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nowrap">Association</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1946</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Steinbrecher" title="Jon Steinbrecher">Jon Steinbrecher</a> (since 2009)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sports fielded</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>24 <ul><li>men's: 11</li> <li>women's: 13</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Subdivision</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">FBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">12 (13 in 2025)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_region_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Lakes region (North America)">Great Lakes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://getsomemaction.com">getsomemaction<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #002B5C; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #00A363, inset -2px -2px 0 #00A363;; color: white;">Locations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mac_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of teams in {{{title}}}"><img alt="Location of teams in {{{title}}}" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mac_States.svg/250px-Mac_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mac_States.svg/375px-Mac_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mac_States.svg/500px-Mac_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="959" data-file-height="593" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Mid-American Conference</b> (<b>MAC</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> collegiate <a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_conferences" title="List of NCAA conferences">athletic conference</a> with a membership base in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_region_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Lakes region (North America)">Great Lakes region</a> that stretches from <a href="/wiki/Western_New_York" title="Western New York">Western New York</a> to <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, with single members located in Illinois, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>. For <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">football</a>, the MAC participates in the NCAA's <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Football Bowl Subdivision</a>. </p><p>The MAC is headquartered in the <a href="/wiki/Public_Square,_Cleveland" title="Public Square, Cleveland">Public Square</a> district in downtown <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, and has two members in the nearby <a href="/wiki/Akron,_Ohio,_metropolitan_statistical_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Akron, Ohio, metropolitan statistical area">Akron area</a>. The conference ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The five charter members of the Mid-American Conference were <a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Butler_University" title="Butler University">Butler University</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">University of Cincinnati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wayne_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Wayne University">Wayne University</a> (now Wayne State University), and Western Reserve University, one of the predecessors to today's <a href="/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University" title="Case Western Reserve University">Case Western Reserve University</a>. Wayne University left after the first year. <a href="/wiki/Miami_University" title="Miami University">Miami University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_University" title="Western Michigan University">Western Michigan University</a> took the place of those charter members for the 1948 season. The MAC added the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toledo" title="University of Toledo">University of Toledo</a> (1950), <a href="/wiki/Kent_State_University" title="Kent State University">Kent State University</a> (1951), and <a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_State_University" title="Bowling Green State University">Bowling Green State University</a> (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 <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Walters" title="Raymond Walters">Raymond Walters</a> saying they "...regretfully resign...as the university could not continue under the present setup..."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The membership was steady for the next two decades except for the addition of <a href="/wiki/Marshall_University" title="Marshall University">Marshall University</a> in 1954 and the departure of Western Reserve in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marshall was expelled from the conference in 1969 due to NCAA violations.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first major expansion since the 1950s took place in the mid-1970s with the addition of <a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_University" title="Central Michigan University">Central Michigan University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Michigan_University" title="Eastern Michigan University">Eastern Michigan University</a> in 1972 and <a href="/wiki/Ball_State_University" title="Ball State University">Ball State University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_University" title="Northern Illinois University">Northern Illinois University</a> in 1973. NIU left after the 1985–86 season. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Akron" title="University of Akron">University of Akron</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bulls" title="Buffalo Bulls">Bulls</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_at_Buffalo" title="University at Buffalo">University at Buffalo</a> in 1998. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Central_Florida" title="University of Central Florida">University of Central Florida</a>, a non-football all-sports member in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Sun_Conference" title="Atlantic Sun Conference">Atlantic Sun Conference</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> in all sports. </p><p>In May 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls_football" title="Temple Owls football">Temple Owls</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> signed a six-year contract with the MAC as a football-only school and began play in the East Division in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals" title="Louisville Cardinals">Louisville Cardinals</a> were a MAC affiliate for field hockey for a number of years when Louisville was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Metro_Conference" title="Metro Conference">Metro Conference</a> and Conference USA, winning two MAC tourney titles in 2003 and 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Missouri_State_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="Missouri State Bears">Missouri State Bears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evansville_Purple_Aces" title="Evansville Purple Aces">Evansville Purple Aces</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Illinois_Salukis" title="Southern Illinois Salukis">Southern Illinois Salukis</a> participate in the MAC for men's swimming and diving.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Mountaineers" title="West Virginia Mountaineers">West Virginia Mountaineers</a> joined the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Atlantic_Owls" title="Florida Atlantic Owls">Florida Atlantic Owls</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hartwick_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartwick Hawks">Hartwick College Hawks</a> as men's soccer affiliates.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Wrestling_League" title="Eastern Wrestling League">Eastern Wrestling League</a> in 2019. <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_University" title="Appalachian State University">Appalachian State University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Longwood_University" title="Longwood University">Longwood University</a> 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. <a href="/wiki/Binghamton_University" title="Binghamton University">Binghamton University</a> is an affiliate in men's tennis. In June 2017, <a href="/wiki/SIU_Edwardsville" class="mw-redirect" title="SIU Edwardsville">SIU Edwardsville</a> (SIUE) was invited to become an affiliate member in both men's soccer and wrestling in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Buffalo suddenly dropped four sports, including men's soccer, SIUE's move in that sport was made immediately.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_football" title="UMass Minutemen football">UMass Minutemen</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, Temple ended its affiliation with the MAC in football and joined the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> for football in July 2012. Following the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%932013_Big_East_Conference_realignment" title="2010–2013 Big East Conference realignment">split of the Big East</a> into football-sponsoring and non-football conferences in July 2013, Temple became a full member of the football-sponsoring portion, the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a>, ending its membership in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_State_Cougars" title="Chicago State Cougars">Chicago State Cougars</a> were an affiliate for men's tennis until joining the <a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">Western Athletic Conference</a>, which sponsors that sport, in July 2013. </p><p>The conference unveiled the addition of women's lacrosse to its sport sponsorship in November 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-MACWLAXAdd_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MACWLAXAdd-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the 2022 season, the MAC discontinued men's soccer as a sponsored sport. While the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%932024_NCAA_conference_realignment" class="mw-redirect" title="2021–2024 NCAA conference realignment">conference realignment</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-MSoc23_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSoc23-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley Conference</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Akron moved it to the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The MAC eliminated its East and West divisions for football in January 2024. The divisions had already been eliminated for other sports in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, in late February, it was announced that the <a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_and_Minutewomen" title="UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen">UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen</a> will join the conference as a full member beginning in 2025, returning UMass football to the MAC.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July, the conference announced that it would begin sponsoring women's rowing for the 2025–26 season; full members Eastern Michigan, Toledo, and UMass would be joined by affiliate members Delaware, High Point, and Temple.<sup id="cite_ref-row_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-row-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_universities">Member universities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Member universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_full_members">Current full members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Current full members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are twelve public universities with full membership: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Institution </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Location </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Founded </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Joined<sup id="cite_ref-mac_history_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mac_history-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Type </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Enrollment<br />(Fall 2020)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Endowment<br />(millions) </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable" width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Colors </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Akron" title="University of Akron">University of Akron</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Akron,_Ohio" title="Akron, Ohio">Akron, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1870 </td> <td>1992 </td> <td rowspan="12"><a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">Public</a> </td> <td>16,094 </td> <td>$235 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Akron_Zips" title="Akron Zips">Zips</a> </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#041E42"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#A89968"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ball_State_University" title="Ball State University">Ball State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Muncie,_Indiana" title="Muncie, Indiana">Muncie, Indiana</a> </td> <td>1918 </td> <td>1973 </td> <td>21,597 </td> <td>$325 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ball_State_Cardinals" title="Ball State Cardinals">Cardinals</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#BA0C2F"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_State_University" title="Bowling Green State University">Bowling Green State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Ohio" title="Bowling Green, Ohio">Bowling Green, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1910 </td> <td>1952 </td> <td>18,142 </td> <td>$155 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons" title="Bowling Green Falcons">Falcons</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#4F2C1D"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FF7300"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/University_at_Buffalo" title="University at Buffalo">University at Buffalo</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a> </td> <td>1846 </td> <td>1998 </td> <td>32,347 </td> <td>$1,020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bulls" title="Buffalo Bulls">Bulls</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#005BBB"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_University" title="Central Michigan University">Central Michigan University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Michigan" title="Mount Pleasant, Michigan">Mount Pleasant, Michigan</a> </td> <td>1892 </td> <td>1971 </td> <td>17,311 </td> <td>$246 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_Chippewas" title="Central Michigan Chippewas">Chippewas</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#6A0032"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFC82E"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Michigan_University" title="Eastern Michigan University">Eastern Michigan University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ypsilanti,_Michigan" title="Ypsilanti, Michigan">Ypsilanti, Michigan</a> </td> <td>1849 </td> <td>1971 </td> <td>16,294 </td> <td>$94 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Michigan_Eagles" title="Eastern Michigan Eagles">Eagles</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#046A38"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kent_State_University" title="Kent State University">Kent State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent,_Ohio" title="Kent, Ohio">Kent, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1910 </td> <td>1951 </td> <td>26,822 </td> <td>$301 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent_State_Golden_Flashes" title="Kent State Golden Flashes">Golden Flashes</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#002664"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#EFAB00"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Miami_University" title="Miami University">Miami University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Ohio" title="Oxford, Ohio">Oxford, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1809 </td> <td>1947 </td> <td>18,880 </td> <td>$686 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_RedHawks" title="Miami RedHawks">RedHawks</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#B61E2E"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_University" title="Northern Illinois University">Northern Illinois University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DeKalb,_Illinois" title="DeKalb, Illinois">DeKalb, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1895 </td> <td>1975,<br />1997<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>16,769 </td> <td>$99 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_Huskies" title="Northern Illinois Huskies">Huskies</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#BA0C2F"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#27251F"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Ohio" title="Athens, Ohio">Athens, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1804 </td> <td>1946 </td> <td>25,714 </td> <td>$747 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Bobcats" title="Ohio Bobcats">Bobcats</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#154734"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Toledo" title="University of Toledo">University of Toledo</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1872 </td> <td>1950 </td> <td>18,319 </td> <td>$551 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toledo_Rockets" title="Toledo Rockets">Rockets</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#0B2240"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFCD00"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_University" title="Western Michigan University">Western Michigan University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo, Michigan">Kalamazoo, Michigan</a> </td> <td>1903 </td> <td>1947 </td> <td>19,887 </td> <td>$495 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_Broncos" title="Western Michigan Broncos">Broncos</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#532E1F"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#F1C500"> </span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Northern Illinois left the MAC after the 1985–86 school year; before rejoining in the 1997–98 school year.