MVFC Playoff History & Records 2020-21 Valley Football Standings
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For Immediate Release April 29, 2021 Mike Kern Illinois State • Indiana State • Missouri State • North Dakota • North Dakota State • Northern Iowa South Dakota • South Dakota State • Southern Illinois • Western Illinois • Youngstown State 1818 Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 • (314) 444-4326 • (314) 435-4779 [Kern cell] 2020-21 Valley Football Standings (through Saturday, April 24) 6 MVFC Teams in Top 25 The Missouri Valley Football Conference MVFC Points Overall Points continues to dominate the Top 25 rankings, Team W-L Pct. For Opp W-L Pct. For Opp H A Stk. with six teams in both the Stats Perform and South Dakota State 5-1 .833 176 95 6-1 .857 207 98 3-0 3-1 W5 AFCA coaches final regular-season polls. Missouri State 5-1 .833 121 116 5-5 .500 175 268 2-2 3-3 L1 Stats Perform Top 25 (April 18) North Dakota 4-1 .800 144 103 5-1 .833 188 113 4-0 1-1 W1 North Dakota State 5-2 .714 159 118 7-2 .778 240 166 5-1 2-1 W1 School (first-place votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Southern Illinois 3-3 .500 136 170 6-3 .667 245 266 4-1 2-2 W2 1 James Madison (30) 5-0 982 1 UNI 3-4 .429 137 107 3-4 .429 137 107 1-3 2-1 L1 2 South Dakota State (7) 5-1 953 4 South Dakota 1-3 .250 71 96 1-3 .250 71 96 0-1 1-2 L3 3 Weber State 5-0 900 3 Illinois State 1-3 .250 69 86 1-3 .250 69 86 1-1 0-2 W1 4 Sam Houston State 6-0 896 5 Western Illinois 1-5 .167 120 197 1-5 .167 120 197 1-3 0-2 W1 5 Delaware 5-0 808 7 Youngstown State 1-6 .143 108 153 1-6 .143 108 153 1-2 0-4 L2 6 North Dakota State 6-2 803 2 7 North Dakota 4-1 788 6 Indiana State opted out of the Spring 2021 season; Illinois State opted out after its fourth spring game; 8 Jacksonville State 9-2 700 9 Western Illinois opted out after its sixth spring game. 9 Eastern Washington 5-1 697 8 10 Monmouth 3-0 590 12 2020-21 FCS Playoff Schedule 11 VMI 6-1 532 15 • • Media Services • • 12 Missouri State 5-4 509 14 13 UC Davis 3-2 471 13 Players of the Week Saturday, April 24 14 Southern Illinois 5-3 463 18 Each week a panel will select players of 15 Richmond 3-1 439 11 Holy Cross (3-0) at #1 SDSU (5-1) SDSU, 31-3 the week for offense, defense, newcomer, 16 Villanova 2-2 423 10 Southern Illinois (5-3) at Weber St. (5-0) SIU, 34-31 offensive line and special teams. 17 Kennesaw State 4-1 383 16 Sacred Heart (3-1) at Delaware (5-0) DEL, 19-10 18 Rhode Island 2-1 260 19 Davidson (4-2) at #4 Jacksonville St. (9-2) JSU, 49-14 19 Murray State 5-2 256 20 VMI (6-1) at #3 James Madison (5-0) JMU, 31-24 20 Southeastern Louisiana 4-2 237 17 Weekly Features 21 Austin Peay 4-5 175 22 The league produces weekly video Missouri State (5-4) at North Dakota (4-1) UND, 44-10 22 ETSU 4-2 150 24 segments (Two Minute Drill and The Extra Eastern Washington (5-1) at NDSU (6-2) NDSU, 42-20 23 Nicholls 4-3 141 21 Point) and a bimonthly audio podcast (First Monmouth (3-0) at #2 Sam Houston (6-0) SHSU, 21-15 24 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4-0 92 NR and Goal). Each is available by visiting the 25 Northern Iowa 3-4 74 NR Sunday, May 2 league’s web site (valleyfootball.org) - under AFCA Coaches Top 25 (April 19) the Multimedia tab on the main menu bar. North Dakota State at Sam Houston [ESPN] 2 pm CT Delaware at Jacksonville State [ESPN3] 2 pm CT School (first-place votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. 1 James Madison (18) 5-0 545 1 North Dakota at James Madison [ESPN2] 5 pm CT 2 South Dakota St. (3) 5-1 516 4 www.valley-football.org Southern Illinois at South Dakota St. [ESPN2] 8 pm CT 3 Weber St. 5-0 513 2 facebook.com/ValleyFootball 4 Sam Houston State 6-0 460 5 Rankings above designate championship seed, not national 5 Delaware 5-0 441 7 @valleyfootball • @FCS_Insider ranking. Conference records: CAA (2-0), Southland (1-0), 6 North Dakota 4-1 430 6 @ESPNCFB • @NCAA_FCS OVC (1-0); MVFC (4-1); Patriot (0-1); Pioneer (0-1); NEC (0- 7 North Dakota St. 6-2 408 3 @FCS_STATS • @HEROSports_FCS 1); Big South (0-1); Southern (0-1); Big Sky (0-2). 