Preseason MVFC release

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http://valley-football.org/news/default/2015-16/8203/bison-tabbed-as-valley-football-favorite/



1. North Dakota State (32)
389


2. Illinois State (8)
366


3. UNI
300


4. Youngstown State
265


5. South Dakota State
251


6. Indiana State
190


7. Southern Illinois
143


8. Western Illinois
139


9. Missouri State
91


10. South Dakota
66




The unprecedented four-time defending national champion North Dakota State Bison have been tabbed to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference crown in 2015.
 In the past four seasons, NDSU has produced four NCAA Division I Football titles, four-straight MVFC titles (2 outright, 2 shared) and an overall record of 58-3. This year, NDSU earned 32 of a possible 40 first-place votes and 389 total points in a poll conducted by league coaches, media and sports information directors.
 Last year's co-champ Illinois State received the other eight first-place tallies and is slated for second in the poll. The Redbirds lost the FCS title game, 29-27, to NDSU last year, marking the only time in FCS history two teams from the same league played one another for the crown.
 UNI, South Dakota State and Indiana State each earned a playoff spot in 2014, and each won a post-season game. They are slated 3rd, 5th, and 6th, respectively. Youngstown State, one of two league schools with a new head coach (MSU the other), is picked fourth in the poll. The Penguins tied Indiana State for 5th last year.
 A pre-season favorite has claimed the league crown 17 times (in 29 previous polls). North Dakota State was picked to win the league last season. Valley Football is celebrating its 31st season in 2015. In its first 30 seasons the league owns six national crowns.

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Preseason All Conference

http://cdn.streamlinetechnologies.com/mvc/8F9BC8FE-6236-4932-A556-354A0B9290EE/2015%20MVFC%20Preseason%20Poll.pdf

2015 Missouri Valley Football Preseason
Team Name, School Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / High School
QB-
Tre Roberson, ILS 6-0 205 Sr. Indianapolis (Ind.) Lawrence Central

RB-
Marshaun Coprich, ILS 5-9 205 Sr. Victorville (Calif.) Oak Hills
Martin Ruiz, YSU 5-11 195 Jr. Tampa (Fla.) Robinson High
FB-
Andrew Bonnet, NDSU 6-3 250 Sr. Council Bluffs (Iowa) Underwood High
WR-
Lance Lenoir, Jr., WIU 6-0 190 Jr. Crete (Ill.) Crete Monee High
Jake Wieneke, SDSU 6-4 210 So. Maple Grove (Minn.) High

TE-
Braden Lehman, UNI 6-7 245 Sr. Iowa City (Iowa) Regina High

OL-
Robert Booker, MSU 6-3 312 Sr. Ozark (Mo.) High
Joe Haeg, NDSU 6-6 299 Sr. Lake Shore (Minn.) Brainerd High
Jacob Ohnesorge, SDSU 6-3 280 So. Waunakee (Wis.) High
Justin Spencer, YSU 6-5 295 So. Indiana (Pa.) High
Matt Zobrist, WIU 6-3 290 Jr. Troy (Ill.) Triad High

LS-
Joshua Appel, INS 6-2 250 Jr. Normal (Ill.) West High

PK-
Michael Schmadeke, UNI 5-10 165 Sr. Waterloo (Iowa) Columbus High

DL-
Isaac Ales, UNI 6-3 260 Sr. Muscatine (Iowa) High
Teddy Corwin, ILS 6-5 260 Sr. St. Louis (Mo.) DeSmet Jesuit High
Cole Langer, SDSU 6-2 285 Jr. Dell Rapids (S.D.) High
Derek Rivers, YSU 6-5 240 Jr. Kinston (N.C.) High

LB-
T.J. Lally, SDSU 6-0 225 Sr. Chicago (Ill.) Marmion Academy
Brett McMakin, UNI 6-4 228 Jr. Overland Park (Kan.) Blue Valley West
Pat Meehan, ILS 6-1 225 Sr. Frankfort (Ill.) Lincoln-Way East
Connor Underwood, INS 6-3 240 Sr. Washington (Ill.) Community High

DB-
Deiondre' Hall, UNI 6-2 190 Sr. Blue Springs (Mo.) High
Tim Kilfoy, UNI 6-1 212 Sr. Davenport (Iowa) Assumption High
Mark Sewall, INS 6-0 210 Sr. Western Springs (Ill.) Lyons Township
Travis Starks, INS 5-10 190 Sr. Chicago (Ill.) St. Rita of Cascia

