Mid-American Conference

Mid-American Conference
AssociationNCAA
Founded1946
CommissionerJon Steinbrecher (since 2009)
Sports fielded
  • 24
    • men's: 11
    • women's: 13
DivisionDivision I
SubdivisionFBS
No. of teams12 (13 in 2025)
HeadquartersCleveland, Ohio
RegionGreat Lakes
Official websitegetsomemaction.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 conference ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates.[1]

  1. ^ "MAC Football Programs Lead I-A Public Institutions In Graduation Success Rates" (Press release). Temple Owls. September 29, 2006. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.