2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference season

After the conclusion of the 2023 college football season, Western Illinois left the conference for the Ohio Valley Conference after 38 years in the league as a charter member. This move matches the Leathernecks departure from their main conference, the Summit League, which they left after the 2022-23 collegiate season.^[6]

On January 10, 2024, Jody Wright was named the new head coach at Murray State.^[7] Wright takes over for Dean Hood, who retired after the 2023 season.^[8]

On December 17, 2023, Tim Polasek was named the new head coach at North Dakota State.^[9] Polasek takes over for Matt Entz, who left the Bison for the linebackers/assistant coach position at USC.^[10]

Summarize Fact Check

The annual preseason poll; voted on by conference coaches, athletic directors, and media members.^[11]

Predicted finish	Team	Points (1st place votes)
1	South Dakota State	482 (42)
2	North Dakota State	437 (1)
3	South Dakota	371
4	Southern Illinois	293
5	North Dakota	276
6	Illinois State	264
7	Youngstown State	255
8	Northern Iowa	227
9	Missouri State	164 (1)
10	Indiana State	68
11	Murray State	67

Source:^[12]

Legend

		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	Wk 13	Final
Illinois State	STATS	19	21	18	17	18	18	16	21	21	21	18	17	14	11	11
	Coaches	20	22	19	15	15	19	16	23	20	19	17	16	13	10	10
Indiana State	STATS
	Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV			RV			RV
Missouri State	STATS
	Coaches	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	25	20	18	17	15	14	18	21
Murray State	STATS
	Coaches	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV
North Dakota	STATS	24	23	10	10	9	7	9	9	7	15	21	RV
	Coaches	22	20	10	9	8	6	10	10	7	15	23	RV	RV
North Dakota State	STATS	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1
	Coaches	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	1
Northern Iowa	STATS	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV
	Coaches	RV	RV	21	19	19	18	RV
South Dakota	STATS	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
	Coaches	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	4
South Dakota State	STATS	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
	Coaches	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Southern Illinois	STATS	10	10	9	7	17	19	RV
	Coaches	11	12	8	7	17	23	RV
Youngstown State	STATS	25	25	21	RV
	Coaches	23	23	20	25	RV

Summarize Timeline Top Qs Fact Check

Index to colors and formatting
MVFC member won
MVFC member lost
MVFC teams in bold

All times Central time.

