Mid-American Conference

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Mid-American Conference
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Association NCAA
Founded1946
Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher (since 2009)
Sports fielded
  • 24
    • men's: 11
    • women's: 13
Division Division I
Subdivision FBS
No. of teams12 (13 in 2025)
Headquarters Cleveland, Ohio
Region Great Lakes
Official website getsomemaction.com
Locations
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The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members located in Illinois, Indiana, and New York. For football, the MAC participates in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision.

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The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and has two members in the nearby Akron area. The conference ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates. [1]

History

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The five charter members of the Mid-American Conference were Ohio University, Butler University, the University of Cincinnati, Wayne University (now Wayne State University), and Western Reserve University, one of the predecessors to today's Case Western Reserve University. Wayne University left after the first year. Miami University and Western Michigan University took the place of those charter members for the 1948 season. The MAC added the University of Toledo (1950), Kent State University (1951), and Bowling Green State University (1952). The University of Cincinnati resigned its membership February 18, 1953, with an effective date of June 1, 1953. Cincinnati's decision was based on a new requirement that at least 5 conference football games would have to be scheduled each season, University President Raymond Walters saying they "...regretfully resign...as the university could not continue under the present setup..." [2]

The membership was steady for the next two decades except for the addition of Marshall University in 1954 and the departure of Western Reserve in 1955. [3] Marshall was expelled from the conference in 1969 due to NCAA violations. [4] The first major expansion since the 1950s took place in the mid-1970s with the addition of Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University in 1972 and Ball State University and Northern Illinois University in 1973. NIU left after the 1985–86 season. The University of Akron joined the conference in 1992. The conference became the largest in Division I-A with the re-admittance of Marshall and NIU in 1997 and addition of the Bulls from the University at Buffalo in 1998. The University of Central Florida, a non-football all-sports member in the Atlantic Sun Conference at the time, joined for football only in 2002, becoming the first football-only member in conference history. Marshall and Central Florida left after the 2004–05 academic year, both joining Conference USA in all sports.

In May 2005, the Temple Owls in Philadelphia signed a six-year contract with the MAC as a football-only school and began play in the East Division in 2007. [5]

The Louisville Cardinals were a MAC affiliate for field hockey for a number of years when Louisville was a member of the Metro Conference and Conference USA, winning two MAC tourney titles in 2003 and 2004. [6]

The Missouri State Bears, Evansville Purple Aces, and Southern Illinois Salukis participate in the MAC for men's swimming and diving. [7] In 2012, the West Virginia Mountaineers joined the Florida Atlantic Owls and Hartwick College Hawks as men's soccer affiliates. [8] Florida Atlantic departed upon joining Conference USA in 2013. Hartwick's contract was not renewed by the MAC in 2015. Nine schools are wrestling affiliates; most became affiliates when the MAC absorbed the former Eastern Wrestling League in 2019. Appalachian State University and Longwood University are associates in field hockey; Missouri State had also been a member in that sport from 2005 until dropping field hockey after the 2016 season. Binghamton University is an affiliate in men's tennis. In June 2017, SIU Edwardsville (SIUE) was invited to become an affiliate member in both men's soccer and wrestling in 2018. [9] When Buffalo suddenly dropped four sports, including men's soccer, SIUE's move in that sport was made immediately. [10]

The UMass Minutemen joined the MAC as a football-only member in July 2012; the university announced that the team would leave the MAC at the end of the 2015 season due to contractual issues. [11] [12] Meanwhile, Temple ended its affiliation with the MAC in football and joined the Big East for football in July 2012. Following the split of the Big East into football-sponsoring and non-football conferences in July 2013, Temple became a full member of the football-sponsoring portion, the American Athletic Conference, ending its membership in the Atlantic 10 at that time. [13] [14] The Chicago State Cougars were an affiliate for men's tennis until joining the Western Athletic Conference, which sponsors that sport, in July 2013.

