,807	[80]
#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	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 26	12:00 PM	Southern Illinois	Indiana State †	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	INST 20–17	4,266	[81]
October 26	1:00 PM	No. 1  North Dakota State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	NDSU 59–6	6,133	[82]
October 26	4:00 PM	Missouri State	Northern Iowa †	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	MOST 49–42	10,848	[83]
October 26	5:00 PM	No. 7  North Dakota	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	YSU 41–40 OT	9,979	[84]
October 26	6:30 PM	No. 4  South Dakota	No. 3  South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPNU	SDSU 20–17 OT	19,351	[85]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
October 26	No. 21 Illinois State

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 2	12:00 PM	No. 15  North Dakota	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	INST 35–31	3,013	[86]
November 2	2:00 PM	Youngstown State	No. 21  Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	ILST 23–16	6,381	[87]
November 2	2:00 PM	Murray State	No. 3  South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	SDSU 52–6	16,376	[88]
November 2	2:00 PM	Southern Illinois	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	MOST 38–17	8,134	[89]
November 2	2:30 PM	Northern Iowa	No. 1  North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	NDSU 42–19	14,528	[90]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
November 2	No. 5 South Dakota

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 9	12:00 PM	Youngstown State	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	SIU 37–33	4,933	[91]
November 9	1:00 PM	No. 3  South Dakota State	No. 21  North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	SDSU 38–7	9,797	[92]
November 9	1:00 PM	Missouri State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	MOST 59–31	5,127	[93]
November 9	1:00 PM	No. 18  Illinois State	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	ILST 31–9	1,880	[94]
November 9	1:00 PM	Indiana State	No. 5  South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	USD 49–0	5,515	[95]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
November 9	No. 1 North Dakota State

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 16	11:00 AM	Northern Iowa	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	YSU 39–38 OT	4,933	[96]
November 16	12:00 PM	No. 17  Illinois State	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	ILST 31–19	3,188	[97]
November 16	12:00 PM	No. 5  South Dakota	No. RV  North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	USD 42–36	8,974	[98]
November 16	12:30 PM	Murray State	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SEC Network/ESPN+	L 6–48	48,370	[99]
November 16	2:00 PM	Southern Illinois	No. 3  South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	SDSU 41–10	17,268	[100]
November 16	2:30 PM	Missouri State	No. 1  North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	NDSU 59–21	14,679	[101]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 23	12:00 PM	North Dakota	No. 14  Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	ILST 35–13	5,631	[102]
November 23	12:00 PM	Murray State	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	SIU 62–0	5,310	[103]
November 23	1:00 PM	Indiana State	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	UNI 41–34	8,398	[104]
November 23	1:00 PM	No. 1  North Dakota State	No. 4  South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	USD 29–28	9,062	[105]
November 23	2:00 PM	No. 3  South Dakota State	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	SDSU 45–9	7,142	[106]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
November 23	Youngstown State

FCS playoffs

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season § NCAA Division I playoff bracket

In 2024, four teams made the FCS playoffs. North Dakota State (No. 2), South Dakota State (No. 3), and South Dakota (No. 4) all received byes, while Illinois State (No. 12) played in the first round. Below are the games in which they played.

All times central. Seedings in parentheses.

First round

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 30	11:00 AM	No. 11 (12)  Illinois State	No. 16  Southeast Missouri State (Big South–OVC)	Houck Stadium • Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	W 35–27		[107]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Second round

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 7	1:00 PM	No. 13 (14)  Montana (Big Sky)	No. 2 (3)  South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	W 35–18	10,376	[108]
December 7	2:00 PM	No. 14 (13)  Tarleton State (UAC)	No. 3 (4)  South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 42–31	6,231	[109]
December 7	2:00 PM	No. 15 (15)  Abilene Christian (UAC)	No. 4 (2)  North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	W 51–31	10,373	[110]
December 7	3:00 PM	No. 11 (12)  Illinois State	No. 5 (5)  UC Davis (Big Sky)	UC Davis Health Stadium • Davis, CA	ESPN+	L 10–42	6,317	[111]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 14	11:00 AM	No. 6 (6)  Incarnate Word (Southland)	No. 2 (3)  South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN	W 55–14	8,671	[112]
December 14	2:00 PM	No. 5 (5)  UC Davis (Big Sky)	No. 4 (4)  South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 35–21	6,135	[113]
December 14	2:30 PM	No. 8 (7)  Mercer (SoCon)	No. 3 (2)  North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ABC	W 31–7	10,353	[114]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Semifinals

