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Defending National Champs Picked to Win 2012 Missouri Valley Football Conference Crown North Dakota State has been picked to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference crown in 2012. NDSU is the defending national champion and shared the league title with UNI last year. The Bison received the top spot, earning 37 of 38 first-place votes, in a poll conducted by league coaches, media and sports information directors. The Bison return six starters on offense and seven on defense from a team that went 14-1 overall and 7-1 in the conference last year. UNI is picked second as the Panthers earned 300 total points to edge Youngstown State (291) and Illinois State (287) in the voting. The Panthers represented the league in the playoffs last year and compiled a 10-3 overall record and 7-1 league slate. UNI has been ranked in the Top 25 in 94 consecutive polls. Indiana State is fifth in this year's poll, with 228 points, while South Dakota State (182) and Southern Illinois (167) follow closely behind. Newcomer South Dakota clocks in at No. 8 in the pre-season poll with 97 points, followed by Western Illinois (90) and Missouri State (69). A pre-season favorite has claimed the league crown 14 times (in 26 previous polls). UNI was picked to win the league last season.
2012 Valley Football Preseason Poll
Team (first-place votes).................... Points
1. North Dakota State (37)....................379 2. UNI...................................................300 3. Youngstown State . ..........................291 4. Illinois State (1).................................287 5. Indiana State....................................228 6. South Dakota State..........................182 7. Southern Illinois................................167 8. South Dakota......................................97 9. Western Illinois...................................90 10. Missouri State....................................69
2012 Missouri Valley Football Preseason Team
Name, School
Ht.
Wt.
Yr.
Hometown / High School
QB- RB- FB- WR- TE- OL- PK-
Kurt Hess, YSU Shakir Bell, INS Jamaine Cook, YSU Jordan Neukirch, ILS Aaron Rollin, SDSU Tyrone Walker, ILS MyCole Pruitt, SIU Chris Elkins, YSU Jimmy Holtschlag, WIU FN Lutz, INS Mark Pratt, YSU Bryan Witzmann, SDSU Tyler Sievertsen, UNI
6-3 5-8 5-9 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-2
230 185 215 225 210 190 241 290 300 290 295 300 185
Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr Jr.
Dayton (Ohio) Chaminade-Julienne Indianapolis (Ind.) Warren Central Cleveland (Ohio) Midpark High Algonquin (Ill.) Huntley High Lee's Summit (Mo.) West High Indianapolis (Ind.) Cardinal Ritter St. Louis (Mo.) Kirkwood High Beaver Falls (Pa.) High Quincy (Ill.) Notre Dame W. Lafayette (Ind.) Lafayette Harrison Tooele (Utah) High Houlton (Wis.) Somerset High Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Kennedy High
DL- LB- DB- P- RS-
Kenneth Boatright, SIU Ben Obaseki, INS Nate Palmer, ILS Kayon Swanson, SIU Aaron Archie, INS Evan Frierson, ILS Tyler Starr, USD Jacolby Washington, INS Colten Heagle, NDSU Varmah Sonie, UNI Marcus Williams, NDSU Winston Wright, SDSU Lucas Hileman, INS Steve Strother, SIU
6-4 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-5 6-1 5-10 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-1 5-8
244 260 235 282 235 240 236 235 200 166 195 185 195 170
Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr.
Bolingbrook (Ill.) Midland Lutheran Washington (Ind.) High Chicago (Ill.) Simeon High Southfield (Mich.) High Detroit (Mich.) Cass Tech Washington (D.C.) H.D. Woodson Little Rock (Iowa) George-Little Rock Deltona (Fla.) Deltona Trinity Christian Appleton (Wis.) Kimberly High Burnsville (Minn.) Apple Valley Minneapolis (Minn.) Hopkins High Lee's Summit (Mo.) Blue Springs South Anna (Ill.) Anna-Jonesboro High Culpepper (Va.) Eastern View
Honorable Mention: QB Matt Brown (Illinois State); WR Will Powell (South Dakota); TE Matt Thayer (Missouri State); OL Misha Danilov (UNI); OL Billy Turner (North Dakota State); OL Tim Ross (South Dakota); PK Kevin Robb (South Dakota); DE Cole Jirik (North Dakota State); DL Andy Mink (South Dakota State); DL Dwight Harris (Western Illinois); LB Teven Williams (Youngstown State); LB Andrew Beisel (Missouri State); LB Travis Beck (North Dakota State); DB Kieron James (Western Illinois); DB Garrett Scott (UNI); P Cole Zwiefelhofer (South Dakota); RS Ryan Smith (North Dakota State).