The conference unveiled the addition of women's lacrosse to its sport sponsorship in November 2019. [15] Lacrosse began competing under the MAC banner with six teams in the 2021 season with MAC members Akron, Central Michigan and Kent State joined by associate members Detroit Mercy, Robert Morris, and Youngstown State. Eastern Michigan became the seventh women's lacrosse member when it added the sport in the 2022 season. [16]

At the end of the 2022 season, the MAC discontinued men's soccer as a sponsored sport. While the conference realignment of the early 2020s did not affect the MAC's core membership up to that time, it significantly impacted the amount of men's soccer sponsoring programs within the conference, and ultimately led to the conference lacking enough teams to maintain its automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. [17] Of the four full MAC members that sponsored men's soccer in the 2022 season, Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, and Western Michigan moved the sport to the Missouri Valley Conference, [18] and Akron moved it to the Big East Conference. [19]

In late February 2024, it was announced that the UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen will join the conference as a full member beginning in 2025, returning UMass football to the MAC. [20] [21]

Member schools

Current full members

There are twelve public universities with full membership:

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoined [22] TypeEnrollment
(Fall 2020) [23] 		Endowment
(millions)		NicknameColors
University of Akron Akron, Ohio 18701992 Public 16,094$235 Zips    
Ball State University Muncie, Indiana 1918197321,597$325 Cardinals    
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 1910195218,142$155 Falcons    
University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York 1846199832,347$1,020 Bulls    
Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, Michigan 1892197117,311$246 Chippewas    
Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan 1849197116,294$94 Eagles    
Kent State University Kent, Ohio 1910195126,822$301 Golden Flashes    
Miami University Oxford, Ohio 1809194718,880$686 RedHawks    
Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois 18951975,
1997 [lower-alpha 1] 		16,769$99 Huskies    
Ohio University Athens, Ohio 1804194625,714$747 Bobcats    
University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 1872195018,319$551 Rockets    
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan 1903194719,887$495 Broncos    
Notes
  1. ↑ Northern Illinois left the MAC after the 1985–86 school year and rejoined effective the 1997–98 school year.

Future full members

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoiningTypeEnrollment
(Fall 2023)		Endowment
(millions)		NicknameColors
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts 18632025 Public 27,420$507 Minutemen and Minutewomen    

Current affiliate members

Nineteen schools have MAC affiliate membership status, with another school set to become an affiliate in 2024. On July 1, 2012, Temple joined the Big East Conference for football only (the school's other sports would join the Big East/American for 2013–14), and Massachusetts replaced Temple as a football-only member in the MAC East Division. On September 19, 2012, the MAC announced Missouri, Northern Iowa and Old Dominion would join as wrestling affiliates; as the Southeastern and Missouri Valley Conferences do not sponsor wrestling. Missouri and Northern Iowa participated only in the conference tournament in the 2012–13 school year, and began full conference play in 2013–14. Old Dominion did not begin MAC competition until 2013–14, when it left the Colonial Athletic Association (which had sponsored wrestling, but no longer does so) for Conference USA (which has never sponsored the sport). [24] [25] Old Dominion discontinued wrestling in April 2020. [26]

On July 1, 2013, Florida Atlantic's men's soccer program moved with the rest of its athletic program to Conference USA, and Chicago State's men's tennis team followed the rest of its sports to the Western Athletic Conference.

The 2014–15 school year saw one affiliate member leave for another conference and two new affiliates join. The Hartwick men's soccer team left the MAC for the Sun Belt Conference, which had announced in February 2014 that it would reinstate men's soccer, a sport that it last sponsored in 1995, for the 2014 season. [27] The new affiliates for 2014–15 were Binghamton in men's tennis and Longwood in field hockey. [28]

On July 1, 2017, one associate member left the MAC, another associate member dropped one of its two MAC sports, and two new schools became associate members. Northern Iowa wrestling moved from the MAC to the Big 12 Conference. [29] Missouri State dropped field hockey, [30] but remained a MAC member in men's swimming & diving. Appalachian State joined MAC field hockey, [31] and SIU Edwardsville (SIUE) joined in men's soccer. [32] SIUE was initially announced as joining in both men's soccer and wrestling in 2018, but less than a week after the initial announcement, the conference indicated that SIUE men's soccer would immediately join. [32] [33] SIUE wrestling joined on its originally announced schedule.

On March 5, 2019, the conference announced that it would be adding the seven former members of the Eastern Wrestling League as affiliate members in wrestling, making the MAC the second-largest wrestling conference for academic year 2019–20. [34]

With the addition of women's lacrosse, the MAC added affiliate members Detroit Mercy, Robert Morris, and Youngstown State in the 2020–21 academic year. UDM and YSU, all-sports members of the Horizon League, were announced as incoming associates at the same time the MAC announced the addition of lacrosse. [16] RMU was announced as an incoming associate in late June 2020, shortly after the school announced it would join the Horizon League in July 2020. [35]

In June 2020, SIUE announced that it would leave the MAC men's soccer league in 2021 to rejoin its previous men's soccer home of the Missouri Valley Conference. [36] It remains in MAC wrestling to this day.