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 21	11:00 AM	No. 2 (3)  South Dakota State	No. 3 (2)  North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ABC	NDSU 28–21	17,849	[115]
December 21	2:30 PM	No. 4 (4)  South Dakota	No. 1 (1)  Montana State (Big Sky)	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	ABC	L 17–31	20,557	[116]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

National Championship

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
January 6	6:00 PM	No. 3 (2)  North Dakota State	No. 1 (1)  Montana State (Big Sky)	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ESPN	W 35–32	18,005	[117]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

MVFC records vs other conferences

2024–25 records against non-conference foes:

FCS power conferences Record Big Sky 2–1 CAA 1–1 FCS power total 3–2 Other FCS conferences Record Big South–OVC 5–2 Ivy League None MEAC None Northeast 0–1 Patriot None PFL 6–1 SoCon 1–0 Southland 3–1 SWAC 1–0 UAC (ASUN–WAC) 2–0 Other FCS total 17–5 Other Division I opponents Record Football Bowl Subdivision 0–12 Total Division I 21–19 Other NCAA opponents Record Division II 2–0 Total non-conference record 23–19

Post season FCS power conferences Record Big Sky 3–2 CAA None FCS power total 3–2 Other FCS conferences Record Big South–OVC 1–0 Ivy League None MEAC None Northeast None Patriot None PFL None SoCon 1–0 Southland 1–0 SWAC None UAC (ASUN–WAC) 2–0 Other FCS total 5–0 Total postseason record 8–2

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special teams			Freshman
	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (Sept. 2) [118]	Cam Miller	QB	NDSU	Todric McGee	S	MOST	Keyondray Jones-Logan	RS	USD	Ethan Wright	RB	YSU
Week 2 (Sept. 9) [119]	Beau Brungard	QB	YSU	Ben Bogle	LB	SIU	C.J. Elrichs	PK	UND	Elijah Owens	QB	INST
Week 3 (Sept. 16) [120]	DJ Williams	QB	SIU	Garret Ollendieck	LB	INST	Hayden Futch	P	ILST	Keontez Lewis	WR	SIU
	Jacob Clark	QB	MOST
Week 4 (Sept. 23) [121]	Kirby Vorhees	RB	SDSU	Josh Navratil	LB	UND	Jackson Williams	WR/RS	NDSU	CharMar Brown	RB	NDSU
Week 5 (Sept. 30) [122]	Jacob Clark	QB	MOST	Eli Mostaert	DT	NDSU	Tyler Erkman	DB	UND	CharMar Brown	RB	NDSU
Week 6 (Oct. 7) [123]	Cam Miller	QB	NDSU	Tye Niekamp	LB	ILST	Brendon Kilpatrick	P	YSU	Quaron Adams	WR	USD
Week 7 (Oct. 14) [124]	Jacob Clark	QB	MOST	Gary Bryant III	LB	USD	Angel Johnson	RB/KR	SDSU	Elijah Owens	QB	INST
Week 8 (Oct. 21) [125]	Tommy Rittenhouse	QB	ILST	Logan Kopp	LB	NDSU	Kaedin Steindorf	P	NDSU	Xavier Loyd	WR	ILST
Week 9 (Oct. 28) [126]	Beau Brungard	QB	YSU	Geoffrey Brown	LB	INST	Andrew Lastovka	PK	YSU	CharMar Brown	RB	NDSU
Week 10 (Nov. 4) [127]	Jayden Becks	RB	MOST	Joey Shew	DE	INST	James London	PK	MUR	CharMar Brown	RB	NDSU
Week 11 (Nov. 11) [128]	Jacob Clark	QB	MOST	Mi'Quise Grace	DL	USD	Hunter Dustman	K/P	SDSU	Jake Curry	QB	SIU
Week 12 (Nov. 18) [129]	Charles Pierre Jr.	RB	USD	Matthew Durrance	S	SDSU	Griffin Crosa	K	NDSU	Xavier Loyd	WR	ILST
	Beau Brungard	QB	YSU
Week 13 (Nov. 25) [130]	Michael Lindauer	QB	SIU	Tye Niekamp	LB	ILST	Sergio Morancy	WR/RS	UNI	Nate Ewell	LB	USD

Players of the Year

On December 2, 2024, the Missouri Valley Football Conference released their Players of the Year and All-Conference Honors. ^[131]

Offensive Player of the Year

• Cam Miller, QB (Sr - North Dakota State)

Defensive Player of the Year

• Mi'Quise Grace, DL (RS-So - South Dakota)

Newcomer and Freshman of the Year

• CharMar Brown, RB (RS-Fr - North Dakota State)

Coach of the Year

• Bob Nielson (South Dakota)