† denotes Homecoming game
^ denotes AP Poll ranking for FBS teams

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 29	6:00 PM	No. 25 Youngstown State	No. 6 Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	FloSports	L 17–24	5,421	[13]
August 29	7:00 PM	No. 2 North Dakota State	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	ESPN	L 26–31	49,438	[14]
August 29	7:00 PM	Northern State	No. 5 South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 45–3	7,435	[15]
August 29	7:00 PM	Murray State	No. 11^ Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	SEC Network/ESPN+	L 0–51	62,621	[16]
August 31	11:00 AM	No. 19 Illinois State	No. 25^ Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	BTN	L 0–40	69,250	[17]
August 31	11:00 AM	Indiana State	Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	BTN	L 0–49	59,488	[18]
August 31	1:00 PM	No. 1 South Dakota State	No. 17^ Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	ESPN+	L 20–44	52,202	[19]
August 31	2:30 PM	No. 24 North Dakota	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	FS1	L 3–21	56,148	[20]
August 31	4:00 PM	Valparaiso	No. RV Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	W 35–7	8,458	[21]
August 31	7:00 PM	No. 10 Southern Illinois	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN+	L 13–41	63,712	[22]
August 31	8:00 PM	Missouri State	No. 3 Montana	Washington-Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	ESPN+	L 24–29	26,482	[23]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 7	1:00 PM	No. RV Northern Iowa	St. Thomas	O'Shaughnessy Stadium • St. Paul, MN		W 17–10	N/A	[24]
September 7	1:00 PM	Valparaiso	No. 25 Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 59–25	7,649	[25]
September 7	2:00 PM	Missouri State	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN+	L 34–42	10,018	[26]
September 7	2:30 PM	Tennessee State	No. 2 North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	W 52–3	16,811	[27]
September 7	2:30 PM	No. 6 South Dakota	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	FS1	L 13–27	76,069	[28]
September 7	6:00 PM	No. 21 Illinois State	North Alabama	Braly Municipal Stadium • Florence, AL		W 24–17	8,014	[29]
September 7	6:00 PM	Indiana State	Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Field • Charleston, IL	ESPN+	L 20–27	7,222	[30]
September 7	6:00 PM	No. 10 Southern Illinois	Austin Peay	Fortera Stadium • Clarksville, TN	ESPN+	W 31–17	8,124	[31]
September 7	6:00 PM	No. 4 Montana	No. 23 North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	W 27–24	11,595	[32]
September 7	6:00 PM	Butler	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	L 17–19	7,213	[33]
September 7	6:00 PM	No. 12 Incarnate Word	No. 1 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	W 45–24	19,321	[34]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 14	12:00 PM	Western Illinois	No. 18 Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	W 51–34	N/A	[35]
September 14	1:00 PM	Duquesne	No. 21 Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	L 25–28	12,415	[36]
September 14	1:00 PM	Idaho State	No. 10 North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	W 52–28	10,685	[37]
September 14	3:00 PM	No. 6 South Dakota	Portland State	Hillsboro Stadium • Portland, OR	ESPN+	Cancelled		[38]
September 14	4:30 PM	No. 2 North Dakota State	East Tennessee State	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium • Johnson City, TN	ESPN+	W 38–35	11,040	[39]
September 14	5:00 PM	Dayton	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	W 24–13	3,614	[40]
September 14	6:00 PM	Mississippi Valley State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	W 59–8	9,088	[41]
September 14	6:00 PM	Lindenwood	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	W 28–14	9,642	[42]
September 14	6:00 PM	No. 12 Incarnate Word	No. 9 Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	W 35–28	7,879	[43]
September 14	6:00 PM	Augustana (SD)	No. 1 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	W 24–3	19,376	[44]
September 14	6:30 PM	No. RV Northern Iowa	No. 23^ Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 3–34	86,546	[45]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 21	1:00 PM	San Diego	No. 10 North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	W 41–24	8,491	[46]
September 21	1:00 PM	No. RV Towson	No. 2 North Dakota State†	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	W 41–24	17,185	[47]
September 21	1:00 PM	Drake	No. 6 South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 42–3	6,529	[48]
September 21	2:30 PM	No. RV Youngstown State	No. RV^ Pitt	Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	ACC Network	L 17–73	48,437	[49]
September 21	6:00 PM	No. RV Eastern Illinois	No. 17 Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	W 31–7	9,012	[50]
September 21	6:00 PM	No. 21 Southeast Missouri State	No. 7 Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	L 21–38	13,421	[51]
September 21	6:00 PM	No. 1 South Dakota State	Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA		W 41–0	4,387	[52]
September 21	6:00 PM	Missouri State	UT Martin	Graham Stadium • Martin, TN	ESPN+	W 31–24	3,985	[53]
September 21	11:00 PM	No. 25 Northern Iowa	Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, HI		L 7–36	11,402	[54]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
September 21	Indiana State	Murray State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 28	12:00 PM	Houston Christian	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	L 24–27	3,466	[55]
September 28	1:00 PM	Murray State	No. 9 North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	UND 72–35	10,828	[56]
September 28	1:00 PM	No. 17 Southern Illinois	No. 5 South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	USD 42–13	6,706	[57]
September 28	2:00 PM	Youngstown State	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	MOST 38–31	12,117	[58]
September 28	2:00 PM	No. 2 North Dakota State	No. 18 Illinois State†	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	NDSU 42–10	11,687	[59]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
September 28	No. 1 South Dakota State	No. RV Northern Iowa

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 5	1:00 PM	Indiana State	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	YSU 21–14	8,202	[60]
October 5	2:00 PM	No. 4 South Dakota	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	USD 59–0	6,437	[61]
October 5	2:30 PM	No. 7 North Dakota	No. 2 North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	NDSU 41–17	18,723	[62]
October 5	4:00 PM	No. 1 South Dakota State	No. RV Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	SDSU 41–3	12,611	[63]
October 5	6:00 PM	No. 18 Illinois State	No. 19 Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	ILST 45–10	7,157	[64]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
October 5	Missouri State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 12	12:00 PM	Missouri State	No. 16 Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	MOST 41–7	6,232	[65]
October 12	12:00 PM	Murray State	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	INST 31–27	3,056	[66]
October 12	2:00 PM	No. 2 North Dakota State	No. RV Southern Illinois†	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	NDSU 24–3	9,610	[67]
October 12	2:00 PM	Northern Iowa	No. 4 South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	USD 42–17	8,934	[68]
October 12	2:00 PM	Youngstown State	No. 1 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	SDSU 63–13	19,331	[69]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
October 12	No. 9 North Dakota

