Mid-Continent
A former conference: five schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1978. 1979 champion: Youngstown State.
1984 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | Poll | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Western Illinois | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1377 | WWWW | ||
 Missouri State | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1290 | WW | ||
 Northern Iowa | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1256 | WL | ||
 Eastern Illinois | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1247 | LLLL |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. Poll: the FCS coaches’ poll (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 1984
Mid-Continent teams are 7–5 outside the conference.
- Missouri Valley Conference7–4
- FBS teams0–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from the FBS count together.
Champions
Most titles
| Youngstown State | 2 | last 1979 |
By year
| 1979 | Youngstown State |
| 1978 | Youngstown State |
Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.
Schools
Every school and its years (5)
Members
- Eastern Illinois 1981–1984
- Missouri State 1981–1984
- Northern Iowa 1981–1984
- Western Illinois 1981–1984
- Youngstown State 1978–1980
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1978; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Eastern Illinois | Left for Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 1985 | Missouri State | Left for MVFC (football only) | Source | |
| 1985 | Northern Iowa | Left for Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 1985 | Western Illinois | Left for Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (football only) | Source |
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 19 team-seasons from 1978. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.