Also in 2021, Missouri left MAC wrestling and returned to its former home of the Big 12 Conference as a wrestling-only member. [37] At the same time, four schools became single-sport MAC members—Bellarmine in field hockey, [38] Georgia Southern and Georgia State in men's soccer, [39] and Valparaiso in men's swimming (the school does not include diving in its men's aquatics program). [40]

In 2022, West Virginia men's soccer was scheduled to leave the MAC for single-sport membership in Conference USA. [41] However, due to the tenuous future of C-USA at that time, West Virginia opted instead to join the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) in 2022 as that league reinstated men's soccer. Georgia Southern and Georgia State, both full SBC members, also returned men's soccer to their home conference in 2022. [42] In response, the MAC announced that Chicago State would join as a men's soccer affiliate as of the 2022–23 season, as the Cougars prepared to depart the Western Athletic Conference in all sports, including soccer. [43] Also in 2022, the MAC gained another affiliate when another Chicago institution, UIC, joined for men's swimming & diving. [44] Ultimately, Chicago State's tenure as a MAC affiliate lasted only for the 2022 season, as the conference dropped men's soccer at season's end. [17] 2023 saw UIC adding men's tennis to its affiliate membership, as well as the announcement that James Madison would be joining as an affiliate for field hockey in 2024. [45] [46]

In 2024, the Missouri Valley Conference announced it would begin sponsoring men's swimming & diving for the 2024-25 season. At the time, the MAC men's swimming programs consisted of 2 MAC schools and 5 affiliates from the MVC; correspondingly, all of these programs would move to the MVC for the following season, with the 2 MAC schools (Ball State and Miami) joining the MVC as affiliates for that sport. [47]

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinedTypeEnrollmentNicknameColorsMAC
sport		Primary
conference
Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina 18992017–18Public19,089 Mountaineers    field hockey Sun Belt
Bellarmine University Louisville, Kentucky 19502021–22Private (Catholic)3,973 Knights     ASUN
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 18392019–20Public9,950 Huskies    wrestling PSAC
(Division II)
Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio 19642019–20Public17,260 Vikings    wrestling Horizon
University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, Michigan 18772020–21Private (Catholic)5,700 Titans      lacrosse (w)
University of Evansville Evansville, Indiana 18542009–10Private (Methodist)3,050 Purple Aces      swimming & diving (m) Missouri Valley
George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia 19572019–20Public35,047 Patriots    wrestling Atlantic 10
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 18702019–204,607 Bald Eagles    wrestling PSAC
(Division II)
Longwood University Farmville, Virginia 18392014–154,800 Lancers    field hockey Big South
Missouri State University Springfield, Missouri 19052009–1021,425 Bears    swimming & diving (m) Missouri Valley
Pennsylvania Western University Clarion (Clarion) [lower-alpha 1] Clarion, Pennsylvania 18672019–205,225 Golden Eagles    wrestling PSAC
(Division II)
Pennsylvania Western University Edinboro (Edinboro) [lower-alpha 1] Edinboro, Pennsylvania 18574,834 Fighting Scots    wrestling PSAC
(Division II)
Rider University Lawrenceville, New Jersey 1865Private (nonsectarian)5,400 Broncs      wrestling MAAC
Robert Morris University Moon Township, Pennsylvania 19212020–214,895 Colonials      lacrosse (w) Horizon
Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, Illinois 18692009–10Public17,964 Salukis    swimming & diving (m) Missouri Valley
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville [48] Edwardsville, Illinois 19572018–1914,142 Cougars    wrestling OVC
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Chicago, Illinois 18592022–2334,199 Flames    swimming & diving (m) Missouri Valley
2023–24tennis (m)
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 18592021-22Private4,500 Beacons    swimming (m) Missouri Valley
Youngstown State University Youngstown, Ohio 19082020–21Public15,058 Penguins    lacrosse (w) Horizon

Future affiliate members

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinsTypeEnrollmentNicknameColorsMAC
sport		Primary
conference
James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia 19082024Public21,496 Dukes    Field hockey Sun Belt


Former full members

School names, nicknames, and colors listed here reflect those used during each school's MAC tenure.

