Mid-American Conference

Mid-American Conference (MAC)
Mid-American Conference logo
Established	1946
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I FBS
Members	12 (13 in football)
Sports fielded	23 (men's: 11; women's: 12)
Region	Great Lakes
Headquarters	Cleveland, Ohio
Commissioner	Jon Steinbrecher (since 2009)
Website	mac-sports.com
Locations
Mid-American Conference locations

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college 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, with an affiliate member in Massachusetts.

The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and has two members in the nearby Akron area. The MAC has been referred to as the "Conference of Quarterbacks" because of the accomplishments of numerous former players in the National Football League. The conference also ranks highest among all eleven NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates.

History

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Former conference logo

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Locations of the football-playing members of the Mid-American Conference. Massachusetts is a football-only member; all others are full members.

The five charter members of the Mid-American Conference were Ohio University, Butler University, the University of Cincinnati, Wayne University (now Wayne State University), and Western Reserve University, one of the predecessors to today's Case Western Reserve University. Butler University left after the first year. Miami University and Western Michigan University took the place of those charter members for the 1948 season. The MAC added the University of Toledo (1950), Kent State University (1951), and Bowling Green State University (1952). The University of Cincinnati resigned its membership February 18, 1953, with an effective date of June 1, 1953. Cincinnati's decision was based on a new requirement that at least 5 conference football games would have to be scheduled each season, University President Raymond Walters saying they "...regretfully resign...as the university could not continue under the present setup..."

The membership was steady for the next two decades except for the addition of Marshall University in 1954 and the departure of Western Reserve in 1955. Marshall was expelled from the conference in 1969 due to NCAA violations. The first major expansion since the 1950s took place in the mid-1970s with the addition of Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University in 1972 and Ball State University and Northern Illinois University in 1973. Northern Illinois left after the 1986 season. The University of Akron joined the conference in 1992. The conference became the largest in Division I-A with the re-admittance of Marshall and Northern Illinois and addition of the University at Buffalo's Bulls in 1997 and 1998, respectively. The University of Central Florida joined for football only in 2001, becoming the first football-only member in conference history. Marshall (a second time) and Central Florida would leave after the 2004–2005 academic year, both joining Conference USA in all sports.

In May 2005, the Temple Owls in Philadelphia signed a six-year contract with the MAC as a football-only school and began play in the East Division in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

The Louisville Cardinals were a MAC affiliate for field hockey for a number of years when Louisville was a member of the Metro Conference and Conference USA, winning two MAC tourney titles in 2003 and 2004.^{[citation needed]}

The Missouri State Bears, Evansville Purple Aces, and Southern Illinois Salukis participate in the MAC for men's swimming and diving. In 2012, the West Virginia Mountaineers joined the Florida Atlantic Owls and Hartwick College Hawks as men's soccer affiliates. Missouri and Northern Iowa are affiliates for wrestling, and Old Dominion will become a wrestling affiliate in July 2013. The Missouri State Bears are also an affiliate for field hockey and the Chicago State Cougars are an affiliate for men's tennis.

The UMass Minutemen joined the MAC as a football-only member in July 2012. Meanwhile, Temple ended its affiliation with the MAC in football and joined the Big East for football in July 2012 (it will switch all of its other sports to the Big East in July 2013 and end its membership in the Atlantic 10 at that time).

Member schools

Current members

There are twelve schools with full membership:

