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Mid-American Conference
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Established	; 1946
Association	; NCAA;
Division	; Division I;
Subdivision	; FBS;
Members	; 12
Sports fielded	; ; 23; men's: 11; ; women's: 12; ; ; ;
Region	; Great Lakes;
Headquarters	; Cleveland, Ohio;
Commissioner	; Jon Steinbrecher (since 2009)
Website	; getsomemaction.com;
Locations
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The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members located in Illinois, Indiana, and New York. For football, the MAC participates in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision.

The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and has two members in the nearby Akron area. The MAC has been referred to as the "Conference of Quarterbacks" because of the accomplishments of numerous former players in the National Football League.^[1]^[2] The conference also ranks highest among all eleven NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates.^[3]

History

Locations of the full members of the Mid-American Conference.

The five charter members of the Mid-American Conference were Ohio University, Butler University, the University of Cincinnati, Wayne University (now Wayne State University), and Western Reserve University, one of the predecessors to today's Case Western Reserve University. Wayne University left after the first year. Miami University and Western Michigan University took the place of those charter members for the 1948 season. The MAC added the University of Toledo (1950), Kent State University (1951), and Bowling Green State University (1952). The University of Cincinnati resigned its membership February 18, 1953, with an effective date of June 1, 1953. Cincinnati's decision was based on a new requirement that at least 5 conference football games would have to be scheduled each season, University President Raymond Walters saying they "...regretfully resign...as the university could not continue under the present setup..." ^[4]

The membership was steady for the next two decades except for the addition of Marshall University in 1954 and the departure of Western Reserve in 1955.^[5] Marshall was expelled from the conference in 1969 due to NCAA violations.^[6] The first major expansion since the 1950s took place in the mid-1970s with the addition of Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University in 1972 and Ball State University and Northern Illinois University in 1973. NIU left after the 1985–86 season. The University of Akron joined the conference in 1992. The conference became the largest in Division I-A with the re-admittance of Marshall and NIU in 1997 and addition of the Bulls from the University at Buffalo in 1998. The University of Central Florida, a non-football all-sports member in the Atlantic Sun Conference at the time, joined for football only in 2002, becoming the first football-only member in conference history. Marshall and Central Florida left after the 2004–05 academic year, both joining Conference USA in all sports.

In May 2005, the Temple Owls in Philadelphia signed a six-year contract with the MAC as a football-only school and began play in the East Division in 2007.^[7]

The Louisville Cardinals were a MAC affiliate for field hockey for a number of years when Louisville was a member of the Metro Conference and Conference USA, winning two MAC tourney titles in 2003 and 2004.^[8]

The Missouri State Bears, Evansville Purple Aces, and Southern Illinois Salukis participate in the MAC for men's swimming and diving.^[9] In 2012, the West Virginia Mountaineers joined the Florida Atlantic Owls and Hartwick College Hawks as men's soccer affiliates.^[10] Florida Atlantic departed upon joining Conference USA in 2013. Hartwick's contract was not renewed by the MAC in 2015. Missouri, Northern Iowa, and Old Dominion are wrestling affiliates. The Missouri State Bears are also an affiliate for field hockey along with Appalachian State University. Binghamton University is an affiliate in men's tennis. In June 2017, SIU Edwardsville (SIUE) was invited to become an affiliate member in both men's soccer and wrestling in 2018.^[11] When Buffalo suddenly dropped four sports, including men's soccer, SIUE's move in that sport was made immediately.^[12]

The UMass Minutemen joined the MAC as a football-only member in July 2012; the university announced that the team would leave the MAC at the end of the 2015 season due to contractual issues.^[13]^[14] Meanwhile, Temple ended its affiliation with the MAC in football and joined the Big East for football in July 2012. Following the split of the Big East into football-sponsoring and non-football conferences in July 2013, Temple became a full member of the football-sponsoring portion, the American Athletic Conference, ending its membership in the Atlantic 10 at that time.^[15]^[16] The Chicago State Cougars were an affiliate for men's tennis until joining the Western Athletic Conference, which sponsors that sport, in July 2013.

