If the MVC started sponsoring football, would the four Dakota schools consider a move to the WAC and/or UAC? It may take a few departures from the WAC for this to be on the table, but maybe it shakes out so that we get something like this for football:

MVC - Missouri State, Illinois State, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Indiana State, Murray State, Youngstown State*
WAC - Southern Utah, Utah Tech, North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Abilene Christian, UTRGV
OVC - Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, Southeast Missouri State, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee-Martin
ASUN - Austin Peay, North Alabama, Eastern Kentucky, Central Arkansas, Charleston Southern*, Gardner-Webb*, Bryant*, Robert Morris*
(*affiliate)