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future_full_members">Future full members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Future full members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Institution </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Location </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Founded </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Joining </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Type </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Enrollment<br />(Fall 2023) </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Endowment<br />(millions) </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Nickname </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Colors </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Current conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts" title="University of Massachusetts">University of Massachusetts</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst, Massachusetts">Amherst, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td>1863 </td> <td>2025<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">Public</a> </td> <td>27,420 </td> <td>$507 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_and_Minutewomen" title="UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen">Minutemen and Minutewomen</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#881C1C"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span 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/></a></span> future member</div></div></div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_affiliate_members">Current affiliate members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Current affiliate members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sixteen schools have MAC affiliate membership status as of 2024. On July 1, 2012, Temple joined the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East Conference</a> for football only (the school's other sports would join the Big East/<a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American</a> for 2013–14), and Massachusetts replaced Temple as a football-only member in the MAC East Division. On September 19, 2012, the MAC announced <a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri" title="University of Missouri">Missouri</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Northern_Iowa" title="University of Northern Iowa">Northern Iowa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Old_Dominion_University" title="Old Dominion University">Old Dominion</a> would join as <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">wrestling</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">Colonial Athletic Association</a> (which had sponsored wrestling, but <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%932013_Colonial_Athletic_Association_realignment#Wrestling" title="2010–2013 Colonial Athletic Association realignment">no longer does so</a>) for <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> (which has never sponsored the sport).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Old Dominion discontinued wrestling in April 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-wrestledrop_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrestledrop-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">Western Athletic Conference</a>. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt Conference</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new affiliates for 2014–15 were <a href="/wiki/Binghamton_University" title="Binghamton University">Binghamton</a> in men's tennis and <a href="/wiki/Longwood_University" title="Longwood University">Longwood</a> in field hockey.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Missouri_State_University" title="Missouri State University">Missouri State</a> dropped field hockey,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but remained a MAC member in men's swimming & diving. <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_University" title="Appalachian State University">Appalachian State</a> joined MAC field hockey,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Edwardsville" title="Southern Illinois University Edwardsville">SIU Edwardsville</a> (SIUE) joined in men's soccer.<sup id="cite_ref-SIUE_soccer_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIUE_soccer-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-SIUE_soccer_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIUE_soccer-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cougars_soccer_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cougars_soccer-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SIUE wrestling joined on its originally announced schedule. </p><p>On March 5, 2019, the conference announced that it would be adding the seven former members of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Wrestling_League" title="Eastern Wrestling League">Eastern Wrestling League</a> as affiliate members in wrestling, making the MAC the second-largest wrestling conference for academic year 2019–20.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the addition of women's lacrosse, the MAC added affiliate members <a href="/wiki/University_of_Detroit_Mercy" title="University of Detroit Mercy">Detroit Mercy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_University" title="Robert Morris University">Robert Morris</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_University" title="Youngstown State University">Youngstown State</a> in the 2020–21 academic year. UDM and YSU, all-sports members of the <a href="/wiki/Horizon_League" title="Horizon League">Horizon League</a>, were announced as incoming associates at the same time the MAC announced the addition of lacrosse.<sup id="cite_ref-MACWLAXAdd_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MACWLAXAdd-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It remains in MAC wrestling to this day. </p><p>Also in 2021, Missouri left MAC wrestling and returned to its <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9312_Southeastern_Conference_realignment" title="2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment">former home</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a> as a wrestling-only member.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, four schools became single-sport MAC members—<a href="/wiki/Bellarmine_University" title="Bellarmine University">Bellarmine</a> in field hockey,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_University" title="Georgia Southern University">Georgia Southern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_University" title="Georgia State University">Georgia State</a> in men's soccer,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Valparaiso_University" title="Valparaiso University">Valparaiso</a> in men's swimming (the school does not include diving in its men's aquatics program).<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, West Virginia men's soccer was scheduled to leave the MAC for single-sport membership in <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> (CUSA).<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, due to the tenuous future of CUSA at that time, West Virginia opted instead to join the <a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt Conference</a> (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.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, the MAC announced that <a href="/wiki/Chicago_State_University" title="Chicago State University">Chicago State</a> would join as a men's soccer affiliate as of the 2022–23 season, as the Cougars prepared to depart the <a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">Western Athletic Conference</a> in all sports, including soccer.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2022, the MAC gained another affiliate when another Chicago institution, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Chicago" title="University of Illinois Chicago">UIC</a>, joined for men's swimming & diving.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-MSoc23_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSoc23-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2023 saw UIC adding men's tennis to its affiliate membership, as well as the announcement that <a href="/wiki/James_Madison_University" title="James Madison University">James Madison</a> would be joining as an affiliate for field hockey in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley Conference</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, shortly after dropping men's swimming, the MAC announced it would begin sponsoring a new sport, women's rowing, in 2025–26. Accordingly, it brought on 3 new affiliates for that sport: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">Delaware</a>, <a href="/wiki/High_Point_University" title="High Point University">High Point</a>, and former football affiliate <a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-row_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-row-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Institution </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Location </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Founded </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Joined </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Type </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Enrollment </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable" width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Colors </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">MAC<br />sport </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Primary<br />conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_University" title="Appalachian State University">Appalachian State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1899 </td> <td>2017–18 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>19,089 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_Mountaineers" title="Appalachian State Mountaineers">Mountaineers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#222222"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFCC00"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="2">field hockey </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bellarmine_University" title="Bellarmine University">Bellarmine University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a> </td> <td>1950 </td> <td>2021–22 </td> <td>Private (Catholic) </td> <td>3,973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bellarmine_Knights" title="Bellarmine Knights">Knights</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#660000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CCCCCC"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Sun_Conference" title="Atlantic Sun Conference">ASUN</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bloomsburg_University_of_Pennsylvania" title="Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania">Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bloomsburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania">Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1839 </td> <td>2019–20 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>9,950 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bloomsburg_Huskies" title="Bloomsburg Huskies">Huskies</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#6E121E"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFDD00"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Athletic_Conference" title="Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference">PSAC</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_State_University" title="Cleveland State University">Cleveland State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1964 </td> <td>2019–20 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>17,260 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_State_Vikings" title="Cleveland State Vikings">Vikings</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#006A4D"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Horizon_League" title="Horizon League">Horizon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><span data-sort-value="Detroit !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Detroit_Mercy" title="University of Detroit Mercy">University of Detroit Mercy</a></span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a> </td> <td>1877 </td> <td>2020–21 </td> <td>Private (Catholic) </td> <td>5,700 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Mercy_Titans" title="Detroit Mercy Titans">Titans</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#A6093D"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#002D72"> </span> </td> <td>lacrosse (w) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/George_Mason_University" title="George Mason University">George Mason University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1957 </td> <td>2019–20 </td> <td rowspan="6">Public </td> <td>35,047 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Mason_Patriots" title="George Mason Patriots">Patriots</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#215732"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFC72C"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/James_Madison_University" title="James Madison University">James Madison University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg,_Virginia" title="Harrisonburg, Virginia">Harrisonburg, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1908 </td> <td>2024–25 </td> <td>21,496 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Madison_Dukes" title="James Madison Dukes">Dukes</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#450084"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#B3A369"> </span> </td> <td>field hockey </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lock_Haven_University_of_Pennsylvania" title="Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania">Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lock_Haven,_Pennsylvania" title="Lock Haven, Pennsylvania">Lock Haven, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1870 </td> <td>2019–20 </td> <td>4,607 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lock_Haven_Bald_Eagles" title="Lock Haven Bald Eagles">Bald Eagles</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#7A0026"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Athletic_Conference" title="Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference">PSAC</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Longwood_University" title="Longwood University">Longwood University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Farmville,_Virginia" title="Farmville, Virginia">Farmville, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1839 </td> <td>2014–15 </td> <td>4,800 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Longwood_Lancers" title="Longwood Lancers">Lancers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#002147"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>field hockey </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><span data-sort-value="Clarion !"><a href="/wiki/PennWest_Clarion" class="mw-redirect" title="PennWest Clarion">Pennsylvania Western University Clarion</a></span></b> (Clarion)<sup id="cite_ref-PennWest_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PennWest-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clarion,_Pennsylvania" title="Clarion, Pennsylvania">Clarion, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1867 </td> <td rowspan="3">2019–20 </td> <td>5,225 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clarion_Golden_Eagles" title="Clarion Golden Eagles">Golden Eagles</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#003366"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#97824A"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Athletic_Conference" title="Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference">PSAC</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><span data-sort-value="Edinboro !"><a href="/wiki/PennWest_Edinboro" class="mw-redirect" title="PennWest Edinboro">Pennsylvania Western University Edinboro</a></span></b> (Edinboro)<sup id="cite_ref-PennWest_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PennWest-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinboro,_Pennsylvania" title="Edinboro, Pennsylvania">Edinboro, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1857 </td> <td>4,834 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinboro_Fighting_Scots" title="Edinboro Fighting Scots">Fighting Scots</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#BB131A"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Athletic_Conference" title="Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference">PSAC</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_54-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rider_University" title="Rider University">Rider University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrenceville,_New_Jersey" title="Lawrenceville, New Jersey">Lawrenceville, New Jersey</a> </td> <td>1865 </td> <td rowspan="2">Private (nonsectarian) </td> <td>5,400 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rider_Broncs" title="Rider Broncs">Broncs</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#981E32"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#6C6F70"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">MAAC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_University" title="Robert Morris University">Robert Morris University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moon_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Moon Township, Pennsylvania">Moon Township, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1921 </td> <td>2020–21 </td> <td>4,895 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_Colonials" title="Robert Morris Colonials">Colonials</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#001E41"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#AA182C"> </span> </td> <td>lacrosse (w) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Horizon_League" title="Horizon League">Horizon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Edwardsville" title="Southern Illinois University Edwardsville">Southern Illinois University Edwardsville</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-Hustle_Belt/Vox_Media,_Inc_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hustle_Belt/Vox_Media,_Inc-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edwardsville,_Illinois" title="Edwardsville, Illinois">Edwardsville, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1957 </td> <td>2018–19 </td> <td rowspan="3">Public </td> <td>14,142 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SIU_Edwardsville_Cougars_wrestling" title="SIU Edwardsville Cougars wrestling">Cougars</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#D81E05"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">OVC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><span data-sort-value="UIC !