PREVIOUS YEAR VALLEY FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLLS 1986 1. UNI (12) 2. Eastern Illinois (1) 3. Illinois State 4. Southern Illinois 5. Indiana State 6. Western Illinois 7. Missouri State
90 t2nd 67 1st 53 4th 52 t2nd 42 t6th 40 5th 20 t6th
1987 1. UNI (13) 2. Southern Illinois 3. Illinois State 4. Western Illinois (1) 5. Eastern Illinois 6. Indiana State 7. Missouri State
96 82 68 43 40 38 25
1st t5th 7th 2nd t3rd t5th t3rd
1988 1. UNI (10) 2. Missouri State (2) 3. Western Illinois (1) 4. Eastern Illinois 5. Indiana State 6. Southern Illinois 7. Illinois State
87 4th 82 t2nd 64.5 1st 51.5 t5th 40 t2nd 34 t5th 22 7th
1989 1. Missouri State (5) 2. Indiana State (3) 3. Western Illinois (5) 4. Eastern Illinois (1) 5. UNI 6. Southern Illinois 7. Illinois State
86 1st 81 5th 80 t6th 51 t2nd 43 t2nd 29 t6th 22 t2nd
1990 1. Missouri State (5) 2. Eastern Illinois (3) 3. Illinois State (2) 4. UNI (4) 5. Indiana State 6. Western Illinois Southern Illinois
85.5 73 72.5 70 35 28 28
1991 1. UNI (10) 2. Missouri State (3) 3. Illinois State 4. Eastern Illinois (1) 5. Indiana State 6. Western Illinois Southern Illinois
93.5 1st 79.5 4th 61.5 7th 56 t5th 43.5 t5th 29 t2nd 29 t2nd
1992 1. UNI (25) 2. Missouri State 3. Western Illinois (2) 4. Southern Illinois (1) 5. Illinois State 6. Eastern Illinois 7. Indiana State
191 131 122 109 98 85 48
1st t2nd t2nd t4th t4th t4th t4th
1993 1. UNI (16) 2. Missouri State (7) 3. Western Illinois (2) 4. Eastern Illinois (2) 5. Illinois State (1) 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois
184 160 133 105 87 69 51
1st t2nd t2nd t4th t4th 6th 7th
1994 1. UNI (20) 2. Illinois State (4) 3. Missouri State 4. Western Illinois (2) 5. Eastern Illinois 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois
173 1st 145 4th 120 t5th 108 t2nd 79 t2nd 74 t5th 29 7th
t1st t3rd t3rd t1st t6th t3rd t6th
1995 1. UNI (18) 2. Illinois State (3) 3. Western Illinois (6) 4. Missouri State 5. Eastern Illinois (1) 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois
184 144 141 105 93 81 36
1996 1. UNI (18) 2. Missouri State 3. Indiana State (1) 4. Western Illinois (2) 5. Illinois State (1) 6. Southern Illinois
128 1st 91 t2nd 82 t2nd 64 t2nd 52 6th 45 5th
1997 1. UNI (10) 2. Western Illinois (8) 3. Youngstown State (6) 4. Missouri State (1) 5. Indiana State 6. Illinois State 7. Southern Illinois
155 139 137 115 68 56 30
2nd 1st 3rd 4th 5th 7th 6th
1998 1. Youngstown State (14) 2. UNI (6) 3. Western Illinois (5) 4. Missouri State 5. Indiana State 6. Illinois State 7. Southern Illinois
161 148 138 92 61 57 43
t3rd t3rd 1st t3rd 6th 2nd 7th
1999 1. Illinois State (15) 2. UNI (8) 3. Youngstown State (1) 4. Western Illinois (2) 5. Missouri State 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois
160 154 133 94 85 73 29
1st 3rd 2nd t4th t4th t4th 7th
2000 1. Illinois State (17) 2. UNI (6) 3. Youngstown State (2) 4. Missouri State (2) 5. Western Illinois 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois
172 144 143 114 88 48 47
t2nd 4th t2nd t5th 1st 7th t5th
2001 1. Western Kentucky (14) 2. Youngstown State (12) 3. Western Illinois (1) 4. Illinois State (1) 5. UNI 6. Missouri State (1) 7. Southern Illinois 8. Indiana State
213 202 166 139 127 110 51 36
t2nd t2nd 4th t6th 1st 5th 8th t6th
2002 1. UNI (24) 2. Youngstown State (5) 3. Western Kentucky (2) 4. Western Illinois 5. Missouri State (1) 6. Illinois State 7. Indiana State 8. Southern Illinois
242 213 191 160 132 91 68 55
t6th t3rd t1st t1st 8th t3rd 5th t6th
2003 1. Western Illinois (24) 2. Western Kentucky (6) 3. Youngstown State 4. UNI (1) 5. Illinois State 6. Southern Illinois 7. Missouri State (1) 8. Indiana State
247 218 171 139 131 130 74 42
t3rd t3rd 6th t1st 5th t1st 7th 8th
t1st t3rd t5th 7th t1st t3rd t5th
2004 1. Southern Illinois (25) 2. UNI (6) 3. Western Kentucky (1) 4. Western Illinois 5. Illinois State 6. Youngstown State 7. Missouri State 8. Indiana State
244 212 186 174 110 102 81 43
1st 3rd 2nd t5th t5th t5th 4th 8th
2005 1. Southern Illinois (18) 2. Western Kentucky (9) 3. UNI (5) 4. Western Illinois 5. Missouri State 6. Youngstown State 7. Illinois State 8. Indiana State
237 223 206 124 119 104 91 48
t1st t4th t1st 6th 7th t1st 4th 8th
2006 1. UNI (22) 2. Youngstown State (7) 3. Illinois State (2) 4. Southern Illinois 5. Western Kentucky (1) 6. Western Illinois 7. Missouri State 8. Indiana State
239 208 190 160 141 103 79 32
t2nd 1st t2nd t4th t4th 6th t7th t7th
2007 1. UNI (11) 2. Illinois State (7) 3. Youngstown State (9) 4. Southern Illinois (1) 5. Western Illinois 6. Missouri State 7. Indiana State
166 160 159 127 82 55 35
1st t-5th t-3rd 2nd t-3rd t-5th 7th
2008 1. North Dakota State (13) 2. UNI (15) 3. Youngstown State (1) 4. Western Illinois (4) 5. Southern Illinois (2) 6. South Dakota State 7. Missouri State 8. Illinois State 9. Indiana State
289 275 209 202 201 149 105 104 41
t-4th t-1st t-6th t-4th t-1st 3rd t-6th 8th 9th
2009 1. UNI (26) 2. Southern Illinois (9) 3. South Dakota State 4. North Dakota State (1) 5. Western Illinois 6. Youngstown State 7. Missouri State 8. Illinois State 9. Indiana State
314 281 231 206 174 171 111 90 42
t-3rd 1st 2nd 7th 9th t-5th t-5th t-3rd 8th
2010 1. Southern Illinois (30) 2. South Dakota State (2) 3. Illinois State (3) 4. Northern Iowa (1) 5. Missouri State 6. North Dakota State 7. Youngstown State 8. Western Illinois 9. Indiana State
313 252 249 244 164 151 130 70 47
t-3rd t-3rd t-3rd 1st t-3rd t-3rd 9th 2nd t-3rd
2011 1. UNI (29) 2. North Dakota State (6) 3. Southern Illinois (1) 4. South Dakota State 5. Illinois State 6. Indiana State 7. Western Illinois 8. Youngstown State 9. Missouri State
316 275 207 172 169 168 151 88 74
t1st t1st 7th t4th 3rd t4th 9th t4th 8th
Column at far right indicates ultimate finish in the league standings for that season. No preseason poll conducted for the first season (1985).
