MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
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
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
Toledo
Western Michigan
Akron
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Kent State
Ohio
Miami (OH)