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinedLeftTypeNicknameColorsCurrent
conference
Butler University Indianapolis, Indiana 185519461950Private Bulldogs     Big East
Pioneer (football only)
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 18191953Public Bearcats     Big 12
Marshall University Huntington, West Virginia 183719541969 Thundering Herd     Sun Belt
19972005
Wayne University [lower-alpha 2] Detroit, Michigan 186819461947 Tartars [lower-alpha 3]     GLIAC
(Division II)
Western Reserve University [lower-alpha 4] Cleveland, Ohio 18261955Private Red Cats [lower-alpha 5]    UAA
(Division III)
Notes
  1. 1 2 Clarion and Edinboro, previously separate institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education formally named "Location University of Pennsylvania", became campuses of the new Pennsylvania Western University (PennWest) on July 1, 2022. Both continue to have their own athletic programs, branded solely with their location (as was the case before the PennWest merger).
  2. ↑ Wayne University became Wayne State University in 1956.
  3. ↑ Wayne State's athletic teams changed from Tartars to Warriors in 1999.
  4. ↑ Western Reserve merged with Case Institute of Technology in 1967 to form Case Western Reserve University, with the athletic programs merging in 1971.
  5. ↑ Western Reserve's teams were known as the Red Cats during their time in the MAC. [49] With the athletic merger, Case Western Reserve abandoned the nicknames of both former institutions and adopted Spartans.

Former affiliate members

School names, nicknames, and colors listed here reflect those used during each school's MAC tenure.

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinedLeftTypeNicknameColorsMAC
sport		Current
primary
conference		Current
conference
in former
MAC sport
Binghamton University Vestal, New York 19462014–152023–24Public Bearcats      tennis (m) America East NEC
University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida 19632002–032004–05 Golden Knights [lower-alpha 1]    football Big 12
Chicago State University Chicago, Illinois 18672007–082012–13 Cougars    tennis (m) Independent
(NEC in 2024)		 Horizon
(NEC in 2024)
2022–23 [lower-alpha 2] 2023–24soccer (m) OVC
(NEC in 2024)
Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida 19612008–09 [50] 2012–13 Owls    soccer (m) The American
Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia 19062021–222022–23 Eagles    soccer (m) Sun Belt
Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia 1913 Panthers    
Hartwick College [lower-alpha 3] Oneonta, New York 17972007–082013–14Private Hawks    soccer (m) [50] Empire 8
(NCAA Division III)
Indiana University-
Purdue University
Fort Wayne 		Fort Wayne, Indiana 19172002–03m.ten.2006–07Public Mastodons [lower-alpha 4]    tennis (m) [51] Horizon
2005–06m.soc.soccer (m) [50]
University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 18651995–962004–05 Wildcats     SEC Sun Belt
University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky 17981994–95 Cardinals    field hockey [52] ACC
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts 18632012–132015–16 Minutemen    football Atlantic 10
(MAC in 2025)		 FBS Independent
(MAC in 2025)
University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 18392012–132020–21 Tigers    wrestling SEC Big 12
Missouri State University [lower-alpha 5] Springfield, Missouri 19052005–062016–17 Lady Bears    field hockey [52] Missouri Valley (dropped sport)
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 18762012–13 Panthers    wrestling Big 12
Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia 19302013–142019–20 Monarchs       Sun Belt (dropped sport) [26]
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville [48] [lower-alpha 6] Edwardsville, Illinois 19572017–182020–21 Cougars    soccer (m) [33] OVC
Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 18842007–082011–12 Owls    football The American
West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 18672012–132022–23 Mountaineers    soccer (m) Big 12 Sun Belt
Notes
  1. ↑ Central Florida (UCF), known as the Golden Knights during their MAC tenure, dropped "Golden" from the athletic nickname in 2007 as part of their rebrand to the UCF Knights.
  2. ↑ On November 11, 2022, the MAC announced that it was suspending men's soccer as a conference sport effective at the end of the 2022 season (2022–23 school year). [17]
  3. ↑ In early 2014, the MAC made the decision "... to move forward without multi-divisional institutions." The conference then informed Hartwick that their contract as an affiliate member would not be renewed.
  4. ↑ Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), known as the IPFW Mastodons during their affiliation with the MAC for men's soccer and men's tennis, rebranded their athletic program as the Fort Wayne Mastodons in 2016. Following IPFW's split into two separate institutions in July 2018, the Fort Wayne athletic program transferred to the larger of the two new institutions, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and the athletic program rebranded again as the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons. The school colors changed to the old gold and black used by the other members of the Purdue system, most notably the main campus.
  5. ↑ Missouri State remains a MAC affiliate in men's swimming & diving.
  6. ↑ SIUE remains a MAC affiliate in wrestling.

