SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Another round of college re-alignment is hitting the FCS and Missouri Valley Football Conference. Missouri State announced Friday (May 10, 2024) that they are leaving the Missouri Valley and Missouri Valley Football Conference to join FBS Conference USA effective in the 2025-26 season. The Bears will not be eligible for the FCS Playoffs this season. As it stands the league will be down to ten teams after 2024 when Missouri State heads up to the FBS They are the second charter member of the Valley to leave the conference in the last two years after Western Illinois bolted following the end of last season for the Ohio Valley. They were effectively replaced by Murray State who joined last season.
Story courtesy of Rod Fisher and the Missouri State Athletic Department.
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