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Chicago" title="University of Illinois Chicago">University of Illinois Chicago</a></span></b> (UIC) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1859 </td> <td>2023–24 </td> <td>34,199 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UIC_Flames" title="UIC Flames">Flames</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#001E62"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#D50032"> </span> </td> <td>tennis (m) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_University" title="Youngstown State University">Youngstown State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown,_Ohio" title="Youngstown, Ohio">Youngstown, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1908 </td> <td>2020–21 </td> <td>15,058 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_Penguins" title="Youngstown State Penguins">Penguins</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#C8102E"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>lacrosse (w) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Horizon_League" title="Horizon League">Horizon</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future_affiliate_members">Future affiliate members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Future affiliate members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Institution </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Location </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Founded </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Joining </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Type </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Enrollment </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable" width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Colors </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">MAC<br />sport </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Primary<br />conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark,_Delaware" title="Newark, Delaware">Newark, Delaware</a> </td> <td>1743 </td> <td rowspan="3">2025 </td> <td>Public<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>23,774 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Fightin%27_Blue_Hens" title="Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens">Blue Hens</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#00539F"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFD200"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="3">rowing </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">CAA</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">CUSA</a> in 2025)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/High_Point_University" title="High Point University">High Point University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Point,_North_Carolina" title="High Point, North Carolina">High Point, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>Private<br />(<a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">Methodist</a>) </td> <td>4,545 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Point_Panthers" title="High Point Panthers">Panthers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#330072"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1884 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_System_of_Higher_Education" title="Commonwealth System of Higher Education">State related</a> </td> <td>37,365 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls" title="Temple Owls">Owls</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#990033"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-D2-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-D2_54-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_54-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_54-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_54-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PennWest-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PennWest_55-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PennWest_55-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Clarion and Edinboro, previously separate institutions in the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_System_of_Higher_Education" title="Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education">Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education</a> formally named "<i>Location</i> University of Pennsylvania", became campuses of the new <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Western_University" title="Pennsylvania Western University">Pennsylvania Western University</a> (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).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Delaware is officially chartered as a "privately-governed, state-assisted" institution. This status is broadly similar to that of New York State's <a href="/wiki/Statutory_colleges" class="mw-redirect" title="Statutory colleges">statutory colleges</a>, most of which are housed at <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>, or institutions in Pennsylvania's <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_System_of_Higher_Education" title="Commonwealth System of Higher Education">Commonwealth System of Higher Education</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_full_members">Former full members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Former full members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>School names, nicknames, and colors listed here reflect those used during each school's MAC tenure. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Institution </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Location </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Founded </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Joined </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Left </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Type </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable" width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Colors </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Current<br />conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Butler_University" title="Butler University">Butler University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis, Indiana</a> </td> <td>1855 </td> <td rowspan="2">1946 </td> <td>1950 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Butler_Bulldogs" title="Butler Bulldogs">Bulldogs</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#13294B"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Football_League" title="Pioneer Football League">Pioneer</a> (football only) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Cincinnati !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">University of Cincinnati</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1819 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td rowspan="4">Public </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats" title="Cincinnati Bearcats">Bearcats</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#E00122"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Marshall_University" title="Marshall University">Marshall University</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington, West Virginia</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1837 </td> <td>1954 </td> <td>1969 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Thundering_Herd" title="Marshall Thundering Herd">Thundering Herd</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#00B140"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wayne_State_University" title="Wayne State University">Wayne University</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a> </td> <td>1868 </td> <td rowspan="2">1946 </td> <td>1947 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wayne_State_Warriors" title="Wayne State Warriors">Tartars</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#115E56"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#C79316"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">GLIAC</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Reserve_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Reserve University">Western Reserve University</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1826 </td> <td>1955 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Reserve_Red_Cats" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Reserve Red Cats">Red Cats</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_Athletic_Association" title="University Athletic Association">UAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-D3_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wayne University became <a href="/wiki/Wayne_State_University" title="Wayne State University">Wayne State University</a> in 1956.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wayne State's athletic teams changed from <a href="/wiki/Wayne_State_Tartars" class="mw-redirect" title="Wayne State Tartars">Tartars</a> to Warriors in 1999.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D2-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D2_60-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Western Reserve merged with <a href="/wiki/Case_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Case Institute of Technology">Case Institute of Technology</a> in 1967 to form <a href="/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University" title="Case Western Reserve University">Case Western Reserve University</a>, with the athletic programs merging in 1971.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Western Reserve's teams were known as the Red Cats during their time in the MAC.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the athletic merger, Case Western Reserve abandoned the nicknames of both former institutions and adopted <a href="/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_Spartans" title="Case Western Reserve Spartans">Spartans</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D3-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D3_64-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">NCAA Division III</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_affiliate_members">Former affiliate members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Former affiliate members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>School names, nicknames, and colors listed here reflect those used during each school's MAC tenure. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Institution </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Location </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Founded </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Joined </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Left </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Type </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable" width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Colors </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">MAC<br />sport </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Current<br />primary<br />conference </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00A363, inset -1px -1px 0 #00A363;">Current<br />conference<br />in former<br />MAC sport </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Binghamton_University" title="Binghamton University">Binghamton University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vestal,_New_York" title="Vestal, New York">Vestal, New York</a> </td> <td>1946 </td> <td>2014–15 </td> <td>2023–24 </td> <td rowspan="8">Public </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Binghamton_Bearcats" title="Binghamton Bearcats">Bearcats</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#005A43"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> </td> <td>tennis (m) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/America_East_Conference" title="America East Conference">America East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><span data-sort-value="UCF !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Central_Florida" title="University of Central Florida">University of Central Florida</a></span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a> </td> <td>1963 </td> <td>2002–03 </td> <td>2004–05 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UCF_Knights_football" title="UCF Knights football">Golden Knights</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#B7A369"> </span> </td> <td>football </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Chicago_State_University" title="Chicago State University">Chicago State University</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1867 </td> <td>2007–08 </td> <td>2012–13 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_State_Cougars" title="Chicago State Cougars">Cougars</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#006666"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>tennis (m) </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022–23<sup id="cite_ref-ChicagoSt_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChicagoSt-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2023–24 </td> <td>soccer (m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Evansville !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Evansville" title="University of Evansville">University of Evansville</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville, Indiana</a> </td> <td>1854 </td> <td>2009–10 </td> <td>2024–25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evansville_Purple_Aces" title="Evansville Purple Aces">Purple Aces</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#470A68"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#ED8B00"> </span> </td> <td>swimming & diving (m) </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Florida_Atlantic_University" title="Florida Atlantic University">Florida Atlantic University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boca_Raton,_Florida" title="Boca Raton, Florida">Boca Raton, Florida</a> </td> <td>1961 </td> <td>2008–09<sup id="cite_ref-Men's_soccer_membership_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Men's_soccer_membership-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2012–13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Atlantic_Owls" title="Florida Atlantic Owls">Owls</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#003366"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CC0000"> </span> </td> <td>soccer (m) </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">The American</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_University" title="Georgia Southern University">Georgia Southern University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Statesboro,_Georgia" title="Statesboro, Georgia">Statesboro, Georgia</a> </td> <td>1906 </td> <td rowspan="2">2021–22 </td> <td rowspan="2">2022–23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_Eagles_men%27s_soccer" title="Georgia Southern Eagles men's soccer">Eagles</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#041E42"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="2">soccer (m) </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_University" title="Georgia State University">Georgia State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta, Georgia</a> </td> <td>1913 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Panthers_men%27s_soccer" title="Georgia State Panthers men's soccer">Panthers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#0039A6"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hartwick_College" title="Hartwick College">Hartwick College</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oneonta,_New_York" title="Oneonta, New York">Oneonta, New York</a> </td> <td>1797 </td> <td>2007–08 </td> <td>2013–14 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hartwick_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartwick Hawks">Hawks</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#0033A1"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>soccer (m)<sup id="cite_ref-Men's_soccer_membership_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Men's_soccer_membership-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Empire_8" title="Empire 8">Empire 8</a><sup id="cite_ref-D3_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D3-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="IPFW !"><b><a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_%E2%80%93_Purdue_University_Fort_Wayne" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne">Indiana University-<br />Purdue University<br />Fort Wayne</a></b></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana" title="Fort Wayne, Indiana">Fort Wayne, Indiana</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1917 </td> <td>2002–03<sup>m.ten.</sup> </td> <td rowspan="2">2006–07 </td> <td rowspan="14">Public </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Fort_Wayne_Mastodons" title="Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons">Mastodons</a><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#003F87"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>tennis (m)<sup id="cite_ref-Men's_tennis_membership_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Men's_tennis_membership-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Horizon_League" title="Horizon League">Horizon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005–06<sup>m.soc.</sup> </td> <td rowspan="2">soccer (m)<sup id="cite_ref-Men's_soccer_membership_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Men's_soccer_membership-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Kentucky !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">University of Kentucky</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington, Kentucky</a> </td> <td>1865 </td> <td>1995–96 </td> <td rowspan="2">2004–05 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_soccer" title="Kentucky Wildcats men's soccer">Wildcats</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#0033A0"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Louisville !