P-
Ben LeCompte, NDSU 5-10 200 Sr. Barrington (Ill.) High

RS-
Je Ryan Butler, SDSU 5-11 185 Sr. Tempe (Ariz.) Marcos De Niza High Honorable

Mention: QB Carson Wentz (NDSU); RB Calan Crowder (MSU); TE Luke Albers (NDSU); TE Jamar Brown (INS); WR Andrew Williams (YSU); WR Eric Shufford (USD); LS James Fisher (NDSU); OL Zack Johnson (NDSU); OL Jeremy Kelly (NDSU); OL Sam Ellifrits (MSU); OL Ethan Wirth (SIU); DL Drew Iddings (USD); DL Terrell Williams (YSU); LB Chase Allen (SIU); LB Dylan Cole (MSU); DB C.J. Smith (NDSU); RS LeMonte Booker (INS). Total picks (First Team denoted in parentheses), includes honorable mentions, by school: Illinois State - 4 (4); Indiana State - 6 (4); Missouri State - 4 (1); North Dakota State - 9 (3) Northern Iowa - 6 (6); South Dakota - 2; South Dakota State - 5 (5); Southern Illinois - 2 Western Illinois - 2 (2); Youngstown State - 5 (3).

[dewey]

Here is Dom Izzo's ballot and players he selected.

http://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/my-missouri-valley-ballot/

The Missouri Valley will release its preseason poll and all-conference team on Monday, I had the privilege of voting on each of these, and much like last year with the Sports Network Top 25 Poll, I’ll make my votes public. The one difference with the preseason Valley poll as opposed to the postseason is that I am allowed to vote for the team that I cover, this being NDSU. Feel free to rip if you need to.
Preseason Poll
1. NDSU
2. Illinois State
3. Youngstown State
4. Northern Iowa
5. Southern Illinois
6. SDSU
7. Indiana State
8. Western Illinois
9. Missouri State
10. South Dakota
Preseason All-Conference Team
OFFENSE
QB – Carson Wentz, NDSU
RB – Marshaun Coprich, Illinois State
RB – Martin Ruiz, Youngstown State
FB – Andrew Bonnet, NDSU
WR – Jake Wieneke, SDSU
WR – Lance Lenoir, Western Illinois
TE – Luke Albers, NDSU
OL – Joe Haeg, NDSU
OL – Robert Booker, Missouri State
OL – Justin Spencer, Youngstown State
OL – Zack Johnson, NDSU
OL – Sam Ellifrits, Missouri State
LS – James Fisher, NDSU
K – Michael Schmadeke, Northern Iowa
DEFENSE
DL – Terrell Williams, Youngstown State
DL – Teddy Corwin, Illinois State
DL – Derek Rivers, Youngstown State
DL – Cole Langer, SDSU
LB – Pat Meehan, Illinois State
LB – Connor Underwood, Indiana State
LB – T.J. Lally, SDSU
LB – Nick DeLuca, NDSU
DB – Tim Kilfoy, Northern Iowa
DB – Mark Sewall, Indiana State
DB – Deiondre Hall, Northern Iowa
DB – CJ Smith, NDSU
P – Ben LeCompte, NDSU
Return – Lemonte Booker, Indiana State
- See more at: http://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/my-missouri-valley-ballot/#sthash.PWn1Uszb.dpuf

Does anyone else have the ballots and player lists from other voters?

Dewey

[Professor Chaos]

Poll looks pretty good to me. I'd put SDSU at 3 and bump down UNI and YSU one each but I can see the argument to leave it as is.

[PantherRob82]

I thought the Redbirds and Bison might be a little closer.

[Professor Chaos]

I thought the Redbirds and Bison might be a little closer.
Yeah, I thought the 1st place votes would be closer too. But what's interesting is either 3 of the 8 ballots that didn't have NDSU at 1 had them at 3 or one of those ballots had them at 5 (so some combination of 3 and 4 on two ballots). Likewise of the 32 ballots that had NDSU at 1 only 2 of them had Illinois St at 3 (or one of them had them at 4). Methinks there are a few voters in this poll tired of seeing the Bison at the top of it.

[The Yo Show]

I'm surprised the coaches and media put YSU so high in the poll.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

WIU will finish higher than 8th imo.