NORMAL — Illinois State's 2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference season is moving to 2021.
Spurred by other FCS conferences calling it quits on a fall season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the MVFC joined the growing group Friday and declared plans for a spring football season.
According to a statement released Friday evening, the Valley will hold an eight-game conference schedule in the spring "with the expectation to culminate the season with the FCS Playoffs.