Institution	Nickname	Location	Colors	Founded	Type	Enrollment	U.S. News Ranking	Joined
East Division
University of Akron	Zips	Akron, Ohio	Blue & Gold	1870	Public	29,251	&10000000000000205000000205–270 (National)	1992
Bowling Green State University	Falcons	Bowling Green, Ohio	Orange & Brown	1910	Public	18,756	&10000000000000184000000184 (National)	1952
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York	Bulls	Buffalo, New York	Blue & White	1846	Public	28,601	&10000000000000106000000106 (National)	1998
Kent State University	Golden Flashes	Kent, Ohio	Navy Blue & Gold	1910	Public	24,449	&10000000000000205000000205–270 (National)	1951
Miami University	RedHawks	Oxford, Ohio	Red & White	1809	Public	20,126	&1000000000000008900000089 (National)	1947
Ohio University	Bobcats	Athens, Ohio	Ohio Green & White	1804	Public	21,844	&10000000000000131000000131 (National)	1946
West Division
Ball State University	Cardinals	Muncie, Indiana	Cardinal & White	1918	Public	20,113	&10000000000000184000000184 (National)	1973
Central Michigan University	Chippewas	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	Maroon & Gold	1892	Public	28,389	&10000000000000205000000205–270 (National)	1971
Eastern Michigan University	Eagles	Ypsilanti, Michigan	Green & White	1849	Public	22,974	&1000000000000034800000080 (Regional: Midwest)	1971
Northern Illinois University	Huskies	DeKalb, Illinois	Cardinal & Black	1895	Public	25,313	&10000000000000189000000189 (National)	1975, 1997
University of Toledo	Rockets	Toledo, Ohio	Midnight Blue & Gold	1872	Public	21,594	&10000000000000205000000205–270 (National)	1950
Western Michigan University	Broncos	Kalamazoo, Michigan	Brown & Gold	1903	Public	25,045	&10000000000000189000000189 (National)	1947

Affiliate members

Ten schools have MAC affiliate membership status, with one more confirmed to be joining in the future. On July 1, 2012, Temple joined the Big East Conference for all sports, starting at the 2013-14 season; and Massachusetts replaced Temple as a football-only member in the MAC East Division. On September 19, 2012, the MAC announced Missouri, Northern Iowa and Old Dominion would join as wrestling affiliates; the Southeastern and Missouri Valley Conferences do not sponsor wrestling. Missouri and Northern Iowa will participate in the conference tournament only in the 2012–13 school year, and begin full conference play in 2013–14. Old Dominion will not begin MAC competition until 2013–14, when it leaves the Colonial Athletic Association (which sponsors wrestling) for Conference USA (which does not).

Current affiliate members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Colors	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Primary Conference	MAC Sport(s)
Chicago State University	Cougars	Chicago, Illinois	Evergreen & White	1867	Public	7,131	Great West	Men's tennis
Evansville !University of Evansville	Purple Aces	Evansville, Indiana	Purple, White, & Orange	1854	Private	3,050	Missouri Valley	Men's swimming
Florida Atlantic University	Owls	Boca Raton, Florida	Blue, Red, & Silver	1961	Public	26,245	Sun Belt	Men's soccer
Hartwick College	Hawks	Oneonta, New York	Wellesley Blue & White	1797	Private	1,520	Empire 8	Men's soccer
Massachusetts !University of Massachusetts	Minutemen	Amherst, Massachusetts	Maroon & White	1863	Public	27,062	Atlantic 10 (A-10)	Football (East Division)
Missouri !University of Missouri	Tigers	Columbia, Missouri	Black and MU Gold	1839	Public	34,255	SEC	Wrestling
Missouri State !Missouri State University	Bears	Springfield, Missouri	Maroon & White	1905	Public	21,425	Missouri Valley	Field hockey Men's swimming
Northern Iowa !University of Northern Iowa	Panthers	Cedar Falls, Iowa	Purple and Gold	1876	Public	13,080	Missouri Valley	Wrestling
Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Salukis	Carbondale, Illinois	Maroon & White	1869	Public	21,000	Missouri Valley	Men's swimming
West Virginia University	Mountaineers	Morgantown, West Virginia	Old Gold & Blue	1867	Public	29,616	Big 12	Men's soccer

Future affiliate members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Colors	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Primary Conference	MAC Sport(s)	Joining
Old Dominion University	Monarchs	Norfolk, Virginia	Slate Blue, Silver, and Light Blue	1930	Public	24,730	CAA (C-USA in 2013)	Wrestling	2013

Former members

Nicknames listed here reflect those used during each school's MAC tenure. Two schools have changed their nicknames since leaving the MAC—UCF dropped "Golden" from its nickname, becoming simply Knights, while Wayne State now uses Warriors. Western Reserve merged with Case Institute of Technology in 1967 to form today's Case Western Reserve University, with the athletic programs merging in 1971. With the athletic merger, Case Western abandoned the nicknames of both former institutions and adopted Spartans.