Membership timeline

UMass Minutemen footballTemple Owls footballUCF Knights footballUniversity at BuffaloUniversity of AkronNorthern Illinois UniversityBall State UniversityEastern Michigan UniversityCentral Michigan UniversityMarshall UniversityBowling Green State UniversityKent State UniversityUniversity of ToledoWestern Michigan UniversityMiami UniversityOhio UniversityWestern Reserve UniversityUniversity of CincinnatiButler UniversityWayne State UniversityMid-American Conference

Full members Full members (non-football) Associate members (football only) 

Academics

One of the current full member schools, the University at Buffalo, is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU). [53] All members of the MAC are classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" except for the University at Buffalo, Kent State University, and Ohio University, which are classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". [54] Member schools are also ranked nationally and globally by various groups, including U.S. News & World Report and Times Higher Education .

UniversityLocationAffiliation Carnegie [54] Endowment [55] [56] USN Nat. [57] URAP Global [58]
University of Akron Akron, Ohio PublicResearch (High)$236,000,000293-381763
Ball State University Muncie, Indiana PublicResearch (High)$325,000,0001921,437
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio PublicResearch (High)$200,000,0002461,443
University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York PublicResearch (Very High)$1,020,000,00079279
Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, Michigan PublicResearch (High)$246,000,0002401,335
Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan PublicResearch (High)$78,000,000293-3812,187
Kent State University Kent, Ohio PublicResearch (Very High)$188,000,000211801
Miami University Oxford, Ohio PublicResearch (High)$736,000,000911,061
Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois PublicResearch (High)$99,000,000293-3811,078
Ohio University Athens, Ohio PublicResearch (Very High)$943,400,000176701
University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio PublicResearch (High)$551,000,000293-381745
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan PublicResearch (High)$495,000,0002461,292

Sports

The Mid-American Conference sponsors championship competition in 10 men's and 13 women's NCAA sanctioned sports, with women's lacrosse becoming the newest sport in 2020–21. [59] As of the 2023–24 school year, 19 schools are associate members for five sports.

As the MAC is an FBS conference, its full members are subject to the NCAA requirement that FBS members field teams in at least 16 NCAA-recognized sports. However, as of 2017, the MAC itself required sponsorship of only four sports: football, men's and women's basketball, and women's volleyball. [60] This may have since changed, as UMass was accepted as a new conference member effective in 2025 despite not sponsoring women's volleyball.

Teams in MAC competition
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball 11–
Basketball 1212
Cross country 912
Field hockey –8
Football 12–
Golf 810
Gymnastics –7
Lacrosse –7
Soccer –12
Softball –12
Swimming and diving 68
Tennis 67
Track and field (indoor) 412
Track and field (outdoor) 512
Volleyball –12
Wrestling 13–

    Men's sponsored sports by school

    SchoolBaseballBasketballCross countryFootballGolfSwimmingTennisTrack and field
    (indoor)    		Track and field
    (outdoor)    		WrestlingTotal MAC sports
    AkronYesYesYesYesNoNoNoYesYesNo6
    Ball StateYesYesNoYesYesYesYesNoNoNo6
    Bowling GreenYesYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNo5
    BuffaloNoYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYes7
    Central MichiganYesYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNoYes6
    Eastern MichiganYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesNo7
    Kent StateYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYes8
    Miami (OH)YesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesNo7
    Northern IllinoisYesYesNoYesYesNoYesNoNoYes6
    OhioYesYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNoYes6
    ToledoYesYesYesYesYesNoYesNoNoNo6
    Western MichiganYesYesNoYesNoNoYesNoNoNo4
    Totals111291282+5 [lower-alpha 1] 5+1 [lower-alpha 2] 455+8 [lower-alpha 3] 72+13
    Future members
    UMassYesYesYesYesNoYesNoYesYesNo7
    1. ↑ Affiliate members Evansville, Missouri State, Southern Illinois, UIC, and Valparaiso (swimming only)
    2. ↑ Affiliate member UIC
    3. ↑ Affiliates Bloomsburg, Clarion, Cleveland State, Edinboro, George Mason, Lock Haven, Rider, and SIUE

    Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the MAC

    Future members in gray.

    SchoolIce hockeyLacrosseRifle [lower-alpha 1] SoccerVolleyball
    AkronNoNo GARC Big East No
    Ball StateNoNoNoNo MIVA
    Bowling Green CCHA NoNo MVC No
    Miami NCHC NoNoNoNo
    Northern IllinoisNoNoNo MVC No
    UMass Hockey East A-10 [lower-alpha 2] No A-10 [lower-alpha 3] No
    Western Michigan NCHC NoNo MVC No
    Notes
    1. ↑ Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Akron fields a coed team.
    2. ↑ UMass intends to remain an A-10 affiliate in men's lacrosse.
    3. ↑ UMass has not announced a future men's soccer affiliation.

