Michigan Collegiate Conference
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox sports league
| name = Michigan Collegiate Conference
| founded = 1926
| dissolved = 1931
| teams = 4
| sports = 5
| mens = 5
| womens = 0
| region = Michigan
}}
{{Location map+ | Michigan
| caption = Conference member locations in Michigan
| width = 225
| places =
{{Location map~ | Michigan
| label = Central State
| position = top
| mark = Red pog.svg
| marksize = 7
| link = Central State Teachers College (Michigan)
| lat_deg = 43.581911
| lon_deg = -84.775625
}}
{{Location map~ | Michigan
| label = Detroit City
| position = top
| mark = Green pog.svg
| marksize = 7
| link = College of the City of Detroit
| lat_deg = 42.359347
| lon_deg = -83.066605
}}
{{Location map~ | Michigan
| label = Western State
| position = top
| mark = Brown pog.svg
| marksize = 7
| link = Western State Teachers College
| lat_deg = 42.283718
| lon_deg = -85.610283
}}
{{Location map~ | Michigan
| label = Michigan State
| position = bottom
| mark = Green pog.svg
| marksize = 7
| link = Michigan State Normal College
| lat_deg = 42.250672
| lon_deg = -83.624089
}}
}}
The Michigan Collegiate Conference (MCC) was an athletic conference that existed in the United States for four seasons, from 1927 through 1931.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18430987/detroit_free_press/ |title=State College Body Disbands |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |agency=Associated Press |date=May 23, 1931}}
History
Formed in December 1926,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XJ5OAAAAIBAJ&pg=5879,5924649&dq=michigan-collegiate-conference&hl=en |title=New College Loop Formed |date=December 10, 1926 |access-date=January 28, 2011 |newspaper=Luddington Daily News}} the members were the Michigan State Normal Hurons (now Eastern Michigan University),{{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/eastern_michigan/index.php |title=Eastern Michigan Eagles |access-date=January 27, 2011 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204201743/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/eastern_michigan/index.php |archive-date=December 4, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} the Western State Normal Hilltoppers (now Western Michigan University),{{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/western_michigan/index.php |title=Western Michigan Broncos |access-date=January 27, 2011 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204203213/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/western_michigan/index.php |archive-date=December 4, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} the Central State Teachers Chippewas (now Central Michigan University),{{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/central_michigan/index.php |title=Central Michigan Chippewas |access-date=January 27, 2011 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204224310/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/central_michigan/index.php |archive-date=December 4, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} and the College of the City of Detroit Tartars (now Wayne State University).
Sports sponsored by the MCC included baseball,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2RsyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1853,6052166&dq=michigan-collegiate-conference&hl=en |title='Judy' Hyames Is to Speak at Elsie Banquet |access-date=January 28, 2011 |date=April 15, 1941 |newspaper=The Owosso Argus-Press}} football, men's basketball,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lexXAAAAIBAJ&pg=5641,6306794&dq=michigan-collegiate-conference&hl=en |title=Rocket Cagers Play Tuesday |access-date=January 28, 2011 |date=December 17, 1928 |newspaper=The Toledo News-Bee |page=18}} track, and tennis.
The conference disbanded at the 1931 annual meeting. Detroit City College had tendered their resignation due their teams not being strong enough in all sports. The remaining members tried to recruit other colleges but were unsuccessful.
Member schools
=Final members=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
| Institution
! Location ! Founded ! Affiliation ! Enrollment ! Nickname ! Joined ! Left ! Current |
|---|
| Central State Teachers College{{efn|group=final|Currently known as Central Michigan University since 1959.}}
| 1892 | rowspan="4" | Public | 21,705 | rowspan="4" | 1926–27 | rowspan="4" | 1930–31 | Mid-American (MAC) |
| College of the City of Detroit{{efn|group=final|Currently known as Wayne State University since 1956.}}
| 1868 | 22,941 | Tartars | Great Lakes (GLIAC) |
| Michigan State Normal College{{efn|group=final|Currently known as Eastern Michigan University since 1959.}}
| 1849 | 18,838 | Hurons | Mid-American (MAC) |
| Western State Teachers College{{efn|group=final|Currently known as Western Michigan University since 1957.}}
| 1903 | 22,562 | Mid-American (MAC) |
;Notes:
{{notelist|group=final}}
Individual sports
=Football=
Michigan State Normal won the football championship from 1927 through 1930,{{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/eastern_michigan/championships.php |title=Eastern Michigan Composite Championship Listing |access-date=January 27, 2011 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205034806/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/eastern_michigan/championships.php |archive-date=December 5, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} sharing the championship with Western State Teachers College for a co-championship in 1929.{{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/western_michigan/championships.php |title=Western Michigan Composite Championship Listing |access-date=January 27, 2011 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205064128/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/western_michigan/championships.php |archive-date=December 5, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}
=Baseball=
=Basketball=
Detroit City College won the men's basketball championship in 1927–1928, going 18–1 overall, with their sole loss to Manhattan College.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-2tOAAAAIBAJ&pg=4072,2075972&dq=michigan-collegiate-conference&hl=en |title=Detroit City College wins conference title |date=February 27, 1928 |access-date=January 24, 2014 |newspaper=Ludington Daily News}} Western State won men's basketball championships in 1930, 1931,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/824297/mcc_193031_final_basketball_standings/? |title=Final Standings |newspaper=The Ludington Daily News |page=6 |date=March 10, 1931 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=August 5, 2014}} {{Open access}} and 1932.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/92731873.html?dids=92731873:92731873&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+24%2C+1986&author=RANDALL+MELL%2C+Staff+Writer&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=ALTHOFF+INDUCTED+INTO+WESTERN+MICHIGAN+HALL+OF+FAME&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105104614/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/92731873.html?dids=92731873:92731873&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+24,+1986&author=RANDALL+MELL,+Staff+Writer&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=ALTHOFF+INDUCTED+INTO+WESTERN+MICHIGAN+HALL+OF+FAME&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |title=Althoff inducted into Western Michigan Hall of Fame |date=September 24, 1986 |access-date=January 28, 2011 |newspaper=Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel |last=Mell |first=Randall |page=17}}