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2022 Missouri Valley Football Conference season

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2022 Missouri Valley Football Conference season
League	NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	September 1, 2022 through January 8, 2023
Teams	11
2023 NFL draft
Top draft pick	Cody Mauch, OT,North Dakota State
Picked by	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (round 2, pick 48)
Regular season
Champion Playoff Participants	South Dakota State North Dakota State North Dakota
Football seasons
← 2021 2023 →

2022 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 South Dakota State $^	8	–	0	14	–	1
No. 2 North Dakota State ^	7	–	1	12	–	3
No. 20 North Dakota ^	5	–	3	7	–	5
Youngstown State	5	–	3	7	–	4
Northern Iowa	5	–	3	6	–	5
Illinois State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Southern Illinois	4	–	4	5	–	6
Missouri State	3	–	5	5	–	6
South Dakota	2	–	6	3	–	8
Indiana State	1	–	7	2	–	9
Western Illinois	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings fromSTATS Poll

The2022 Missouri Valley Football Conference football season was the 37th season ofcollege football play for theMissouri Valley Football Conference and part of the2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. This was the MVFC's 3rd straight season with 11 teams, and was the last as the conference added a 12th team for the 2023 season.^[1]

South Dakota State and North Dakota State met in theNational Championship Game after winning all three of their home playoff games. It was only the second time in FCS history and MVFC history that the final game was played between two same-conference teams, the last one pitting North Dakota State and Illinois State against each other in2015. The Jackrabbits would go on to win their first National Title, 45-21.^[2]

Predicted finish	Team	Points (1st place votes)
1	North Dakota State	446 (39)
2	South Dakota State	407 (2)
3	Missouri State	355
4	Southern Illinois	306
5	Northern Iowa	304
6	South Dakota	235
7	North Dakota	190
8	Illinois State	178
9	Youngstown State	132
10	Indiana State	109
11	Western Illinois	44

Award	Player	School	Position	Year
First Team Offense	Jason Shelley	Missouri State	QB	Sr.
	Isaiah Davis	South Dakota State	RB	Jr.
	Jaleel McLaughlin	Youngstown State	RB	Sr.
	Javon Williams	Southern Illinois	RB/AP	Jr.
	Hunter Luepke	North Dakota State	FB	Sr.
	Avante Cox	Southern Illinois	WR	Sr.
	Jaxon Janke	South Dakota State	WR	Sr.
	Tyrone Scott	Missouri State	WR	Jr.
	Tucker Kraft	South Dakota State	TE	Jr.
	Landon Bebee	Missouri State	OL	Jr.
	Garret Greenfield	South Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Cody Mauch	North Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Mason McCormick	South Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Alex Jensen	South Dakota	OL	Sr.
First Team Defense	Kevin Ellis	Missouri State	DL	Sr.
	Eli Mostaert	North Dakota State	DL	Sr.
	Caleb Sanders	South Dakota State	DL	Sr.
	Reece Winkelman	South Dakota State	DL	Sr.
	Adam Bock	South Dakota State	LB	Jr.
	Spencer Cuvelier	Northern Iowa	LB	RS Sr.
	Brock Mogensen	South Dakota	LB	Jr.
	Zeke Vandenburgh	Illinois State	LB	Sr.
	Montrae Braswell	Missouri State	DB	Jr.
	PJ Jules	Southern Illinois	DB	Jr.
	Kyriq McDonald	Missouri State	DB	Sr.
	Benny Sapp III	Northern Iowa	DB	Sr.
	Michael Tutsie	North Dakota State	DB	Sr.
First Team Special Teams	Dalton Godfrey	South Dakota	LS	Sr.
	Matthew Cook	Northern Iowa	PK	Jr.
	Grant Burkett	Missouri State	P	So.
	Montrae Braswell	Missouri State	RS	Jr.
	Carter Bell	South Dakota	AP	So.
Second Team Offense	Mark Gronowski	South Dakota State	QB	So.
	Kobe Johnson	North Dakota State	RB	Sr.
	Cole Mueller	Illinois State	RB	So.
	Jacob Garrett	Southern Illinois	FB	Jr.
	Carter Bell	South Dakota	WR	So.
	Bo Belquist	North Dakota	WR	Jr.
	Dante Hendrix	Indiana State	WR	RS Sr.
	Noah Gindorff	North Dakota State	TE	Sr.
	Drew Bones	Illinois State	OL	Sr.
	Nash Jensen	North Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Erik Sorensen	Northern Iowa	OL	RS Sr.
	Donny Ventrelli	North Dakota	OL	Sr.
	Jaison Williams	Youngstown State	OL	So.
Second Team Defense	Braydon Deming	Illinois State	DL	Sr.
	Nick Gaes	South Dakota	DL	So.
	Caden Houghtelling	Northern Iowa	DL	RS Jr.
	Devin Rice	Northern Iowa	OL	RS Jr.
	Spencer Waege	North Dakota State	DL	Sr.
	Greg Benton Jr.	Youngstown State	LB	Sr.
	Bryce Flater	Northern Iowa	LB	RS Sr.
	James Kaczor	North Dakota State	LB	Sr.
	Devon Krzanowski	North Dakota	LB	Sr.
	Clayton Bush	Southern Illinois	DB	Jr.
	Korby Sander	Northern Iowa	DB	Fr.
	C.J. Siegel	North Dakota	CB	Sr.
	Destin Talbert	North Dakota State	DB	Sr.
	Dawson Weber	North Dakota State	DB	Sr.
Second Team Special Teams	Joey Malinowski	Illinois State	LS	Jr.
	Jose Pizano	Missouri State	PK	Jr.
	Cade Peterson	North Dakota	P	Sr.
	Jayden Price	North Dakota State	RS	Sr.
	Quan Hampton	Northern Iowa	AP/WR	Sr.

