Missouri Valley Conference

The Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) is a college sports conference in the United States that sponsors many sports, but has not played football since the 1984 season.

The MVC has its roots in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA), a league formed in 1907 by several schools in the Midwestern United States. The MVIAA split into two leagues in 1928. One league, made up mostly of large schools, kept the MVIAA name and years later became the Big Eight Conference. The smaller schools formed the MVC. Both groups claimed a 1907 founding date, and the same history up to the 1928 split. However, the Big Eight merged in 1996 with several schools from the collapsing Southwest Conference to form today's Big 12 Conference, which does not claim any of the Big Eight's history. Because of this, only the MVC now has a claim to any of the MVIAA's history.

 Members 
Following the departure of one school and the arrival of three in July 2022, the MVC has 12 members. Missouri State will leave for Conference USA in July 2025.

 School  Location  Founded  Type  Nickname  JoinedMVC  Belmont University  Nashville, Tennessee  1890  Private  Bruins  2022 Bradley University  Peoria, Illinois  1897  Private  Braves  1948, 1955  Drake University  Des Moines, Iowa  1881  Private  Bulldogs  1907, 1956   Evansville, Indiana  1854  Private  Purple Aces  1994 Illinois State University  Normal, Illinois  1857  Public  Redbirds  1981 Indiana State University  Terre Haute, Indiana  1865  Public  Sycamores  1977 Missouri State University  Springfield, Missouri  1905  Public  Bears  1990 Murray State University  Murray, Kentucky  1922  Public  Racers  2022    Cedar Falls, Iowa  1890  Public  Panthers  1979 Southern Illinois University Carbondale  Carbondale, Illinois  1869  Public  Salukis  1975  (UIC)  Chicago, Illinois  1859  Public  Flames  2022 Valparaiso University  Valparaiso, Indiana  1859  Private  Beacons  2017

Associate members
The MVC has six "associate members", each of which plays one sport in the conference.

 School  Location  Founded  Type  Joined  Sport  Current main conference  Nickname Ball State University  Muncie. Indiana  1918  Public  2024    MAC  Cardinals Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green)  Bowling Green, Ohio  1910  Public  2023    MAC  Falcons  (Little Rock)  Little Rock, Arkansas  1927  Public  2013    Ohio Valley  Trojans Miami University  Oxford, Ohio  1809  Public  2024    MAC  RedHawks Northern Illinois University  DeKalb, Illinois  1895  Public  2023    MAC  Huskies Western Michigan University  Kalamazoo, Michigan  1903  Public  2023    MAC  Broncos

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