Mississippi Valley State

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SWAC · Rice-Totten Field · 10,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Delta State · our model 88% Mississippi Valley State · a number, not a pick

LastW 31–20 vs Lincoln (PA) · Sat Sep 12 · Josh Brown 243 pass yds, 3 TD, 1 INT

Nextvs Delta State · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Rice-Totten Field · series 0-3, lost the last 3

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Mississippi Valley State · 2026 schedule & results1-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 27#253#204+28.5@NichollsL 10–440-10-0
1Sep 6#253#131+38.5@Sacramento StateL 0–52 1230-20-0
2Sep 12#255#422Lincoln (PA) (N)W 31–201-20-0
3Sep 19#263#314Delta State
4Sep 26#263#136@Alabama State
5Oct 3Prairie View A&M
6Oct 10@Texas Southern
7Oct 17Bethune-Cookman
9Oct 31Alcorn State
10Nov 7@Jackson State
11Nov 14@Florida A&M
12Nov 21Alabama A&M
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 12Lincoln (PA)W 31–20+0.09540.0%126.9%Season-high EPA/play
Sep 6@Sacramento StateL 0–52147126:52-0.16118.9%121.9%Defense's roughest night
Aug 27@NichollsL 10–44-0.19333.3%42.6%Season-low EPA/play
Season average (3 games)1471.0-0.08630.7%97.1%

Game Week

4d 23h

until kickoff · vs Delta State · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Mississippi Valley State is the SWAC program that has never won a conference championship despite producing Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deacon Jones — now rebuilding under Terrell Buckley in year one after a 2-10 season, proving the talent pipeline still exists.

Title DroughtSince 1961 · 65 yrs

Fans here believe mississippi Valley State has produced two Hall of Famers and 25+ NFL alumni, proving the program is capable of developing elite talent. The chip is that the program knows it can fiel…

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 2-10 · last season

Game feel57even gamescombined pts / game4th highest-scoring of 12 in the SWAC
Heart rate1-3rarely closein one-score games (4 of 12)10th most one-score games of 12 in the SWAC
Margin-20.3outgunnedavg scoring margin12th best margin of 12 in the SWAC
Big plays1.34some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)5th most explosive of 12 in the SWAC
Home crowd4,607avg attendance12th biggest crowds of 12 in the SWAC

✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among SWAC teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Mississippi Valley State has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 3-7 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 3-7
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Delta State · at home

Outcome band · Mississippi Valley State · 2026

Mississippi Valley State's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base1-11Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling4-8Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Mississippi Valley State is the SWAC program that has never won a conference championship despite producing Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deacon Jones — now rebuilding under Terrell Buckley in year one after a 2-10 season, proving the talent pipeline still exists.

Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

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