Mississippi Valley Conference (college)

The Mississippi Valley Conference was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1928 to 1934. The league had members in the states of Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
The Mississippi Valley Conference was formed on December 10, 1927, in Memphis, Tennessee, with ten charter members:

Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky
Bethel College—now known as Bethel University—in McKenzie, Tennessee
Delta State Teachers College—now known as Delta State University—in Cleveland, Mississippi
Jonesboro College in Jonesboro, Arkansas
Lambuth College—now known as Lambuth University—in Jackson, Tennessee
Murray State Teachers College—now known as Murray State University—in Murray, Kentucky
Sunflower Junior College—now known as Mississippi Delta Community College—in Moorhead, Mississippi
University of Tennessee Junior College—now known as the University of Tennessee at Martin—in Martin, Tennessee
West Tennessee State Teachers College—now known as the University of Memphis—in Memphis, Tennessee
Will Mayfield College in Marble Hill, Missouri

Three more schools were admitted to the conference in December 1930:

Freed–Hardeman College—now known as Freed–Hardeman University—in Henderson, Tennessee
Middle Tennessee State Teachers College—now known as Middle Tennessee State University—in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute—now known as Tennessee Tech—Cookeville, Tennessee

Murray State withdrew from the conference in January 1931, after the school was admitted to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

Football champions

1928 – Murray State
1929 – West Tennessee State Teachers
1930 – West Tennessee State Teachers
1931 –
1932 –
1933 –
1934 –