All-Conference Teams

Award Player School Position Year First Team Offense Cam Miller North Dakota State QB Sr Jacob Clark Missouri State QB Sr Amar Johnson South Dakota State RB Sr Charles Pierre Jr. South Dakota RB RS-So Travis Theis South Dakota FB Sr Evan Beernsten South Dakota State OL Sr Joey Lombard South Dakota OL Sr Gus Miller South Dakota State OL Sr Mason Miller North Dakota State OL Sr Grey Zabel North Dakota State OL Sr JJ Galbreath South Dakota TE Sr Bo Belquist North Dakota WR 5th Bryce Lance North Dakota State WR Jr Max Tomczak Youngstown State WR Jr First Team Defense Jarod DePriest South Dakota State DL Sr Nick Gaes South Dakota DL Sr Mi'Quise Grace South Dakota DL RS-So Eli Mostaert North Dakota State DL Sr Adam Bock South Dakota State LB Sr Geoffrey Brown Indiana State LB Sr Caleb Francl South Dakota State LB Sr Logan Kopp North Dakota State LB Jr Tye Niekamp Illinois State LB So Dalys Beanum South Dakota State DB Sr Devin Hembry North Dakota DB 5th Keondre Jackson Illinois State DB Sr Tucker Large South Dakota State DB Jr Dennis Shorter South Dakota DB Sr First Team Special Teams Grant Burkett Missouri State P Sr Sergio Morancy Northern Iowa RS Sr Caden Bolz Missouri State DS Sr Beau Brungard Youngstown State AP So Angel Johnson South Dakota State AP Jr

Award Player School Position Year Second Team Offense Mark Gronowski South Dakota State QB Sr CharMar Brown North Dakota State RB RS-Fr Jacardia Wright Missouri State RB Sr Jaden Norby North Dakota FB Sr Joe Cotton South Dakota OL RS-So Bryce Henderson South Dakota OL RS-Jr Cash Hudson Missouri State OL So Jared Penning Northern Iowa OL RS-Sr Jaison Williams Youngstown State OL Sr Lance Mason Missouri State TE Jr Daniel Sobkowicz Illinois State WR Jr Griffin Wilde South Dakota State WR So Hunter Wood Missouri State WR Sr Second Team Defense Jake Anderson Illinois State DL So Blake Holden South Dakota DL Sr Joey Shew Indiana State DL RS-Jr Darion Smith Missouri State DL Sr Ben Bogle Southern Illinois LB So Gary Bryant III South Dakota LB RS-So Tahj Chambers Missouri State LB Sr Mark Cannon Jr. Illinois State DB Jr Colby Huerter South Dakota State DB Sr Colby Humphrey South Dakota State DB Sr Mike Reid South Dakota DB Sr Ubayd Steed Southern Illinois DB Sr Second Team Special Teams Griffin Crosa North Dakota State PK Sr Brendon Kilpatrick Youngstown State P Jr Jackson Williams North Dakota State RS Fr Sam Merryman Youngstown State DS Sr Jacardia Wright Missouri State AP Sr

National Awards

On November 26, 2024, STATS Perform released their list of finalists for the Walter Payton Award, Buck Buchanan Award, Jerry Rice Award, and Eddie Robinson Award, respectively. Finalists are listed by order they appears in the STATS Perform article:

Walter Payton Award

The following MVFC players were listed as finalists for the Walter Payton Award, which is given to the best FCS offensive player: ^[132]

• Jacob Clark (QB - Missouri State)
• Mark Gronowski (QB - South Dakota State)
• Cam Miller (QB - North Dakota State)

Buck Buchanan Award

The following MVFC players were listed as finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award, which is given to the best FCS defensive player: ^[133]

• Mi'Quise Grace (DL - South Dakota)
• Eli Mostaert (DL - North Dakota State)
• Ben Bogle (LB - Southern Illinois)
• Cabel Francl (LB - South Dakota State)

Jerry Rice Award

The Jerry Rice Award is given to the most outstanding FCS freshman. The MVFC's own CharMar Brown (RB - North Dakota State) won the award. ^[134] The other conference finalist is listed below: ^[135]

• Elijah Owens (QB - Indiana State)

Eddie Robinson Award

The following MVFC coaches were listed as finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award, which is given to the best FCS head coach: ^[136]

• Brock Spack (Illinois State)