Former full members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Colors	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Current Conference
Butler University	Bulldogs	Indianapolis, Indiana	Blue & White	1855	Private	4,667	1946	1949	Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Cincinnati !University of Cincinnati	Bearcats	Cincinnati, Ohio	Red & Black	1819	Public	41,357	1946	1953	Big East
Marshall University	Thundering Herd	Huntington, West Virginia	Kelly Green & White	1837	Public	13,971	1954, 1997	1969, 2005	C-USA
Wayne State University	Tartars	Detroit, Michigan	Green & Gold	1868	Public	30,909	1946	1947	GLIAC (Division II)
Western Reserve University	Red Cats	Cleveland, Ohio	Blue, White, & Gray	1826	Private	9,685	1946	1955	UAA (Division III)

Former affiliate members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Colors	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Current Conference	MAC Sport
UCF !University of Central Florida (UCF)	Golden Knights	Orlando, Florida	Black & Gold	1963	Public	58,698	2001	2005	Big East	football
Temple University	Owls	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Cherry & White	1884	Public	37,696	2007	2012	Big East (football, all sports in 2013) Atlantic 10 (A-10) (all sports until 2013)	football

Membership timeline

Full members Associate members (football only)

Commissioners

• Dave Reese, 1946–1964
• Bob James, 1964–1971
• Fred Jacoby, 1971–1982
• Jim Lessig, 1982–1990
• Karl Benson, 1990–1994
• Jerry Ippoliti, 1994–1999
• Rick Chryst, 1999–2009
• Jon Steinbrecher, 2009–present

Sports

The Mid-AmericaConference sponsors championship competition in nine men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Eight schools are Associate members for five sports.

Teams in C-USA Conference competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	12	-
Basketball	12	12
Cross Country	9	12
Field Hockey	-	6
Football	13	-
Golf	9	9
Gymnastics	-	7
Soccer	8	12
Softball	-	12
Swimming & Diving	7	8
Tennis	6	9
Track and Field (Indoor)	5	12
Track and Field (Outdoor)	6	12
Volleyball	-	12
Wrestling	6	-

Football

File:AmericanFootball current event.svg For the current season, see 2012 Mid-American Conference football season

Team	First season	All-time record	All-time win %	Bowl appearances	Bowl record	MAC titles	Other conference titles	Stadium	Head coach
East Division
Akron	1891	487–496–37	.496	1	0–1	1	0	InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field	Terry Bowden
Bowling Green	1919	498–345–52	.585	9	4–5	10	5	Doyt Perry Stadium	Dave Clawson
Buffalo	1894	363–487–28	.429	1	0–1	1	1	University at Buffalo Stadium	Jeff Quinn
Kent State	1920	316–505–28	.389	2	0–2	1	0	Dix Stadium	Darrell Hazell
Massachusetts	1879	556–530–51	.511	2	1–1	0	22	Gillette Stadium	Charley Molnar
Miami	1888	665–407–44	.616	10	7–3	15	7	Yager Stadium	Don Treadwell
Ohio	1894	513–534–47	.490	6	1–5	5	6	Peden Stadium	Frank Solich
West Division
Ball State	1924	412–379–32	.520	5	0–5	5	5	Scheumann Stadium	Pete Lembo
Central Michigan	1896	577–377–37	.601	6	2–4	7	9	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	Dan Enos
Eastern Michigan	1891	436–535–47	.451	2	1–1	1	9	Rynearson Stadium	Ron English
Northern Illinois	1899	522–462–51	.529	7	4–3	2	8	Huskie Stadium	Rod Carey
Toledo	1917	482–401–24	.545	12	8–4	10	3	Glass Bowl	Matt Campbell
Western Michigan	1905	524–412–24	.558	5	0–5	2	1	Waldo Stadium	P. J. Fleck

MAC champions

Main article: MAC Championship Game

Bowl games

The MAC is contracted to provide a team for three college football bowl games including the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, GoDaddy.com Bowl, and Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. For the 2012 season, the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl will have the first pick of MAC teams, and the GoDaddy.com Bowl will get the second pick. For the 2013 season, the GoDaddy.com Bowl will receive the first pick of MAC teams, and the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl will receive the second pick.

