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Three-Time Defending National Champ NDSU Picked to Win 2014 Missouri Valley Football Conference Crown North Dakota State has been picked to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference crown in 2014. NDSU, the defending national champion, has won 24-straight games, and 43 of its past 45 games (going 14-1, 14-1, and 15-0). The Bison earned 24 of a possible 39 first-place votes and 370 total points, in a poll conducted by league coaches, media and sports information directors. South Dakota State is picked second in the poll after tying for second place and representing the league in the FCS playoffs a year ago. Perennial FCS power UNI is picked third in the poll after going 7-5 last year. UNI, NDSU and SDSU all received votes for first place. Youngstown State (240 points) and Southern Illinois (237) were a close choice for the fourth- and fifth-place positions. The teams tied with SDSU and Missouri State for second place in 2013. A pre-season favorite has claimed the league crown 16 times (in 28 previous polls). North Dakota State was picked to win the league last season. In 2014, the Missouri Valley Football Conference is celebrating its 30th season. In its first 29 seasons the league owns five national crowns, including the past three seasons. 2014 Valley Football Preseason Poll
Team (first-place votes).................... Points
1. North Dakota State (24)....................370 2. South Dakota State (8).....................330 3. UNI (7)..............................................324 4. Youngstown State.............................240 5. Southern Illinois................................237 6. Illinois State......................................197 7. Missouri State...................................180 8. South Dakota....................................121 9. Western Illinois...................................96 10. Indiana State.....................................50
2014 Missouri Valley Football Preseason Team
Name, School
Ht.
Wt.
Yr.
Hometown / High School
QB- RB- FB- WR- TE- OL- LS- PK-
Austin Sumner, SDSU David Johnson, UNI Zach Zenner, SDSU Andrew Bonnet, NDSU Jason Schneider, SDSU Zach Vraa, NDSU MyCole Pruitt, SIU Robert Booker, MSU Zack Cooley, MSU Richard Galbierz, MSU Trevor Greger, SDSU %Zack Johnson, NDSU Jack Rummells, UNI Chris Highland, ILS Thomas Kinney, SIU
6-5 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-5 6-2 5-8
225 225 220 245 220 203 250 320 296 298 305 317 301 225 174
Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr.
Brandon (S.D.) Valley High Clinton (Iowa) High Eagan (Minn.) High Council Bluffs (Iowa) Underwood High Andover (Minn.) High Inver Grove Heights (Minn.) Rosemount St. Louis (Mo.) Kirkwood High Ozark (Mo.) High Lebanon (Mo.) High Fenton (Mo.) Fox High Wagner (S.D.) High Apple Valley (Minn.) Eastview High West Branch (Iowa) High Normal (Ill.) Central Catholic High McHenry (Ill.) Johnsburg / Winona State
DL- LB- DB- P- RS-
Kyle Emanuel, NDSU Drew Iddings, USD Cole Langer, SDSU Xavier Williams, UNI Andrew Beisel, MSU Auston Johnson, USD Carlton Littlejohn, NDSU Pat Meehan, ILS *Connor Underwood, INS Martinez Davis, WIU Makinton Dorelant, UNI Colten Heagle, NDSU Caleb Schaffitzel, MSU Ben LeCompte, NDSU Andre Stubbs, YSU
6-3 6-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-3 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-7
246 283 255 311 238 240 216 230 230 180 185 202 215 200 165
Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr.