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville" title="University of Louisville">University of Louisville</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a> </td> <td>1798 </td> <td>1994–95 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals" title="Louisville Cardinals">Cardinals</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#C9001F"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> </td> <td>field hockey<sup id="cite_ref-FH_RB_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FH_RB-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst, Massachusetts">Amherst, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td>1863 </td> <td>2012–13 </td> <td>2015–16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen" class="mw-redirect" title="UMass Minutemen">Minutemen</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#881C1C"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>football </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<b>MAC</b> in 2025)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">FBS Independent</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<b>MAC</b> in 2025)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Missouri !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri" title="University of Missouri">University of Missouri</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Missouri" title="Columbia, Missouri">Columbia, Missouri</a> </td> <td>1839 </td> <td>2012–13 </td> <td>2020–21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers" title="Missouri Tigers">Tigers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#F1B82D"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> </td> <td>wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Missouri_State_University" title="Missouri State University">Missouri State University</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Missouri" title="Springfield, Missouri">Springfield, Missouri</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1905 </td> <td>2005–06 </td> <td>2016–17 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_State_Bears_and_Lady_Bears" title="Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears">Bears and Lady Bears</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#5E0009"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>field hockey<sup id="cite_ref-FH_RB_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FH_RB-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="0 !">(dropped sport)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009–10 </td> <td>2024–25 </td> <td>swimming & diving (m) </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Northern Iowa !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Northern_Iowa" title="University of Northern Iowa">University of Northern Iowa</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Falls,_Iowa" title="Cedar Falls, Iowa">Cedar Falls, Iowa</a> </td> <td>1876 </td> <td>2012–13 </td> <td>2016–17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Iowa_Panthers" title="Northern Iowa Panthers">Panthers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#500778"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFB500"> </span> </td> <td rowspan="2">wrestling </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Old_Dominion_University" title="Old Dominion University">Old Dominion University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a> </td> <td>1930 </td> <td>2013–14 </td> <td>2019–20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Dominion_Monarchs" title="Old Dominion Monarchs">Monarchs</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#003767"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#95999C"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#A1D0F0"> </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td> <td>(dropped sport)<sup id="cite_ref-wrestledrop_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrestledrop-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale" title="Southern Illinois University Carbondale">Southern Illinois University Carbondale</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carbondale,_Illinois" title="Carbondale, Illinois">Carbondale, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1869 </td> <td>2009–10 </td> <td>2024–25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Illinois_Salukis" title="Southern Illinois Salukis">Salukis</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#72253D"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>swimming & diving (m) </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University_Edwardsville" title="Southern Illinois University Edwardsville">Southern Illinois University Edwardsville</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-Hustle_Belt/Vox_Media,_Inc_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hustle_Belt/Vox_Media,_Inc-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edwardsville,_Illinois" title="Edwardsville, Illinois">Edwardsville, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1957 </td> <td>2017–18 </td> <td>2020–21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SIU_Edwardsville_Cougars_men%27s_soccer" title="SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer">Cougars</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#D81E05"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>soccer (m)<sup id="cite_ref-Cougars_soccer_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cougars_soccer-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">OVC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1884 </td> <td>2007–08 </td> <td>2011–12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls_football" title="Temple Owls football">Owls</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#990033"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td> <td>football </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">The American</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><span data-sort-value="UIC !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Chicago" title="University of Illinois Chicago">University of Illinois Chicago</a></span></b> (UIC) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1859 </td> <td>2022–23 </td> <td>2024–25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UIC_Flames" title="UIC Flames">Flames</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#001E62"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#D50032"> </span> </td> <td>swimming & diving (m) </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Valparaiso_University" title="Valparaiso University">Valparaiso University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valparaiso,_Indiana" title="Valparaiso, Indiana">Valparaiso, Indiana</a> </td> <td>1859 </td> <td>2021-22 </td> <td>2024-25 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valparaiso_Beacons" title="Valparaiso Beacons">Beacons</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#5C3000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFE300"> </span> </td> <td>swimming (m) </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morgantown,_West_Virginia" title="Morgantown, West Virginia">Morgantown, West Virginia</a> </td> <td>1867 </td> <td>2012–13 </td> <td>2022–23 </td> <td>Public </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Mountaineers" title="West Virginia Mountaineers">Mountaineers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#EAAA00"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#002855"> </span> </td> <td>soccer (m) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">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 <a href="/wiki/UCF_Knights" title="UCF Knights">UCF Knights</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ChicagoSt-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ChicagoSt_66-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">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).<sup id="cite_ref-MSoc23_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSoc23-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">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.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D3-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D3_69-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">NCAA Division III</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_%E2%80%93_Purdue_University_Fort_Wayne" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne">Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne</a> (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, <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University_Fort_Wayne" title="Purdue University Fort Wayne">Purdue University Fort Wayne</a>, and the athletic program rebranded again as the <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Fort_Wayne_Mastodons" title="Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons">Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons</a>. The school colors changed to the old gold and black used by the other members of the <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University_system" title="Purdue University system">Purdue system</a>, most notably the <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers" title="Purdue Boilermakers">main campus</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">SIUE remains a MAC affiliate in wrestling.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Membership_timeline">Membership timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Membership timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_b68cddqf6nb1ht7vq2k1s0tovn4xne8"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" 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Michigan University" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Miami_University" coords="1,102,65,122" title="Miami University" alt="Miami University" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Ohio_University" coords="-10,83,48,104" title="Ohio University" alt="Ohio University" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Western_Reserve_University" coords="-10,64,109,85" title="Western Reserve University" alt="Western Reserve University" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" coords="-10,45,81,66" title="University of Cincinnati" alt="University of Cincinnati" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Butler_University" coords="-10,26,59,47" title="Butler University" alt="Butler University" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Wayne_State_University" coords="-10,7,53,28" title="Wayne State University" alt="Wayne State University" /></map><img usemap="#timeline_b68cddqf6nb1ht7vq2k1s0tovn4xne8" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/b68cddqf6nb1ht7vq2k1s0tovn4xne8.png" /></div> <p><span style="background-color:rgb(190,186,218); color:;">Full members </span> <span style="background-color:rgb(141,211,199); color:;">Full members (non-football) </span> <span style="background-color:rgb(251,128,114); color:;">Associate members (football only) </span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the current full member schools, the <a href="/wiki/University_at_Buffalo" title="University at Buffalo">University at Buffalo</a>, is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_American_Universities" title="Association of American Universities">Association of American Universities</a> (AAU).<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All members of the MAC are <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education" title="Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education">classified</a> among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" except for the University at Buffalo, <a href="/wiki/Kent_State_University" title="Kent State University">Kent State University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a>, which are classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<sup id="cite_ref-carnegie_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carnegie-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Member schools are also ranked nationally and globally by various groups, including <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Times_Higher_Education_World_University_Rankings" title="Times Higher Education World University Rankings">Times Higher Education</a></i>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; margin:1em auto; font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>University </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Affiliation </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education" title="Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education">Carnegie</a><sup id="cite_ref-carnegie_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carnegie-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Financial_endowment" title="Financial endowment">Endowment</a><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_and_World_Report#Best_Colleges" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. News and World Report"><i>USN</i> Nat.</a><sup id="cite_ref-US_News_Rankings_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_News_Rankings-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/University_Ranking_by_Academic_Performance" title="University Ranking by Academic Performance">URAP Global</a><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Akron !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Akron" title="University of Akron">University of Akron</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Akron,_Ohio" title="Akron, Ohio">Akron, Ohio</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (High) </td> <td>$236,000,000 </td> <td>293-381 </td> <td>763 </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Ball State !"><a href="/wiki/Ball_State_University" title="Ball State University">Ball State University</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Muncie,_Indiana" title="Muncie, Indiana">Muncie, Indiana</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (High) </td> <td>$325,000,000 </td> <td>192 </td> <td>1,437 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_State_University" title="Bowling Green State University">Bowling Green State University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Ohio" title="Bowling Green, Ohio">Bowling Green, Ohio</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (High) </td> <td>$200,000,000 </td> <td>246 </td> <td>1,443 </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Buffalo !"><a href="/wiki/University_at_Buffalo" title="University at Buffalo">University at Buffalo</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (Very High) </td> <td>$1,020,000,000 </td> <td>79 </td> <td>279 </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Central Michigan !"><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_University" title="Central Michigan University">Central Michigan University</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Michigan" title="Mount Pleasant, Michigan">Mount Pleasant, Michigan</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (High) </td> <td>$246,000,000 </td> <td>240 </td> <td>1,335 </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Eastern Michigan !"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Michigan_University" title="Eastern Michigan University">Eastern Michigan University</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ypsilanti,_Michigan" title="Ypsilanti, Michigan">Ypsilanti, Michigan</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (High) </td> <td>$78,000,000 </td> <td>293-381 </td> <td>2,187 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Kent_State_University" title="Kent State University">Kent State University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent,_Ohio" title="Kent, Ohio">Kent, Ohio</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (Very High) </td> <td>$188,000,000 </td> <td>211 </td> <td>801 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Miami_University" title="Miami University">Miami University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Ohio" title="Oxford, Ohio">Oxford, Ohio</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (High) </td> <td>$736,000,000 </td> <td>91 </td> <td>1,061 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_University" title="Northern Illinois University">Northern Illinois University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/DeKalb,_Illinois" title="DeKalb, Illinois">DeKalb, Illinois</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (High) </td> <td>$99,000,000 </td> <td>293-381 </td> <td>1,078 </td></tr> <tr> <th><span data-sort-value="Ohio !"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Ohio" title="Athens, Ohio">Athens, Ohio</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (Very High) </td> <td>$943,400,000 </td> <td>176 </td> <td>701 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/University_of_Toledo" title="University of Toledo">University of Toledo</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (High) </td> <td>$551,000,000 </td> <td>293-381 </td> <td>745 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_University" title="Western Michigan University">Western Michigan University</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo, Michigan">Kalamazoo, Michigan</a> </td> <td>Public </td> <td>Research (High) </td> <td>$495,000,000 </td> <td>246 </td> <td>1,292 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mid-American Conference sponsors championship competition in 9 men's and 13 women's NCAA sanctioned sports, with women's lacrosse becoming the newest sport in 2020–21.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of the 2024–25 school year, 16 schools are associate members for four sports. </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-UB_drops_four_sports_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UB_drops_four_sports-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This may have since changed, as UMass was accepted as a new conference member effective in 2025 despite not sponsoring women's volleyball. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption><b>Teams in MAC competition</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Sport</th> <th>Men's</th> <th>Women's </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cross_country_running" title="Cross country running">Cross country</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">Field hockey</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">Football</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">Golf</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Artistic_gymnastics" title="Artistic gymnastics">Gymnastics</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/College_lacrosse" title="College lacrosse">Lacrosse</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/College_soccer_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="College soccer in the United States">Soccer</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Softball" title="Softball">Softball</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Swimming_(sport)" title="Swimming (sport)">Swimming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diving_(sport)" title="Diving (sport)">diving</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">Tennis</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Indoor_athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor athletics">Track and field (indoor)</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Track_and_field#Outdoor" title="Track and field">Track and field (outdoor)</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">Volleyball</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">Wrestling</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>– </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_sponsored_sports_by_school"><span id="Men.27s_sponsored_sports_by_school"></span>Men's sponsored sports by school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Men's sponsored sports by school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Baseball</th> <th>Basketball</th> <th>Cross country</th> <th>Football</th> <th>Golf</th> <th>Tennis</th> <th>Track and field<br />(indoor)</th> <th>Track and field<br />(outdoor)</th> <th>Wrestling</th> <th>Total MAC sports </th></tr> <tr> <td>Akron</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ball State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bowling Green</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Buffalo</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Central Michigan</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eastern Michigan</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kent State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miami (OH)</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Northern Illinois</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ohio</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Toledo</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Western Michigan</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Totals</td> <td>11</td> <td>12</td> <td>9</td> <td>12</td> <td>8</td> <td>5+1<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>5+8<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>70+9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="12">Future members </th></tr> <tr> <td>UMass</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>6 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Affiliate member UIC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Affiliates Bloomsburg, Clarion, Cleveland State, Edinboro, George Mason, Lock Haven, Rider, and SIUE</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Men's_varsity_sports_not_sponsored_by_the_MAC"><span id="Men.27s_varsity_sports_not_sponsored_by_the_MAC"></span>Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the MAC</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the MAC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Future members in gray. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Ice hockey</th> <th>Lacrosse</th> <th>Rifle<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Soccer</th> <th>Swimming & diving</th> <th>Volleyball </th></tr> <tr> <td>Akron</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_America_Rifle_Conference" title="Great America Rifle Conference">GARC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ball State</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">MVC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midwestern_Intercollegiate_Volleyball_Association" title="Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association">MIVA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bowling Green</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Collegiate_Hockey_Association" title="Central Collegiate Hockey Association">CCHA</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">MVC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miami</td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Hockey_Conference" title="National Collegiate Hockey Conference">NCHC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">MVC</a></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Northern Illinois</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">MVC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgray"> <td>UMass</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hockey_East" title="Hockey East">Hockey East</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">A-10</a></td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">A-10</a><sup id="cite_ref-umass_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-umass-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">A-10</a><sup id="cite_ref-umass_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-umass-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Western Michigan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Hockey_Conference" title="National Collegiate Hockey Conference">NCHC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">MVC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">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.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-umass-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-umass_85-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-umass_85-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">UMass has not announced a future men's soccer or men's swimming & diving affiliation.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_sponsored_sports_by_school"><span id="Women.27s_sponsored_sports_by_school"></span>Women's sponsored sports by school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Women's sponsored sports by school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Basketball</th> <th>Cross country</th> <th>Field hockey</th> <th>Golf</th> <th>Gymnastics</th> <th>Lacrosse</th> <th>Soccer</th> <th>Softball</th> <th>Swimming</th> <th>Tennis</th> <th>Track and field<br />(indoor)</th> <th>Track and field<br />(outdoor)</th> <th>Volleyball</th> <th>Total MAC sports </th></tr> <tr> <td>Akron</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ball State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bowling Green</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Buffalo</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Central Michigan</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eastern Michigan</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kent State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miami</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Northern Illinois</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ohio</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Toledo</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Western Michigan</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Totals</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>5+4<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>4+3<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>124+7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="15">Future members </th></tr> <tr> <td>UMass</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>10 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Affiliate members Appalachian State, Bellarmine, James Madison, and Longwood. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Affiliate members Detroit Mercy, Robert Morris, and Youngstown State</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Women's_varsity_sports_not_sponsored_by_the_MAC"><span id="Women.27s_varsity_sports_not_sponsored_by_the_MAC"></span>Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the MAC</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the MAC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Future member in gray. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Rifle<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Rowing<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Synchronized skating<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Akron</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_America_Rifle_Conference" title="Great America Rifle Conference">GARC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eastern Michigan</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">CAA</a></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miami</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>Independent </td></tr> <tr> <td>Toledo</td> <td>No</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgray"> <td>UMass</td> <td>No</td> <td><b>MAC</b></td> <td>No </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Notes: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">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.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The MAC will begin sponsoring women's rowing in 2025.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Synchronized_skating" title="Synchronized skating">Synchronized skating</a> is sanctioned by <a href="/wiki/U.S._Figure_Skating" title="U.S. Figure Skating">U.S. Figure Skating</a>, 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.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Toledo will add women's rowing in 2025–26.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football">Football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scheduling">Scheduling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Scheduling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/MAC_Football_Championship_Game" title="MAC Football Championship Game">MAC Football Championship Game</a>, 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:<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>MAC Pods </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"> </th> <th scope="col">School 1 </th> <th scope="col">School 2 </th> <th scope="col">School 3 </th></tr> <tr> <th><b>Pod 1</b> </th> <td>Akron </td> <td>Buffalo </td> <td>Kent State </td></tr> <tr> <th><b>Pod 2</b> </th> <td>Ball State </td> <td>Miami (OH) </td> <td>Ohio </td></tr> <tr> <th><b>Pod 3</b> </th> <td>Bowling Green </td> <td>Northern Illinois </td> <td>Toledo </td></tr> <tr> <th><b>Pod 4</b> </th> <td>Central Michigan </td> <td>Eastern Michigan </td> <td>Western Michigan </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-time_results">All-time results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: All-time results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/2023_Mid-American_Conference_football_season" title="2023 Mid-American Conference football season"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/40px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/60px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/80px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <i>For the most recent season, see <a href="/wiki/2023_Mid-American_Conference_football_season" title="2023 Mid-American Conference football season">2023 Mid-American Conference football season</a>.</i></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2017</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (June 2017)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th>First season </th> <th>All-time record </th> <th>All-time win % </th> <th>Bowl appearances </th> <th>Bowl record </th> <th>MAC titles </th> <th>Other conference titles </th> <th>Stadium </th> <th>Head coach </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Akron_Zips_football" title="Akron Zips football">Akron</a></b> </td> <td>1891 </td> <td>518–545–36 </td> <td>.488 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1–2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/InfoCision_Stadium_%E2%80%93_Summa_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field">InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Moorhead" title="Joe Moorhead">Joe Moorhead</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ball_State_Cardinals_football" title="Ball State Cardinals football">Ball State</a></b> </td> <td>1924 </td> <td>439–402–32 </td> <td>.521 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1–7 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scheumann_Stadium" title="Scheumann Stadium">Scheumann Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Neu" title="Mike Neu">Mike Neu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons_football" title="Bowling Green Falcons football">Bowling Green</a></b> </td> <td>1919 </td> <td>533–364–52 </td> <td>.589 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>5–8 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doyt_Perry_Stadium" title="Doyt Perry Stadium">Doyt Perry Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scot_Loeffler" title="Scot Loeffler">Scot Loeffler</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bulls_football" title="Buffalo Bulls football">Buffalo</a></b> </td> <td>1894 </td> <td>385–514–28 </td> <td>.430 </td> <td>6* </td> <td>3–3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_at_Buffalo_Stadium" title="University at Buffalo Stadium">University at Buffalo Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Lembo" title="Pete Lembo">Pete Lembo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_Chippewas_football" title="Central Michigan Chippewas football">Central Michigan</a></b> </td> <td>1896 </td> <td>603–400–37 </td> <td>.598 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>3–6 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelly/Shorts_Stadium" title="Kelly/Shorts Stadium">Kelly/Shorts Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_McElwain" title="Jim McElwain">Jim McElwain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Michigan_Eagles_football" title="Eastern Michigan Eagles football">Eastern Michigan</a></b> </td> <td>1891 </td> <td>443–576–47 </td> <td>.438 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1–3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rynearson_Stadium" title="Rynearson Stadium">Rynearson Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Creighton" title="Chris Creighton">Chris Creighton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kent_State_Golden_Flashes_football" title="Kent State Golden Flashes football">Kent State</a></b> </td> <td>1920 </td> <td>335–535–28 </td> <td>.389 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1-2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dix_Stadium" title="Dix Stadium">Dix Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenni_Burns" title="Kenni Burns">Kenni Burns</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Miami_RedHawks_football" title="Miami RedHawks football">Miami (OH)</a></b> </td> <td>1888 </td> <td>674–446–44 </td> <td>.598 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>7–3 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yager_Stadium_(Miami_University)" title="Yager Stadium (Miami University)">Yager Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Martin_(American_football)" title="Chuck Martin (American football)">Chuck Martin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_Huskies_football" title="Northern Illinois Huskies football">Northern Illinois</a></b> </td> <td>1899 </td> <td>566–475–51 </td> <td>.542 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>4–7 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Huskie_Stadium" title="Huskie Stadium">Huskie Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hammock" title="Thomas Hammock">Thomas Hammock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Bobcats_football" title="Ohio Bobcats football">Ohio</a></b> </td> <td>1894 </td> <td>579–566–47 </td> <td>.505 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>5–8 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peden_Stadium" title="Peden Stadium">Peden Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Albin" title="Tim Albin">Tim Albin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Toledo_Rockets_football" title="Toledo Rockets football">Toledo</a></b> </td> <td>1917 </td> <td>517–416–24 </td> <td>.553 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>10–5 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glass_Bowl" title="Glass Bowl">Glass Bowl</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Candle" title="Jason Candle">Jason Candle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_Broncos_football" title="Western Michigan Broncos football">Western Michigan</a></b> </td> <td>1905 </td> <td>556–439–24 </td> <td>.557 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>1–6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Waldo_Stadium" title="Waldo Stadium">Waldo Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Lester_(American_football_coach)" title="Tim Lester (American football coach)">Tim Lester</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>- Buffalo invited to Tangerine Bowl in 1958 / Declined due to Florida's segregation laws at the time which would not have allowed Buffalo's two black players to participate.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MAC_champions">MAC champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: MAC champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MAC_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="MAC Championship Game">MAC Championship Game</a></div> <p><b>Bowl games</b> </p><p>In 2017, the MAC was contracted to provide a team for each of five college football <a href="/wiki/Bowl_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Bowl games">bowl games</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Bahamas_Bowl" title="Bahamas Bowl">Bahamas Bowl</a>, <a href="/wiki/LendingTree_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="LendingTree Bowl">LendingTree Bowl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Famous_Idaho_Potato_Bowl" title="Famous Idaho Potato Bowl">Famous Idaho Potato Bowl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Camellia_Bowl_(2014%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camellia Bowl (2014–present)">Camellia Bowl</a> (later renamed the <a href="/wiki/Salute_to_Veterans_Bowl" title="Salute to Veterans Bowl">Salute to Veterans Bowl</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Quick_Lane_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Quick Lane Bowl">Quick Lane Bowl</a> (later renamed the GameAbove Sports Bowl). The MAC also has secondary agreements with several <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Events#Events" title="ESPN Events">ESPN-owned bowls</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:200px;">Name </th> <th style="width:200px;">Location </th> <th style="width:200px;">Opposing conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bahamas_Bowl" title="Bahamas Bowl">Bahamas Bowl</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nassau,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nassau, Bahamas">Nassau, Bahamas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C-USA" class="mw-redirect" title="C-USA">C-USA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/LendingTree_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="LendingTree Bowl">LendingTree Bowl</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Famous_Idaho_Potato_Bowl" title="Famous Idaho Potato Bowl">Famous Idaho Potato Bowl</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boise,_Idaho" title="Boise, Idaho">Boise, Idaho</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">Mountain West</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Salute_to_Veterans_Bowl" title="Salute to Veterans Bowl">Salute to Veterans Bowl</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery, Alabama</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/GameAbove_Sports_Bowl" title="GameAbove Sports Bowl">GameAbove Sports Bowl</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit, Michigan">Detroit, Michigan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <ul><li>The MAC champion (if not invited to the College Football Playoff or its associated bowls) is not contractually obligated to any specific bowl. The conference and the universities select which teams will play in which of the league's affiliated bowls.