    Women's sponsored sports by school

    SchoolBasketballCross countryField hockeyGolfGymnasticsLacrosseSoccerSoftballSwimmingTennisTrack and field
    (indoor)    		Track and field
    (outdoor)    		VolleyballTotal MAC sports
    AkronYesYesNoYesNoYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes10
    Ball StateYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes12
    Bowling GreenYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes11
    BuffaloYesYesNoNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes9
    Central MichiganYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYes11
    Eastern MichiganYesYesNoYesYesYesYesNoYesNoYesYesYes10
    Kent StateYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYes11
    MiamiYesYesYesNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes10
    Northern IllinoisYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYes10
    OhioYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYesNoYesYesYes10
    ToledoYesYesNoYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes10
    Western MichiganYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesNoYesYesYesYes10
    Totals12125+3 [lower-alpha 1] 1074+3 [lower-alpha 2] 121187121212124+6
    Future members
    UMassYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo10
    1. ↑ Affiliate members Appalachian State, Bellarmine, and Longwood. James Madison joins this group in 2024.
    2. ↑ Affiliate members Detroit Mercy, Robert Morris, and Youngstown State

    Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the MAC

    Future member in gray.

    SchoolRifle [lower-alpha 1] RowingSynchronized skating [lower-alpha 2]
    Akron GARC NoNo
    Eastern MichiganNo CAA No
    MiamiNoNoIndependent
    UMassNo A-10 [lower-alpha 3] No

    Notes:

    1. ↑ Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Akron fields a coed team.
    2. ↑ Synchronized skating is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating, not by the NCAA. Most synchronized skating teams are clubs not affiliated with any college or university; Miami is one of about 15 schools that sponsor varsity or club teams.
    3. ↑ UMass intends to remain an A-10 affiliate in women's rowing.

    Football

    Scheduling

    On November 30, 2023, the MAC approved a new scheduling format for football effective for the 2024 season, eliminating its East and West Divisions for the first time since 1996 in favor of a pod-based protected rivalry system. Under the new system, teams will be divided into 4 pods of 3 teams each, and each team will be guaranteed to face the other 2 teams in its pod every season. Additionally, every team in the MAC will be guaranteed to face every other team in the MAC at least once every three years. The MAC Football Championship Game, which previously matched the winner of the East Division against the winner of the West Division, will instead pit the two teams in the MAC with the highest conference winning percentage. The pods are as follows: [61] [62]

    MAC Pods
    School 1School 2School 3
    Pod 1AkronBuffaloKent State
    Pod 2Ball StateMiami (OH)Ohio
    Pod 3Bowling GreenNorthern IllinoisToledo
    Pod 4Central MichiganEastern MichiganWestern Michigan

    All-time results

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    [63] [ when? ]

    TeamFirst seasonAll-time recordAll-time win %Bowl appearancesBowl recordMAC titlesOther conference titlesStadiumHead coach
    Akron 1891518–545–36.48831–210 InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field Joe Moorhead
    Ball State 1924439–402–32.52181–755 Scheumann Stadium Mike Neu
    Bowling Green 1919533–364–52.589135–8125 Doyt Perry Stadium Scot Loeffler
    Buffalo 1894385–514–28.4305*2–311 University at Buffalo Stadium Maurice Linguist
    Central Michigan 1896603–400–37.59893–679 Kelly/Shorts Stadium Jim McElwain
    Eastern Michigan 1891443–576–47.43841–319 Rynearson Stadium Chris Creighton
    Kent State 1920335–535–28.38931-210 Dix Stadium Kenni Burns
    Miami (OH) 1888674–446–44.598107–3157 Yager Stadium Chuck Martin
    Northern Illinois 1899566–475–51.542114–768 Huskie Stadium Thomas Hammock
    Ohio 1894579–566–47.505135–856 Peden Stadium Tim Albin
    Toledo 1917517–416–24.5531510–5123 Glass Bowl Jason Candle
    Western Michigan 1905556–439–24.55771–631 Waldo Stadium Tim Lester

    MAC champions

    Bowl games

    In 2017, the MAC is contracted to provide a team for each of the five college football bowl games: the Bahamas Bowl, LendingTree Bowl, Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Camellia Bowl and Quick Lane Bowl. The MAC also has secondary agreements with several ESPN-owned bowls.