Pick	Name	Location	Opposing conference	Opposing pick
1	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl	Detroit, Michigan	Big Ten	8
2	GoDaddy.com Bowl	Mobile, Alabama	Sun Belt	1
3	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	Boise, Idaho	Mountain West	6

For the 2012 and 2013 seasons, the MAC has secondary bowl tie-ins with New Mexico Bowl, BBVA Compass Bowl, and Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl to select a fourth MAC bowl team if a primary contracted conference cannot fill its bowl spot in one of the aforementioned bowl games. For the 2012 season, the MAC has a secondary tie-in with the Heart of Dallas Bowl to select a potential fifth MAC bowl team if one of the primary contracted spots is not filled.

Bowl Championship Series

The MAC champion will receive an automatic berth in one of the five BCS bowl games if they are the highest ranked non-automatic qualifying conference champion and either of the following:

• Ranked in the top 12 of the BCS Rankings.
• Ranked in the top 16 of the BCS Rankings and its ranking is higher than that of an automatic qualifying conference champion.

In 2012, Northern Illinois became the first MAC team to receive a BCS bowl berth, qualifying by the second criterion. The Huskies were ranked 15th in the final BCS standings, higher than two champions of AQ conferences (Big East champion Louisville, who was ranked 22nd, and Big Ten champion Wisconsin, who was unranked). Northern Illinois lost to Florida State in the Orange Bowl.

Rivalries

Football rivalries involving MAC teams include:

Teams		Rivalry name	Trophy	Meetings	Record	Series leader	Current streak
Akron	Kent State	–	Wagon Wheel	54	30–22–2	Akron	Kent State won 2
Akron	Youngstown State	–	Steel Tire	35	14–19–2	Youngstown State	Youngstown State won 3
Bowling Green	Kent State	Battle for the Anniversary Award	Anniversary Award	79	55–18–6	Bowling Green	Kent State won 2
Bowling Green	Toledo	The Black Swamp Showdown Battle of I-75	Battle of I-75 Trophy	76	39–33–4	Bowling Green	Toledo won 2
Massachusetts	Boston College	Boston College—UMass football rivalry	–	24	5–19	Boston College	Boston College won 7
Massachusetts	New Hampshire	Colonial Clash	Bill Knight Trophy (MVP)	74	43–28–3	Massachusetts	New Hampshire won 2
Massachusetts	Connecticut	UConn–UMass football rivalry	–	71	36–33–2	Massachusetts	Massachusetts won 1
Miami	Cincinnati	Battle for the Bell	Victory Bell	116	59–50–7	Miami	Cincinnati won 6
Ohio	Marshall	Battle for the Bell	The Bell	55	30–19–6	Ohio	Ohio won 1
Ball State	NIU	–	Bronze Stalk Trophy	40	20–18–2	Ball State	NIU won 4
Central Michigan	Western Michigan	CMU–WMU Rivalry	Victory Cannon	83	37–44–2	Western Michigan	Western Michigan won 1
Ohio	Miami	Battle Of the Bricks	-	89	52-35-2	Miami	Miami won 1

In addition, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Western Michigan compete for the Michigan MAC Trophy, which is awarded to the team with the best head-to-head record each year. Since the inception of the trophy in 2005, Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan have each won the trophy three times, and Western Michigan has won the trophy once.

