PRESEASON POLL

Preseason poll of the Missouri Valley Football Conference, conducted among the league’s head coaches, sports information directors and media, with first-place points in parentheses:

1. North Dakota State (13)289 2. Northern Iowa (15)275 3. YSU (1)209 4. Western Illinois (4) 202 5. Southern Illinois (2)201 6. South Dakota State 149 7. Missouri State 105 8. Illinois State104 9. Indiana State41