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The Mid-American Conference is a College Athletic Conference whose members are located mainly in the Midwestern United States; nine of the schools are in Ohio and Michigan alone. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I-A. MAC Headquarters is located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

Contents 1 Member Schools 1.1 East Division 1.2 West Division 1.3 MAC East 1.4 MAC West 1.5 Former and future members 2 Conference Stadia 3 External link

Member Schools

As of July 2005, there are 12 schools with full membership:

East Division

• University of Akron
• Bowling Green State University
• University at Buffalo
• Kent State University
• Miami University
• Ohio University

West Division

• Ball State University
• Central Michigan University
• Eastern Michigan University
• Northern Illinois University
• University of Toledo
• Western Michigan University

MAC East

Akron Zips	Bowling Green Falcons	Buffalo Bulls	Kent State Golden Flashes
Miami (OH) RedHawks	Ohio Bobcats

MAC West

Ball State Cardinals	Central Michigan Chippewas	Eastern Michigan Eagles	Northern Illinois Huskies
Toledo Rockets	Western Michigan Broncos

Former and future members

Two schools left the conference after the 2004-05 academic year—Marshall University, an all-sports member, and the University of Central Florida (UCF), a football-only member. Both schools, which played in the MAC East Division, joined Conference USA in all sports.

In May 2005, Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania signed an initial six-year contract with the MAC as a football-only school which will eventually play in the East Division. Over the next three seasons, Temple's schedule of league games will gradually increase: 4 in 2005, 6 in 2006, 8 (a full schedule) in 2007. Due to Temple's partial league schedule in 2005 and 2006, the football program will have only associate membership in the league. According to the league's press release on the matter, Temple will be eligible for one of the league's two bowl tie-ins, and participate in the league's television arrangement, beginning immediately. Eligibility to compete in the MAC Championship Game, however, does not come until 2007. Presumably, this means they are also ineligible to win a Division Championship, although it is conceivable that, with a win percentage equal to or better than that of the best team in the division playing a full league schedule, they could be declared Divisional (co-)champions but ineligible to represent their Division in the Championship Game; the league has not made this distinction clear yet.

IPFW is an affiliate member in tennis and men's soccer.

Member schools participate in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross-country, field hockey, American football, men's and women's golf, women's gymnastics, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track, women's volleyball and wrestling.

The MAC is contracted to provide a team for two college football bowl games—the GMAC Bowl and Motor City Bowl.

Conference Stadia

School	Football stadium	Stadium capacity	Basketball arena	Arena capacity
Akron	Rubber Bowl	31,000	James A. Rhodes Arena	5,500
Ball State	Ball State Stadium	23,500	John E. Worthen Arena	11,500
Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium	30,599	Anderson Arena	5,000
Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium	31,000	Alumni Arena	6,100
Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	30,199	Daniel P. Rose Center	5,200
Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium	30,200	Convocation Center	8,800
Kent State	Dix Stadium	30,520	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center	6,327
Miami	Yager Stadium	30,000	John D. Millett Hall	9,200
Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium	31,000	Convocation Center	10,000
Ohio	Peden Stadium	24,000	Convocation Center	14,000
Temple	Lincoln Financial Field	68,532	Liacouras Center	10,224
Toledo	Glass Bowl	26,284	Savage Hall	9,000
Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium	30,100	University Arena	5,800

External link

• Official Athletic Site of the Mid-American Conference
• MAC football & basketball fan site
• MAC message board at NCAAbbs.com

Mid-American Conference: EAST: Akron | Bowling Green | Buffalo | Kent State | Miami | Ohio | Temple (football only) WEST: Ball State | Central Michigan | Eastern Michigan | Northern Illinois | Toledo | Western Michigan

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