Way too early 2020-21 preseason poll

[mvfcfan]

Nothing else going on. Feel free to create your own and discuss.

1 UNI
2 LUC
3 SIU
4 VU
5 BU
6 INSU
7 MSU
8 DU
9 ILSU
10 UE

[SalukiWorld]

1. Northern Iowa
2. Loyola
3. Missouri State
4. Valpo
5. Bradley
6. Indiana State
7. Southern Illinois
8. Drake
9. Illinois State
10. Evansville

[BCPanther]

1-UNI
2-Loyola
3-Indiana State
4-Valpo
5-Bradley
6-Missouri State
7-Drake
8-Southern Illinois
9-Illinois State
10-Evansville

[BEARZ77]

1. Loyola
2. UNI
3. Bradley
4. MSU
5. Indiana St
6. Valpo
7. SIU
8. Illinois St.
9. Drake
10. Evansville

I reserve the right to drastically alter these before Oct. w/o recourse.

[Lusuperfan1]

Still need to see how the rosters play out but...

1) LUC
2) UNI
3) Bradley
4) Valpo
5) Illinois St
6 & 7) SIU and Indiana St - right now I give the edge to ISU to avoid Thursday; can change depending on how SIU fills out the rest of their roster
8) Drake
9) Mo St.
10) Evansville

The big thing is going to be turnover. Teams won't have as much time to prepare and integrate new players, especially in the summer. I think the more turnover teams have, the worse they'll do next year.

[Birdfan2018]

1-Northern Iowa
2-Loyola
3-Valparaiso
4-Illinois State
5-Indiana State
6-Missouri State
7-Bradley
8-Southern Illinois
9-Drake
10-Evansville

[mvfcfan]

I reserve the right to drastically alter these before Oct. w/o recourse.

Trust me my rankings will be way different by the time the season starts. This is just for fun.

[goramblers2011]

1. Loyola
2. UNI
3. Valpo (assuming JFL stays and no other transfers)
4. Bradley
5. Indiana State
6. Illinois State
7. Missouri State
8. SIU
9. Drake
10. UE

[Adunk33]

With great bias, I do think Illinois State gets off of Thursday. It's been a long time since the Redbirds have finished 7th or below in 3 consecutive years. Honestly, its been a while time since the Redbirds have gone more than three years without making it to Sunday at Arch Madness. Went to the title game in 08, 09, 12, 15, 17, and 18.

Anyway, how the Redbirds fill these final two scholarships are important. They, along with 25 other teams were listed as showing interest in Purdue's 7'2 Matt Haarms. Incredibly unlikely get but if they do land him, that'd be an amazing get as it would enable Fisher to move to the 4 and provide actual size in the post. They've also been connected with Iowa forward Cordell Pemsl 6'8 245(Drake has too, I'd expect him to be at Drake if he ends up in The Valley). Either player would satisfy the Birds' need for a big guy. I really like the guards on the team. Horne is going to be an elite player in The Valley. I think overall, this year's freshmen class is going to bring the MVC back into the national spotlight.*

*If they stay.

1. Northern Iowa
2. Loyola
3. Illinois State
4. Valpo
5. Southern Illinois
6. Missouri State
7. Drake
8. Bradley
9. Indiana State
10.Evansville

[Mac13]

1) UNI
2) LUC
3) SIU
4) MSU
5) Valpo
6) ISUb
7) Bradley
8) Drake
9) ISUr
10) UE