Basketball

Main article: Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Main article: Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

See also: Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

In August 2010, Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher and the Cleveland Cavaliers announced that the Mid-American Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments would remain in Cleveland at Quicken Loans Arena through 2017. Both tournaments have flourished since moving to Cleveland in 2000, with the men's semi-finals and championship regularly drawing large crowds at Quicken Loans Arena. In 2007, the MAC also announced a format change for both tournaments, bringing all twelve men's and women's teams to Cleveland. The MAC also co-hosted the 2007 Women's Final Four at Quicken Loans Arena after successfully hosting the 2006 NCAA Women's Basketball Regional at the same facility.

Championships

Main article: List of Mid-American Conference champions

Current MAC champions

Fall 2012

Sport	School
Football	Northern Illinois
Soccer (M)	Akron
Soccer (W)	Miami
Volleyball (W)	Bowling Green
Cross country (M)	Eastern Michigan
Cross country (W)	Toledo
Field hockey (W)	Miami

Winter 2012

Sport	School
Basketball (M)	Ohio
Basketball (W)	Eastern Michigan
Indoor track and field (M)	Akron
Indoor track and field (W)	Kent State
Swimming and diving (M)	Eastern Michigan
Swimming and diving (W)	Toledo
Gymnastics (W)	Central Michigan
Wrestling (M)	Central Michigan

Spring 2011

Sport	School
Baseball	Kent State
Softball	Western Michigan
Outdoor track and field (M)	Akron
Outdoor track and field (W)	Kent State
Golf (M)	Kent State
Golf (W)	Kent State
Tennis (M)	Ball State Western Michigan
Tennis (W)	Akron Miami

Facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity
Akron	InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field	27,000	James A. Rhodes Arena	5,500	Lee R. Jackson Baseball Field	1,500
Ball State	Scheumann Stadium	25,400	John E. Worthen Arena	11,500	Ball Diamond	1,700
Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium	23,724	Stroh Center	4,700	Warren E. Steller Field	2,500
Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium	31,000	Alumni Arena	6,100	Amherst Audubon Field	500
Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	30,255	McGuirk Arena	5,300	Bill Theunissen Stadium	2,046
Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium	30,200	Convocation Center	8,800	Oestrike Stadium	1,313
Kent State	Dix Stadium	20,500	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center	6,327	Olga Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium	1,148
Massachusetts	Gillette Stadium	68,756	Football-only member
Miami	Yager Stadium	24,286	Millett Hall	6,400	Stanley G. McKie Field at Joseph P. Hayden Jr. Park	1,000
Northern Illinois	Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium	30,076	Convocation Center	10,000	Ralph McKinzie Field	1,500
Ohio	Peden Stadium	24,000	Convocation Center	13,080	Bob Wren Stadium	4,000
Toledo	Glass Bowl	26,248	Savage Arena	7,300	Scott Park Baseball Complex	1,000
Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium	30,200	University Arena	5,421	Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Judson Hyames Field	1,500

Hall of Fame

The Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame was the first Division I conference Hall of Fame. It was established in 1987 and classes have been inducted in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 2012.

In order to be eligible, a person must have participated during the time the university was in the MAC and five years must have passed from the time the individual participated in athletics or worked in the athletic department.

The following list are the members of the MAC Hall of Fame, along with the school they were affiliated with, the sport(s) they were inducted for and the year they were inducted.

Harold Anderson, Bowling Green, Basketball, 1991 Janet Bachna, Kent State, Gymnastics, 1992 Joe Begala, Kent State, Wrestling, 1991 Tom Beutler, Toledo, Football, 1994 Kermit Blosser, Ohio, Golf, 1988 Jim Corrigall, Kent State, Football, 1994 Hasely Crawford, Eastern Michigan, Track and field, 1991 Ben Curtis, Kent State, Golf, 2012 Caroline (Mast) Daugherty, Ohio, Basketball, 1994 Herb Deromedi, Central Michigan, Football, 2012 Chuck Ealey, Toledo, Football, 1988 Fran Ebert, Western Michigan, Softball, Basketball, 1992 Wayne Embry, Miami, Basketball, 2012 Karen Fitzpatrick, Ball State, Field hockey, 2012 John Gill, WMU Athlete, Coach, Administrator, 1994 Maurice Harvey, Ball State, Football, 1992 Bill Hess, Ohio, Football coach, 1992 Gary Hogeboom, Central Michigan, Football, 1994 Fred Jacoby, MAC Commissioner, 1990 Bob James, MAC Commissioner, 1989 Ron Johnson, Eastern Michigan, Football, 1988 Ted Kjolhede, Central Michigan, Basketball, 1988 Ken Kramer, Ball State, Football, 1991 Bill Lajoie, Western Michigan, Baseball, 1991 Jack Lambert, Kent State, Football, 1988 Frank Lauterbur, Toledo, Football, 1990 Mel Long, Toledo, Football, 1992 Charlier Maher, Western Michigan, Baseball, 1989 Ray McCallum, Ball State, Basketball, 1988