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Illinois State	STATS Perform							RV	RV	RV
Illinois State	AFCA Coaches		RV	RV					RV	RV
Indiana State	STATS Perform
Indiana State	AFCA Coaches
Missouri State	STATS Perform	5	5	5	6	7	20	RV	RV
Missouri State	AFCA Coaches	8	7	4т	9	19	RV	RV
North Dakota	STATS Perform		RV	22	19	RV	22	20	20	23	21	19	16	20	20
North Dakota	AFCA Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	24т	RV
North Dakota State	STATS Perform	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2
North Dakota State	AFCA Coaches	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2
Northern Iowa	STATS Perform	21	24	RV							RV
Northern Iowa	AFCA Coaches	21	24								RV
South Dakota	STATS Perform			RV	RV		RV
South Dakota	AFCA Coaches	RV	RV
South Dakota State	STATS Perform	2	2	2	2т	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
South Dakota State	AFCA Coaches	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Southern Illinois	STATS Perform	9	17	RV	24	19	17	16	14	20	RV	RV
Southern Illinois	AFCA Coaches	9	19	RV	RV	RV	24	19	17	24	RV	RV
Western Illinois	STATS Perform
Western Illinois	AFCA Coaches
Youngstown State	STATS Perform			RV	RV	RV						RV		RV	RV
Youngstown State	AFCA Coaches		RV	23	25т	RV	RV					RV		RV	RV

