(04-04-2017 05:11 PM)chess Wrote:  I was thinking about what schools the Missouri Valley should consider.

My first thought is UIC. My next thought is IUPUI (Indianapolis). My third thought is Valparaiso.

My last thought is to go with all three. Two big urban state schools and one private.

Others- UMKC. UW-Milwaukee. UN-Omaha.

Illinois State should consider asking the MAC to expand.

Missouri Valley Standings
TEAM CONF OVERALL
Wichita State 17-1 31-5
Illinois State 17-1 28-7
Southern Illinois 9-9 17-16
Northern Iowa 9-9 14-16
Loyola-Chicago 8-10 18-14
Missouri State 7-11 17-16
Bradley 7-11 13-20
Evansville 6-12 16-17
Indiana State 5-13 11-20
Drake

I would like to see a complete divorce between the football schools and the non-football schools in the MVC. Neither sides could satisfy their needs. Look at the defections lately? Plus the talk that Northern Iowa, Missouri State, Illinois State and Indiana State leaving for an FBS conference is a tell tale signs that the mVC is unstable.