Seven different MVFC teams are ranked in Top 25 this week as South Dakota State, South Dakota, Southern Illinois, North Dakota State, North Dakota, UNI, and Youngstown State represent the MVFC in the Stats Perform rankings.

It marks the 68th time in league history that six or more MVFC teams have been ranked in the same poll (and for the seventh-straight week).

The MVFC has eight of its 12 programs in the Top 15 of the Sagarin Ratings.  The MVFC is the top-rated FCS league in the Sagarin Ratings.  Only four leagues have teams that occupy spots in the Top 15 (MVFC-8; Big Sky-4; CAA-2; Southern-1).

South Dakota State is ranked No. 1 across the board (Sagarin, Massey, Stats Perform and AFCA rankings).  Eleven of the league’s 12 programs have SOS ratings 19 or higher, including UNI, which has the FCS nation’s hardest-rated schedule (per Massey).

Only seven FCS programs with six or more wins headed into this weekend have posted multiple wins against Top 25 programs this season (against teams currently in the AFCA or Stats Perform polls this week).  Four of them are MVFC teams.

Counting games scheduled for Nov. 18, only nine FCS programs have played (or will play) four or more Top 25 FCS programs (those ranked in this week's Stats Perform or AFCA coaches polls) this season -- 8 in the MVFC, plus Montana State.

Sagarin Conference Ratings (Teams in Top 15)
1. Missouri Valley Football (8 in the Top 15; 4 in the Top 8)
2. Big Sky (4 -- 3 in the Top 8)
3. United Athletic
4. CAA Football (2)
5. Ivy League
6. Southern (1)
7. Big South/OVC
8. Southland