MVFC
Nine current members, four former. Our membership records under this name start in 1985. 2025 champion: North Dakota State.
2013 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | Poll | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8–0 | 13–0 | 1671 | WWWWW | |||
| 5–3 | 9–4 | 1499 | WWWWW | |||
| 5–3 | 8–4 | 1394 | WWLLL | |||
| 5–3 | 7–5 | 1383 | LWLWW | |||
| 5–3 | 5–7 | 1333 | WWWWL | |||
| 4–4 | 5–6 | 1351 | WWWLL | |||
| 3–5 | 7–5 | 1410 | LLWWW | |||
| 3–5 | 4–8 | 1211 | LLLLL | |||
| 2–6 | 4–8 | 1183 | LLLWL | |||
| 0–8 | 1–11 | 1156 | LLLLL |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. Poll: the FCS coaches’ poll (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2013
MVFC teams are 23–18 outside the conference.
- FBS teams2–10
- Big Sky4–2
- OVC1–4
- Others4–0
- Pioneer Conference4–0
- Southland Conference2–2
- CAA2–0
- MEAC2–0
- FCS Independents1–0
- NEC1–0
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from the FBS count together.
Champions
Most titles
| Northern Iowa | 16 | last 2011 |
| North Dakota State | 12 | last 2025 |
| South Dakota State | 5 | last 2024 |
| Southern Illinois | 5 | last 2009 |
| Missouri State | 3 | last 2020 |
| Illinois State | 3 | last 2015 |
| Youngstown State | 2 | last 2006 |
| South Dakota | 1 | last 2024 |
| North Dakota | 1 | last 2020 |
By year
| 2025 | North Dakota State |
| 2024 | North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State (shared) |
| 2023 | South Dakota State |
| 2022 | South Dakota State |
| 2021 | North Dakota State |
| 2020 | Missouri State, North Dakota, South Dakota State (shared) |
| 2019 | North Dakota State |
| 2018 | North Dakota State |
| 2017 | North Dakota State |
| 2016 | North Dakota State, South Dakota State (shared) |
| 2015 | Illinois State, North Dakota State (shared) |
| 2014 | Illinois State, North Dakota State (shared) |
23 earlier seasons, back to 1985
| 2013 | North Dakota State |
| 2012 | North Dakota State |
| 2011 | North Dakota State, Northern Iowa (shared) |
| 2010 | Northern Iowa |
| 2009 | Southern Illinois |
| 2008 | Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois (shared) |
| 2007 | Northern Iowa |
| 2006 | Youngstown State |
| 2005 | Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Youngstown State (shared) |
| 2004 | Southern Illinois |
| 2003 | Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois (shared) |
| 2001 | Northern Iowa |
| 1999 | Illinois State |
| 1996 | Northern Iowa |
| 1995 | Northern Iowa |
| 1994 | Northern Iowa |
| 1993 | Northern Iowa |
| 1992 | Northern Iowa |
| 1991 | Northern Iowa |
| 1990 | Missouri State, Northern Iowa (shared) |
| 1989 | Missouri State |
| 1987 | Northern Iowa |
| 1985 | 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.
Members
Every school and its years (13)
Members now
- Illinois State 2008 on
- Indiana State 2008–2019, 2021 on
- Northern Iowa 2008 on
- South Dakota State 2008 on
- Southern Illinois 2008 on
- Youngstown State 2008 on
- South Dakota 2012 on
- North Dakota 2020 on
- Murray State 2023 on
Former members
- North Dakota State 2008–2025
- Missouri State 1985–2024
- Western Illinois 2008–2023
- Western Kentucky 2001–2006
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1985; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | North Dakota State | Left for Mountain West Conference (football only) | February 9, 2026 | |
| 2025 | Missouri State | Left for Conference USA (football only) | May 10, 2024 | |
| 2024 | Western Illinois | Left for Big South-OVC (football only) | May 12, 2023 | |
| 2023 | Murray State | Joined from OVC (football only) | April 4, 2022 | |
| 2020 | North Dakota | Joined (independent before) (football only) | January 26, 2017 | |
| 2012 | South Dakota | Joined from Great West Conference (football only) | November 3, 2010 | |
| 2008 | North Dakota State | Joined from Great West Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 2008 | South Dakota State | Joined from Great West Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 2001 | Western Kentucky | Joined from OVC (football only) | Source | |
| 1985 † | Illinois State | Joined from MVC (Held dual membership for one year) (football only) | Source | |
| 1985 | Missouri State | Joined from Mid-Continent Conference (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. † Our membership records (CollegeFootballData.com) date the move to another season, or don’t show it. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in 219 of 220 team-seasons from 1985. the member tables in the conference’s Wikipedia article agree with ours in all 80 team-seasons from 1985. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
NFL first-round picks 4
| North Dakota State | 3 |
| Northern Iowa | 1 |
Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1985); a draft pick counts for the season before the draft. Heisman and All-America lists from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), draft picks from CollegeFootballData.com.
The money
The Missouri Valley Football Conference is a nonprofit. Its IRS Form 990 for the year to June 2025 reports $1.7 million in revenue, $1.1 million of it from officials’ fees, and $1.8 million in expenses; it ended the year with $1.3 million in assets. Its best-paid, secretary/treasurer (thru 6/2025) Patty Viverito, was paid $107,000.
By year
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Top pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $107K |
| 2023-24 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $90K |
| 2022-23 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $98K |
| 2021-22 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $57K |
| 2020-21 | $1.2M | $831K | $1.1M | $54K |
| 2019-20 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $869K | $55K |
| 2018-19 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $652K | $53K |
| 2017-18 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $601K | $52K |
| 2016-17 | $1.1M | $1.0M | $593K | |
| 2015-16 | $949K | $943K | $554K | |
| 2014-15 | $907K | $933K | $599K | |
| 2013-14 | $862K | $820K | $576K | |
| 2012-13 | $1.0M | $836K | $559K | |
| 2011-12 | $718K | $710K | $328K | |
| 2010-11 | $738K | $691K | $321K |
Best paid, 2024-25
| Patty Viverito, secretary/treasurer (thru 6/2025) | $107,000 |
From the organization’s IRS Form 990, via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and the IRS’s e-file data. Fiscal years end in June; top pay is the best-paid person’s total compensation on the return, listed for e-filed years (2018 on). Grants are the ones the conference lists on Schedule I; bowl payments are the ones bowls list on theirs. See every filing at ProPublica (EIN 37-1121184).