Member schools

Current members

There are twelve public schools with full membership:

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Enrollment	Nickname
East Division
University of Akron	Akron, Ohio	1870	1992^[17]	25,177^[18]	Zips
Bowling Green State University	Bowling Green, Ohio	1910	1952^[17]	18,756^[19]	Falcons
State University of New York at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	1846	1998^[17]	30,183^[20]	Bulls
Kent State University	Kent, Ohio	1910	1951^[17]	30,067^[21]	Golden Flashes
Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	1809	1947^[17]	18,907	RedHawks
Ohio University	Athens, Ohio	1804	1946^[17]	23,701 ^[22]	Bobcats
West Division
Ball State University	Muncie, Indiana	1918	1973^[17]	20,113	Cardinals
Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	1892	1971^[17]	27,693 ^[23]	Chippewas
Eastern Michigan University	Ypsilanti, Michigan	1849	1971^[17]	22,974	Eagles
Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	1895	1975, 1997^[17]	25,313	Huskies
University of Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	1872	1950^[17]	21,594^[19]	Rockets
Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo, Michigan	1903	1947^[17]	25,045	Broncos

Current affiliate members

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

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

The 2014–15 school year saw one affiliate member leave for another conference and two new affiliates join. The Hartwick men's soccer team left the MAC for the Sun Belt Conference, which had announced in February 2014 that it would reinstate men's soccer, a sport that it last sponsored in 1995, for the 2014 season.^[25] The new affiliates for 2014–15 were Binghamton in men's tennis and Longwood in field hockey.^[26]

On July 1, 2017, one associate member left the MAC and two new schools became associate members. Northern Iowa wrestling moved from the MAC to the Big 12 Conference,^[27]Appalachian State joined MAC field hockey,^[28] and SIU Edwardsville (SIUE) joined in men's soccer.^[29] SIUE was initially announced as joining in both men's soccer and wrestling in 2018,^[30] but less than a week after the initial announcement, the conference indicated that SIUE men's soccer would immediately join.^[29] SIUE wrestling joined on its originally announced schedule.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Primary Conference	MAC Sport(s)
Appalachian State University	Boone, North Carolina	1899	Public	19,089	Mountaineers	Sun Belt	Field Hockey
Binghamton University	Vestal, New York	1946	Public	16,098	Bearcats	America East	men's tennis
University of Evansville	Evansville, Indiana	1854	Private	3,050	Purple Aces	Missouri Valley	men's swimming
Longwood University	Farmville, Virginia	1839	Public	4,800	Lancers	Big South	field hockey
University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	1839	Public	34,255	Tigers	SEC	wrestling
Missouri State University	Springfield, Missouri	1905	Public	21,425	Bears	Missouri Valley	field hockey men's swimming
Old Dominion University	Norfolk, Virginia	1930	Public	24,730	Monarchs	C-USA	wrestling
Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Carbondale, Illinois	1869	Public	17,964	Salukis	Missouri Valley	men's swimming
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ^[31]	Edwardsville, Illinois	1957	Public	14,142	Cougars	Ohio Valley	men's soccer^[32] wrestling
West Virginia University	Morgantown, West Virginia	1867	Public	29,616	Mountaineers	Big 12	men's soccer

Former members

School names, nicknames, and colors listed here reflect those used during each school's MAC tenure. Wayne University became Wayne State University in 1956, with athletic teams changing from Tartars to Warriors in 1999. The University of Central Florida, known as the Golden Knights during their MAC tenure, dropped "Golden" from the athletic nickname in 2007 as part of their rebrand to the UCF Knights. Western Reserve University, whose teams were known as the Red Cats during their time in the MAC, merged with Case Institute of Technology in 1967 to form Case Western Reserve University, with the athletic programs merging in 1971. With the athletic merger, Case Western abandoned the nicknames of both former institutions and adopted Spartans. Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), known as the IPFW Mastodons during their affiliation with the MAC for men's soccer and men's tennis, rebranded their athletic program as the Fort Wayne Mastodons in 2016. Following IPFW's split into two separate institutions in July 2018, the Fort Wayne athletic program transferred to the larger of the two new institutions, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and the athletic program rebranded again as the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons. The school colors changed to the old gold and black used by the other members of the Purdue system, most notably the main campus.

Former full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Current Conference
Butler University	Indianapolis, Indiana	1855	1946	1949	Private	4,667	Bulldogs		Big East
University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	1819	1946	1953	Public	41,357	Bearcats		American
Marshall University	Huntington, West Virginia	1837	1954, 1997	1969, 2005	Public	13,971	Thundering Herd		C-USA
Wayne University	Detroit, Michigan	1868	1946	1947	Public	30,909	Tartars	^{[citation needed]}	GLIAC (Division II)
Western Reserve University	Cleveland, Ohio	1826	1946	1955	Private	10,331	Red Cats^[33]		UAA (Division III)

