FCS RECRUITING: MVFC Conference Rankings

HERO Sports will take you conference-by-conference with FCS recruiting, and let you know who has the class to be coveted.

Today we rank the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Today's ranking (below) takes into account only high school recruits who have committed to FCS schools (NOTE: JUCOs and other transfers will be evaluated later this spring). Further updates will continue through national signing day. How do we rank? We pay more attention to the scholarship offers an athlete received than any kind of star rating from a recruiting service. If an FCS recruit holds 17 offers and 6 are of the FBS variety? That will rank him above a recruit who holds three — we let the colleges do the evaluations of film, they're the ones who get paid well to do that. Full final rankings will be released for teams and prospects on Monday, Feb. 11 at 12 p.m. ET[divider]

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BMAC'S MVFC TAKE:

It's hard to argue the fact that not only does North Dakota State have the top class in the MVFC, it pretty much locked it all up in December before the Bison even won the FCS national championship. Even more impressive? The Bison did it with a coaching change … so if that doesn't tell you about stability in a program, I don't know what would. Not to be completely outdone though are the jobs South Dakota State (quality and quantity) and Northern Iowa have done (quality). And in general? This conference is clearly one of the best when it comes to the depth of talent it attracts, recruits and signs, and also how most of these programs are utilizing the early national signing period in December to keep the wolves of the Big Ten and Big 12 away. 

THE WINNER?: North Dakota State by a few Bison lengths over SDSU … but I will say this, the Jackrabbits have been busy in January.

THE UPSTARTS?: This isn't the first time I've typed this in my recruiting coverage, but Southern Illinois put together a nice group — and the Salukis have beaten FBS programs for five of its current signees/commitments. Illinois State isn't exactly an "upstart" as the Redbirds have been rankable for years on the field, but ISU has also beaten out FBS programs for several of its current high school recruits.

HOTTEST IN JANUARY?: SDSU added nine commitments in January, by a mile the best in the MVFC. Illinois State has also done a nice job, as has Western Illinois — as the Leathernecks have been extremely active and picked up some nice commitments this month.[divider]

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(Ranked as of Feb. 6)