SDSU To Represent MVFC in FCS Championship Game -- League Notes
2023 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- The MVFC’s 9-5 (.643) winning percentage is best of any conference in the 2023 playoffs. The Big Sky is next-best at 5-3 (.625)
- At least one MVFC school has appeared in an FCS-record 13-straight title game appearances; the league has 15 total title-game appearances in that span (no other league has more than four total appearances). South Dakota State enters the title game with a 28-game winning streak, third-best all-time.
Breakdown of conference member appearances in FCS title game since 2011 -- last 13 seasons, including 2023):
15 -- Missouri Valley Football Conference
4 -- CAA
3 -- Big Sky
3 -- Southland
1 -- OVC
- No. 1 vs. No. 2 -- There have been seven previous No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups in FCS history, plus seven previous 1 vs. 2 (seed) matchups in FCS playoff history. Sunday’s game featuring SDSU and Montana checks both boxes (See attached PDF for the lists)
- All-Time Title Game Trips -- The MVFC has 11 total titles, the most by an FCS league. The 2023 season marks the 19th title game appearance for an MVFC member. An MVFC member has reached the FCS championship game in an FCS-record 13-straight seasons (2011-23).
19 - Missouri Valley Football (11 titles)
16 - Big Sky Conference (6 titles)
16 - Southern Conference (8 titles)
13 - CAA Football (6 titles)
12 - Independents (9 titles)*
9 - Southland Conference (1 title)
4 - Ohio Valley Conference (2 titles)
*includes 5 combined trips by YSU (4) and SIU (1), with 4 FCS titles when they played as independents.
- MVFC Members for the Title -- The MVFC is 12-6 in previous title-game appearances, although YSU and SIU both played in the championship prior to joining the league, recording a combined 4-1 record in those five championship games.
Illinois State (0-1): 2014-L
NDSU (9-1): 2011-W, 2012-W, 2013-W, 2014-W, 2015-W, 2017-W, 2018-W, 2019-W, 2021-W, 2022-L
UNI (0-1): 2005-L
SDSU (1-1): 2020-L; 2022-W; 2023-
Southern Illinois (1-0): *1983-W
Western Kentucky (1-0): 2002-W
Youngstown State (4-3): *1991-W, *1992-L, *1993-W, *1994-W, 1997-W, 1999-L, 2016-L
*indicates title game appearances prior to MVFC membership
- MVFC Ties FCS Record -- Only one other conference in NCAA history has received six bids in a single playoff (CAA in 2018, and the MVFC in 2021 and 2023).
- Same-Season Semifinalists -- Only six leagues have sent two teams to the semifinals the same season, including the MVFC this year. The MVFC has had two semifinalists in the same playoff in seven of the past 10 years (including 2023).
- Counting this year, the MVFC is 145-89 in the NCAA FCS playoffs. Included in that overall record is a .500 or better performance against 10 of the 11 conferences faced. Nineteen of the 89 losses were to another MVFC team. The MVFC is 29-21 all-time against Big Sky Conference teams in the playoffs (2-3 this year).
2023 Big Sky Challenge Series (MVFC Wins Series, 4-1)
Sept. 2 -- #2 NDSU 35, Eastern Washington 10
Sept. 9 -- #9 Weber State 34, #20 UNI 17
Sept. 9 -- at #1 SDSU 20, #3 Montana State 16
Sept. 9 -- at #15 North Dakota 37, NAU 22
Sept. 16 -- UNI 41, Idaho State 17
Recent Playoff Matchups Between Big Sky-MVFC
2017: Big Sky 1, MVFC 0
2018: MVFC 2, Big Sky 1
2019: MVFC 1, Big Sky 0
2020-21: MVFC 2, Big Sky 0
2021: MVFC 3, Big Sky 2
2022: MVFC 2, Big Sky 1
2023: Big Sky 3, MVFC 2
MVFC ANNOUNCES ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS
OTHER MVFC HEADLINES / ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
- SDSU’s Jimmy Rogers Named Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year: Click Here
- 2 in MVFC Named Fred Mitchell Outstanding Placekicker of the Year Award Finalists -- Click Here
- SDSU's Gronowski Invited to Payton Award Presentation -- Click Here
- DEC. 12 -- 17 in MVFC Named to Associated Press All-America Teams; Nine on the First Team -- Click Here
- DEC. 15 -- 27 in MVFC honored on Phil Steele All-America / All-Freshman Team Units -- Click Here
- DEC. 19 -- A total of 19 players from the Missouri Valley Football Conference have been named to the Stats Perform FCS All-America Teams -- Click Here
- DEC. 20 -- 14 in MVFC honored on AFCA All-America Teams -- Click Here
- DEC. 20 -- A total of 29 in the MVFC earned academic all-district honors -- Click Here
- DEC. 21 -- 5 in MVFC honored as the best at their position by FCS ADA -- Click Here