Mid-American Conference

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Mid-American Conference

Association	NCAA
Founded	1946
Commissioner	Jon Steinbrecher (since 2009)
Sports fielded	24 men's: 11 women's: 13
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FBS
No. of teams	12 (13 in 2025)
Headquarters	Cleveland, Ohio
Region	Great Lakes
Official website	getsomemaction.com
Locations

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 conference ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates.^[1]