Schuyler (Neb.) Central High Rapid City (S.D.) Stevens High Dell Rapids (S.D.) High Kansas City (Mo.) Grandview High Fenton (Mo.) Rockwood Summit High Chino Hills (Calif.) El Camino College Minneapolis (Minn.) North High Frankfort (Ill.) Lincoln-Way East Washington (Ill.) Community High Madisonville (Ky.) Air Force Prep Bradenton (Fla.) Lely / Maryland Appleton (Wis.) Kimberly High Fair Grove (Mo.) High Barrington (Ill.) High Maple Heights (Ohio) High
Honorable Mention: QB Sawyer Kollmorgen (UNI); TB Martin Ruiz (YSU); FB Drew Potter (USD); WR Kevin Vereen Jr. (UNI); LS Nathan Gibbs (YSU); OL Jermaine Barton (ILS); LB Kevin Kintzel (WIU); LB T.J. Lally (SDSU); DB/RS Christian Dudzik (NDSU). Every school with minimum of one first-team selection. NDSU represented with a league-high 8 total selections. UNI (6), South Dakota State (6) and Missouri State (5) were next best. *Connor Underwood (INS) received votes for DL, but playing LB this year. %Zack Johnson (NDSU) selected to team but out in 2014 with an injury.
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
1988 1. UNI (10) 2. Missouri State (2) 3. Western Illinois (1) 4. Eastern Illinois 5. Indiana State 6. Southern Illinois 7. Illinois State 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
1st t5th 7th 2nd t3rd t5th t3rd
87 4th 82 t2nd 64.5 1st 51.5 t5th 40 t2nd 34 t5th 22 7th 86 81 80 51 43 29 22
1st 5th t6th t2nd t2nd t6th 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
2012 1. North Dakota State (37) 2. UNI 3. Youngstown State 4. Illinois State (1) 5. Indiana State 6. South Dakota State 7. Southern Illinois 8. South Dakota 9. Western Illinois 10. Missouri State
379 1st 300 t6th 291 t6th 287 t3rd 228 t3rd 182 2nd 167 t3rd 97 10th 90 9th 69 8th
2013 1. North Dakota State (39) 2. South Dakota State 3. UNI 4. Illinois State 5. Youngstown State 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois 8. Missouri State 9. Western Illinois 10. South Dakota
390 323 269 264 253 197 188 123 77 61
t1st t1st t7th t4th 3rd t4th 9th t4th t7th
1st t2nd t7th 6th t2nd 10th t2nd t2nd 9th t7th
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
Three-Time Defending National Champ NDSU Picked to Win 2014 Missouri Valley Football Conference Crown North Dakota State has been picked to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference crown in 2014. NDSU, the defending national champion, has won 24-straight games, and 43 of its past 45 games (going 14-1, 14-1, and 15-0). The Bison earned 24 of a possible 39 first-place votes and 370 total points, in a poll conducted by league coaches, media and sports information directors. South Dakota State is picked second in the poll after tying for second place and representing the league in the FCS playoffs a year ago. Perennial FCS power UNI is picked third in the poll after going 7-5 last year. UNI, NDSU and SDSU all received votes for first place. Youngstown State (240 points) and Southern Illinois (237) were a close choice for the fourth- and fifth-place positions. The teams tied with SDSU and Missouri State for second place in 2013. A pre-season favorite has claimed the league crown 16 times (in 28 previous polls). North Dakota State was picked to win the league last season. In 2014, the Missouri Valley Football Conference is celebrating its 30th season. In its first 29 seasons the league owns five national crowns, including the past three seasons. 2014 Valley Football Preseason Poll
Team (first-place votes).................... Points
1. North Dakota State (24)....................370 2. South Dakota State (8).....................330 3. UNI (7)..............................................324 4. Youngstown State.............................240 5. Southern Illinois................................237 6. Illinois State......................................197 7. Missouri State...................................180 8. South Dakota....................................121 9. Western Illinois...................................96 10. Indiana State.....................................50
2014 Missouri Valley Football Preseason Team
Name, School
Ht.
Wt.
Yr.
Hometown / High School
QB- RB- FB- WR- TE- OL- LS- PK-
Austin Sumner, SDSU David Johnson, UNI Zach Zenner, SDSU Andrew Bonnet, NDSU Jason Schneider, SDSU Zach Vraa, NDSU MyCole Pruitt, SIU Robert Booker, MSU Zack Cooley, MSU Richard Galbierz, MSU Trevor Greger, SDSU %Zack Johnson, NDSU Jack Rummells, UNI Chris Highland, ILS Thomas Kinney, SIU
6-5 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-5 6-2 5-8
225 225 220 245 220 203 250 320 296 298 305 317 301 225 174
Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr.