Former affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Current Primary Conference	Current Conference in Former MAC Sport	MAC Sport
Hartwick College ‡	Oneonta, New York	1797	2007	2014	Private	1,520	Hawks	Empire 8 (NCAA Division III)	Sun Belt	men's soccer^[34]
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)	Fort Wayne, Indiana	1917	2002 (tennis) 2005 (men's soccer)	2007 (tennis) 2007 (men's soccer)	Public	14,326	Mastodons	Summit League		men's soccer^[34] Men's tennis^[35]
University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	1865	1995	2005	Public	28,094	Wildcats	SEC	C-USA	men's soccer^[34]
University of Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	1798	1994	2005	Public	22,293	Cardinals	ACC		field hockey^[36]
University of Massachusetts †	Amherst, Massachusetts	1863	2012	2016	Public	27,062	Minutemen	Atlantic 10	FBS independent	football
University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, Iowa	1876	2012	2017	Public	13,080	Panthers	Missouri Valley	Big 12	wrestling
Temple University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1884	2007	2012	Public	37,696	Owls	American		football
University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	1963	2002	2005	Public	58,698	Golden Knights	American		football
Chicago State University	Chicago, Illinois	1867	2007^[35]	2013	Public	7,131	Cougars	WAC		men's tennis
Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, Florida	1961	2008^[34]	2013	Public	26,245	Owls	C-USA		men's soccer

Notes

‡ = In early 2014, the MAC made the decision "... to move forward without multi-divisional institutions." The conference then informed Hartwick College that their contract as an affiliate member would not be renewed.

Membership timeline

Full members Associate members (football only)

Commissioners

Dave Reese, 1946–1964

Bob James, 1964–1971

Fred Jacoby, 1971–1982

Jim Lessig, 1982–1990

Karl Benson, 1990–1994

Jerry Ippoliti, 1994–1999

Rick Chryst, 1999–2009

Jon Steinbrecher, 2009–present

Sports

The Mid-American Conference sponsors championship competition in 11 men's and 12 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.^[37] As of the 2018–19 school year, 10 schools are associate members for five sports.

As the MAC is an FBS conference, its full members are subject to the NCAA requirement that FBS members field at least 16 sports. However, the MAC itself requires sponsorship of only four sports: football, men's and women's basketball, and women's volleyball.^[38]

**Teams in MAC competition**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	10	–
Basketball	12	12
Cross country	9	12
Field hockey	–	8
Football	12	–
Golf	9	10
Gymnastics	–	7
Soccer	6	12
Softball	–	12
Swimming and diving	7	8
Tennis	6	9
Track and field (indoor)	5	12
Track and field (outdoor)	6	12
Volleyball	–	12
Wrestling	9	–

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross country	Football	Golf	Soccer	Swimming	Tennis	Track and field (indoor)	Track and field (outdoor)	Wrestling	Total MAC sports
Akron	N^[a]	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	7
Ball State	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	6
Bowling Green	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	6
Buffalo	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Central Michigan	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	7
Eastern Michigan	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	7
Kent State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	8
Miami	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	N	7
Northern Illinois	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	7
Ohio	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Y	6
Toledo	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	N	6
Western Michigan	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	5
Totals	10	12	9	12	9	4+2^[b]	2+3^[c]	5+1^[d]	5	6	6+3^[e]	80+9

^ Akron plans to reinstate baseball effective in 2019–20.^[39]

^ Affiliate members SIUE and West Virginia.

^ Affiliate members Evansville, Missouri State, and Southern Illinois.

^ Affiliate member Binghamton.

^ Affiliates Missouri, Old Dominion, and SIUE

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the MAC

School	Ice hockey	Rifle¹	Volleyball
Akron	No	GARC	No
Ball State	No	No	MIVA
Bowling Green	WCHA	No	No
Miami	NCHC	No	No
Western Michigan	NCHC	No	No

Notes:

1: Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. Akron fields a coed team.

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross country	Field hockey	Golf	Gymnastics	Soccer	Softball	Swimming	Tennis	Track and field (indoor)	Track and field (outdoor)	Volleyball	Total MAC sports
Akron	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Ball State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Bowling Green	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Buffalo	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Central Michigan	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	10
Eastern Michigan	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	9
Kent State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	10
Miami	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Northern Illinois	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Ohio	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	10
Toledo	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Western Michigan	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Totals	12	12	5+3^[a]	10	7	12	11	8	8	12	12	12	121+3

^ Affiliate members Appalachian State, Longwood, and Missouri State

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the MAC

School	Lacrosse	Rifle^[a]	Rowing	Synchronized skating^[b]
Akron	No^[c]	GARC	No	No
Central Michigan	SoCon	No	No	No
Eastern Michigan	No	No	CAA	No
Kent State	ASUN	No	No	No
Miami	No	No	No	Independent

Notes:

^ 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.

^ Synchronized skating is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating, not by the NCAA. Most synchronized skating teams are clubs not affiliated with any college or university; Miami is one of about 15 schools that sponsor varsity or club teams.

^ Akron plans to add women's lacrosse in the 2019–20 school year, with the new team playing in the ASUN Conference.^[40]

Football

All-time results

For the upcoming season, see 2018 Mid-American Conference football season.

^[41]^[when?]

Team	First season	All-time record	All-time win %	Bowl appearances	Bowl record	MAC titles	Other conference titles	Stadium	Head coach
East Division
Akron	1891	508–526–36	.492	2	1–1	1	0	InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field	Terry Bowden
Bowling Green	1919	533–364–52	.589	13	5–8	12	5	Doyt Perry Stadium	Mike Jinks
Buffalo	1894	385–514–28	.430	2	0–2	1	1	University at Buffalo Stadium	Lance Leipold
Kent State	1920	335–535–28	.389	2	0–2	1	0	Dix Stadium	Paul Haynes
Miami	1888	674–446–44	.598	10	7–3	15	7	Yager Stadium	Chuck Martin
Ohio	1894	545–552–47	.498	9	2–7	5	6	Peden Stadium	Frank Solich
West Division
Ball State	1924	439–402–32	.521	7	0–7	5	5	Scheumann Stadium	Mike Neu
Central Michigan	1896	603–400–37	.598	9	3–6	7	9	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	John Bonamego
Eastern Michigan	1891	443–576–47	.438	2	1–1	1	9	Rynearson Stadium	Chris Creighton
Northern Illinois	1899	566–475–51	.542	11	4–7	4	8	Huskie Stadium	Rod Carey
Toledo	1917	517–416–24	.553	15	10–5	10	3	Glass Bowl	Jason Candle
Western Michigan	1905	556–439–24	.557	7	1–6	3	1	Waldo Stadium	Tim Lester

MAC champions

Bowl games

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

Name	Location	Opposing conference
Bahamas Bowl	Nassau, Bahamas	C-USA
Dollar General Bowl	Mobile, Alabama	Sun Belt
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	Boise, Idaho	Mountain West
Camellia Bowl	Montgomery, Alabama	Sun Belt

Notes

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.

College Football Playoff

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

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.

Ranked by the committee as the top champion among the five conferences (American, C-USA, MAC, MW, Sun Belt) 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.

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.

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

Rivalries

Football rivalries involving MAC teams include:

Teams		Rivalry name	Trophy	Meetings	Record	Series leader	Current streak
Akron	Kent State	–	Wagon Wheel	59	33–24–2	Akron	Akron won 2
Akron	Youngstown State	–	Steel Tire	35	14–19–2	Youngstown State	Youngstown State won 3
Bowling Green	Kent State	Battle for the Anniversary Award	Anniversary Award	83	58–19–6	Bowling Green	Bowling Green won 3
Bowling Green	Toledo	Battle of I-75	Battle of I-75 Trophy	81	39–38–4	Bowling Green	Toledo won 7
Miami	Cincinnati	Battle for the Bell	Victory Bell	120	59–54–7	Miami	Cincinnati won 10
Miami	Ohio	Battle of the Bricks	–	93	52-39-2	Miami	Ohio won 4
Ohio	Marshall	Battle for the Bell	The Bell	59	33–20–6	Ohio	Ohio won 1
Ball State	Northern Illinois	–	Bronze Stalk Trophy	44	20–22–2	Northern Illinois	Northern Illinois won 8
Central Michigan	Western Michigan	CMU–WMU Rivalry	Victory Cannon	87	37–48–2	Western Michigan	Western Michigan won 3

In addition, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Western Michigan compete for the Michigan MAC Trophy, which is awarded to the team with the best head-to-head record each year. Since the inception of the trophy in 2005, Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan have each won the trophy four times, and Western Michigan has won the trophy three times.

Basketball

In August 2010, Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher and the Cleveland Cavaliers announced that the Mid-American Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments would remain in Cleveland at Quicken Loans Arena through 2017.^[42] 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.^[43] In 2007, the MAC also announced a format change for both tournaments, bringing all twelve men's and women's teams to Cleveland. The MAC also co-hosted the 2007 Women's Final Four at Quicken Loans Arena after successfully hosting the 2006 NCAA Women's Basketball Regional at the same facility.

Championships

Current MAC champions

The following are the most recent conference champions of each MAC sport.

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

Fall 2016

Sport	School
Football	Western Michigan
Soccer (M)	Akron (RS & T)
Soccer (W)	Ball State (RS, East) Kent State (RS, West & T)
Volleyball (W)	Miami (RS, East) Northern Illinois (RS, West & T)
Cross country (M)	Eastern Michigan
Cross country (W)	Eastern Michigan
Field hockey (W)	Kent State (RS & T)

Winter 2016–17

Sport	School
Basketball (M)	Akron (RS, East) Ball State & Western Michigan (RS, West) Kent State (T)
Basketball (W)	Kent State (RS, East) Central Michigan (RS, West) Toledo (T)
Indoor track and field (M)	Akron
Indoor track and field (W)	Akron
Swimming and diving (M)	Eastern Michigan
Swimming and diving (W)	Akron
Gymnastics (W)	Eastern Michigan
Wrestling (M)	Missouri

Spring 2017

Sport	School
Baseball	Kent State (RS, East & overall) Central Michigan (RS, West) Ohio (T)
Softball	Ohio (RS, East) Central Michigan (RS, West & overall) Kent State (T)
Outdoor track and field (M)	Akron
Outdoor track and field (W)	Akron
Golf (M)	Kent State
Golf (W)	Kent State
Tennis (M)	Buffalo
Tennis (W)	Buffalo

Facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity
Akron	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field	27,000	James A. Rhodes Arena	5,500	—	—
Ball State	Scheumann Stadium	22,500^[44]	John E. Worthen Arena	11,500	Ball Diamond	7003170000000000000♠1,700
Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium	24,000	Stroh Center	4,700	Warren E. Steller Field	7003250000000000000♠2,500
Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium	31,000	Alumni Arena	6,100	Amherst Audubon Field	7002500000000000000♠500
Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	32,885	McGuirk Arena	5,300	Bill Theunissen Stadium	7003204600000000000♠2,046
Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium	30,200	Convocation Center	8,800	Oestrike Stadium	7003131300000000000♠1,313
Kent State	Dix Stadium	25,319	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center	6,327	Schoonover Stadium	7003113000000000000♠1,130
Miami	Yager Stadium	24,286	Millett Hall	6,400	Stanley G. McKie Field at Joseph P. Hayden Jr. Park	7003100000000000000♠1,000
Northern Illinois	Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium	23,595	Convocation Center	10,000	Ralph McKinzie Field	7003150000000000000♠1,500
Ohio	Peden Stadium	24,000	Convocation Center	13,080	Bob Wren Stadium	7003400000000000000♠4,000
Toledo	Glass Bowl	26,248	Savage Arena	7,300	Scott Park Baseball Complex	7003100000000000000♠1,000
Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium	30,200	University Arena	5,421	Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Judson Hyames Field	7003150000000000000♠1,500

Hall of Fame

The Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame was the first Division I conference Hall of Fame.^[45] It was established in 1987 and classes have been inducted in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2012 and 2013.^[46]^[47]

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.^[45]

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.

Harold Anderson, Bowling Green, basketball, 1991

Janet Bachna, Kent State, gymnastics, 1992

Joe Begala, Kent State, wrestling, 1991

Tom Beutler, Toledo, football, 1994

Kermit Blosser, Ohio, golf, 1988

Jim Corrigall, Kent State, football, 1994

Hasely Crawford, Eastern Michigan, track and field, 1991

Ben Curtis, Kent State, golf, 2012

Caroline (Mast) Daugherty, Ohio, basketball, 1994

Herb Deromedi, Central Michigan, football, 2012

Chuck Ealey, Toledo, football, 1988

Fran Ebert, Western Michigan, softball / basketball, 1992

Wayne Embry, Miami, basketball, 2012

Karen Fitzpatrick, Ball State, field hockey, 2012

John Gill, WMU athlete / coach / administrator, 1994

Maurice Harvey, Ball State, football, 1992

Bill Hess, Ohio, football coach, 1992

Gary Hogeboom, Central Michigan, football, 1994

Fred Jacoby, MAC commissioner, 1990

Bob James, MAC commissioner, 1989

Ron Johnson, Eastern Michigan, football, 1988

Dave Keilitz, Central Michigan, baseball, 2013

Ted Kjolhede, Central Michigan, basketball, 1988

Kim Knuth, Toledo, women's basketball, 2013

Ken Kramer, Ball State, football, 1991

Bill Lajoie, Western Michigan, baseball, 1991

Jack Lambert, Kent State, football, 1988

Frank Lauterbur, Toledo, football, 1990

Mel Long, Toledo, football, 1992

Charlier Maher, Western Michigan, baseball, 1989

Bill Mallory, Miami/Northern Illinois, football, 2013

Brad Maynard, Ball State, football, 2013

Ray McCallum, Ball State, basketball, 1988

Jack McLain, MAC football official, 1992

Karen Michalak, Central Michigan, basketball / track and field / field hockey, 1992

Gordon Minty, Eastern Michigan, track and field, 1994

Steve Mix, Toledo, basketball, 1989

Thurman Munson, Kent State, baseball, 1990

Ira Murchinson, Western Michigan, track and field, 1990

Don Nehlen, Bowling Green, football, 1994

Manny Newsome, Western Michigan, basketball, 1988

Bob Nichols, Toledo, basketball, 2012

John Offerdahl, Western Michigan, football, 2013

Bob Owchinko, Eastern Michigan, baseball, 1992

Ara Parseghian, Miami, football, 1988

Doyt Perry, Bowling Green, football, 1988

John Pont, Miami, football player / coach, 1992

John Pruis, Ball State, president, 1994

Trevor Rees, Kent State, football, 1989

David Reese, MAC commissioner, 1988

George Rider, Miami, track and field, 1989

William Rohr, Miami, basketball coach 1994

Dan Roundfield, Central Michigan, basketball, 1990

Bo Schembechler, Miami, football coach, 1991

Mike Schmidt, Ohio, baseball, 2012

Dick Shrider, Miami, basketball, 1990

Christi Smith, Akron, track and field, 2013

Jim Snyder, Ohio, basketball, 1991

Shafer Suggs, Ball State, football, 1989

Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green, basketball, 1989

Gary Trent, Ohio, men's basketball, 2013

Phil Villapiano, Bowling Green, football, 1992

Bob Welch, Eastern Michigan, baseball, 1990

Dave Wottle, Bowling Green, track and field, 1990

Bob Wren, Ohio, baseball, 1989

Media

Broadcasts

A number of MAC sports, including football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, soccer, wrestling and volleyball, are telecast on Spectrum Sports (Ohio), replacing SportsTime Ohio and Fox Sports Ohio as the MAC TV partner.^[48] Along with Spectrum Sports, ESPN, as well as the American Sports Network, retain the "local and regional" syndication telecast rights to the MAC for football and basketball.

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

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

MAC Properties

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

References

^ "International Bowl 2008". 2007. Retrieved January 20, 2012.

^ Alexander, Elton (February 4, 2009). "Mid-American Conference riding Steelers' wave of MAC stars into high-school recruiting battle". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved January 20, 2012.

^ "MAC Football Programs Lead I-A Public Institutions In Graduation Success Rates" (Press release). MAC-Sports.com. September 8, 2006. Retrieved September 25, 2009.

^ The Lima News, February 19, 1953

^ "Volume high, but conference movement itself not unprecedented". NCAA. Retrieved December 15, 2012.

^ Wilson, Tracy. "The Real Story Behind We Are Marshall". Retrieved November 8, 2011.

^ "2016 MAC Football Media Guide -- History & Records.pdf" (PDF). Dropbox.

^ "Mid-American Conference" (PDF). www.mac-sports.com.

^ "Missouri State Will Join Mid-American Conference in Men's Swimming". Missouri State University. 2009. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2012.

^ Carvelli, Michael (April 3, 2012). "West Virginia men's soccer team to join the Mid-American Conference next season". The Daily Athenaeum. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2012.

^ "SIU-Edwardsville joins Mid-American Conference as affiliate member in two sports". Hustle Belt/Vox Media, Inc. June 2, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.

^ "SIUE men's soccer to join MAC immediately". The Telegraph. June 8, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.

^ Elton Alexander (April 19, 2011). "University of Massachusetts football to join Mid-American Conference, sources say". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved April 19, 2011.

^ UMass Football Will Leave Mid-American Conference at End of 2015 - University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.. Umassathletics.com (2014-03-26). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.

^ "Temple joining Big East for football in 2012, other sports in 2013". Retrieved June 2, 2017.

^ "Temple to play Big East football next season". Retrieved June 2, 2017.

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^hⁱ^j^k^l "This is the mid-american conference". Retrieved May 5, 2012.

^ Armon, Rick (September 19, 2015). "University of Akron squeezed by building boom, falling enrollment and flat state revenue". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved September 23, 2015.

^ ^a^b "The Blade". The Blade. January 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2010.

^ "UB at a Glance - University at Buffalo". www.buffalo.edu. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

^ "Fifteenth Day Enrollment Statistics". Student Enrollment Data. Kent State University. September 15, 2015. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.

^ "Office of Institutional Research - Student Enrollment Data". Ohio.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-02.

^ "Quick Facts - Central Michigan University". www.cmich.edu. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

^ "MAC Adds Three Affiliate Members In Wrestling" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. August 29, 2012. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.

^ "Sun Belt Men's Soccer to Re-Debut in Fall 2014" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. February 11, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.

^ "Binghamton Joins in Men's Tennis and Longwood in Field Hockey" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. April 21, 2014. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014.

^ Ryder, Nic (June 8, 2017). "Official: UNI and Fresno State Joining Big 12". IAWrestle.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.

^ "Appalachian State Joins MAC as Affiliate Member in Field Hockey" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. June 30, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.

^ ^a^b "MAC Welcomes SIU Edwardsville as Men's Soccer Affiliate Member in 2017" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

^ "MAC Adds SIU Edwardsville as Affiliate Member in Men's Soccer and Wrestling" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. June 2, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.

^ "SIU-Edwardsville joins Mid-American Conference as affiliate member in two sports". Hustle Belt/Vox Media, Inc. June 2, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

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^ ^a^b^c^d "Year-By-Year Standings" (PDF). 2013 MAC Men's Soccer Media Guide. Mid-American Conference. pp. 25–26. Retrieved July 8, 2014.

^ ^a^b "MAC Men's Tennis Tournament History" (PDF). 2012 MAC Men's Tennis Record Book. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved April 22, 2013.

^ "Annual MAC Standings" (PDF). 2012 MAC Field Hockey Record Book. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved April 23, 2013.

^ "MAC > Home". Mac-sports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2013.

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^ "Scheumann Stadium". Ball State University. Retrieved June 26, 2016. The most recent renovation transformed the stadium into a major community asset, while increased its capacity to 22,500 and added permanent lighting for night games.

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^ "MAC Announces 2012 Hall of Fame Class". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2012.

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^ http://www.mac-sports.com/tabid/969/article/262318/time-warner-cable-sports-named-new-regional-television-partner.aspx

External links

Official website

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[40] Akron plans to reinstate baseball effective in 2019–20.^[39]

[41] Affiliate members SIUE and West Virginia.

[42] Affiliate members Evansville, Missouri State, and Southern Illinois.

[43] Affiliate member Binghamton.

[44] Affiliates Missouri, Old Dominion, and SIUE

[45] Affiliate members Appalachian State, Longwood, and Missouri State

[46] 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.

[47] Synchronized skating is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating, not by the NCAA. Most synchronized skating teams are clubs not affiliated with any college or university; Miami is one of about 15 schools that sponsor varsity or club teams.

[49] Akron plans to add women's lacrosse in the 2019–20 school year, with the new team playing in the ASUN Conference.^[40]

[1] "International Bowl 2008". 2007. Retrieved January 20, 2012.

[2] Alexander, Elton (February 4, 2009). "Mid-American Conference riding Steelers' wave of MAC stars into high-school recruiting battle". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved January 20, 2012.

[3] "MAC Football Programs Lead I-A Public Institutions In Graduation Success Rates" (Press release). MAC-Sports.com. September 8, 2006. Retrieved September 25, 2009.

[4] The Lima News, February 19, 1953

[5] "Volume high, but conference movement itself not unprecedented". NCAA. Retrieved December 15, 2012.

[6] Wilson, Tracy. "The Real Story Behind We Are Marshall". Retrieved November 8, 2011.

[7] "2016 MAC Football Media Guide -- History & Records.pdf" (PDF). Dropbox.

[8] "Mid-American Conference" (PDF). www.mac-sports.com.

[9] "Missouri State Will Join Mid-American Conference in Men's Swimming". Missouri State University. 2009. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2012.

[10] Carvelli, Michael (April 3, 2012). "West Virginia men's soccer team to join the Mid-American Conference next season". The Daily Athenaeum. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2012.

[11] "SIU-Edwardsville joins Mid-American Conference as affiliate member in two sports". Hustle Belt/Vox Media, Inc. June 2, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.

[12] "SIUE men's soccer to join MAC immediately". The Telegraph. June 8, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.

[13] Elton Alexander (April 19, 2011). "University of Massachusetts football to join Mid-American Conference, sources say". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved April 19, 2011.

[14] UMass Football Will Leave Mid-American Conference at End of 2015 - University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.. Umassathletics.com (2014-03-26). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.

[15] "Temple joining Big East for football in 2012, other sports in 2013". Retrieved June 2, 2017.

[16] "Temple to play Big East football next season". Retrieved June 2, 2017.

[mac_history-17] ⁱ^j^k^l "This is the mid-american conference". Retrieved May 5, 2012.

[18] Armon, Rick (September 19, 2015). "University of Akron squeezed by building boom, falling enrollment and flat state revenue". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved September 23, 2015.

[The_Blade-19] "The Blade". The Blade. January 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2010.

[20] "UB at a Glance - University at Buffalo". www.buffalo.edu. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

[21] "Fifteenth Day Enrollment Statistics". Student Enrollment Data. Kent State University. September 15, 2015. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.

[22] "Office of Institutional Research - Student Enrollment Data". Ohio.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-02.

[23] "Quick Facts - Central Michigan University". www.cmich.edu. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

[24] "MAC Adds Three Affiliate Members In Wrestling" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. August 29, 2012. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.

[25] "Sun Belt Men's Soccer to Re-Debut in Fall 2014" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. February 11, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.

[26] "Binghamton Joins in Men's Tennis and Longwood in Field Hockey" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. April 21, 2014. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014.

[27] Ryder, Nic (June 8, 2017). "Official: UNI and Fresno State Joining Big 12". IAWrestle.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[28] "Appalachian State Joins MAC as Affiliate Member in Field Hockey" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. June 30, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.

[SIUE_soccer-29] "MAC Welcomes SIU Edwardsville as Men's Soccer Affiliate Member in 2017" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[30] "MAC Adds SIU Edwardsville as Affiliate Member in Men's Soccer and Wrestling" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. June 2, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.

[Hustle_Belt/Vox_Media,_Inc-31] "SIU-Edwardsville joins Mid-American Conference as affiliate member in two sports". Hustle Belt/Vox Media, Inc. June 2, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

[Cougars_soccer-32] "SIUE men's soccer to join MAC immediately". The Telegraph. June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.

[33] "Team Colors, Mascots, Names". Case Western Reserve University. 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

[Men's_soccer_membership-34] "Year-By-Year Standings" (PDF). 2013 MAC Men's Soccer Media Guide. Mid-American Conference. pp. 25–26. Retrieved July 8, 2014.

[Men's_tennis_membership-35] "MAC Men's Tennis Tournament History" (PDF). 2012 MAC Men's Tennis Record Book. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved April 22, 2013.

[36] "Annual MAC Standings" (PDF). 2012 MAC Field Hockey Record Book. Mid-American Conference. Retrieved April 23, 2013.

[37] "MAC > Home". Mac-sports.com. Retrieved June 30, 2013.

[UB_drops_four_sports-38] "UB Reduces its Intercollegiate Sports Teams from 20 to 16" (Press release). Buffalo Bulls. April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

[Akron_BB,_WLAX-39] "University of Akron Looks to Bring Back Baseball, Add Women's Lacrosse" (Press release). Akron Zips. September 19, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.

[48] "Akron Women's Lacrosse to Join ASUN" (Press release). Akron Zips. April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018.

[50] All time Division I-A football records Archived April 6, 2004, at the Wayback Machine., College Football Data Warehouse

[51] "Mid-American Conference and Quicken Loans Arena Announce Extension to Hold FirstEnergy Mac Tournament at The Q Through 2017". Quicken Loans Arena. 2010. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.

[52] "MAC Tournament History". 2008-09 Men's Basketball Media Guide. Mid-American Conference. 2008. pp. 62–63. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2009.

[53] "Scheumann Stadium". Ball State University. Retrieved June 26, 2016. The most recent renovation transformed the stadium into a major community asset, while increased its capacity to 22,500 and added permanent lighting for night games.

[MACHall-54] "MAC Hall of Fame". Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2009.

[55] "MAC Announces 2012 Hall of Fame Class". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2012.

[56] "MAC Announces 2013 Hall of Fame Class". Mid-American Conference. May 30, 2013. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2013.

[57] ttp://www.mac-sports.com/tabid/969/article/262318/time-warner-cable-sports-named-new-regional-television-partner.aspx

v t e Mid-American Conference
East Division	Akron Zips Bowling Green Falcons Buffalo Bulls Kent State Golden Flashes Miami RedHawks Ohio Bobcats
West Division	Ball State Cardinals Central Michigan Chippewas Eastern Michigan Eagles Northern Illinois Huskies Toledo Rockets Western Michigan Broncos
Affiliates	Appalachian State Mountaineers (field hockey) Binghamton Bearcats (men's tennis) Evansville Purple Aces (men's swimming and diving) Longwood Lancers (field hockey) Missouri Tigers (wrestling) Missouri State Bears (field hockey, men's swimming and diving) Old Dominion Monarchs (wrestling) SIU Edwardsville Cougars (men's soccer, wrestling) Southern Illinois Salukis (men's swimming and diving) West Virginia Mountaineers (men's soccer)
Seasons	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Championships	Conference champions

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