Jack McLain, MAC Football Official, 1992 Karen Michalak, Central Michigan, Basketball, Track and field, Field hockey, 1992 Gordon Minty, Eastern Michigan, Track and field, 1994 Steve Mix, Toledo, Basketball, 1989 Thurman Munson, Kent State, Baseball, 1990 Ira Murchinson, Western Michigan, Track and field, 1990 Don Nehlen, Bowling Green, Football, 1994 Manny Newsome, Western Michigan, Basketball, 1988 Bob Nichols, Toledo, Basketball, 2012 Bob Owchinko, Eastern Michigan, Baseball, 1992 Ara Parseghian, Miami, Football, 1988 Doyt Perry, Bowling Green, Football, 1988 John Pont, Miami, Football Player/Coach, 1992 John Pruis, Ball State, President, 1994 Trevor Rees, Kent State, Football, 1989 David Reese, MAC Commissioner, 1988 George Rider, Miami, Track and field, 1989 William Rohr, Miami, Basketball coach 1994 Don Roundfield, Central Michigan, Basketball, 1990 Bo Schembechler, Miami, Football Coach, 1991 Mike Schmidt, Ohio, Baseball, 2012 Dick Shrider, Miami, Basketball, 1990 Jim Snyder, Ohio, Basketball, 1991 Shafer Suggs, Ball State, Football, 1989 Phil Villapiano, Bowling Green, Football, 1992 Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green, Basketball, 1989 Bob Welch, Eastern Michigan, Baseball, 1990 Dave Wottle, Bowling Green, Track and field, 1990 Bob Wren, Ohio, Baseball, 1989

Media

Broadcasts

A number of MAC sports, including football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, soccer, wrestling and volleyball, are telecast on SportsTime Ohio replacing FSN Ohio as the MAC TV Partner the deal was signed in July 2010 and is for three years. Along with STO, ESPN Regional TV retains the “local and regional” syndication telecast rights to the MAC for Football.

Ball State produces its own comprehensive television package with Ball State Sports Link. Affiliate stations include WIPB in Muncie, WNDY in Indianapolis, The CW in Fort Wayne, WHME in South Bend, WTVW in Evansville, WYIN in Merrillville and Comcast in Michigan. All Ball State Sports Link games are also broadcast on student radio station WCRD and on the Ball State Radio Network produced by WLBC-FM and Backyard Broadcasting.

NIU has multiple football and basketball games telecast by Comcast SportsNet Chicago. In addition, most Northern Illinois football and basketball games can be heard on WSCR-AM 670 "The Score" - Chicago's powerful 50,000-watt top-rated all-sports station, which reaches 38 states and Canada.

MAC Properties

MAC Properties (a division of ISP Sports) is the sponsorship arm of the Mid-American Conference, and handles all forms of sponsorship and advertising for the MAC which includes managing and growing its stable of official corporate partners. As of 2010, the MAC has five official corporate partners: FirstEnergy, Marathon, PNC Bank, AutoTrader.com and Cleveland Clinic Sports Health. There are approximately 20 other companies engaged as sponsors of the conference at the non-official level. MAC Properties also assists with the management of the conference's television and radio contracts, including those with ESPN Regional, FOX Sports Ohio and ESPN 850 WKNR among others.

External links

• Official website