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 1	5:00 p.m.	North Alabama	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium •Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	W 17–14 ^OT	4,851	[1]
September 1	6:30 p.m.	Western Illinois	UT Martin	Hardy M. Graham Stadium •Martin, TN	ESPN+	L 25–42	5,127	[2]
September 1	7:00 p.m.	No. 5 Missouri State	Central Arkansas	Estes Stadium •Conway, AR	ESPN+	W 27–14	10,277	[3]
September 3	11:00 a.m.	No. 2 South Dakota State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium •Iowa City, IA	FS1	L 3–7	69,250	[4]
September 3	12:00 p.m.	No. 21 Northern Iowa	Air Force	Falcon Stadium •Colorado Springs, CO		L 17–48	31,180	[5]
September 3	1:00 p.m.	Duquesne	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium •Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 31–14	9,835	[6]
September 3	2:30 p.m.	North Dakota	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 17–38	86,590	[7]
September 3	2:30 p.m.	Drake	No. 1 North Dakota State	Fargodome •Fargo, ND	ESPN+	W 56–14	15,951	[8]
September 3	6:00 p.m.	South Dakota	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium •Manhattan, KS	Big 12 onESPN+	L 0–34	50,469	[9]
September 3	6:00 p.m.	No. 9 Southern Illinois	Incarnate Word	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium •San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	L 29–64	2,656	[10]
September 3	6:00 p.m.	Illinois State	No. 18^ Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium •Madison, WI	FS1	L 0–38	73,727	[11]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 8	7:00 p.m.	UT Martin	No. 5 Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium •Springfield, MO	ESPN+	W 35–30	9,872	[12]
September 10	11:00 a.m.	Western Illinois	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium •Minneapolis, MN	BTN	L 10–62	43,859	[13]
September 10	1:00 p.m.	Dayton	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium •Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 49–16	13,597	[14]
September 10	2:30 p.m.	South Dakota	No. 3 Montana	Washington-Grizzly Stadium •Missoula, MT	ESPN+	L 7–24	24,404	[15]
September 10	2:30 p.m.	North Carolina A&T	No. 1 North Dakota State	Fargodome •Fargo, ND	ESPN+	W 43–3	16,269	[16]
September 10	3:00 p.m.	Indiana State	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium •West Lafayette, IN	BTN	L 0–56	53,676	[17]
September 10	3:00 p.m.	No. 24 Northern Iowa	No. RV North Dakota	Alerus Center •Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	UND 29–27	9,940	[18]
September 10	6:00 p.m.	UC Davis	No. 2 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium •Brookings, SD	ESPN+	W 24–22	15,182	[19]
September 10	6:00 p.m.	Southeast Missouri State	No. 17 Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium •Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	L 31–34	8,662	[20]
September 10	6:30 p.m.	Valparaiso	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium •Normal, IL	ESPN+	W 28–21	6,937	[21]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 17	11:00 a.m.	No. RV Youngstown State	No. 9^ Kentucky	Kroger Field •Lexington, KY	SECN	L 0–31	59,308	[22]
September 17	6:00 p.m.	No. 5 Missouri State	No. 10^ Arkansas	Razorback Stadium •Fayetteville, AR	SEC+/ESPN+	L 17–38	74,133	[23]
September 17	11:00 a.m.	No. RV Southern Illinois	Northwestern	Ryan Field •Evanston, IL	BTN	W 31–24	23,146	[24]
September 17	12:00 p.m.	No. 2 Montana	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium •Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	L 14–49	5,929	[25]
September 17	1:00 p.m.	Cal Poly	No. RV South Dakota†	DakotaDome •Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 38–21	6,812	[26]
September 17	3:00 p.m.	No. 22 North Dakota	Northern Arizona	J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome •Flagstaff, AZ	ESPN+	W 27–24	7,841	[27]
September 17	3:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	Western Illinois	Hanson Field •Macomb, IL	ESPN+	L 10–17	5,024	[28]
September 17	4:00 p.m.	No. 7 Sacramento State	No. RV Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome •Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	L 21–37	8,818	[29]
September 17	6:00 p.m.	Butler	No. 2 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium •Brookings, SD	ESPN+	W 45–17	16,414	[30]
September 17	6:30 p.m.	Eastern Illinois	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium •Normal, IL	ESPN+	W 35–7	8,208	[31]
September 17	8:00 p.m.	No. 1 North Dakota State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium •Tucson, AZ	FS1	L 28–31	41,211	[32]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 24	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 North Dakota State	No. RV South Dakota	DakotaDome •Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	NDSU 34–17	6,530	[33]
September 24	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 South Dakota State	No. 6 Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium •Springfield, MO	ESPN3	SDSU 28–14	13,189	[34]
September 24	2:00 p.m.	No. 19 North Dakota	No. 24 Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium •Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	SIU 34–17	8,053	[35]
September 24	3:00 p.m.	Northern Iowa	Western Illinois	Hanson Field •Macomb, IL	ESPN+	UNI 52–17	4,500	[36]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 1	12:00 p.m.	No. 7 Missouri State	No. RV North Dakota†	Alerus Center •Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	UND 48–31	10,020	[37]
October 1	1:00 p.m.	No. RV Youngstown State	No. 1 North Dakota State †	Fargodome •Fargo, ND	ESPN+	NDSU 27–14	18,055	[38]
October 1	2:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	No. 2 South Dakota State†	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium •Brookings, SD	ESPN+	SDSU 34–10	15,237	[39]
October 1	4:00 p.m.	Indiana State	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome •Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	UNI 20–14	6,830	[40]
October 1	6:30 p.m.	No. 19 Southern Illinois	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium •Normal, IL	ESPN+	SIU 19–14	11,127	[41]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 8	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 North Dakota State	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium •Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	NDSU 31–26	4,185	[42]
October 8	2:00 p.m.	No. 17 Southern Illinois	No. 20 Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium •Springfield, MO	ESPN+	SIU 38–21	7,061	[43]
October 8	2:00 p.m.	No. RV South Dakota	No. 2 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium •Brookings, SD (Battle for South Dakota)	ESPN+	SDSU 28–3	19,332	[44]
October 8	4:00 p.m.	Illinois State	Northern Iowa†	UNI-Dome •Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	ILL ST 23–21	9,306	[45]
October 8	5:00 p.m.	No. 22 North Dakota	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium •Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	UND 35–30	11,009	[46]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Index to colors and formatting
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MVFC teams inbold

