Gateway Football
A former conference: seven schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1992. 2007 champion: Northern Iowa.
2026 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | Rank | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Youngstown State | 4–1 | 6–2 | 6 | ||
 North Dakota | 3–1 | 6–2 | 11 | ||
 South Dakota | 3–1 | 6–2 | 9 | ||
 South Dakota State | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1 | ||
 Northern Iowa | 2–1 | 3–3 | 19 | ||
 Illinois State | 1–2 | 6–2 | 13 | ||
 Southern Illinois | 1–3 | 3–5 | |||
 Indiana State | 0–3 | 2–5 | |||
 Murray State | 0–3 | 1–6 |
In the template’s own order, its tiebreakers applied. Rank: STATS Poll. Standings: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): 2026 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings (license).
Champions
Most titles
| Northern Iowa | 9 | last 2007 |
| Western Illinois | 4 | last 2002 |
| Southern Illinois | 3 | last 2005 |
| Youngstown State | 2 | last 2006 |
| Illinois State | 1 | last 1999 |
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | last 1995 |
By year
| 2007 | Northern Iowa |
| 2006 | Youngstown State |
| 2005 | Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Youngstown State (shared) |
| 2004 | Southern Illinois |
| 2003 | Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois (shared) |
| 2002 | Western Illinois |
| 2001 | Northern Iowa |
| 2000 | Western Illinois |
| 1999 | Illinois State |
| 1998 | Western Illinois |
| 1997 | Western Illinois |
| 1996 | Northern Iowa |
4 earlier seasons, back to 1992
| 1995 | Eastern Illinois, Northern Iowa (shared) |
| 1994 | Northern Iowa |
| 1993 | Northern Iowa |
| 1992 | Northern Iowa |
Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.
Schools
Every school and its years (7)
Members
- Illinois State 1992–2007
- Indiana State 1992–2007
- Northern Iowa 1992–2007
- Southern Illinois 1992–2007
- Western Illinois 1992–2007
- Youngstown State 1997–2007
- Eastern Illinois 1992–1995
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1992; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Youngstown State | Joined (independent before) (football only) | Source |
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 95 team-seasons from 1992. the member tables in the conference’s Wikipedia article agree with ours in all 19 team-seasons from 1992. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.