2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference season

2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationAugust 29, 2024
through January 6, 2025
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)ESPN College Football, ESPN+, Local TV partners
2025 NFL draft
Top draft pickGrey Zabel, G, North Dakota State
Picked bySeattle Seahawks (round 1, pick 18)
Regular season
Champions



Playoff participants
North Dakota State
South Dakota State
South Dakota

Illinois State
2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State +^  7 1   14 2  
No. 3 South Dakota State +^  7 1   12 3  
No. 4 South Dakota +^  7 1   11 3  
No. 11 Illinois State ^  6 2   10 4  
Missouri State *  6 2   8 4  
Youngstown State  3 5   4 8  
Indiana State  3 5   4 8  
North Dakota  2 6   5 7  
Southern Illinois  2 6   4 8  
Northern Iowa  1 7   3 9  
Murray State  0 8   1 11  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • * – Ineligible for 2024 FCS playoffs due to transition to the FBS
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference season was the 39th season of college football play for the Missouri Valley Football Conference and part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. This was the MVFC's first season returning to 11 teams, and its fourth in the last 5 seasons. It was also the conference's last at the time as Missouri State announced before the season that they would be joining Conference USA starting in the 2025–26 academic year. The Bears were ineligible for the FCS playoffs and the conference title during the 2024 season.

North Dakota State made it to the National Championship as the 2nd seed and won their 10th FCS title in program history, and 18th title at any level, defeating Montana State. South Dakota State and South Dakota made the playoffs as the 3rd and 4th seeds and won their way to the FCS semifinals, where they would fall to North Dakota State and Montana State. Illinois State also made the playoffs as the 12th seed, and made it to the second round, losing to 5th seeded UC Davis.