MAC Facts
• One of only 11 football
Bowl Subdivision (FBS)
conferences
• Founded as a five
school league in 1946
in Columbus, Ohio
• Today, the Mid-American
Conference has 12 full time schools and
sponsors 23 sports
• NIU has been a member
of the conference for
28 years
MAC West
MAC East
Ball State
Akron
Central Michigan
Bowling Green
Eastern Michigan
Buffalo
Northern Illinois
Kent State
Toledo
Ohio
Western Michigan
Miami (OH)
