The Drake women's soccer team is the 2026 Missouri Valley Conference regular-season champion. The Bulldogs defeated UNI on Thursday afternoon by a score of 1-0 to secure the ninth regular-season title in program history. This marks the third regular-season championship won by Drake in the last four seasons.

Drake finished the season with a 7-0-2 mark for 23 points. Southern Illinois, which has enjoyed its best season in program history finished second in the league race with a 7-2 mark and 21 points.  Illinois State's 15 total points (4-2-3) gave the Redbirds the third seed, while Indiana State and Murray State tied for fourth place with identical 3-2-4 marks (13 points). 

The Sycamores, who tied with the Racers in their only meeting, earned the No. 4 seed by virtue of their 2-0-1 record against the three teams ahead of them in the standings. Murray State was 0-2-1 against Drake, Illinois State, and Southern Illinois.  The sixth seed went to Evansville, which tied with Belmont (3-5-1 for 10 total points). Evansville defeated Belmont in their regular-season meeting to earn the tiebreaker.

2026 MVC Women's Soccer Bracket (PDF)

Quarterfinals - Sunday, Nov. 8
#5 Murray State at #4 Indiana State, 12 pm CT (1 pm ET)
#6 Evansville at #3 Illinois State, 1 pm CT

Semifinals - Thursday, Nov. 12
Winner MUR/INS at #1 Drake, 6 pm CT
Winner UE/ILS at #2 Southern Illinois, 3 pm CT

Championship - Sunday, Nov. 15
Site, Time TBD

 
ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Each round of the 2026 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer Championship will be hosted by the higher seed and will feature the league’s top six teams.
 
For the most up-to-date information, please visit Championship Central on the MVC website.