Last Four In: Stony Brook, Youngstown State, Samford, Northern Arizona
First Four Out: James Madison, Stephen F. Austin, Chattanooga, Indiana State
If it didn’t already have a strong reputation as one of the top, if not the top conferences in the FCS, the Missouri Valley Football Conference can boast this week. Four of the league’s five teams in the top 25 won their openers, with number one North Dakota State shocking Kansas State while number nine Northern Iowa toppled Iowa State. The only ranked team that didn’t win was Illinois State, which let a 21-9 lead slip away against Ball State.
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Big Sky: Eastern Washington, Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona
Big South: Coastal Carolina
CAA: New Hampshire, Richmond, Stony Brook, Towson, Villanova
MEAC: Bethune-Cookman
MVC: Illinois State, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State, Youngstown State
NEC: Wagner
OVC: Eastern Illinois
Patriot: Colgate
Pioneer: Jacksonville
Southern: Samford, Wofford
Southland: Central Arkansas, Sam Houston State
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