Contact: Mike Kern
Defending National Champs Picked to Win 2012 Missouri Valley Football Conference Crown North Dakota State has been picked to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference crown in 2012. NDSU is the defending national champion and shared the league title with UNI last year. The Bison received the top spot, earning 37 of 38 first-place votes, in a poll conducted by league coaches, media and sports information directors. The Bison return six starters on offense and seven on defense from a team that went 14-1 overall and 7-1 in the conference last year. UNI is picked second as the Panthers earned 300 total points to edge Youngstown State (291) and Illinois State (287) in the voting. The Panthers represented the league in the playoffs last year and compiled a 10-3 overall record and 7-1 league slate. UNI has been ranked in the Top 25 in 94 consecutive polls. Indiana State is fifth in this year's poll, with 228 points, while South Dakota State (182) and Southern Illinois (167) follow closely behind. Newcomer South Dakota clocks in at No. 8 in the pre-season poll with 97 points, followed by Western Illinois (90) and Missouri State (69). A pre-season favorite has claimed the league crown 14 times (in 26 previous polls). UNI was picked to win the league last season.
2012 Valley Football Preseason Poll
Team (first-place votes).................... Points
1. North Dakota State (37)....................379 2. UNI...................................................300 3. Youngstown State . ..........................291 4. Illinois State (1).................................287 5. Indiana State....................................228 6. South Dakota State..........................182 7. Southern Illinois................................167 8. South Dakota......................................97 9. Western Illinois...................................90 10. Missouri State....................................69
2012 Missouri Valley Football Preseason Team
Name, School
Ht.
Wt.
Yr.
Hometown / High School
QB- RB- FB- WR- TE- OL- PK-
Kurt Hess, YSU Shakir Bell, INS Jamaine Cook, YSU Jordan Neukirch, ILS Aaron Rollin, SDSU Tyrone Walker, ILS MyCole Pruitt, SIU Chris Elkins, YSU Jimmy Holtschlag, WIU FN Lutz, INS Mark Pratt, YSU Bryan Witzmann, SDSU Tyler Sievertsen, UNI
6-3 5-8 5-9 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-2
230 185 215 225 210 190 241 290 300 290 295 300 185
Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr Jr.
Dayton (Ohio) Chaminade-Julienne Indianapolis (Ind.) Warren Central Cleveland (Ohio) Midpark High Algonquin (Ill.) Huntley High Lee's Summit (Mo.) West High Indianapolis (Ind.) Cardinal Ritter St. Louis (Mo.) Kirkwood High Beaver Falls (Pa.) High Quincy (Ill.) Notre Dame W. Lafayette (Ind.) Lafayette Harrison Tooele (Utah) High Houlton (Wis.) Somerset High Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Kennedy High
DL- LB- DB- P- RS-
Kenneth Boatright, SIU Ben Obaseki, INS Nate Palmer, ILS Kayon Swanson, SIU Aaron Archie, INS Evan Frierson, ILS Tyler Starr, USD Jacolby Washington, INS Colten Heagle, NDSU Varmah Sonie, UNI Marcus Williams, NDSU Winston Wright, SDSU Lucas Hileman, INS Steve Strother, SIU
6-4 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-5 6-1 5-10 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-1 5-8
244 260 235 282 235 240 236 235 200 166 195 185 195 170
Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr.
Bolingbrook (Ill.) Midland Lutheran Washington (Ind.) High Chicago (Ill.) Simeon High Southfield (Mich.) High Detroit (Mich.) Cass Tech Washington (D.C.) H.D. Woodson Little Rock (Iowa) George-Little Rock Deltona (Fla.) Deltona Trinity Christian Appleton (Wis.) Kimberly High Burnsville (Minn.) Apple Valley Minneapolis (Minn.) Hopkins High Lee's Summit (Mo.) Blue Springs South Anna (Ill.) Anna-Jonesboro High Culpepper (Va.) Eastern View
Honorable Mention: QB Matt Brown (Illinois State); WR Will Powell (South Dakota); TE Matt Thayer (Missouri State); OL Misha Danilov (UNI); OL Billy Turner (North Dakota State); OL Tim Ross (South Dakota); PK Kevin Robb (South Dakota); DE Cole Jirik (North Dakota State); DL Andy Mink (South Dakota State); DL Dwight Harris (Western Illinois); LB Teven Williams (Youngstown State); LB Andrew Beisel (Missouri State); LB Travis Beck (North Dakota State); DB Kieron James (Western Illinois); DB Garrett Scott (UNI); P Cole Zwiefelhofer (South Dakota); RS Ryan Smith (North Dakota State).
