Missouri Valley Football Conference poll, all-conference teams released. See where SDSU, USD landed.
North Dakota State was picked to win this year’s Missouri Valley Football Conference title, earning 39 of 41 first-place votes in the preseason poll of league coaches and media. South Dakota State was picked second, earning the remaining two first-place votes.
The defending national champion Bison and the semifinal qualifying Jackrabbits were two of a record six Valley teams to make the playoffs in 2021. The Valley also set a record with nine players from the conference being taken in the 2022 NFL Draft.
More: Here’s our Missouri Valley Football Conference preseason ballot, plus all-conference team picks
The Bison have 12 selections to the preseason all-conference team, with SDSU, Missouri State and Northern Iowa each clocking in nine picks.
Here is the full preseason poll and all-conference team.
1. North Dakota State (39)
2. South Dakota State (2)
3. Missouri State
4. Southern Illinois
5. Northern Iowa
6. South Dakota
7. North Dakota
8. Illinois State
9. Youngstown State
10. Indiana State
11. Western Illinois
Missouri Valley Football Conference all-preseason team
First Team
QB – Jason Shelley, MSU
RB – Isaiah Davis, SDSU
RB – Jaleel McLaughlin, YSU
RB – Javon Williams, SIU
FB – Hunter Luepke, NDSU
WR – Avante Cox, SIU
WR – Jaxon Janke, SDSU
WR – Ty Scott, MSU
TE – Tucker Kraft, SDSU
OL – Landon Beebe, MSU
OL – Garrett Greenfield, SDSU
OL – Cody Mauch, NDSU
OL – Mason McCormick, SDSU
OL – Alex Jensen, USD
DL – Kevin Ellis, MSU
DL – Eli Mostaert, NDSU
DL – Caleb Sanders, SDSU
DL – Reece Winkelman, SDSU
LB – Adam Bock, SDSU
LB – Spencer Cuvelier, UNI
LB – Brock Mogensen, USD
LB – Zeke Vandenburgh, ISU
DB – Montrae Braswell, MSU
DB – PJ Jules, SIU
DB – Kyriq McDonald, MSU
DB – Benny Sapp, UNI
DB – Michael Tutsie, NDSU
LS – Dalton Godfrey, USD
K – Matt Cook, UNI
P – Grant Burkett, MSU
RS – Montrae Braswell, MSU
AP – Carter Bell, USD
Second Team
QB – Mark Gronowski, SDSU
RB – Kobe Johnson, NDSU
RB – Cole Mueller, ISU
FB – Jacob Garrett, SIU
WR – Carter Bell, USD
WR – Bo Belquist, UND
WR – Dante Hendrix, INSU
TE – Noah Gindorff, NDSU
OL – Drew Bones, ISU
OL – Nash Jensen, NDSU
OL – Erik Sorensen, UNI
OL – Donny Ventrelli, UND
OL – Jaison Williams, YSU
DL – Brayden Deming, ISU
DL – Nick Gaes, USD
DL – Caden Houghtelling, UNI
DL – Devin Rice, UNI
DL – Spencer Waege, NDSU
LB – Greg Benton, YSU
LB – Bryce Flater, UNI
LB – James Kaczor, NDSU
LB – Devon Krzanowski, UND
DB – Clay Bush, SIU
DB – Korby Sander, UNI
DB – CJ Siegel, UND
DB – Destin Talbert, NDSU
DB – Dawson Weber, NDSU
LS – Joey Malinowski, ISU
K – Jose Pizano, MSU
P – Cade Peterson, UND
RS – Jayden Price, NDSU
AP – Quan Hampton, UNI
This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Missouri Valley Football Conference poll, all-conference teams released