All-Americans

	AP [137] 1st Team	AP 2nd Team	AFCA [138] 1st Team	AFCA 2nd Team	STATS [139] 1st Team	STATS 2nd Team	STATS 3rd Team	ADA [140]
Adam Bock, LB, South Dakota State		Y	Y			Y
Bo Belquist, WR, North Dakota				Y
Brendon Kilpatrick, P, Youngstown State							Y
Caden Bolz, LS, Missouri State				Y	Y
Caleb Francl, LB, South Dakota State					Y
Cam Miller, QB, North Dakota State		Y		Y	Y
Dalys Beanum, DB, South Dakota State		Y			Y
Dennis Shorter, DB, South Dakota		Y				Y
Eli Mostaert, DL, North Dakota State		Y			Y
Evan Beernsten, OL, South Dakota State		Y		Y		Y
Grey Zabel, OL, North Dakota State	Y		Y		Y			Y
Gus Miller, OL, South Dakota State	Y		Y		Y
James London, PK, Murray State							Y
JJ Galbreath, TE, South Dakota	Y
Joey Lombard, OL, South Dakota		Y					Y
Keondre Jackson, DB, Illinois State							Y
Lance Mason, TE, Missouri State							Y
Mark Gronowski, QB, South Dakota State						Y
Mason Miller, OL, North Dakota State	Y
Mi'Quise Grace, DL, South Dakota	Y		Y	Y
Nick Gaes, DL, South Dakota							Y
Tye Niekamp, LB, Illinois State				Y	Y
Sam Merryman, LS, Youngstown State							Y

Home attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Game 9	Total	Average	% of capacity
Illinois State	Hancock Stadium	13,391	12,440†	9,012	11,687	6,232	6,381	5,631				51,383	8,563	64.0%
Indiana State	Memorial Stadium	12,764	3,614	3,466	3,056	4,266†	3,013	3,188				20,603	3,433	26.9%
Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium	17,500	9,642	12,117†	11,280	8,134	7,142					48,315	9,663	55.2%
Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium	16,800	7,213	9,088	6,437	15,991†	6,133	5,127				49,989	8,331	49.6%
North Dakota	Alerus Center	12,283	11,595	10,685	8,491	10,828	11,617†	9,797	8,974			71,987	10,283	83.7%
North Dakota State	Fargodome	18,700	16,811	17,185	18,723	18,807†	14,528	14,679	10,373‡	10,353‡	17,849‡	139,038	15,448	82.6%
Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome	16,324	8,458	12,611†	10,848	1,880	8,398					42,195	8,439	51.7%
South Dakota	DakotaDome	9,100	7,435	6,529	6,706	8,934	5,515	9,062†	6,231‡	6,135‡		56,547	7,068	77.7%
South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium	19,340	19,321	19,376†	19,331	19,351	16,376	17,268	10,376‡	8,671‡		130,070	16,258	84.1%
Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium	15,000	7,879	13,421†	7,157	9,610	4,933	5,310				48,310	8,051	53.7%
Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium	20,630	7,649	12,415†	8,560	9,979	4,933					43,536	8,707	42.2%

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

2025 NFL draft

Main article: 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 January 6, 2025
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	111–74 (.600)	111–74 (.600)	71–54 (.568)	2	6	8–6 (.571)	0
Indiana State	Curt Mallory	7 [a]	24–55 (.304)	24–55 (.304)	16–40 (.286)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
Missouri State	Ryan Beard	2	12–11 (.522)	12–11 (.522)	9–7 (.563)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
Murray State	Jody Wright	1	1–11 (.083)	1–11 (.083)	0–8 (.000)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
North Dakota	Bubba Schweigert [b]	11	88–78 (.530)	66–57 (.537)	19–18 (.514)	0	5	1–5 (.167)	0
North Dakota State	Tim Polasek	1	14–2 (.875)	14–2 (.875)	7–1 (.875)	1	1	4–0 (1.000)	1
Northern Iowa	Mark Farley	24	183–112 (.620)	183–112 (.620)	117–66 (.639)	7	13	16–13 (.552)	0
South Dakota	Bob Nielson [c]	9	239–128–1 (.651)	53–48 (.525)	37–32 (.536)	1	3	4–4 (.500)	2
South Dakota State	Jimmy Rogers	2	27–3 (.900)	27–3 (.900)	15–1 (.938)	2	2	6–1 (.857)	1
Southern Illinois	Nick Hill	9	48–56 (.462)	48–56 (.462)	28–42 (.400)	0	3	3–3 (.500)	0
Youngstown State	Doug Phillips	5	21–31 (.404)	21–31 (.404)	15–23 (.395)	0	1	1–1 (.500)	0

1. Indiana State did not play football in the 2020–21 academic year
2. 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 as an independent in 2018 and 2019.
3. Bob Nielson coached Western Illinois from 2013–2015, 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 two national titles. The first stint at Minnesota–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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