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_Football_Playoff">College Football Playoff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: College Football Playoff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The MAC champion receives an automatic berth in one of the so-called "New Year's Six" bowl games associated with the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Playoff" title="College Football Playoff">College Football Playoff</a> under either of the following circumstances: </p> <ul><li>Selected as one of the top four teams overall by the CFP selection committee, in which case the team will play in a CFP national semifinal.</li> <li>Ranked by the committee as the top champion among the five conferences (<a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-USA" class="mw-redirect" title="C-USA">C-USA</a>, MAC, <a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">MW</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a>) given access to one of the CFP bowls, in which case the team will play in the so-called "Access Bowl" as an at-large selection.</li></ul> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>. </p><p>During the era of the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">Bowl Championship Series</a> (BCS), one MAC team appeared in a BCS bowl game. In <a href="/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_Northern_Illinois_Huskies_football_team" title="2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team">NIU</a> 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: <a href="/wiki/2012_Big_East_Conference_football_season" title="2012 Big East Conference football season">Big East</a> champion <a href="/wiki/2012_Louisville_Cardinals_football_team" title="2012 Louisville Cardinals football team">Louisville</a>, who was ranked 22nd, and <a href="/wiki/2012_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="2012 Big Ten Conference football season">Big Ten</a> champion <a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="2012 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a>, who was unranked. NIU lost to <a href="/wiki/2012_Florida_State_Seminoles_football_team" title="2012 Florida State Seminoles football team">Florida State</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2013_Orange_Bowl" title="2013 Orange Bowl">Orange Bowl</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Football rivalries involving MAC teams include: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Teams</th> <th>Rivalry name</th> <th>Trophy</th> <th>Meetings</th> <th>Record</th> <th>Series leader</th> <th>Current streak </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akron_Zips_football" title="Akron Zips football">Akron</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent_State_Golden_Flashes_football" title="Kent State Golden Flashes football">Kent State</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wagon_Wheel_(trophy)" title="Wagon Wheel (trophy)">Wagon Wheel</a></td> <td>66</td> <td>36–28–2</td> <td>Akron</td> <td>Akron won 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akron_Zips_football" title="Akron Zips football">Akron</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_Penguins_football" title="Youngstown State Penguins football">Youngstown State</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steel_Tire" title="Steel Tire">Steel Tire</a></td> <td>35</td> <td>19–14–2</td> <td>Youngstown State</td> <td>Youngstown State won 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ball_State_Cardinals_football" title="Ball State Cardinals football">Ball State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_Huskies_football" title="Northern Illinois Huskies football">Northern Illinois</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Stalk_Trophy" title="Bronze Stalk Trophy">Bronze Stalk Trophy</a></td> <td>48</td> <td>25–22–2</td> <td>Northern Illinois</td> <td>Northern Illinois won 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ball_State_Cardinals_football" title="Ball State Cardinals football">Ball State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_State_Sycamores_football" title="Indiana State Sycamores football">Indiana State</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blue_Key_Victory_Bell" title="Blue Key Victory Bell">Blue Key Victory Bell</a></td> <td>65</td> <td>38–24–1</td> <td>Ball State</td> <td>Indiana State won 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons_football" title="Bowling Green Falcons football">Bowling Green</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent_State_Golden_Flashes_football" title="Kent State Golden Flashes football">Kent State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_the_Anniversary_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle for the Anniversary Award">Battle for the Anniversary Award</a> </td> <td>Anniversary Award</td> <td>89</td> <td>60–23–6</td> <td>Bowling Green</td> <td>Kent State won 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons_football" title="Bowling Green Falcons football">Bowling Green</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toledo_Rockets_football" title="Toledo Rockets football">Toledo</a> </td> <td>Battle of I-75 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peace_Pipe_(college_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace Pipe (college football)">Battle of I-75 Trophy</a></td> <td>88</td> <td>43–41–4</td> <td>Toledo</td> <td>Toledo won 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_Chippewas_football" title="Central Michigan Chippewas football">Central Michigan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Michigan_Eagles_football" title="Eastern Michigan Eagles football">Eastern Michigan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan%E2%80%93Eastern_Michigan_football_rivalry" title="Central Michigan–Eastern Michigan football rivalry">Central Michigan–Eastern Michigan Rivalry</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>98 </td> <td>62–30–6 </td> <td>Central Michigan </td> <td>Central Michigan won 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_Chippewas_football" title="Central Michigan Chippewas football">Central Michigan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_Broncos_football" title="Western Michigan Broncos football">Western Michigan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CMU%E2%80%93WMU_Rivalry_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="CMU–WMU Rivalry Trophy">CMU–WMU Rivalry</a> </td> <td>Victory Cannon</td> <td>93</td> <td>51-40–2</td> <td>Western Michigan</td> <td>Western Michigan won 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_RedHawks_football" title="Miami RedHawks football">Miami</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats_football" title="Cincinnati Bearcats football">Cincinnati</a> </td> <td>Battle for the Bell </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victory_Bell_(Cincinnati%E2%80%93Miami)" title="Victory Bell (Cincinnati–Miami)">Victory Bell</a></td> <td>127</td> <td>60–60–7</td> <td>Tie</td> <td>Miami won 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_RedHawks_football" title="Miami RedHawks football">Miami</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Bobcats_football" title="Ohio Bobcats football">Ohio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bricks" title="Battle of the Bricks">Battle of the Bricks</a> </td> <td>–</td> <td>99</td> <td>55-42-2</td> <td>Miami</td> <td>Miami won 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Bobcats_football" title="Ohio Bobcats football">Ohio</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Thundering_Herd_football" title="Marshall Thundering Herd football">Marshall</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_the_Bell_(Marshall%E2%80%93Ohio)" title="Battle for the Bell (Marshall–Ohio)">Battle for the Bell</a> </td> <td>The Bell</td> <td>60</td> <td>33–21–6</td> <td>Ohio</td> <td>Marshall won 1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In addition, <a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_Chippewas_football" title="Central Michigan Chippewas football">Central Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Michigan_Eagles_football" title="Eastern Michigan Eagles football">Eastern Michigan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_Broncos_football" title="Western Michigan Broncos football">Western Michigan</a> compete for the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_MAC_Trophy" title="Michigan MAC Trophy">Michigan MAC Trophy</a>, 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). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Basketball">Basketball</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament">Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament">Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year">Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year</a></div> <p>In August 2010, Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher and the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Rocket_Mortgage_FieldHouse" title="Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse">Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse</a> through 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">2007 Women's Final Four</a> at Quicken Loans Arena after successfully hosting the <a href="/wiki/2006_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">2006 NCAA Women's Basketball Regional</a> at the same facility. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. Specific to men's and women's basketball, the following changes took effect in 2020–21 and will continue through at least 2023–24:<sup id="cite_ref-Strack_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strack-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The conference adopted a single league table, eliminating the divisional standings.</li> <li>The conference schedule increased from 18 to 20 games.</li> <li>Only the top eight men's and women's teams advance to their respective conference tournaments.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships">Championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Mid-American_Conference_champions" title="List of Mid-American Conference champions">List of Mid-American Conference champions</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_MAC_champions">Current MAC champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Current MAC champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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. </p><p>In sports in which regular-season and tournament champions are recognized, "RS" indicates regular-season champion and "T" indicates tournament champion. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <p><b>Fall 2024</b> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:150px;">Sport </th> <th style="width:150px;">School </th></tr> <tr> <td>Football </td> <td>(), () </td></tr> <tr> <td>Soccer (W) </td> <td>(), () </td></tr> <tr> <td>Volleyball (W) </td> <td>(), (), () <br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cross country (M) </td> <td>Toledo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cross country (W) </td> <td>Toledo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Field hockey (W) </td> <td>(), () </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><b>Winter 2024–25</b> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:150px;">Sport </th> <th style="width:150px;">School </th></tr> <tr> <td>Basketball (M) </td> <td>()<br />, () </td></tr> <tr> <td>Basketball (W) </td> <td>()<br />, () </td></tr> <tr> <td>Indoor track and field (M) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Indoor track and field (W) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Swimming and diving (M) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Swimming and diving (W) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gymnastics (W) </td> <td>(), (), () </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wrestling (M) </td> <td>(), (), () </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><b>Spring 2025</b> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:150px;">Sport </th> <th style="width:150px;">School </th></tr> <tr> <td>Baseball </td> <td>(), () </td></tr> <tr> <td>Softball </td> <td>() </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outdoor track and field (M) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outdoor track and field (W) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Golf (M) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Golf (W) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tennis (M) </td> <td>(), () </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tennis (W) </td> <td>()<br /> () </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lacrosse </td> <td>(), () </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facilities">Facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#FFFFFF;">School </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#FFFFFF;">Football stadium </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#FFFFFF;">Capacity </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#FFFFFF;">Basketball arena </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#FFFFFF;">Capacity </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#FFFFFF;">Baseball stadium </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:#FFFFFF;">Capacity </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#041E42;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Akron_Zips" title="Akron Zips"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-000000EC-QINU`"'</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Akron</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/InfoCision_Stadium%E2%80%93Summa_Field" title="InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field">InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field</a> </td> <td>30,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_A._Rhodes_Arena" title="James A. Rhodes Arena">James A. Rhodes Arena</a> </td> <td>5,500 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_R._Jackson_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee R. Jackson Field">Lee R. Jackson Field</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003150000000000000♠">1,500</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#BA0C2F;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Ball_State_Cardinals" title="Ball State Cardinals"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Ball State</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scheumann_Stadium" title="Scheumann Stadium">Scheumann Stadium</a> </td> <td>22,500<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_E._Worthen_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="John E. Worthen Arena">John E. Worthen Arena</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004115000000000000♠">11,500</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ball_Diamond" title="Ball Diamond">Ball Diamond</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003170000000000000♠">1,700</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#4F2C1D;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons" title="Bowling Green Falcons"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Bowling Green</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doyt_Perry_Stadium" title="Doyt Perry Stadium">Doyt Perry Stadium</a> </td> <td>24,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stroh_Center" title="Stroh Center">Stroh Center</a> </td> <td>4,700 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren_E._Steller_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Warren E. Steller Field">Warren E. Steller Field</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003250000000000000♠">2,500</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#005BBB;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bulls" title="Buffalo Bulls"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Buffalo</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_at_Buffalo_Stadium" title="University at Buffalo Stadium">University at Buffalo Stadium</a> </td> <td>25,013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alumni_Arena_(University_at_Buffalo)" title="Alumni Arena (University at Buffalo)">Alumni Arena</a> </td> <td>6,100 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><i>Non-baseball school</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#6A0032;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_Chippewas" title="Central Michigan Chippewas"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Central Michigan</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelly/Shorts_Stadium" title="Kelly/Shorts Stadium">Kelly/Shorts Stadium</a> </td> <td>35,127 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McGuirk_Arena" title="McGuirk Arena">McGuirk Arena</a> </td> <td>5,300 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Theunissen_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Theunissen Stadium">Bill Theunissen Stadium</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003204600000000000♠">2,046</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#046A38;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Michigan_Eagles" title="Eastern