PREVIOUS YEAR VALLEY FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLLS 1986 1. UNI (12) 2. Eastern Illinois (1) 3. Illinois State 4. Southern Illinois 5. Indiana State 6. Western Illinois 7. Missouri State
90 t2nd 67 1st 53 4th 52 t2nd 42 t6th 40 5th 20 t6th
1987 1. UNI (13) 2. Southern Illinois 3. Illinois State 4. Western Illinois (1) 5. Eastern Illinois 6. Indiana State 7. Missouri State
96 82 68 43 40 38 25
1st t5th 7th 2nd t3rd t5th t3rd
1988 1. UNI (10) 2. Missouri State (2) 3. Western Illinois (1) 4. Eastern Illinois 5. Indiana State 6. Southern Illinois 7. Illinois State
87 4th 82 t2nd 64.5 1st 51.5 t5th 40 t2nd 34 t5th 22 7th
1989 1. Missouri State (5) 2. Indiana State (3) 3. Western Illinois (5) 4. Eastern Illinois (1) 5. UNI 6. Southern Illinois 7. Illinois State
86 1st 81 5th 80 t6th 51 t2nd 43 t2nd 29 t6th 22 t2nd
1990 1. Missouri State (5) 2. Eastern Illinois (3) 3. Illinois State (2) 4. UNI (4) 5. Indiana State 6. Western Illinois Southern Illinois
85.5 73 72.5 70 35 28 28
1991 1. UNI (10) 2. Missouri State (3) 3. Illinois State 4. Eastern Illinois (1) 5. Indiana State 6. Western Illinois Southern Illinois
93.5 1st 79.5 4th 61.5 7th 56 t5th 43.5 t5th 29 t2nd 29 t2nd
1992 1. UNI (25) 2. Missouri State 3. Western Illinois (2) 4. Southern Illinois (1) 5. Illinois State 6. Eastern Illinois 7. Indiana State
191 131 122 109 98 85 48
1st t2nd t2nd t4th t4th t4th t4th
1993 1. UNI (16) 2. Missouri State (7) 3. Western Illinois (2) 4. Eastern Illinois (2) 5. Illinois State (1) 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois
184 160 133 105 87 69 51
1st t2nd t2nd t4th t4th 6th 7th
1994 1. UNI (20) 2. Illinois State (4) 3. Missouri State 4. Western Illinois (2) 5. Eastern Illinois 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois
173 1st 145 4th 120 t5th 108 t2nd 79 t2nd 74 t5th 29 7th
t1st t3rd t3rd t1st t6th t3rd t6th
1995 1. UNI (18) 2. Illinois State (3) 3. Western Illinois (6) 4. Missouri State 5. Eastern Illinois (1) 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois
184 144 141 105 93 81 36
1996 1. UNI (18) 2. Missouri State 3. Indiana State (1) 4. Western Illinois (2) 5. Illinois State (1) 6. Southern Illinois
128 1st 91 t2nd 82 t2nd 64 t2nd 52 6th 45 5th
1997 1. UNI (10) 2. Western Illinois (8) 3. Youngstown State (6) 4. Missouri State (1) 5. Indiana State 6. Illinois State 7. Southern Illinois
155 139 137 115 68 56 30
2nd 1st 3rd 4th 5th 7th 6th
1998 1. Youngstown State (14) 2. UNI (6) 3. Western Illinois (5) 4. Missouri State 5. Indiana State 6. Illinois State 7. Southern Illinois
161 148 138 92 61 57 43
t3rd t3rd 1st t3rd 6th 2nd 7th
1999 1. Illinois State (15) 2. UNI (8) 3. Youngstown State (1) 4. Western Illinois (2) 5. Missouri State 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois
160 154 133 94 85 73 29
1st 3rd 2nd t4th t4th t4th 7th
2000 1. Illinois State (17) 2. UNI (6) 3. Youngstown State (2) 4. Missouri State (2) 5. Western Illinois 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois
