#Missouri Valley Football Conference

The North Dakota State Bison seek their fifth football championship in the past six seasons when they face the rival South Dakota State Jackrabbits on Sunday in the FCS Championship Game. The No. 3-seeded Bison (12-2) are the defending FCS champions and have won four of the past five. The only other champion in that span is Sam Houston State, which…

FRISCO, Texas - North Dakota State and South Dakota State will meet in the Football Championship Subdivision title game Sunday for the first time. The matchup seemed inevitable for the last few seasons, moreso in the last year since fellow FCS heavweights James Madison and Sam Houston left for the more interesting pastures of the higher Football…

The South Dakota State Jackrabbits seek their first FCS title in program history Sunday when they take on perennial power North Dakota State in the 2023 FCS championship game. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. ET from Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. The top-seeded Jackrabbits (13-1) joined the FCS in 2004 and have emerged as a force but came up short…

FRISCO, Texas - A three-week lead up to the most highly anticipated Football Championship Subdivision national title game in history is quickly nearing its end. No. 1 South Dakota State and No. 3 North Dakota State are set to do battle for the 114th time come Sunday afternoon, only this time not for the Dakota Marker but for a national championship…

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - No. 8 Holy Cross (12-0, 6-0 PL) travels to No. 1 South Dakota State (11-1, 8-0 MVFC), the Missouri Valley Football Conference Champion in the NCAA DI FCS Championship Quarterfinal Round on Saturday at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, in Brookings, S.D. Live coverage on ESPN begins at noon ET with Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman and Taylor…

FARGO - The good news for Samford: North Dakota State has been eliminated from the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs more times in the quarterfinals than any other round. The Bison lost at Eastern Washington in 2010 and at Sam Houston in the COVID spring 2021 mess. Winners of nine FCS national championships since first making the playoffs…

WEST LAFAYETTE - Jeff Brohm couldn't turn down his alma mater a second time. After six seasons at Purdue, the former Louisville standout quarterback is returning to take over the Cardinals, per ESPN's Chris Low. Here is a list of names Purdue could consider to succeed Brohm: Babers knows a lot about Purdue's program. He's coached for the…

For the first time in 12 years, a University of Delaware football season ended in December. That was certainly a sign of progress for the Blue Hens under first-year coach Ryan Carty, the ex-Delaware quarterback. But an 8-5 record - also the Hens' winningest in a dozen years - contained a vast concoction of highlights, such as the season-opening win…

BROOKINGS - South Dakota State was well-represented on the Missouri Valley Football Conference's all-conference teams, and at the forefront was longtime coach John Stiegelmeier, who was named the MVFC coach of the year for the second time (2016) in his career. Under Stiegelmeier's guidance, the Jackrabbits went 10-1 overall during the regular…

Here is a capsule look at today's games of interest: Kickoff: 3 p.m. TV: Fox Radio: WDBQ-FM 1097.5 Series record: Minnesota leads, 62-51-2. What's at stake: The West Division title is back in play in for both teams with each on three-game winning streak. The Hawkeyes and Gophers are in a four-way tie for first place with Illinois and Purdue,…

FARGO - The biggest victory of Southern Illinois head coach Nick Hill's career came in the COVID-delayed spring season of 2021. The Salukis rolled North Dakota State 38-14 in Carbondale, ending the Bison's FCS record 39-game winning streak. Make of that game what you will considering the makeshift spring season was an unfortunate joke, but it…

South Dakota State and South Dakota went eight seasons without playing each other on the gridiron, from 2004-2011, after the Jackrabbits moved up to Division I and the Coyotes, for the moment, stayed in the Division II North Central Conference. It seemed like a given that USD would eventually join their rivals in FCS (formerly known as Division…

WHEN/WHERE: 2:02 p.m. Saturday at Plaster Stadium in Springfield, Mo. ONLINE: ESPN3 RADIO: WNAX-AM 570; Jackrabbit radio affiliates ONLINE: Jackrabbits All-Access LINE: Jacks by 3.5 COACHES: SDSU - John Stiegelmeier (26th year, 186-112); MSU - Bobby Petrino (3rd year, 15-10) SERIES: SDSU leads 11-1 LAST TIME: SDSU won 35-14 in Springfield in…

Fresh on the heels of an incredibly hard-fought SEC road win over Florida in the Swamp, the Kentucky football team heads home for a pair of non-conference games supposedly less stressful contests to fine-tune and tinker with what it learned all the while being a top-ten ranked team. On Saturday they welcome head coach Mark Stoops' hometown school…

Following a tough loss to Mississippi State, Arizona Football (1-1), returns to action for a tough matchup against FCS power, North Dakota State (2-0). Well, despite winning in week one over a formidable opponent in San Diego State, Arizona Football came crashing back to reality as they lost to a skilled and physical Mississippi State…

CEDAR FALLS - A favorable schedule, No. 21 preseason ranking in the FCS, returning starters at several positions and facility improvements are all legitimate reasons Northern Iowa could be set up for a successful football season. On the other hand, this year's UNI team isn't without its question marks. Entering Wednesday's media day, here are the…