Index to colors and formatting
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MVFC teams inbold

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special Teams			Freshman
Week	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (Sept. 4)^[8]	Jaleel McLaughlin	RB	YSU	Adam Bock	LB	SDSU	Ryan O'Grady	PK	IN ST	Naseim Brantley	WR	WIU
Week 1 (Sept. 4)^[8]	Jaleel McLaughlin	RB	YSU	Ryan Cole	S	IN ST	Montrae Braswell	CB/RS	MO ST	Naseim Brantley	WR	WIU

Week 2 (Sept. 11)^[9]	Jason Shelley	QB	MO ST	Zeke Vandenburgh	LB	ILL ST	Jalen Carr	KR	ILL ST	Jacardia Wright	RB	MO ST

Week 3 (Sept. 18)^[10]	Nic Baker	QB	SIU	Zeke Vandenburgh	LB	ILL ST	Cade Peterson	P	UND	Zack Annexstad	QB	ILL ST
Week 3 (Sept. 18)^[10]	Jason Shelley	QB	MO ST	Zeke Vandenburgh	LB	ILL ST	Cade Peterson	P	UND	Zack Annexstad	QB	ILL ST

Week 4 (Sept. 25)^[11]	Mark Gronowski	QB	SDSU	Woo Governor	DB	UNI	Griffin Crosa	K	NDSU	Dillon Thomas	S	MO ST

Week 5 (Oct. 2)^[12]	Isaiah Davis	RB	SDSU	Zeke Vandenburgh	LB	ILL ST	Brady Stevens	PK	UND	D'Ante' Cox	WR	SIU

Week 6 (Oct. 9)^[13]	Javon Williams Jr.	AP	SIU	Rylan Cole	S	IN ST	Will Mostaert	DT	NDSU	Cole Davis	DB	UND
Week 6 (Oct. 9)^[13]	Javon Williams Jr.	AP	SIU	Rylan Cole	S	IN ST	Will Mostaert	DT	NDSU	Ian Wagner	PK	ILL ST

Week 7 (Oct. 16)^[14]	Nic Baker	QB	SIU	Stephen Hillis	LB	USD	Hunter Dustman	K/P	SDSU	Cade Chambers	QB	IN ST

Week 8 (Oct. 23)^[15]	Mark Gronowski	QB	SDSU	Cameron Tisdale	CB	USD	Colt McFadden	PK	YSU	Zack Annexstad	QB	ILL ST
Week 8 (Oct. 23)^[15]	Dom Williams	RB	UNI	Cameron Tisdale	CB	USD	Colt McFadden	PK	YSU	Zack Annexstad	QB	ILL ST

Week 9 (Oct. 13)^[16]	Nic Baker	QB	SIU	Dylan Wudke	DE	YSU	Jose Pizano	PK	MO ST	Desmond Hutson	WR	UNI

Week 10 (Nov. 7)^[17]	TaMerik Williams	RB	NDSU	Alex Howard	LB	YSU	Hunter Dustman	K/P	SDSU	Aidan Bouman	QB	USD

Week 11 (Nov. 14)^[18]	Jaleel McLaughlin	RB	YSU	James Kaczor	LB	NDSU	Montrae Braswell	CB/RS	MO ST	Malachi McNeal	LB	UND
Week 11 (Nov. 14)^[18]	Tommy Schuster	QB	UND	James Kaczor	LB	NDSU	Montrae Braswell	CB/RS	MO ST	Malachi McNeal	LB	UND

Week 12 (Nov. 21)^[19]	Cam Miller	QB	NDSU	Zeke Vandenburg	LB	ILL ST	DJ Hart	WR/RS	NDSU	Garret Ollendieck	LB	IN ST
Week 12 (Nov. 21)^[19]	Theo Day	QB	UNI	Zeke Vandenburg	LB	ILL ST	DJ Hart	WR/RS	NDSU	Garret Ollendieck	LB	IN ST