    NameLocationOpposing conference
    Bahamas Bowl Nassau, Bahamas C-USA
    LendingTree Bowl Mobile, Alabama Sun Belt
    Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, Idaho Mountain West
    Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Alabama Sun Belt
    Quick Lane Bowl Detroit, Michigan Big Ten
    Notes

    College Football Playoff

    The MAC champion receives an automatic berth in one of the so-called "New Year's Six" bowl games associated with the College Football Playoff under either of the following circumstances:

    The first "Access Bowl" berth in 2014 went to Boise State (MW); the 2015 berth went to Houston (American). The MAC got its first berth in 2016 with Western Michigan, who had an undefeated regular season that year and finished ranked at No. 15 in the AP Poll.

    During the era of the now-defunct Bowl Championship Series (BCS), one MAC team appeared in a BCS bowl game. In 2012, NIU qualified by being ranked in the top 16 (15th) in the season's final BCS standings, and also higher than at least one champion of a conference that received an automatic berth in a BCS game. In the 2012 season, two such conference champions were ranked below NIU: Big East champion Louisville, who was ranked 22nd, and Big Ten champion Wisconsin, who was unranked. NIU lost to Florida State in the Orange Bowl.

    Rivalries

    Football rivalries involving MAC teams include:

    TeamsRivalry nameTrophyMeetingsRecordSeries leaderCurrent streak
    Akron Kent State – Wagon Wheel 6636–28–2AkronAkron won 1
    Akron Youngstown State – Steel Tire 3519–14–2Youngstown StateYoungstown State won 3
    Ball State Northern Illinois – Bronze Stalk Trophy 4825–22–2Northern IllinoisNorthern Illinois won 1
    Ball State Indiana State – Blue Key Victory Bell 6538–24–1Ball StateIndiana State won 1
    Bowling Green Kent State Battle for the Anniversary Award Anniversary Award8960–23–6Bowling GreenKent State won 4
    Bowling Green Toledo Battle of I-75 Battle of I-75 Trophy 8843–41–4ToledoToledo won 1
    Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Central Michigan–Eastern Michigan Rivalry –9862–30–6Central MichiganCentral Michigan won 2
    Central Michigan Western Michigan CMU–WMU Rivalry Victory Cannon9351-40–2Western MichiganWestern Michigan won 2
    Miami Cincinnati Battle for the Bell Victory Bell 12760–60–7TieMiami won 1
    Miami Ohio Battle of the Bricks –9955-42-2MiamiMiami won 1
    Ohio Marshall Battle for the Bell The Bell6033–21–6OhioMarshall won 1

    In addition, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Western Michigan compete for the Michigan MAC Trophy, which is awarded to the team with the best head-to-head record each year. Since the inception of the trophy in 2005, Western Michigan has won 7 times, Central Michigan has won 5 times, and Eastern Michigan has won the trophy 4 times. Western Michigan has won the trophy three straight years (2018–2020) as well as six of seven years from 2014 to 2020 (2014–2016, 2018–2020).

    Basketball

    In August 2010, Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher and the Cleveland Cavaliers announced that the Mid-American Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments would remain in Cleveland at the venue then known as Quicken Loans Arena and now as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse through 2017. [64] Both tournaments have flourished since moving to Cleveland in 2000, with the men's semi-finals and championship regularly drawing large crowds at Quicken Loans Arena. [65] In 2007, the MAC also announced a format change for both tournaments, bringing all twelve men's and women's teams to Cleveland. The MAC also co-hosted the 2007 Women's Final Four at Quicken Loans Arena after successfully hosting the 2006 NCAA Women's Basketball Regional at the same facility.

    On May 12, 2020, Steinbrecher announced a suite of major changes to the conference's competitive format across multiple sports in response to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Specific to men's and women's basketball, the following changes took effect in 2020–21 and will continue through at least 2023–24: [66]

    Championships

    Current MAC champions

    The following are the most recent conference champions of each MAC sport. Champions from the previous academic year are indicated with the calendar year of their title.

    In sports in which regular-season and tournament champions are recognized, "RS" indicates regular-season champion and "T" indicates tournament champion.

