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8 Schools•Division I•Est. 1970
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) enters its 55th year of intercollegiate competition in 2025-26, serving as one of two NCAA Division I conferences whose members are exclusively historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, the MEAC was founded in 1970 after seven institutions — Delaware State, Howard, Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, and South Carolina State — met in Durham, North Carolina in 1969 to establish a conference with the highest academic standards and a goal of achieving Division I status. The conference began football competition in 1971 and was officially classified as a Division I conference by the NCAA in 1980. The MEAC currently fields eight member institutions along the Atlantic coastline and sponsors 14 sports, receiving automatic NCAA bids in men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's tennis, softball, and volleyball. The MEAC's football champion faces the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champion annually in the Cricket Celebration Bowl, with the MEAC holding a 7-3 advantage in the game since its 2015 debut. The conference has produced 13 Pro Football Hall of Famers, three Naismith Basketball Hall of Famers, and over 35 Olympic athletes, 13 of whom have earned medals. Maryland Eastern Shore won three NCAA women's bowling national championships (2008, 2011, 2012), making the Lady Hawks the most decorated program in that sport's history. In men's basketball, MEAC schools have produced three of the 11 instances in NCAA Tournament history where a No. 15 seed defeated a No. 2 seed — Coppin State in 1997, Hampton in 2001, and Norfolk State in 2012. Sonja O. Stills became the conference's first female commissioner on January 1, 2022, and is also the only female commissioner of a Division I HBCU athletic conference.
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The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) enters its 55th year of intercollegiate competition in 2025-26, serving as one of two NCAA Division I conferences whose members are exclusively historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, the MEAC was founded in 1970 after seven institutions — Delaware State, Howard, Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, and South Carolina State — met in Durham, North Carolina in 1969 to establish a conference with the highest academic standards and a goal of achieving Division I status. The conference began football competition in 1971 and was officially classified as a Division I conference by the NCAA in 1980. The MEAC currently fields eight member institutions along the Atlantic coastline and sponsors 14 sports, receiving automatic NCAA bids in men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's tennis, softball, and volleyball. The MEAC's football champion faces the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champion annually in the Cricket Celebration Bowl, with the MEAC holding a 7-3 advantage in the game since its 2015 debut. The conference has produced 13 Pro Football Hall of Famers, three Naismith Basketball Hall of Famers, and over 35 Olympic athletes, 13 of whom have earned medals. Maryland Eastern Shore won three NCAA women's bowling national championships (2008, 2011, 2012), making the Lady Hawks the most decorated program in that sport's history. In men's basketball, MEAC schools have produced three of the 11 instances in NCAA Tournament history where a No. 15 seed defeated a No. 2 seed — Coppin State in 1997, Hampton in 2001, and Norfolk State in 2012. Sonja O. Stills became the conference's first female commissioner on January 1, 2022, and is also the only female commissioner of a Division I HBCU athletic conference.
Official Website