Missouri State football competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, while men's swimming & diving competes in the Mid-American Conference, and the women's beach volleyball team, nicknamed Beach Bears instead of "Bears" or "Lady Bears", will compete in Conference USA starting with the next NCAA beach volleyball season in 2023–24 after having been in the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. The majority of sports play in the Division I Missouri Valley Conference. Missouri State competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. Missouri State's athletics programs date back to 1908. The Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears are the athletic teams representing Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State University). Missouri Valley Conference logo in Missouri State's colors Mid-American Conference (men's swimming & diving)Ĭonference USA (beach volleyball, from 2023–24) JSTOR ( May 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears" – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. All rights reserved.This article needs additional citations for verification. Initially James Madison University, last year’s FCS runner-up, said it would pursue that avenue, but Friday said they had suspended all football activities and would hope for a season in the spring.Ĭopyright 2020 KVLY. The Colonial Athletic Association announced last month it would not hold conference competition in the fall but football schools were allowed to seek independent scheduling opportunities. We already have begun actively engaging our fellow FCS conferences and the NCAA to join us then for what will be a unique opportunity to return to competition and compete for an FCS championship.” “We will now shift our attention to doing everything within our power to provide our football student-athletes and coaches with a conference schedule and a championship opportunity in the spring. “This is the right decision for our member institutions, even though we realize how disappointing it will be for all who represent and care about Big Sky football,” Commissioner Tom Wistrcill said. “Especially for our student-athletes around the conference.”īoth the Big Sky Conference and the Pioneer Football League announced the postponement of a fall football season earlier Friday, which eliminated any hope of a postseason tournament.Įarlier in the week the NCAA put out requirements for fall sports stating 50% of eligible teams must have a season in order to hold any postseason competition. “I think the decision that was in front of us was the potential of a potential playoff in the spring versus not in the fall and that seemed like a fairly easy decision in that regard,” Chaves said. Chaves said it was almost unanimous a chance at a postseason and a National Championship was on everyone’s list. Athletics Director Bill Chaves said all 11 MVFC programs spoke with their respective football teams Thursday to get a feedback from what the players wanted to get out of a season. The wait for the University of North Dakota to play it’s first game as a member of the MVFC will continue. “So that will be a priority this week and trying to get those game scheduled for the fall.” “We have had some good conversations with some schools about playing a non-conference schedule and I think now that we’re starting to see more definition and some more clarity with the other conferences it’ll be easy to move forward with some scheduling,” Larsen said. North Dakota State Director of Athletics Matt Larsen is hopeful the Bison will be able to play some non-conference games this fall.
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