UND picked fourth, 11 named to the MVFC Preseason Watch List

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota football program was picked to finish fourth in the annual Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) preseason poll, as announced by the conference on Tuesday. A panel of league coaches, communications directors and media conducted the voting. UND received a total of 211 points, including a pair of first-place votes, to sit in fourth. South Dakota State (312), Illinois State (256), Youngstown State (235) and South Dakota (196) rounded out the top five, with each receiving at least one first-place vote to tie a conference record (1993, 2001, 2008, 2026). In addition,…