This is a list of yearly Missouri Valley Football Conference champions. Co-champions are listed in alphabetical order. Italics indicate a school that no longer competes in the MVFC
Record | Ranking^ | |||||||
Year | Champions | Conference | Overall | STATS^^ | Coaches | Playoff finish | Head coach | |
1985 | 5–0 | 11–2 | 4 | – | Darrell Mudra | |||
1986 | Eastern Illinois | 5–1 | 11–2 | 3 | – | Al Molde | ||
1987 | 6–0 | 10–4 | 4 | – | Darrell Mudra | |||
1988 | Western Illinois | 6–0 | 10–2 | 3 | – | Bruce Craddock | ||
1989 | 5–1 | 10–3 | 9 | – | Jesse Branch | |||
1990 | 5–1 | 9–3 | 6 | – | Jesse Branch | |||
5–1 | 8–4 | 11 | – | Terry Allen | ||||
1991 | 5–1 | 11–2 | 4 | – | Terry Allen | |||
1992 | 5–1 | 12–2 | 3 | – | Terry Allen | |||
1993 | 5–1 | 8–4 | 13 | – | Terry Allen | |||
1994 | 6–0 | 8–4 | 11 | – | Terry Allen | |||
1995 | Eastern Illinois | 5–1 | 10-2 | 14 | – | Bob Spoo | ||
5–1 | 8–5 | 13 | – | Terry Allen | ||||
1996 | 5–0 | 12–2 | 3 | – | Terry Allen | |||
1997 | Western Illinois | 6–0 | 11–2 | 6 | – | Randy Ball | ||
1998 | Western Illinois | 5–1 | 11–3 | 4 | – | Randy Ball | ||
1999 | 6–0 | 11–3 | 3 | – | Todd Berry | |||
2000 | Western Illinois | 5–1 | 9–3 | 12 | – | Don Patterson | ||
2001 | 6–1 | 11–3 | 4 | – | Mark Farley | |||
2002 | Western Illinois | 6–1 | 11–2 | 5 | – | Don Patterson | ||
Western Kentucky | 6–1 | 12–3 | 1 | – | Jack Harbaugh | |||
2003 | 6–1 | 10–3 | 5 | – | Mark Farley | |||
6–1 | 10–2 | 9 | – | NCAA Division I-AA First Round 7–48 at Delaware | ||||
2004 | 7–0 | 10–2 | 9 | – | Jerry Kill | |||
2005 | 5–2 | 11–4 | 2 | – | Mark Farley | |||
5–2 | 9–4 | 7 | – | Jerry Kill | ||||
5–2 | 8–3 | 14 | – | None | Jon Heacock | |||
2006 | 6–1 | 11–3 | 4 | – | Jon Heacock | |||
2007 | 6–0 | 12–1 | 4 | 5 | Mark Farley | |||
2008 | 7–1 | 12–3 | 4 | 4 | Mark Farley | |||
7–1 | 9–3 | 11 | 10 | Dale Lennon | ||||
2009 | 8–0 | 11–2 | 6 | 6 | Dale Lennon | |||
2010 | 6–2 | 7–5 | 19 | 18 | Mark Farley | |||
2011 | 7–1 | 14–1 | 1 | 1 | Craig Bohl | |||
2012 | 7–1 | 14–1 | 1 | 1 | Craig Bohl | |||
2013 | 8–0 | 15–0 | 1 | 1 | Craig Bohl | |||
2014 | 7–1 | 13–2 | 2 | 2 | Brock Spack | |||
7–1 | 15–1 | 1 | 1 | Chris Klieman | ||||
2015 | 7–1 | 10–3 | 5 | 5 | Chris Klieman | |||
7–1 | 13–2 | 1 | 1 | Chris Klieman | ||||
2016 | 7–1 | 12–2 | 3 | 3 | Chris Klieman | |||
7–1 | 9–4 | 6 | 7 | John Stiegelmeier | ||||
2017 | 7–1 | 14–1 | 1 | 1 | Chris Klieman | |||
2018 | 8–0 | 15–0 | 1 | 1 | Chris Klieman | |||
2019 | 8–0 | 16–0 | 1 | 1 | Matt Entz | |||
2020^^^ | 5–1 | 5–5 | 13 | 13 | Bobby Petrino | |||
5–1 | 8–2 | 2 | 2 | John Stiegelmeier | ||||
4–1 | 5–2 | 6 | 6 | Bubba Schweigert | ||||
2021 | 7–1 | 14–1 | 1 | 1 | Matt Entz | |||
2022 | 8–0 | 14–1 | 1 | 1 | John Stiegelmeier | |||
2023 | 8–0 | 15–0 | 1 | 1 | Jimmy Rogers | |||
2024 | – | – |
Note: The conference was known as the Gateway Football Conference prior from 1992-2008. Then, from 1982-92 the conference was known as the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference.
^ Final ranking after the championship game that season
^^ The STATS poll was supplied by The Sports Network prior to 2015
^^^ 2020 season was played in Spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
width=150px | Team | width=100px | MVFC titles | width=100px | Outright MVFC titles | width=650px | Winning years |
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Northern Iowa | 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 | ||||||
North Dakota State | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 | ||||||
Southern Illinois | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 | ||||||
Western Illinois | 1988, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002 | ||||||
South Dakota State | 2016, 2020, 2022, 2023 | ||||||
Illinois State | 1999, 2014, 2015 | ||||||
Missouri State | 1989, 1990, 2020 | ||||||
Eastern Illinois | 1986, 1995 | ||||||
Youngstown State | 2005, 2006 | ||||||
North Dakota | 2020 | ||||||
Western Kentucky | 2002 | ||||||
Indiana State | |||||||
South Dakota | |||||||
Murray State | |||||||
Total |