Association of Mideast Colleges

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The Association of Mideast Colleges was a short-lived NCAA Division III conference composed of member schools located in the Midwestern United States. The league existed from 1991 to 1996. [1]

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Member schools

Final members

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedLeftSubsequent
conference(s)
Current
conference
Bluffton University Bluffton, Ohio 1899 Mennonite 1,094 Beavers 19911996 D-III Independent
(1996–98)
Heartland (HCAC)
(1998–present)
Mount St. Joseph University Delhi Township, Ohio 1920 Catholic
(S.C.C.)
1,889 Lions 19951996 D-III Independent
(1996–98)
Heartland (HCAC)
(1998–present)
Thomas More University Crestview Hills, Kentucky 1921 Catholic
(Diocese of Covington/
Benedictines)
1,963 Saints 19911996various [lower-alpha 2] Great Midwest (G-MAC) [lower-alpha 3]
(2023–present)
Wilmington College Wilmington, Ohio 1870 Quakers 990 Quakers 19911996 D-III Independent
(1996–98)
Heartland (HCAC)
(1998–2000)
Ohio (OAC)
(2000–present)
Notes
  1. Currently an NAIA athletic conference.
  2. Thomas More had joined the following subsequent conferences: as an NCAA D-III Independent from 1996–97 to 2004–05; the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) from 2005–06 to 2017–18; the American Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) during the 2018–19 school year; and the Mid-South Conference (MSC) [lower-alpha 1] from 2019–20 to 2022–23.
  3. Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.

Former members

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedLeftSubsequent
conference(s)
Current
conference
Defiance College Defiance, Ohio 1850 United Church of Christ 1,000 Yellow Jackets 19911995 D-III Independent
(1995–97)
Michigan (MIAA)
(1997–2000)
Heartland (HCAC)
(2000–present)
(WHAC [lower-alpha 1] in 2024–25)
Notes
  1. Currently an NAIA athletic conference.

Membership timeline

Heartland Collegiate Athletic ConferenceNCAA Division III independent schoolsMount St. Joseph UniversityOhio Athletic ConferenceHeartland Collegiate Athletic ConferenceNCAA Division III independent schoolsWilmington College (Ohio)NCAA Division III independent schoolsThomas More UniversityHeartland Collegiate Athletic ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationNCAA Division III independent schoolsDefiance CollegeHeartland Collegiate Athletic ConferenceNCAA Division III independent schoolsBluffton UniversityAssociation of Mideast Colleges

 Full member (all sports)  Associate member (football-only) 

Football champions

Yearly football standings

1991 Association of Mideast Colleges football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Thomas More $ 3 0 010 0 0
Defiance 2 1 08 2 0
Wilmington (OH) 1 2 01 9 0
Bluffton 0 3 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1992 Association of Mideast Colleges football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Thomas More $^ 3 0 09 2 0
Defiance 2 1 09 1 0
Bluffton 1 2 01 8 0
Wilmington (OH) 0 3 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant
1993 Association of Mideast Colleges football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Thomas More $ 3 0 08 2 0
Defiance 2 1 09 1 0
Wilmington (OH) 1 2 06 4 0
Bluffton 0 3 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1994 Association of Mideast Colleges football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Thomas More + 2 1 07 3 0
Bluffton + 2 1 04 5 0
Defiance 1 2 06 4 0
Wilmington (OH) 1 2 03 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1995 Association of Mideast Colleges football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Thomas More $ 3 0 010 0 0
Mount St. Joseph 1 2 05 4 0
Bluffton 1 2 05 5 0
Wilmington (OH) 1 2 02 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

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References

  1. Atlantic Collegiate Football Conference Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 22 2015.