Brandon (S.D.) Valley High Clinton (Iowa) High Eagan (Minn.) High Council Bluffs (Iowa) Underwood High Andover (Minn.) High Inver Grove Heights (Minn.) Rosemount St. Louis (Mo.) Kirkwood High Ozark (Mo.) High Lebanon (Mo.) High Fenton (Mo.) Fox High Wagner (S.D.) High Apple Valley (Minn.) Eastview High West Branch (Iowa) High Normal (Ill.) Central Catholic High McHenry (Ill.) Johnsburg / Winona State
DL- LB- DB- P- RS-
Kyle Emanuel, NDSU Drew Iddings, USD Cole Langer, SDSU Xavier Williams, UNI Andrew Beisel, MSU Auston Johnson, USD Carlton Littlejohn, NDSU Pat Meehan, ILS *Connor Underwood, INS Martinez Davis, WIU Makinton Dorelant, UNI Colten Heagle, NDSU Caleb Schaffitzel, MSU Ben LeCompte, NDSU Andre Stubbs, YSU
6-3 6-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-3 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-7
246 283 255 311 238 240 216 230 230 180 185 202 215 200 165
Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr.
Schuyler (Neb.) Central High Rapid City (S.D.) Stevens High Dell Rapids (S.D.) High Kansas City (Mo.) Grandview High Fenton (Mo.) Rockwood Summit High Chino Hills (Calif.) El Camino College Minneapolis (Minn.) North High Frankfort (Ill.) Lincoln-Way East Washington (Ill.) Community High Madisonville (Ky.) Air Force Prep Bradenton (Fla.) Lely / Maryland Appleton (Wis.) Kimberly High Fair Grove (Mo.) High Barrington (Ill.) High Maple Heights (Ohio) High
Honorable Mention: QB Sawyer Kollmorgen (UNI); TB Martin Ruiz (YSU); FB Drew Potter (USD); WR Kevin Vereen Jr. (UNI); LS Nathan Gibbs (YSU); OL Jermaine Barton (ILS); LB Kevin Kintzel (WIU); LB T.J. Lally (SDSU); DB/RS Christian Dudzik (NDSU). Every school with minimum of one first-team selection. NDSU represented with a league-high 8 total selections. UNI (6), South Dakota State (6) and Missouri State (5) were next best. *Connor Underwood (INS) received votes for DL, but playing LB this year. %Zack Johnson (NDSU) selected to team but out in 2014 with an injury.
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
1988 1. UNI (10) 2. Missouri State (2) 3. Western Illinois (1) 4. Eastern Illinois 5. Indiana State 6. Southern Illinois 7. Illinois State 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
1st t5th 7th 2nd t3rd t5th t3rd
87 4th 82 t2nd 64.5 1st 51.5 t5th 40 t2nd 34 t5th 22 7th 86 81 80 51 43 29 22
1st 5th t6th t2nd t2nd t6th 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
2012 1. North Dakota State (37) 2. UNI 3. Youngstown State 4. Illinois State (1) 5. Indiana State 6. South Dakota State 7. Southern Illinois 8. South Dakota 9. Western Illinois 10. Missouri State
379 1st 300 t6th 291 t6th 287 t3rd 228 t3rd 182 2nd 167 t3rd 97 10th 90 9th 69 8th
2013 1. North Dakota State (39) 2. South Dakota State 3. UNI 4. Illinois State 5. Youngstown State 6. Indiana State 7. Southern Illinois 8. Missouri State 9. Western Illinois 10. South Dakota
390 323 269 264 253 197 188 123 77 61
t1st t1st t7th t4th 3rd t4th 9th t4th t7th
1st t2nd t7th 6th t2nd 10th t2nd t2nd 9th t7th
Column at far right indicates ultimate finish in the league standings for that season. No preseason poll conducted for the first season (1985).
