MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE NEWS / NOTES
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| Friday, Dec. 8 - QUARTERFINAL |
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| #7 Furman at #2 Montana [ESPN2/ESPN+] |
8:00 pm CT |
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| Saturday, Dec. 9 - QUARTERFINALS |
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| #8 Villanova at #1 SDSU [ESPN/ESPN+] |
11:00 am CT |
| NDSU at #3 South Dakota [ABC/ESPN+] |
1:30 pm CT |
| #5 UAlbany at #4 Idaho [ESPN+] |
9:00 pm CT |
| 2023 Playoff Records, By Conference |
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| Missouri Valley (6) |
6-3 |
.667 |
| CAA Football (4) |
4-2 |
.667 |
| Southern Conference (3) |
3-2 |
.600 |
| Big Sky Conference (4) |
3-2 |
.600 |
| Big South/OVC (1) |
0-1 |
.000 |
| Mid-Eastern Athletic (1) |
0-1 |
.000 |
| Pioneer Football League (1) |
0-1 |
.000 |
| Northeast Conference (1) |
0-1 |
.000 |
| Patriot League (1) |
0-1 |
.000 |
| Southland Conference (1) |
0-1 |
.000 |
| United Athletic (1) |
0-1 |
.000 |
TEAM NOTES/GAME PREVIEWS:
LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS:
MVFC Earns 2 of Top 3 Seeds -- Since 1985 and counting 2023, a league member has been seeded No. 1-4 in the FCS Championship a total of 32 times (nine different league members have been seeded in the Top 4 in league history.) Only three times previously have two MVFC teams been seeded in the Top 4 in the same tournament.
Years w/Two Top 4 MVFC Seeds in the Playoffs
2007 -- #1 UNI, L, quarters; #4 SIU, L, semis
2014 -- #2 ILS, L, title game; #3 NDSU, won title
2022 -- #1 SDSU, won title; #3 NDSU, L, title game
2023 -- #1 SDSU, #3 South Dakota
In the Round of 8 -- Since the bracket expanded to 20 teams in 2010 (3 years) and 24 in 2013 (11 years), the MVFC has had a minimum of two teams in the quarterfinals 12 times.
4 - 2020-21
3 - 2015, 2016, 2019,
2023
2 - 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
1 - 2010, 2013
Against the Rest -- Counting this year, the MVFC is 142-87 in the NCAA FCS playoffs. Included in that overall record is a .500 or better performance against 10 of the 11 conferences faced.
In the Round of 16 -- Since the playoff bracket expanded to 20 teams in 2010 (3 years) and 24 in 2013 (11 years), the MVFC has had a minimum of two teams in the Round of 16 every year, which includes a record-tying five teams in 2023. Five MVFC teams made the Round of 16 in 2014 and in 2020 (i.e. Spring 2021, when the bracket was only 16 teams), plus this season.
5 - 2014, 2020,
2023
4 - 2015, 2017, 2019
3 - 2012, 2016, 2018, 2021
2 - 2010, 2011, 2013, 2022
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).
MVFC vs. MVFC in Playoffs -- The North Dakota State-South Dakota matchup on Dec. 9 is the 19th matchup of two MVFC schools in the playoffs (and 17th in the last 12 seasons). In 2014 (Illinois State vs. NDSU) and in 2022 (NDSU vs. SDSU), the league played an all-MVFC FCS national championship game -- the only two times that’s happened in FCS history.
Year Score (Round) -- Tourney Seed listed
2002 WKU 31, at #2 W. Illinois 28 (Quarters)
2006 at YSU 28, Illinois State 21 (Quarters)
2012 at #1 NDSU 28, SDSU 3 (2nd Round)
2014 at #5 Illinois State 41, UNI 21 (2nd Round)
2014 at #2 NDSU 27, SDSU 24 (2nd Round)
2014 #2 NDSU 29, #5 Illinois State 27 (Finals)
2015 at #2 Illinois State 36, WIU 19 (2nd Round)
2015 at #3 NDSU 23, UNI 13 (Quarters)
2016 at #1 NDSU 36, #8 SDSU 10 (Quarters)
2017 at #5 SDSU 37, UNI 22 (2nd Round)
2018 at #1 NDSU 44, #5 SDSU 21 (Semis)
2019 UNI 13, at #7 SDSU 10 (2nd Round)
2019 at #1 NDSU 9, Illinois State 3 (Quarters)
20-21 at UND 44, Missouri St. 10 (Round of 16)
20-21 at #2 SDSU 31, Southern Illinois 26 (Quarters)
2021 Southern Illinois 22, S. Dakota 10 (1st Rd.)
2021 at #2 NDSU 38, Southern Illinois 7 (2nd)
2022 #1 SDSU 45, #3 NDSU 21 (Finals)
2023 NDSU at #3 South Dakota (Quarters)
All-Time Semifinal Trips -- Here’s a look at the leaders, by conference, since 1978 (first year of the playoffs).
34 - Big Sky Conference
32 - Missouri Valley Football Conference
31 - CAA Football
29 - Southern Conference
20 - Southland Conference
17 - Independents
10 - Ohio Valley Conference
Same-Season Semifinalists -- Only six leagues have sent two teams to the semifinals in the same season, including the MVFC last year. The MVFC has had two semifinalists in the same tournament in six of the past nine playoffs.
7 - MVFC (1999) (2014) (2016) (2017) (2018) (21) (22)
7 - CAA (2004) (2007) (2008) (2009) (2010) (13) (20)
5 - SoCon (1983) (1987) (2000) (2001) (2005)
4 - Big Sky (1981) (1990) (1994) (2019)
1 - OVC (1979)
1 - Southland (1995)
Title Town -- At least one MVFC school has appeared in an FCS-record 12-straight title game appearances; the league has 14 total title-game appearances in that span (no other league has more than four total appearances).
MVFC ANNOUNCES ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS
OTHER MVFC HEADLINES
- MVFC Earns Record 6 Bids: Click Here
- 6 MVFC Teams Ranked in Final Polls: Click Here
- 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
- NDSU’s Wisniewski a Finalist for Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award: Click Here