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 15	1:00 p.m.	Indiana State	Youngstown State†	Stambaugh Stadium •Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	YSU 48–42	9,326	[47]
October 15	2:00 p.m.	South Dakota	No. RV Illinois State†	Hancock Stadium •Normal, IL	ESPN3	ILL ST 12–10	9,302	[48]
October 15	2:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	No. 16 Southern Illinois†	Saluki Stadium •Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	SIU 30–7	10,118	[49]
October 15	2:30 p.m.	No. 2 South Dakota State	No. 1 North Dakota State	Fargodome •Fargo, ND (Dakota Marker)	ESPN+	SDSU 23–21	18,603	[50]
October 15	4:00 p.m.	Utah Tech	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome •Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	W 41–14	6,942	[51]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 22	12:00 p.m.	No. RV Illinois State	Indiana State†	Memorial Stadium •Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	ILL ST 27–21	5,182	[52]
October 22	2:00 p.m.	No. 14 Southern Illinois	South Dakota	DakotaDome •Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	USD 27–24	7,599	[53]
October 22	3:00 p.m.	No. 1 South Dakota State	No. 20 North Dakota	Alerus Center •Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	SDSU 49–35	11,067	[54]
October 22	3:00 p.m.	Youngstown State	Western Illinois†	Hanson Field •Macomb, IL	ESPN+	YSU 28–27	7,217	[55]
October 22	4:00 p.m.	No. RV Missouri State	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome •Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	UNI 41–20	8,809	[56]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 29	1:00 p.m.	South Dakota	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium •Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	YSU 45–24	9,240	[57]
October 29	2:00 p.m.	Indiana State	No. 1 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium •Brookings, SD	ESPN+	SDSU 49–7	19,041	[58]
October 29	2:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	Missouri State†	Robert W. Plaster Stadium •Springfield, MO	ESPN+	MO ST 64–14	10,712	[59]
October 29	2:00 p.m.	Northern Iowa	No. 20 Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium •Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	UNI 37–36	6,155	[60]
October 29	2:30 p.m.	No. RV Illinois State	No. 4 North Dakota State	Fargodome •Fargo, ND	ESPN+	NDSU 24–7	16,172	[61]
October 29	3:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian	No. 23 North Dakota	Alerus Center •Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	W 34–31	8,355	[62]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 5	12:00 p.m.	No. 21 North Dakota	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium •Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	UND 42–7	2,534	[63]
November 5	1:00 p.m.	Missouri State	South Dakota	DakotaDome •Vermillion, SD	ESPN3	USD 20–13	5,341	[64]
November 5	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 North Dakota State	Western Illinois	Hanson Field •Macomb, IL	ESPN+	NDSU 56–17	2,534	[65]
November 5	2:00 p.m.	Youngstown State	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium •Normal, IL	ESPN+	YSU 19–17	4,989	[66]
November 5	4:00 p.m.	No. 1 South Dakota State	No. RV Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome •Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	SDSU 31–28	9,449	[67]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 12	12:00 p.m.	South Dakota	No. 19 North Dakota	Alerus Center •Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	UND 28–19	9,516	[68]
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Indiana State	Western Illinois	Hanson Field •Macomb, IL	ESPN+	IND ST 21–0	2,661	[69]
November 12	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 North Dakota State	No. RV Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium •Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	NDSU 21–18	4,575	[70]
November 12	2:00 p.m.	Illinois State	No. 1 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium •Brookings, SD	ESPN+	SDSU 31–7	8,160	[71]
November 12	2:00 p.m.	No. RV Youngstown State	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium •Springfield, MO	ESPN3	MO ST 25–22	5,148	[72]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 19	11:00 a.m.	Western Illinois	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium •Normal, IL	ESPN+	ILL ST 20–13 ^OT	2,579	[73]
November 19	11:00 a.m.	Southern Illinois	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium •Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	YSU 28–21	7,381	[74]
November 19	12:00 p.m.	Missouri State	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium •Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	MO ST 24–7	2,575	[75]
November 19	1:00 p.m.	Northern Iowa	South Dakota	DakotaDome •Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	UNI 58–14	5,490	[76]
November 19	2:30 p.m.	No. 16 North Dakota	No. 4 North Dakota State	Fargodome •Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	ESPN+	NDSU 42–21	18,806	[77]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 26	3:00 p.m.	No. 20 North Dakota	No. 9 Weber State (Big Sky)	Stewart Stadium •Ogden, UT	ESPN+	L 31–38	4,495	[78]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 3	2:00 p.m.	No. 23 Delaware (CAA)	No. 1 (1) South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium •Brookings, SD	ESPN+	W 42–6	6,117	[79]
December 3	2:30 p.m.	No. 19 Montana (Big Sky)	No. 4 (3) North Dakota State	Fargodome •Fargo, ND	ESPN+	W 49–26	12,929	[80]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 9	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 (6) Samford (SoCon)	No. 4 (3) North Dakota State	Fargodome •Fargo, ND	ESPN2	W 27–9	11,825	[81]
December 10	11:00 a.m.	No. 7 (8) Holy Cross (Patriot League)	No. 1 (1) South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium •Brookings, SD	ESPN	W 42–21	6,549	[82]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 16	6:00 p.m.	No. 5 (7) Incarnate Word (Southland)	No. 4 (3) North Dakota State	Fargodome •Fargo, ND	ESPN2	W 35–32	12,569	[83]
December 17	3:00 p.m.	No. 3 (4) Montana State (Big Sky)	No. 1 (1) South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium •Brookings, SD	ESPN2	W 39–18	7,195	[84]
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
January 8	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 (3) North Dakota State	No. 1 (1) South Dakota State	Toyota Stadium •Frisco, TX	ABC	SDSU 45-21	18,023
^#Rankings fromStats Perform. All times are inCentral Time.