Michigan Eagles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Eastern Michigan</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rynearson_Stadium" title="Rynearson Stadium">Rynearson Stadium</a> </td> <td>30,200 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Gervin_GameAbove_Center" title="George Gervin GameAbove Center">George Gervin GameAbove Center</a> </td> <td>8,800 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oestrike_Stadium" title="Oestrike Stadium">Oestrike Stadium</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003131300000000000♠">1,313</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#002664;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Kent_State_Golden_Flashes" title="Kent State Golden Flashes"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Kent State</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dix_Stadium" title="Dix Stadium">Dix Stadium</a> </td> <td>25,319 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Athletic_and_Convocation_Center" title="Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center">Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center</a> </td> <td>6,327 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Schoonover_Stadium" title="Schoonover Stadium">Schoonover Stadium</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003113000000000000♠">1,130</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#B61E2E;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Miami_RedHawks" title="Miami RedHawks"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Miami</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yager_Stadium_(Miami_University)" title="Yager Stadium (Miami University)">Yager Stadium</a> </td> <td>30,087 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Millett_Hall" title="Millett Hall">Millett Hall</a> </td> <td>6,400 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_G._McKie_Field_at_Joseph_P._Hayden_Jr._Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanley G. McKie Field at Joseph P. Hayden Jr. Park">Stanley G. McKie Field at Joseph P. Hayden Jr. Park</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003100000000000000♠">1,000</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#27251F;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_Huskies" title="Northern Illinois Huskies"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Northern Illinois</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Huskie_Stadium" title="Huskie Stadium">Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium</a> </td> <td>23,595 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Convocation_Center_(Northern_Illinois_University)" title="Convocation Center (Northern Illinois University)">Convocation Center</a> </td> <td>10,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_McKinzie_Field" title="Ralph McKinzie Field">Ralph McKinzie Field</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003150000000000000♠">1,500</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#154734;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Bobcats" title="Ohio Bobcats"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Ohio</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peden_Stadium" title="Peden Stadium">Peden Stadium</a> </td> <td>24,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Convocation_Center_(Ohio_University)" title="Convocation Center (Ohio University)">Convocation Center</a> </td> <td>13,080 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wren_Stadium" title="Bob Wren Stadium">Bob Wren Stadium</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003400000000000000♠">4,000</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#0B2240;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Toledo_Rockets" title="Toledo Rockets"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Toledo</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glass_Bowl" title="Glass Bowl">Glass Bowl</a> </td> <td>36,852 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Savage_Arena" title="Savage Arena">Savage Arena</a> </td> <td>7,300 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Park_Baseball_Complex" title="Scott Park Baseball Complex">Scott Park Baseball Complex</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003100000000000000♠">1,000</span> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgray"> <td style="background-color:#881C1C;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_and_Minutewomen" title="UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Massachusetts</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren_McGuirk_Alumni_Stadium" title="Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium">Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium</a> </td> <td>17,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mullins_Center" title="Mullins Center">Mullins Center</a> </td> <td>9,493 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earl_Lorden_Field" title="Earl Lorden Field">Earl Lorden Field</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#532E1F;color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_Broncos" title="Western Michigan Broncos"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Western Michigan</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Waldo_Stadium" title="Waldo Stadium">Waldo Stadium</a> </td> <td>36,361 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_Arena_(Western_Michigan_University)" title="University Arena (Western Michigan University)">University Arena</a> </td> <td>5,421 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Bobb_Stadium_at_Judson_Hyames_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Judson Hyames Field">Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Judson Hyames Field</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003150000000000000♠">1,500</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletic_department_revenue_by_school">Athletic department revenue by school</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Athletic department revenue by school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>The following table shows institutional reporting to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Education">U.S. Department of Education</a> as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2021–22 academic year.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:220px;">Institution </th> <th style="width:150px;">2021–22 total revenue from athletics </th> <th style="width:150px;">2021–22 total expenses on athletics </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgray"> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts" title="University of Massachusetts">University of Massachusetts</a> </td> <td>$43,882,480 </td> <td>$43,882,480 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_University" title="Miami University">Miami University</a> </td> <td>$37,880,709 </td> <td>$37,880,709 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_University" title="Western Michigan University">Western Michigan University</a> </td> <td>$34,422,529 </td> <td>$34,422,529 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Toledo" title="University of Toledo">University of Toledo</a> </td> <td>$33,812,616 </td> <td>$33,812,616 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_University" title="Central Michigan University">Central Michigan University</a> </td> <td>$33,368,289 </td> <td>$33,368,289 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Michigan_University" title="Eastern Michigan University">Eastern Michigan University</a> </td> <td>$33,009,018 </td> <td>$33,009,018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_at_Buffalo" title="University at Buffalo">University at Buffalo</a> </td> <td>$31,053,452 </td> <td>$30,998,762 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent_State_University" title="Kent State University">Kent State University</a> </td> <td>$29,289,419 </td> <td>$29,289,419 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ball_State_University" title="Ball State University">Ball State University</a> </td> <td>$28,526,892 </td> <td>$28,526,892 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a> </td> <td>$27,605,053 </td> <td>$27,605,053 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_State_University" title="Bowling Green State University">Bowling Green State University</a> </td> <td>$25,573,968 </td> <td>$25,353,774 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Akron" title="University of Akron">University of Akron</a> </td> <td>$25,543,542 </td> <td>$25,335,181 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_University" title="Northern Illinois University">Northern Illinois University</a> </td> <td>$21,413,044 </td> <td>$21,413,044 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hall_of_Fame">Hall of Fame</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame was the first <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> conference Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-MACHall_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MACHall-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was established in 1987 and classes have been inducted in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2012 and 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-MACHall_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MACHall-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Harold Anderson (basketball)">Harold Anderson</a>, Bowling Green, basketball, 1991</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janet_Bachna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janet Bachna (page does not exist)">Janet Bachna</a>, Kent State, gymnastics, 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Begala" title="Joe Begala">Joe Begala</a>, Kent State, wrestling, 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Beutler" title="Tom Beutler">Tom Beutler</a>, Toledo, football, 1994</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kermit_Blosser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kermit Blosser (page does not exist)">Kermit Blosser</a>, Ohio, golf, 1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Corrigall" title="Jim Corrigall">Jim Corrigall</a>, Kent State, football, 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasely_Crawford" title="Hasely Crawford">Hasely Crawford</a>, Eastern Michigan, track and field, 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Curtis_(golfer)" title="Ben Curtis (golfer)">Ben Curtis</a>, Kent State, golf, 2012</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caroline_Daugherty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Caroline Daugherty (page does not exist)">Caroline (Mast) Daugherty</a>, Ohio, basketball, 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Deromedi" title="Herb Deromedi">Herb Deromedi</a>, Central Michigan, football, 2012</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Ealey" title="Chuck Ealey">Chuck Ealey</a>, Toledo, football, 1988</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran_Ebert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fran Ebert (page does not exist)">Fran Ebert</a>, Western Michigan, softball / basketball, 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Embry" title="Wayne Embry">Wayne Embry</a>, Miami, basketball, 2012</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karen_Fitzpatrick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karen Fitzpatrick (page does not exist)">Karen Fitzpatrick</a>, Ball State, field hockey, 2012</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gill_(American_football)" title="John Gill (American football)">John Gill</a>, WMU athlete / coach / administrator, 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Harvey" title="Maurice Harvey">Maurice Harvey</a>, Ball State, football, 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hess" title="Bill Hess">Bill Hess</a>, Ohio, football coach, 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Hogeboom" title="Gary Hogeboom">Gary Hogeboom</a>, Central Michigan, football, 1994</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Jacoby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fred Jacoby (page does not exist)">Fred Jacoby</a>, MAC commissioner, 1990</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_James_(commissioner)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bob James (commissioner) (page does not exist)">Bob James</a>, MAC commissioner, 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Johnson_(cornerback)" title="Ron Johnson (cornerback)">Ron Johnson</a>, Eastern Michigan, football, 1988</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Keilitz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Keilitz (page does not exist)">Dave Keilitz</a>, Central Michigan, baseball, 2013</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_Kjolhede&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ted Kjolhede (page does not exist)">Ted Kjolhede</a>, Central Michigan, basketball, 1988</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Knuth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Knuth (page does not exist)">Kim Knuth</a>, Toledo, women's basketball, 2013</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Kramer_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ken Kramer (American football) (page does not exist)">Ken Kramer</a>, Ball State, football, 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lajoie" title="Bill Lajoie">Bill Lajoie</a>, Western Michigan, baseball, 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lambert_(American_football)" title="Jack Lambert (American football)">Jack Lambert</a>, Kent State, football, 1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lauterbur" title="Frank Lauterbur">Frank Lauterbur</a>, Toledo, football, 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Long" title="Mel Long">Mel Long</a>, Toledo, football, 1992</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlier_Maher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charlier Maher (page does not exist)">Charlier Maher</a>, Western Michigan, baseball, 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mallory" title="Bill Mallory">Bill Mallory</a>, Miami/Northern Illinois, football, 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Maynard" title="Brad Maynard">Brad Maynard</a>, Ball State, football, 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_McCallum" title="Ray McCallum">Ray McCallum</a>, Ball State, basketball, 1988</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_McLain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack McLain (page does not exist)">Jack McLain</a>, MAC football official, 1992</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karen_Michalak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karen Michalak (page does not exist)">Karen Michalak</a>, Central Michigan, basketball / track and field / field hockey, 1992</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gordon_Minty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gordon Minty (page does not exist)">Gordon Minty</a>, Eastern Michigan, track and field, 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Mix" title="Steve Mix">Steve Mix</a>, Toledo, basketball, 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurman_Munson" title="Thurman Munson">Thurman Munson</a>, Kent State, baseball, 1990</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ira_Murchinson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ira Murchinson (page does not exist)">Ira Murchinson</a>, Western Michigan, track and field, 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nehlen" title="Don Nehlen">Don Nehlen</a>, Bowling Green, football, 1994</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manny_Newsome&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manny Newsome (page does not exist)">Manny Newsome</a>, Western Michigan, basketball, 1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Nichols_(basketball)" title="Bob Nichols (basketball)">Bob Nichols</a>, Toledo, basketball, 2012</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Offerdahl" title="John Offerdahl">John Offerdahl</a>, Western Michigan, football, 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Owchinko" title="Bob Owchinko">Bob Owchinko</a>, Eastern Michigan, baseball, 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ara_Parseghian" title="Ara Parseghian">Ara Parseghian</a>, Miami, football, 1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doyt_Perry" title="Doyt Perry">Doyt Perry</a>, Bowling Green, football, 1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pont" title="John Pont">John Pont</a>, Miami, football player / coach, 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pruis" class="mw-redirect" title="John Pruis">John Pruis</a>, Ball State, president, 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Rees_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trevor Rees (American football)">Trevor Rees</a>, Kent State, football, 1989</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Reese_(MAC_Commissioner)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Reese (MAC Commissioner) (page does not exist)">David Reese</a>, MAC commissioner, 1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Rider" title="George Rider">George Rider</a>, Miami, track and field, 1989</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Rohr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Rohr (page does not exist)">William Rohr</a>, Miami, basketball coach 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Roundfield" title="Dan Roundfield">Dan Roundfield</a>, Central Michigan, basketball, 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Schembechler" title="Bo Schembechler">Bo Schembechler</a>, Miami, football coach, 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>, Ohio, baseball, 2012</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Shrider" title="Dick Shrider">Dick Shrider</a>, Miami, basketball, 1990</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christi_Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christi Smith (page does not exist)">Christi Smith</a>, Akron, track and field, 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Snyder_(coach)" title="Jim Snyder (coach)">Jim Snyder</a>, Ohio, basketball, 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shafer_Suggs" title="Shafer Suggs">Shafer Suggs</a>, Ball State, football, 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Nate Thurmond</a>, Bowling Green, basketball, 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Trent" title="Gary Trent">Gary Trent</a>, Ohio, men's basketball, 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Villapiano" title="Phil Villapiano">Phil Villapiano</a>, Bowling Green, football, 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Welch_(baseball_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Welch (baseball player)">Bob Welch</a>, Eastern Michigan, baseball, 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wottle" title="Dave Wottle">Dave Wottle</a>, Bowling Green, track and field, 1990</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Wren_(baseball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bob Wren (baseball) (page does not exist)">Bob Wren</a>, Ohio, baseball, 1989</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Broadcasts">Broadcasts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Broadcasts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of MAC sports, including football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, soccer, wrestling and volleyball, are telecast on <a href="/wiki/Spectrum_Sports_(Ohio)" title="Spectrum Sports (Ohio)">Spectrum Sports</a>, replacing <a href="/wiki/SportsTime_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="SportsTime Ohio">SportsTime Ohio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Sports Ohio">Fox Sports Ohio</a> as the MAC TV partner.