This is a list of yearly Missouri Valley Football Conference champions.
Co-champions are listed in alphabetical order.
Italics indicate a school that no longer competes in the MVFC Source:[1][2][3][4] Note: The conference was known as the Gateway Football Conference prior from 1992-2008.
Then, from 1982-92 the conference was known as the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference.
^ Final ranking after the championship game that season ^^ The STATS poll was supplied by The Sports Network prior to 2015 ^^^ 2020 season was played in Spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic