Mid-American Conference
U.S. college sports conference
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2025 | Multiple schools win championships in Baseball, Softball, Outdoor Track and Field, Golf, Tennis, and Lacrosse |
2025 | Multiple schools win championships in Basketball (Men's and Women's), Indoor Track and Field, Swimming and Diving, Gymnastics, and Wrestling |
2025 | The Mid-American Conference is projected to continue with potential future membership changes. |
2025 | University of Delaware joins the Mid-American Conference (MAC) as a future affiliate member, transitioning from CAA to CUSA before entering MAC. |
2025 | MAC to begin sponsoring women's rowing, with Delaware, High Point, and Temple joining as affiliates. |
2025 | University of Massachusetts Amherst will become a full member of the Mid-American Conference, transitioning from the Atlantic 10 Conference. |
2025 | Multiple schools won Wrestling conference championships in Winter 2024-25, including Central Michigan, Kent State, and Buffalo |
2025 | Multiple schools won Lacrosse conference championships in Spring 2025, including Notre Dame and Ohio |
2025 | Kent State won the Men's Basketball conference championship in Winter 2024-25 |
2025 | Ball State and Buffalo won the Men's and Women's Tennis conference championships in Spring 2025 |
2025 | Kent State and Eastern Michigan won the Men's Gymnastics conference championships in Winter 2024-25 |
2025 | Ball State won the Women's Basketball conference championship in Winter 2024-25 |
2025 | Central Michigan won the Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field conference championships in Winter 2024-25 |
January 7 2025 | Northern Illinois' invitation to Mountain West Conference was officially approved by its governing board. |
January 3 2025 | Northern Illinois reported to have accepted an invitation from the Mountain West Conference to join as an affiliate member for football in 2026. |
2024 | Western Michigan wins Women's Volleyball conference championship |
2024 | Miami (OH) wins Women's Field Hockey conference championship |
2024 | Toledo wins Men's Cross Country conference championship |
2024 | Western Michigan wins Women's Soccer conference championship |
2024 | Ohio wins Football conference championship |
2024 | New MAC football scheduling format takes effect, implementing the pod system and changing the MAC Football Championship Game selection criteria to feature the two teams with the highest conference winning percentage. |
2024 | James Madison announced as field hockey affiliate. MAC schools Ball State and Miami to become Missouri Valley Conference affiliate members for men's swimming & diving. |
2024 | Western Michigan University won both Women's Soccer and Women's Volleyball conference championships in Fall 2024 |
2024 | Toledo won both Men's and Women's Cross Country conference championships in Fall 2024 |
May 25 2024 | Mid-American Conference baseball tournament concludes, with Western Michigan winning the tournament and securing the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. |
May 21 2024 | Mid-American Conference baseball tournament begins at Crushers Stadium in Avon, Ohio, featuring conference baseball teams competing for the championship. |
January 2024 | Mid-American Conference eliminated East and West divisions for football. |
2023 | UIC added men's tennis to its affiliate membership. James Madison announced as a field hockey affiliate for 2024. |
2023 | RayJ Dennis is named Mid-American Conference Player of the Year. |
2023 | Toledo wins their third straight regular season championship with a 16-2 record in MAC Play. |
2023 | Second seed Kent State defeats Northern Illinois, Akron, and top-seeded Toledo to win the MAC tournament. |
November 30 2023 | Mid-American Conference (MAC) approved a new football scheduling format, eliminating East and West Divisions for the first time since 1996. The new system introduces a pod-based protected rivalry approach, with 4 pods of 3 teams each, ensuring teams within a pod play each other annually and guaranteeing every MAC team plays every other team at least once every three years. |
March 2023 | The MAC tournament is held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio for the 24th consecutive season. |
March 2023 | Conference play concludes in March 2023. |
January 2023 | Conference play for the Mid-American Conference begins in January 2023. |
2022 | West Virginia men's soccer opted to join the Sun Belt Conference instead of Conference USA. UIC joined MAC for men's swimming & diving. |
2022 | University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) joined the Mid-American Conference as an affiliate member. |
2022 | Chicago State briefly joined as men's soccer affiliate. UIC joined for men's swimming & diving and men's tennis. |
2022 | Eastern Michigan became the seventh women's lacrosse member when it added the sport. |
2022 | Tony Barbee was in his 2nd year as head coach of Central Michigan, having previously been an assistant coach at Kentucky. |
2022 | Jeff Boals continued his 4th year as head coach of Ohio, having previously coached at Stony Brook. |
2022 | Stan Heath was in his 2nd year as head coach of Eastern Michigan, previously coaching the Lakeland Magic. |
2022 | John Groce began his 6th year as head coach of Akron's basketball team, having previously coached at Illinois. |
2022 | Rashon Burnu was in his 2nd year as head coach of Northern Illinois, previously an assistant coach at Arizona State. |
2022 | Rob Senderoff began his 12th year as head coach of Kent State, having previously been an assistant coach at the same institution. |
2022 | Jim Whitesell was in his 4th year as head coach of Buffalo, after serving as an associate head coach at Buffalo. |
2022 | Tod Kowalczyk was in his 13th year as head coach of Toledo, previously coaching at Green Bay. |
2022 | Michael Huger continued his 8th year as head coach of Bowling Green, having previously been an assistant coach at Miami (FL). |
November 2022 | The 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season officially starts in November. |
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