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 19	1:00 PM	Northern Iowa	No. 9 North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	UND 31–7	11,617	[70]
October 19	2:00 PM	No. 21 Illinois State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	ILST 40–32	15,991	[71]
October 19	2:00 PM	Indiana State	Missouri State†	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	MOST 46–21	11,280	[72]
October 19	5:00 PM	No. 4 South Dakota	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	USD 27–17	8,560	[73]
October 19	7:00 PM	No. 1 South Dakota State	No. 2 North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN2	NDSU 13–9	18,807	[74]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
October 19	Southern Illinois

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 26	12:00 PM	Southern Illinois	Indiana State†	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	INST 20–17	4,266	[75]
October 26	1:00 PM	No. 1 North Dakota State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	NDSU 59–6	6,133	[76]
October 26	4:00 PM	Missouri State	Northern Iowa†	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	MOST 49–42	10,848	[77]
October 26	5:00 PM	No. 7 North Dakota	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	YSU 41–40 OT	9,979	[78]
October 26	6:30 PM	No. 4 South Dakota	No. 3 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPNU	SDSU 20–17 OT	19,351	[79]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
October 26	No. 21 Illinois State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 2	12:00 PM	No. 15 North Dakota	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	INST 35–31	3,013	[80]
November 2	2:00 PM	Youngstown State	No. 21 Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	ILST 23–16	6,381	[81]
November 2	2:00 PM	Murray State	No. 3 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	SDSU 52–6	16,376	[82]
November 2	2:00 PM	Southern Illinois	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	MOST 38–17	8,134	[83]
November 2	2:30 PM	Northern Iowa	No. 1 North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	NDSU 42–19	14,528	[84]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
November 2	No. 5 South Dakota

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 9	12:00 PM	Youngstown State	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	SIU 37–33	4,933	[85]
November 9	1:00 PM	No. 3 South Dakota State	No. 21 North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	SDSU 38–7	9,797	[86]
November 9	1:00 PM	Missouri State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	MOST 59–31	5,127	[87]
November 9	1:00 PM	No. 18 Illinois State	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	ILST 31–9	1,880	[88]
November 9	1:00 PM	Indiana State	No. 5 South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	USD 49–0	5,515	[89]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
November 9	No. 1 North Dakota State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 16	11:00 AM	Northern Iowa	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	YSU 39–38 OT	4,933	[90]
November 16	12:00 PM	No. 17 Illinois State	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	ILST 31–19	3,188	[91]
November 16	12:00 PM	No. 5 South Dakota	No. RV North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	USD 42–36	8,974	[92]
November 16	12:30 PM	Murray State	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SEC Network/ESPN+	L 6–48	48,370	[93]
November 16	2:00 PM	Southern Illinois	No. 3 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	SDSU 41–10	17,268	[94]
November 16	2:30 PM	Missouri State	No. 1 North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	NDSU 59–21	14,679	[95]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 23	12:00 PM	North Dakota	No. 14 Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	ILST 35–13	5,631	[96]
November 23	12:00 PM	Murray State	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	SIU 62–0	5,310	[97]
November 23	1:00 PM	Indiana State	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	UNI 41–34	8,398	[98]
November 23	1:00 PM	No. 1 North Dakota State	No. 4 South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	USD 29–28	9,062	[99]
November 23	2:00 PM	No. 3 South Dakota State	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	SDSU 45–9	7,142	[100]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye week
November 23	Youngstown State

In 2024, four teams made the FCS playoffs. North Dakota State (No. 2), South Dakota State (No. 3), and South Dakota (No. 4) all received byes, while Illinois State (No. 12) played in the first round. Below are the games in which they played.

