List of Missouri Valley Football Conference champions

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

Champions by year
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''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

Championships by team

 * Keys
 * Italics indicate a school no longer competing in the MVFC
 * Bold indicates an outright conference championship