Award	Player	School	Position	Year
All-Newcomer Team Offense	Zack Annexstad	Illinois State	QB	Jr.
	Aidan Bouman	South Dakota	QB	RS Fr.
	Naseim Brantley	Western Illinois	WR	Jr.
	Brayden Bryant	North Dakota	OL	So.
	Cade Chambers	Indiana State	QB	RS Fr.
	D'Ante' Cox	Southern Illinois	WR	Sr.
	Desmond Hutson	Northern Iowa	WR	RS Fr.
	Shomari Lawrence	South Dakota	RB	RS Fr.
	John O'Brian	South Dakota State	OL	Jr.
	Max Tomczak	Youngstown State	WR	RS Fr.
	Jacardia Wright	Missouri State	RB	So.
	Wenkers Wright	Illinois State	RB	RS Fr.
All-Newcomer Defense	Cordarrius Bailey	Northern Iowa	DE	RS Sr.
	John Bickle	South Dakota	P	Sr.
	Jaxon Duttenhefer	North Dakota State	DT	RS Fr.
	Jason Freeman	South Dakota State	LB	Jr.
	Chris Harris	Southern Illinois	LB	Sr.
	Logan Kopp	North Dakota State	LB	RS Fr.
	Deandre Lamont	Illinois State	DB	Sr.
	Tucker Large	South Dakota State	S/LB	RS Fr.
	Kole Menz	North Dakota State	DE	RS Fr.
	Edmund Ocansey	North Dakota	DB	RS Fr.
	Garret Ollendieck	Indiana State	LB	So.
	Noah Pettinger	Northern Iowa	P	Fr.
	Michael Scott	South Dakota	DE	Sr.

	AP 1st Team	AP 2nd Team	AP 3rd Team	AFCA^[25] 1st Team	AFCA 2nd Team	STATS^[26] 1st Team	STATS 2nd Team	STATS 3rd Team	ADA ^[27]	HERO ^[28]
Benny Sapp III, DB, Northern Iowa			Y		Y		Y
Caleb Sanders, DL, South Dakota State	Y			Y		Y				Y
Cody Mauch, OL, North Dakota State	Y			Y		Y			Y	Y
Garret Greenfield, OL, South Dakota State	Y				Y	Y
Hunter Luepke, FB, North Dakota State		Y				Y				Y
Jaleel McLaughlin, RB, Youngstown State	Y				Y	Y				Y
Matthew Cook, PK, Northern Iowa		Y			Y			Y		Y
Mason McCormick, OL, South Dakota State	Y			Y			Y			Y
Michael Tutsie, DB, North Dakota State			Y		Y
Nash Jensen, OL, North Dakota State	Y				Y		Y
Spencer Waege, DE, North Dakota State	Y				Y	Y				Y
Tucker Kraft, TE, South Dakota State			Y					Y
Zeke Vandenburgh, LB, Illinois State	Y			Y		Y			Y	Y

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Game 9	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Illinois State	Hancock Stadium	13,391	6,937	8,208	11,127†	9,302	4,989	2,579				43,142	7,190	53.7%
Indiana State	Memorial Stadium	12,764	4,851	5,929†	4,185	5,182	2,534	2,575				25,256	4,209	32.9%
Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium	17,500	9,872	13,189†	7,064	10,712	5,148					45,985	9,197	52.5%
North Dakota	Alerus Center	12,283	9,940	10,020	11,067†	8,355	9,516					48,898	9,779	79.6%
North Dakota State	Fargodome	18,700	15,951	16,269	18,055	18,603	16,172	18,806†	12,929‡	11,825‡	12,569‡	141,179	15,686	83.9%
Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome	16,324	8,818	6,830	9,306	6,942	8,809	9,449†				50,154	8,359	51.2%
South Dakota	DakotaDome	9,100	6,812	6,530	7,599†	5,341	5,490					31,772	6,354	69.8%
South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium	19,340	15,182	16,414	15,237	19,332†	19,041	8,160	6,117‡	6,549‡	7,195‡	113,227	12,580	65.1%
Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium	15,000	8,662	8,053	10,118†	6,155	4,575					37,563	7,512	50.0%
Western Illinois	Hanson Field	17,128	5,024†	4,500	4,973	2,534	2,661					19,692	3,938	23.0%
Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium	20,630	9,835	13,597†	11,009	9,326	9,240	7,381				60,388	10,064	48.8%

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team	Notes
Cody Mauch	OT	North Dakota State	2	17	48	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	from Detroit via Green Bay
Tucker Kraft	TE	South Dakota State	3	15	78	Green Bay Packers

Player	Position	School	Team
Hunter Luepke	FB	North Dakota State	Dallas Cowboys
Noah Gindorff	TE	North Dakota State	Seattle Seahawks
Nash Jensen	OL	North Dakota State	Carolina Panthers
Spencer Waege	DL	North Dakota State	San Francisco 49ers
Tyler Hoosman	RB	North Dakota	Los Angeles Chargers
Benny Sapp	CB	Northern Iowa	Green Bay Packers
Ty Scott	WR	Missouri State	Kansas City Chiefs
Mike McAllister	C	Youngstown State	Los Angeles Rams
Zeke Vandenburgh	LB	Illinois State	Miami Dolphins
Tanner Taula	TE	Illinois State	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jason Lewan	DE	Illinois State	Green Bay Packers
Alex Jensen	OT	South Dakota	Miami Dolphins
Caleb Sanders	DL	South Dakota State	New York Giants

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MVFC record	MVFC titles	FCS Playoff appearances	FCS Playoff record	National Titles
Illinois State	Brock Spack	14	95–66 (.590)	95–66 (.590)	60–48 (.556)	2	5	7–5 (.583)	0
Indiana State	Curt Mallory	5	19–37 (.339)	19–37 (.339)	12–28 (.300)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
Missouri State	Bobby Petrino^[a]	3	137–71 (.659)	18–15 (.545)	14–8 (.636)	1	2	0–2 (.000)	0
North Dakota	Bubba Schweigert^[b]	9	76–66 (.535)	54–45 (.545)	12–9 (.571)	0	4	1–4 (.200)	0
North Dakota State	Matt Entz	4	49–7 (.875)	49–7 (.875)	27–4 (.871)	2	4	9–2 (.818)	2
Northern Iowa	Mark Farley	22	174–98 (.640)	174–98 (.640)	111–56 (.665)	7	13	16–13 (.552)	0
South Dakota	Bob Nielson^[c]	7	218–122–1 (.641)	32–34 (.485)	22–30 (.423)	0	2	1–2 (.333)	2
South Dakota State	John Stiegelmeier^[d]	26	198–112 (.639)	198–112 (.639)	84–34 (.712)	3	12	18–11 (.621)	1
Southern Illinois	Nick Hill	7	34–39 (.466)	34–39 (.466)	20–28 (.417)	0	2	2–2 (.500)	0
Western Illinois	Myers Hendrickson^[e]	1	0–11 (.000)	0–11 (.000)	0–8 (.000)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
Youngstown State	Doug Phillips	3	11–17 (.393)	11–17 (.393)	8–15 (.348)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0

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