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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Week 13 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
A round of applause for the Missouri Valley Conference, a league that accomplished what very few other leagues could. They played the...
MVFC Football Week 3 Power Rankings
We all knew that spring football in the time of COVID was going to be weird, and this week was VERY weird. Four MVFC teams entered play...
Week 13 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
If you put together a college basketball squad exclusively made of MVC players who missed significant time due to injury or other...
MVFC Football Week 2 Power Rankings
We have (sort of) played our first week of spring MVFC football. I didn’t know beforehand if it would feel weird playing in the spring. ...
Week 12 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
After weeks of waiting, we finally got our Drake-Loyola showdown this weekend. The results are in, and we are no closer to determining...
2021 MVFC Spring Season Preview
The FCS football season kicked off with a banger last weekend and will begin in full this week. Many folks (including me) didn’t think it...
Week 11 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
As the league Tweeted last week, we are less than a month away from Arch Madness. They asked “who’s ready”, but it is kind of hard to be...
Week 10 Summary, Power Rankings, Mid Major Bracketology Update
Ladies and gentlemen, we have rankage. Drake came in at #25 in both polls this week as they are now one of just three undefeated teams...
Week 9 Summary, Power Rankings and Mid Major Tidbits
It has been a weird scheduling week for the MVC as the weekend was originally scheduled as a makeup date for missed COVID games. Many of...
Week 8 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
As we move into the 8th week of the MVC season and into the first set of midweek and makeup games, two thoughts have emerged for me. For...
Week 7 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
The story of this week is probably the continued cancellation of the biggest games of the season due to the pandemic. Just as the Valley...
Week 6 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
It is looking like we might just find out who the best team in the MVC is next weekend in Des Moines. The story of the week is the Drake...
Week 5 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
The MVC season is underway, and there was a lot of action (if little drama) this week. Loyola and Drake cemented themselves as two of the...
Week 4 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
The big story of week four (besides continued game cancellations due to COVID) was the NCAA waiver granting immediate eligibility for all...





















