![]() ![]() The Coyotes were granted admission into The Summit League in April of 2009, and will become a full-fledged member of the conference on July 1, 2011. The move also cements South Dakota’s position in The Summit League. South Dakota is the first school to join since NDSU and SDSU in 2008. Six schools were ranked in the top 25 in the same week in 2008 and as many as five this season. 1 in the nation in seven of the past eight seasons. The league claimed FCS titles in 19 and has had a member ranked No. One of the most stable NCAA Football Championship Subdivision conferences, the MVFC has five charter institutions and only 11 members in its history. ![]() The Missouri Valley Football Conference formed in 1985 as the Gateway Football Conference until rebranding in June 2008. With five other institutions within 700 miles of Vermillion, the MVFC will give Coyote fans, boosters and alumni several chances to travel to road games. The move to the MVFC reignites Coyote rivalries with South Dakota State, North Dakota State and Northern Iowa who are currently members of the nine-school conference and were previously members of Division II’s North Central Conference. South Dakota accepted a formal invitation from Conference Commissioner Patty Viverito at a press conference on campus Thursday afternoon. As the athletic department embarks on new facility projects, growing the Howling Pack and increasing university enrollment, this move strengthens our position at the FCS level.” “The MVFC is an established group with regional ties to some exciting rivalries and that is what college football is built on. “To join a league as strong as the Missouri Valley Football Conference is a great step forward for South Dakota athletics and the university as a whole,” Sayler said. This move is the most appealing to us because of renewed rivalries, reduction of student-athlete travel time and more cost efficient travel.” “Throughout the Division I transition, we have worked to extend USD’s footprint and by joining the MVFC we are continuing that. “I am excited to accept this offer extended to South Dakota from the Missouri Valley Football Conference,” Abbott said. ![]()
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