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.[1]
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[2][3]
Three more schools were admitted to the conference in December 1930:
Murray State withdrew from the conference in January 1931, after the school was admitted to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).[5]