Covering Missouri Valley Conference Basketball, MVFC Football, and other mid-major college sports.

Missouri Valley Conference Beat is a blog dedicated to the Missouri Valley Conference, Missouri Valley Football Conference, mid-major basketball and FCS football. I am a Northern Iowa alum who loves small school DI sports. Enjoy my ramblings about all things mid-major, with a focus on the Missouri Valley, below.
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FCS Playoffs: Round 2 Recap, Semifinals Preview
I did real bad. After holding back on the MVFC in my picks for the last two weeks and getting burned, I finally went all in on the Valley...
FCS Playoffs: Round 1 Recap, Round 2 Preview
I correctly predicted seven of the eight first round games and much like my original playoff field predictions, my one miss was the...
FCS Playoffs - Round 1 Preview/Predictions (Spring 2021)
If I have learned anything from this FCS season it is that college football should not be played in the spring. It has been a weird,...
Week 10: MVFC Power Rankings
FIVE BIDS! Holy cow. The committee showed the MVFC all the respect in the world by giving the league 66% of the at-large bids and...
FCS Playoff Picture on Selection Show Eve
The regular season is finally done, and the final week gave us a little clarity on the playoff picture. By my count there are fourteen...
Breaking Down the FCS Football Playoff Picture (Again)
Last week’s results cleared up the playoff picture in some ways but muddied it in others. It is extremely hard to project what might...
MVFC Football Week 9 Power Rankings
Another team opted out this week as the MVFC continued to trudge along in this weird spring season. The league has now completed just...
Breaking Down the FCS Football Playoff Picture
Trying to dig through the FCS football playoff picture is basically an exercise in futility this season. There are very few games being...
MVFC Football Week 8 Power Rankings
From the very start, this season has had a bit of a “spring training” feel to it. No one else on the planet is playing football right now...
Tidbits: On Loyola, MSU Women, the Transfer Portal and UNI’s Roller Coaster Day
I miss last week. It was so full of excitement and hope. Loyola had a favorable draw in the Sweet 16, and the MSU women were on their way...
MVFC Football Week 7 Power Rankings
Congrats to the 36% of MVFC football schools that were able to successfully complete a football game this week. The big story for most of...
Tidbits: LUC, DU, MVC Ladies, MVC Overachievers, Mid-Major Underachievers & The Famous Jeff Jackson
On July 1, the Missouri Valley will have a new commissioner in Jeff Jackson who is currently the executive associate commissioner of the...
MVFC Football Week 6 Power Rankings
Kudos to Missouri State who are now 3-1 in the league after another road victory, their third of the season. They’ve picked on three of...
Alternate Reality Mid-Major Basketball Championship
As I am sure most of you know, Division I college football is split into two subdivisions. You have the FBS, or the bowl subdivision with...
MVFC Football Week 5 Power Rankings
As we reach the (almost) midway point of the MVFC season, we are likely down to four possible playoff teams. Illinois State is 0-3, South...
TidBits: Loyola, Drake, Indy St, Women’s Hoops and the Mid Major NIT
The Valley is a multi-bid league for the first time since 2016! Drake got the very last at-large spot in the field to join automatic...
Arch Madness Post Mortem & What’s Next for the Valley?
The 2021 edition of Arch Madness has come and gone, and it was probably the most unique edition of the event in its 31-year history....
MVFC Football Week 4 Power Rankings
Week 2 of the MVFC was nuts. Upsets abounded and chaos was the name of the day. However, order was restored in Week 3. All the higher...
2021 Arch Madness Preview
Arch Madness is this weekend, and I won’t be there for just the second time in eighteen years. That makes this weekend bittersweet for me...





















