Badger-Illini Conference

The Badger-Illini Conference (known as the Tri-State Intercollegiate Conference from 1932 to 1939 and the Badger State Intercollegiate Conference from 1940 to 1947) was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1932 to 1956. It had members in the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. After the departure of certain members in 1956, the league subsequently became the Badger-Gopher Conference.

Football champions

Tri-State Intercollegiate Conference (1932–1939)

• 1932 – Wisconsin Tech
• 1933 – Milton, Wisconsin Tech, and Northwestern (WI)
• 1934 – Aurora and Wartburg
• 1935 – Milton
• 1936 – Wisconsin Tech
• 1937 – Northwestern (WI)
• 1938 – Northwestern (WI)
• 1939 – Milton

Badger State Intercollegiate Conference (1940–1947)

• 1940 – Lakeland and Wisconsin Tech
• 1941 – Lakeland and Northwestern (WI)
• 1942 – Milton, Northwestern (WI), and Wisconsin Tech
• 1943 – No champion
• 1944 – No champion
• 1945 – No champion
• 1946 – Northwestern (WI)
• 1947 – Northwestern (WI)

Badger-Illini Conference (1948–1956)

• 1948 – Lewis (IL) and Northwestern (WI)
• 1949 – Lewis (IL)
• 1950 – Lakeland
• 1951 – Northwestern (WI)
• 1952 – Northwestern (WI)
• 1953 – Northwestern (WI)
• 1954 – Northwestern (WI)
• 1955 – Lakeland and Northwestern (WI)
• 1956 – Milton