172 144 143 114 88 48 47
t2nd 4th t2nd t5th 1st 7th t5th
2001 1. Western Kentucky (14) 2. Youngstown State (12) 3. Western Illinois (1) 4. Illinois State (1) 5. UNI 6. Missouri State (1) 7. Southern Illinois 8. Indiana State
213 202 166 139 127 110 51 36
t2nd t2nd 4th t6th 1st 5th 8th t6th
2002 1. UNI (24) 2. Youngstown State (5) 3. Western Kentucky (2) 4. Western Illinois 5. Missouri State (1) 6. Illinois State 7. Indiana State 8. Southern Illinois
242 213 191 160 132 91 68 55
t6th t3rd t1st t1st 8th t3rd 5th t6th
2003 1. Western Illinois (24) 2. Western Kentucky (6) 3. Youngstown State 4. UNI (1) 5. Illinois State 6. Southern Illinois 7. Missouri State (1) 8. Indiana State
247 218 171 139 131 130 74 42
t3rd t3rd 6th t1st 5th t1st 7th 8th
t1st t3rd t5th 7th t1st t3rd t5th
2004 1. Southern Illinois (25) 2. UNI (6) 3. Western Kentucky (1) 4. Western Illinois 5. Illinois State 6. Youngstown State 7. Missouri State 8. Indiana State
244 212 186 174 110 102 81 43
1st 3rd 2nd t5th t5th t5th 4th 8th
2005 1. Southern Illinois (18) 2. Western Kentucky (9) 3. UNI (5) 4. Western Illinois 5. Missouri State 6. Youngstown State 7. Illinois State 8. Indiana State
237 223 206 124 119 104 91 48
t1st t4th t1st 6th 7th t1st 4th 8th
2006 1. UNI (22) 2. Youngstown State (7) 3. Illinois State (2) 4. Southern Illinois 5. Western Kentucky (1) 6. Western Illinois 7. Missouri State 8. Indiana State
239 208 190 160 141 103 79 32
t2nd 1st t2nd t4th t4th 6th t7th t7th
2007 1. UNI (11) 2. Illinois State (7) 3. Youngstown State (9) 4. Southern Illinois (1) 5. Western Illinois 6. Missouri State 7. Indiana State
166 160 159 127 82 55 35
1st t-5th t-3rd 2nd t-3rd t-5th 7th
2008 1. North Dakota State (13) 2. UNI (15) 3. Youngstown State (1) 4. Western Illinois (4) 5. Southern Illinois (2) 6. South Dakota State 7. Missouri State 8. Illinois State 9. Indiana State
289 275 209 202 201 149 105 104 41
t-4th t-1st t-6th t-4th t-1st 3rd t-6th 8th 9th
2009 1. UNI (26) 2. Southern Illinois (9) 3. South Dakota State 4. North Dakota State (1) 5. Western Illinois 6. Youngstown State 7. Missouri State 8. Illinois State 9. Indiana State
314 281 231 206 174 171 111 90 42
t-3rd 1st 2nd 7th 9th t-5th t-5th t-3rd 8th
2010 1. Southern Illinois (30) 2. South Dakota State (2) 3. Illinois State (3) 4. Northern Iowa (1) 5. Missouri State 6. North Dakota State 7. Youngstown State 8. Western Illinois 9. Indiana State
313 252 249 244 164 151 130 70 47
t-3rd t-3rd t-3rd 1st t-3rd t-3rd 9th 2nd t-3rd
2011 1. UNI (29) 2. North Dakota State (6) 3. Southern Illinois (1) 4. South Dakota State 5. Illinois State 6. Indiana State 7. Western Illinois 8. Youngstown State 9. Missouri State
316 275 207 172 169 168 151 88 74
t1st t1st 7th t4th 3rd t4th 9th t4th 8th
Column at far right indicates ultimate finish in the league standings for that season. No preseason poll conducted for the first season (1985).