All times central. Seedings in parentheses.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 30	11:00 AM	No. 11 (12) Illinois State	No. 16 Southeast Missouri State (Big South–OVC)	Houck Stadium • Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	W 35–27		[101]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 7	1:00 PM	No. 13 (14) Montana (Big Sky)	No. 2 (3) South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	W 35–18	10,376	[102]
December 7	2:00 PM	No. 14 (13) Tarleton State (UAC)	No. 3 (4) South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 42–31	6,231	[103]
December 7	2:00 PM	No. 15 (15) Abilene Christian (UAC)	No. 4 (2) North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	W 51–31	10,373	[104]
December 7	3:00 PM	No. 11 (12) Illinois State	No. 5 (5) UC Davis (Big Sky)	UC Davis Health Stadium • Davis, CA	ESPN+	L 10–42	6,317	[105]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 14	11:00 AM	No. 6 (6) Incarnate Word (Southland)	No. 2 (3) South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN	W 55–14	8,671	[106]
December 14	2:00 PM	No. 5 (5) UC Davis (Big Sky)	No. 4 (4) South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 35–21	6,135	[107]
December 14	2:30 PM	No. 8 (7) Mercer (SoCon)	No. 3 (2) North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ABC	W 31–7	10,353	[108]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 21	11:00 AM	No. 2 (3) South Dakota State	No. 3 (2) North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ABC	NDSU 28–21	17,849	[109]
December 21	2:30 PM	No. 4 (4) South Dakota	No. 1 (1) Montana State (Big Sky)	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	ABC	L 17–31	20,557	[110]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
January 6	6:00 PM	No. 3 (2) North Dakota State	No. 1 (1) Montana State (Big Sky)	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ESPN	W 35–32	18,005	[111]
#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

2024–25 records against non-conference foes:

Summarize Timeline Top Qs Fact Check

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special teams			Freshman
	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (Sept. 2) [112]	Cam Miller	QB	NDSU	Todric McGee	S	MOST	Keyondray Jones-Logan	RS	USD	Ethan Wright	RB	YSU
Week 2 (Sept. 9) [113]	Beau Brungard	QB	YSU	Ben Bogle	LB	SIU	C.J. Elrichs	PK	UND	Elijah Owens	QB	INST
Week 3 (Sept. 16) [114]	DJ Williams	QB	SIU	Garret Ollendieck	LB	INST	Hayden Futch	P	ILST	Keontez Lewis	WR	SIU
	Jacob Clark	QB	MOST
Week 4 (Sept. 23) [115]	Kirby Vorhees	RB	SDSU	Josh Navratil	LB	UND	Jackson Williams	WR/RS	NDSU	CharMar Brown	RB	NDSU
Week 5 (Sept. 30) [116]	Jacob Clark	QB	MOST	Eli Mostaert	DT	NDSU	Tyler Erkman	DB	UND	CharMar Brown	RB	NDSU
Week 6 (Oct. 7) [117]	Cam Miller	QB	NDSU	Tye Niekamp	LB	ILST	Brendon Kilpatrick	P	YSU	Quaron Adams	WR	USD
Week 7 (Oct. 14) [118]	Jacob Clark	QB	MOST	Gary Bryant III	LB	USD	Angel Johnson	RB/KR	SDSU	Elijah Owens	QB	INST
Week 8 (Oct. 21) [119]	Tommy Rittenhouse	QB	ILST	Logan Kopp	LB	NDSU	Kaedin Steindorf	P	NDSU	Xavier Loyd	WR	ILST
Week 9 (Oct. 28) [120]	Beau Brungard	QB	YSU	Geoffrey Brown	LB	INST	Andrew Lastovka	PK	YSU	CharMar Brown	RB	NDSU
Week 10 (Nov. 4) [121]	Jayden Becks	RB	MOST	Joey Shew	DE	INST	James London	PK	MUR	CharMar Brown	RB	NDSU
Week 11 (Nov. 11) [122]	Jacob Clark	QB	MOST	Mi'Quise Grace	DL	USD	Hunter Dustman	K/P	SDSU	Jake Curry	QB	SIU
Week 12 (Nov. 18) [123]	Charles Pierre Jr.	RB	USD	Matthew Durrance	S	SDSU	Griffin Crosa	K	NDSU	Xavier Loyd	WR	ILST
	Beau Brungard	QB	YSU
Week 13 (Nov. 25) [124]	Michael Lindauer	QB	SIU	Tye Niekamp	LB	ILST	Sergio Morancy	WR/RS	UNI	Nate Ewell	LB	USD

On December 2, 2024, the Missouri Valley Football Conference released their Players of the Year and All-Conference Honors.^[125]

• Cam Miller, QB (Sr - North Dakota State)

• Mi'Quise Grace, DL (RS-So - South Dakota)

