The Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) was a college athletic conference that existed from 1908 to 1970 in the United States. Schools in the conference at any given time were from Illinois or Michigan. The conference was originally called Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and also called the Little 19 Conference for a time, had a peak membership of 23 schools which were practically all the small colleges in Illinois at the time.
Final Members[edit]
Former Members[edit]
(may include non-baseball sponsoring schools and/or non-baseball tenures for member schools)
School |
Year Joined |
Left |
Location |
Mascot |
Current Conference
|
Augustana College (IL) |
1912-13 |
1936-37 |
Rock Island, IL |
Vikings |
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
|
Blackburn College |
1914-15 |
1922-23 |
Carlinville, IL |
Beavers |
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
|
Bradley University |
1908-09 |
1936-37 |
Peoria, IL |
Braves |
Missouri Valley Conference
|
Carthage College |
1912-13 |
1940-41 |
Macomb, IL |
Leathernecks |
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
|
Eastern Michigan University |
1950-51 |
1961-62 |
Ypsilanti, MI |
Hurons |
Mid-American Conference
|
Elmhurst College |
1929-30 |
1940-41 |
Elmhurst, IL |
Pirates |
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
|
Eureka College |
1910-11 |
1941-42 |
Eureka, IL |
Red Devils |
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
|
Hedding College |
1910-11 |
1925-26 |
Abingdon, IL |
Orangemen |
(The school merged with Illinois Wesleyan University in 1930)
|
Illinois College |
1908-09 |
1936-37 |
Jacksonville, IL |
Blueboys |
Midwest Conference
|
Illinois Wesleyan University |
1908-09 |
1936-37 |
Bloomington, IL |
Titans |
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
|
Knox College |
1908-09 |
1936-37 |
Galesburg, IL |
Prairie Fire |
Midwest Conference
|
Lake Forest College |
1919-20 |
1936-37 |
Lake Forest, IL |
Foresters |
Midwest Conference
|
Lincoln College |
1910-11 |
1927-28 |
Lincoln, IL |
Lynx |
Closed in 2022
|
Lombard College |
1908-09 |
1928-29 |
Galesburg, IL |
Golden Tornado |
Closed in 1930
|
McKendree College |
1912-13 |
1937-38 |
Lebanon, IL |
Bearcats |
Great Lakes Valley Conference
|
Millikin University |
1908-09 |
1936-37 |
Decatur, IL |
Big Blue |
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
|
Monmouth College |
1908-09 |
1936-37 |
Monmouth, IL |
Fighting Scots |
Midwest Conference
|
Mount Morris College |
1922-23 |
1930-31 |
Mount Morris, IL |
Mountaineers/Mounders |
(Merged with Manchester College following 1932)
|
North Central College |
1927-28 |
1936-37 |
Naperville, IL |
Cardinals |
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
|
Northern Illinois University |
1920-21 |
1965-66 |
DeKalb, IL |
Huskies |
Mid-American Conference
|
Shurtleff College |
1910-11 |
1936-37 |
Alton, IL |
Pioneers/Bison |
Closed in 1957 (Became part of the Southern Illinois University system)
|
Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
1913-14 |
61-62 |
Carbondale, IL |
Maroons/Salukis |
Missouri Valley Conference
|
St. Viator College |
1916-17 |
1937-38 |
Bourbonnais, IL |
Irish |
Closed in 1938
|
Wheaton College (IL) |
1919-20 |
1936-37 |
Wheaton, IL |
Crusaders |
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
|
William & Vashti College |
1910-11 |
1916-17 |
Aledo, IL |
|
Closed in 1918
|
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