      Facilities

      SchoolFootball stadiumCapacityBasketball arenaCapacityBaseball stadiumCapacity
      Akron InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field 30,000 James A. Rhodes Arena 5,500 Lee R. Jackson Field 1,500
      Ball State Scheumann Stadium 22,500 [67] John E. Worthen Arena 11,500 Ball Diamond 1,700
      Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium 24,000 Stroh Center 4,700 Warren E. Steller Field 2,500
      Buffalo University at Buffalo Stadium 25,013 Alumni Arena 6,100Non-baseball school
      Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium 30,255 McGuirk Arena 5,300 Bill Theunissen Stadium 2,046
      Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium 30,200 George Gervin GameAbove Center 8,800 Oestrike Stadium 1,313
      Kent State Dix Stadium 25,319 Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center 6,327 Schoonover Stadium 1,130
      Miami Yager Stadium 24,286 Millett Hall 6,400 Stanley G. McKie Field at Joseph P. Hayden Jr. Park 1,000
      Northern Illinois Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium 23,595 Convocation Center 10,000 Ralph McKinzie Field 1,500
      Ohio Peden Stadium 24,000 Convocation Center 13,080 Bob Wren Stadium 4,000
      Toledo Glass Bowl 26,248 Savage Arena 7,300 Scott Park Baseball Complex 1,000
      UMass Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium 17,000 Mullins Center 9,493 Earl Lorden Field —
      Western Michigan Waldo Stadium 30,200 University Arena 5,421 Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Judson Hyames Field 1,500

      Athletic department revenue by school

      Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties.

      Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance.

      The following table shows institutional reporting to the U.S. Department of Education as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2021–22 academic year. [68]

      Institution2021–22 total revenue from athletics2021–22 total expenses on athletics
      University of Massachusetts Amherst $43,882,480$43,882,480
      Miami University $37,880,709$37,880,709
      Western Michigan University $34,422,529$34,422,529
      University of Toledo $33,812,616$33,812,616
      Central Michigan University $33,368,289$33,368,289
      Eastern Michigan University $33,009,018$33,009,018
      University at Buffalo $31,053,452$30,998,762
      Kent State University $29,289,419$29,289,419
      Ball State University $28,526,892$28,526,892
      Ohio University $27,605,053$27,605,053
      Bowling Green State University $25,573,968$25,353,774
      University of Akron $25,543,542$25,335,181
      Northern Illinois University $21,413,044$21,413,044

      Hall of Fame

      The Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame was the first Division I conference Hall of Fame. [69] It was established in 1987 and classes have been inducted in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2012 and 2013. [70] [71]

      In order to be eligible, a person must have participated during the time the university was in the MAC and five years must have passed from the time the individual participated in athletics or worked in the athletic department. [69]

      The following is a list of the members of the MAC Hall of Fame, along with school affiliation, sport(s) for which they were inducted, and year of induction.

      Media

      Broadcasts

      A number of MAC sports, including football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, soccer, wrestling and volleyball, are telecast on Spectrum Sports, replacing SportsTime Ohio and Fox Sports Ohio as the MAC TV partner. [72] Along with Spectrum Sports, ESPN, as well as the American Sports Network, retain the "local and regional" syndication telecast rights to the MAC for football and basketball.

      In 2000 ESPN began broadcasting MAC football games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The conference agreed to the unusual schedule to increase television ratings by not competing against other football. Fans nicknamed the midweek games MACtion. In 2014 the conference and ESPN agreed to a new contract for 13 years. Each school receives more than $800,000 annually, and plays most November games on weekday nights; 16 of 18 games in 2016 were not on Saturdays, for example. While MACtion decreases stadium attendance, games appear on an ESPN channel to a nationwide audience instead of a less-popular channel or streaming media. [73] While noting the smaller attendance, coaches say that midweek games are good for the conference, and give players a break on Saturdays. [74]

      Ball State produces its own comprehensive television package with Ball State Sports Link. Affiliate stations include WIPB in Muncie, WNDY in Indianapolis, WPTA in Fort Wayne, WHME in South Bend, WTVW in Evansville, WYIN in Merrillville and Comcast in Michigan. All Ball State Sports Link games are also broadcast on student radio station WCRD and on the Ball State Radio Network produced by WLBC-FM and Backyard Broadcasting.

      NIU has multiple football and basketball games telecast by Comcast SportsNet Chicago. In addition, most NIU football and basketball games can be heard on WSCR-AM 670 "The Score"—Chicago's powerful 50,000-watt, top-rated all-sports station, which reaches 38 states and Canada.

      MAC Properties

      MAC Properties (a division of ISP Sports) is the sponsorship arm of the Mid-American Conference, and handles all forms of sponsorship and advertising for the MAC which includes managing and growing its stable of official corporate partners. As of 2010, the MAC has five official corporate partners: FirstEnergy, Marathon, PNC Bank, AutoTrader.com and Cleveland Clinic Sports Health. There are approximately 20 other companies engaged as sponsors of the conference at the non-official level. MAC Properties also assists with the management of the conference's television and radio contracts, including those with ESPN Regional, FOX Sports Ohio and ESPN 850 WKNR among others.

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