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with Spectrum Sports, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/American_Sports_Network" title="American Sports Network">American Sports Network</a>, retain the "local and regional" syndication telecast rights to the MAC for football and basketball. </p><p>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 <b>MACtion</b>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">streaming media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sherman20191119_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sherman20191119-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While noting the smaller attendance, coaches say that midweek games are good for the conference, and give players a break on Saturdays.<sup id="cite_ref-briggs20230722_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-briggs20230722-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ball_State_University" title="Ball State University">Ball State</a> produces its own comprehensive television package with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ball_State_Sports_Link&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ball State Sports Link (page does not exist)">Ball State Sports Link</a>. Affiliate stations include <a href="/wiki/WIPB" title="WIPB">WIPB</a> in <a href="/wiki/Muncie,_Indiana" title="Muncie, Indiana">Muncie</a>, <a href="/wiki/WNDY-TV" title="WNDY-TV">WNDY</a> in <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/WPTA#WPTA-DT2_"Fort_Wayne's_NBC"" title="WPTA">WPTA</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana" title="Fort Wayne, Indiana">Fort Wayne</a>, <a href="/wiki/WHME-TV" title="WHME-TV">WHME</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Bend,_Indiana" title="South Bend, Indiana">South Bend</a>, <a href="/wiki/WTVW" title="WTVW">WTVW</a> in <a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville</a>, <a href="/wiki/WYIN" title="WYIN">WYIN</a> in <a href="/wiki/Merrillville,_Indiana" title="Merrillville, Indiana">Merrillville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> in <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>. All Ball State Sports Link games are also broadcast on student radio station <a href="/wiki/WCRD" title="WCRD">WCRD</a> and on the Ball State Radio Network produced by <a href="/wiki/WLBC-FM" title="WLBC-FM">WLBC-FM</a> and <a href="/wiki/Backyard_Broadcasting" title="Backyard Broadcasting">Backyard Broadcasting</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_University" title="Northern Illinois University">NIU</a> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MAC_Properties">MAC Properties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: MAC Properties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mid-American_Conference&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200627221142/https://owlsports.com/story.aspx?filename=092906aaa_298&file_date=9-29-2006">"MAC Football Programs Lead I-A Public Institutions In Graduation Success Rates"</a> (Press release). 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href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_and_Minutewomen" title="UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen">UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen</a> <i>(joining in 2025)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #00A363, inset -2px -2px 0 #00A363;;width:1%">Field hockey affiliates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_Mountaineers" title="Appalachian State Mountaineers">Appalachian State Mountaineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellarmine_Knights" title="Bellarmine Knights">Bellarmine Knights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Madison_Dukes" title="James Madison Dukes">James Madison Dukes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longwood_Lancers" title="Longwood Lancers">Longwood Lancers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #00A363, inset -2px -2px 0 #00A363;;width:1%">Women's lacrosse affiliates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Mercy_Titans" title="Detroit Mercy Titans">Detroit Mercy Titans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_Colonials" title="Robert Morris Colonials">Robert Morris Colonials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_Penguins" title="Youngstown State Penguins">Youngstown State Penguins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #00A363, inset -2px -2px 0 #00A363;;width:1%">Women's rowing affiliates<br />(from 2025–26)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Fightin%27_Blue_Hens" title="Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens">Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Point_Panthers" title="High Point Panthers">High Point Panthers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls" title="Temple Owls">Temple Owls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #00A363, inset -2px -2px 0 #00A363;;width:1%">Men's tennis affiliate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UIC_Flames" title="UIC Flames">UIC Flames</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #00A363, inset -2px -2px 0 #00A363;;width:1%">Wrestling affiliates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bloomsburg_Huskies" title="Bloomsburg Huskies">Bloomsburg Huskies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarion_Golden_Eagles_wrestling" title="Clarion Golden Eagles wrestling">Clarion Golden Eagles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_State_Vikings" title="Cleveland State Vikings">Cleveland State Vikings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinboro_Fighting_Scots" title="Edinboro Fighting Scots">Edinboro Fighting Scots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mason_Patriots" title="George Mason Patriots">George Mason Patriots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lock_Haven_Bald_Eagles" title="Lock Haven Bald Eagles">Lock Haven Bald Eagles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rider_Broncs" title="Rider Broncs">Rider Broncs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SIU_Edwardsville_Cougars_wrestling" title="SIU Edwardsville Cougars wrestling">SIU Edwardsville Cougars</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0C2950;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #00A363, inset -2px -2px 0 #00A363;;width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946%E2%80%9347_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946–47 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1946–47</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947%E2%80%9348_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947–48 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1947–48</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948%E2%80%9349_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948–49 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1948–49</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949%E2%80%9350_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949–50 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1949–50</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950%E2%80%9351_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950–51 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1950–51</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951%E2%80%9352_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951–52 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1951–52</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952%E2%80%9353_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952–53 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1952–53</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953%E2%80%9354_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953–54 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1953–54</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954%E2%80%9355_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954–55 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1954–55</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955%E2%80%9356_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955–56 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1955–56</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956%E2%80%9357_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956–57 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1956–57</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957%E2%80%9358_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957–58 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1957–58</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1958–59</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959%E2%80%9360_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959–60 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1959–60</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960%E2%80%9361_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960–61 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1960–61</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961%E2%80%9362_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961–62 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1961–62</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962%E2%80%9363_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962–63 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1962–63</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963%E2%80%9364_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963–64 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1963–64</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964%E2%80%9365_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964–65 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1964–65</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965%E2%80%9366_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965–66 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1965–66</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966%E2%80%9367_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966–67 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1966–67</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967%E2%80%9368_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967–68 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1967–68</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968%E2%80%9369_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968–69 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1968–69</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969%E2%80%9370_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969–70 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1969–70</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970%E2%80%9371_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970–71 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1970–71</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971–72 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1971–72</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972–73 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1972–73</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973%E2%80%9374_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973–74 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1973–74</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974%E2%80%9375_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974–75 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1974–75</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975%E2%80%9376_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975–76 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1975–76</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976%E2%80%9377_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976–77 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1976–77</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977%E2%80%9378_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977–78 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1977–78</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978%E2%80%9379_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978–79 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1978–79</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979%E2%80%9380_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979–80 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1979–80</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980%E2%80%9381_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980–81 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1980–81</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981%E2%80%9382_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981–82 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1981–82</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982%E2%80%9383_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982–83 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1982–83</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983%E2%80%9384_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983–84 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1983–84</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984%E2%80%9385_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984–85 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1984–85</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985%E2%80%9386_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985–86 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1985–86</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1986–87</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1987–88</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1988–89</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989%E2%80%9390_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989–90 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1989–90</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990%E2%80%9391_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990–91 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1990–91</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991%E2%80%9392_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991–92 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1991–92</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1992%E2%80%9393_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1992–93 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1992–93</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993%E2%80%9394_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993–94 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1993–94</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994%E2%80%9395_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994–95 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1994–95</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995%E2%80%9396_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995–96 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1995–96</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996%E2%80%9397_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1996–97 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1996–97</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997%E2%80%9398_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997–98 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998%E2%80%9399_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998–99 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999%E2%80%9300_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999–00 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">1999–00</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000%E2%80%9301_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2000–01 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">2000–01</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001%E2%80%9302_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2001–02 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2002%E2%80%9303_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002–03 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003%E2%80%9304_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003–04 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004%E2%80%9305_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004–05 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005%E2%80%9306_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2005–06 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006%E2%80%9307_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2006–07 Mid-American Conference season (page does not exist)">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Mid-American_Conference_season" title="2007–08 Mid-American Conference season">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Mid-American_Conference_season" title="2008–09 Mid-American Conference season">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Mid-American_Conference_season" title="2009–10 Mid-American Conference season">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010%E2%80%9311_Mid-American_Conference_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2010–11 Mid-American Conference season (page does not 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