8 Eastern Washington 5-1 401 8 9 Jacksonville St. 9-2 397 9 10 Monmouth (NJ) 3-0 325 13 Record 4 in the Round of 8 11 VMI 6-1 317 12 12 UC Davis 3-2 287 14 MVFC Playoff Since the playoff bracket expanded to 20 13 Richmond 3-1 281 10 History & Records teams in 2010 (3 years) and 24 in 2013 (7 14 Southern Illinois 5-3 260 17 Please scan the QR years), the MVFC has had a minimum of two 15 Kennesaw St. 4-1 243 16 code at the left to access teams in the quarterfinals nine times. Three 16 Villanova 2-2 228 11 Missouri Valley Football 17 Missouri St. 5-4 201 18 times the league has had three quarterfinal 18 Murray St. 5-2 154 19 Conference playoff history, teams (2015, 2016, 2019), but this year’s 19 Southern (1) 5-1 141 21 including all-time playoff four quarterfinal teams set a new standard. 20 Nicholls 4-3 122 20 results for MVFC schools, 21 Southeastern Louisiana 4-3 121 15 previous playoff game recaps, and MVFC team and The CAA has had four quarterfinal teams in 22 Alabama A&M 4-3 81 T25 individual records in the tournament. the same year three times (2004, 08, 09). 23 East Tennessee St. 4-2 76 24 24 Northern Iowa 3-4 57 23 4 - 2020-21 25 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4-0 32 NR 3 - 2015, 2016, 2019 2 - 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018 1 - 2010, 2013 2020-21 Missouri Valley Football Conference Weekly Release (April 29) Playoff Notables 5 Teams in the Field Title Town The Missouri Valley Football Conference For the second time in MVFC history, the matched an all-time high with five bids in league has tri-champions. Missouri State, 2020 NCAA® DIVISION I FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS (10) this year’s field. Only twice previously in FCS North Dakota and South Dakota State share playoff history has one conference sent as the crown. It’s Missouri State’s third crown, Big Sky -- Weber State Big South -- Monmouth many as five teamsin a 16-team field(CAA UND’s first (in its first year in the league). Colonial -- Delaware had five bids in both 2007 and 2008.) The and South Dakota State’s second title. Missouri Valley Football -- South Dakota State CAA holds the all-time record with six berths NDSU’s record-setting streak of nine-straight Northeast -- Sacred Heart Ohio Valley -- Jacksonville State during the 2018 tournament. league championships came to an end as Patriot -- Holy Cross the Bison finished a game behind the others. Pioneer Football -- Davidson MVFC in the Playoffs (The other season in which the MVFC had Southern -- VMI The Missouri Valley Football Conference is tri-champions was in 2005 as UNI, Southern Southland -- Sam Houston 107-56 during the past 23+ years in the FCS Illinois and Youngstown State shared the playoffs (since 1997). Overall, a league team 2020 NCAA® DIVISION I FOOTBALL crown with identical 5-2 marks.) CHAMPIONSHIP AT-LARGE SELECTIONS (6) has appeared in 14 championship games MVFC Total Tiles (Outright and Shared) Eastern Washington (Big Sky) and in 27 semifinal games. James Madison (Colonial 16 -- UNI North Dakota (MVFC) Supremacy in the Decade 9 -- North Dakota State North Dakota State (MVFC) During the past decade, MVFC teams 5 -- Southern Illinois Missouri State (MVFC) were 67-28 in the FCS playoffs, and only one 5 -- Western Illinois Southern Illinois (MVFC) other conference (the CAA at 44-39) had a 3 -- Illinois State 3 -- Missouri State winning record. The MVFC had 11 intracon- Longest Consecutive Tournament Appearances 2 -- Eastern Illinois in the Championship (Including 2020) ference playoff games in the decade, mean- 2 -- South Dakota State North Dakota State – 11 ing MVFC teams were a combined 56-17 2 -- Youngstown State South Dakota State – 9 (.767) record against non-league teams in 1 -- Western Kentucky James Madison – 7 1 -- North Dakota Weber State – 5 the playoffs from 2010-19. Most Tournament Appearances in the Playoffs -- Last Year Elite Company Championship (Including 2020) In 2019, four MVFC teams earned selec- NDSU and SDSU are the only two Football tion to the NCAA Division I Championship. Delaware – 17 Championship Subdivision programs to James Madison – 17 North Dakota State won its eighth national reach the playoffs each of the last nine sea- Eastern Wash. – 14 championship in nine years, and the MVFC’s sons. NDSU holds the longest active streak Sam Houston – 12 four teams went a combined 8-3 in the North Dakota State – 11 with 11 consecutive trips to the playoffs. playoffs with only one of those losses at the Every league member, including past mem- Schools Making the Championship hands of a non-conference team.