6 MVFC Teams Ranked -- Six league teams are ranked the Coaches poll and five are ranked in the Stats Perform poll this week.  The league had seven or more teams ranked during the first six weeks this year (and 30 times in its history).

North Dakota State reclaimed the top spot in both polls after defeating top-ranked South Dakota State on Oct. 19.  NDSU last held the No. 1 position on Oct. 10, 2022, while NDSU has been ranked No. 1 as a league member 78 weeks, more than any other MVFC program.







The league has four of the Top 7 in both the Stats Perform and AFCA Coaches poll.  Notably, four MVFC teams have been ranked in the Top 10 the same week 43 times in MVFC history.  

One conference game this week feature ranked MVFC teams playing one another.  In Conference history, there have been 238 games in which two league teams ranked in the top 25 played one another. Of those 238 games, 68 times the meeting involved teams that were both ranked in the Top 10 at the same time. Nineteen meetings have occurred in the playoffs. The home team is 133-103 in those games; the higher-ranked team is 150-87. Those figures include two neutral-site games, and one game in which the teams were both No. 25.



MVFC in the Metrics -- Six of the Missouri Valley Football Conference’s 11 programs rank in the top 20 of the Massey FCS Ratings, which includes five MVFC teams in the top 9.  In Massey, Southern Illinois’ strength of schedule leads the MVFC and FCS.  South Dakota State (3), North Dakota State (5), UNI (6), and UND (9) also have SOS in the FCS Top 10.

Winning Against No. 1 -- Murray State is looking to post the league’s 21st all-time win vs. a No. 1-ranked team when it faces top-ranked NDSU.  League schools have a combined 8-14 record in non-league games against the nation’s top-ranked team.  Eleven of the previous 20 MVFC wins against a No. 1 team have been league games.

MVFC Teams To Be No. 1 -- Seven different league members have achieved a No. 1 national ranking while in the MVFC.  North Dakota State regained the top spot with its win against SDSU (Oct. 19), the Bison have been ranked No. 1 for more weeks than any other league school.

Weeks as No. 1 (including this week)
78 - North Dakota State
29 - South Dakota State
16 - Southern Illinois
11 - UNI
8 - Youngstown State
4 - Western Kentucky
1 - Western Illinois