• CharMar Brown, RB (RS-Fr - North Dakota State)

• Bob Nielson (South Dakota)

On November 26, 2024, STATS Perform released their list of finalists for the Walter Payton Award, Buck Buchanan Award, Jerry Rice Award, and Eddie Robinson Award, respectively. Finalists are listed by order they appear in the STATS Perform article:

The following MVFC players were listed as finalists for the Walter Payton Award, which is given to the best FCS offensive player:^[126]

• Jacob Clark (QB - Missouri State)
• Mark Gronowski (QB - South Dakota State)
• Cam Miller (QB - North Dakota State)

The following MVFC players were listed as finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award, which is given to the best FCS defensive player:^[127]

• Mi'Quise Grace (DL - South Dakota)
• Eli Mostaert (DL - North Dakota State)
• Ben Bogle (LB - Southern Illinois)
• Cabel Francl (LB - South Dakota State)

The Jerry Rice Award is given to the most outstanding FCS freshman. The MVFC's own CharMar Brown (RB - North Dakota State) won the award.^[128] The other conference finalist is listed below:^[129]

• Elijah Owens (QB - Indiana State)

The following MVFC coaches were listed as finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award, which is given to the best FCS head coach:^[130]

• Brock Spack (Illinois State)

	AP[131] 1st Team	AP 2nd Team	AFCA[132] 1st Team	AFCA 2nd Team	STATS[133] 1st Team	STATS 2nd Team	STATS 3rd Team	ADA[134]
Adam Bock, LB, South Dakota State		Y	Y			Y
Bo Belquist, WR, North Dakota				Y
Brendon Kilpatrick, P, Youngstown State							Y
Caden Bolz, LS, Missouri State				Y	Y
Caleb Francl, LB, South Dakota State					Y
Cam Miller, QB, North Dakota State		Y		Y	Y
Dalys Beanum, DB, South Dakota State		Y			Y
Dennis Shorter, DB, South Dakota		Y				Y
Eli Mostaert, DL, North Dakota State		Y			Y
Evan Beernsten, OL, South Dakota State		Y		Y		Y
Grey Zabel, OL, North Dakota State	Y		Y		Y			Y
Gus Miller, OL, South Dakota State	Y		Y		Y
James London, PK, Murray State							Y
JJ Galbreath, TE, South Dakota	Y
Joey Lombard, OL, South Dakota		Y					Y
Keondre Jackson, DB, Illinois State							Y
Lance Mason, TE, Missouri State							Y
Mark Gronowski, QB, South Dakota State						Y
Mason Miller, OL, North Dakota State	Y
Mi'Quise Grace, DL, South Dakota	Y		Y	Y
Nick Gaes, DL, South Dakota							Y
Tye Niekamp, LB, Illinois State				Y	Y
Sam Merryman, LS, Youngstown State							Y

Summarize Fact Check

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	12,440†	9,012	11,687	6,232	6,381	5,631				51,383	8,563	64.0%
Indiana State	Memorial Stadium	12,764	3,614	3,466	3,056	4,266†	3,013	3,188				20,603	3,433	26.9%
Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium	17,500	9,642	12,117†	11,280	8,134	7,142					48,315	9,663	55.2%
Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium	16,800	7,213	9,088	6,437	15,991†	6,133	5,127				49,989	8,331	49.6%
North Dakota	Alerus Center	12,283	11,595	10,685	8,491	10,828	11,617†	9,797	8,974			71,987	10,283	83.7%
North Dakota State	Fargodome	18,700	16,811	17,185	18,723	18,807†	14,528	14,679	10,373‡	10,353‡	17,849‡	139,038	15,448	82.6%
Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome	16,324	8,458	12,611†	10,848	1,880	8,398					42,195	8,439	51.7%
South Dakota	DakotaDome	9,100	7,435	6,529	6,706	8,934	5,515	9,062†	6,231‡	6,135‡		56,547	7,068	77.7%
South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium	19,340	19,321	19,376†	19,331	19,351	16,376	17,268	10,376‡	8,671‡		130,070	16,258	84.1%
Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium	15,000	7,879	13,421†	7,157	9,610	4,933	5,310				48,310	8,051	53.7%
Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium	20,630	7,649	12,415†	8,560	9,979	4,933					43,536	8,707	42.2%

Bold - Exceed or met capacity
†Season High
‡FCS Playoff Game