Where Drake and UNI women are picked to finish in MVC this season

The Northern Iowa and Drake women's basketball teams are expected to battle with each other in the middle of the Missouri Valley Conference standings this upcoming season. Northern Iowa was picked to finish fourth in the league's annual preseason poll released on Oct. 13. Drake was listed fifth. The poll is voted on by MVC head coaches, communications directors and a media panel. Only the top six teams in the 11-school league were revealed. Murray State is the favorite. Illinois State is second. Belmont is third. Then come Northern Iowa and Drake. UIC was picked to finish sixth.