MEAC
Six current members, six former. Our membership records under this name start in 1978; its titles go back further. 2025 champion: South Carolina State.
2026 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | Poll | Elo | Last 5 | Next | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–0 | 5–2 | 1399 | WWWLL | vs. Norfolk State Oct 24 | |||
| 0–0 | 5–2 | 1285 | WWWWL | vs. Howard Oct 24 | |||
| 0–0 | 4–3 | 1234 | LWWLW | at South Carolina State Oct 24 | |||
| 0–0 | 4–3 | 1288 | WLWLW | vs. North Carolina Central Oct 23 | |||
| 0–0 | 3–4 | 1238 | LLWLW | at Morgan State Oct 24 | |||
| 0–0 | 2–5 | 1260 | WLLLL | at Delaware State Oct 23 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. Poll: the FCS coaches’ poll, week 7. Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2026
MEAC teams are 23–19 outside the conference so far.
- Coastal Athletic Conference7–2
- Division II7–0
- FBS teams0–7
- Patriot Conference1–3
- SWAC3–1
- OVC0–3
- NEC1–1
- Others2–0
- Southern Conference1–1
- FCS Independents1–0
- Ivy League0–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from the FBS count together.
Champions
Most titles
| South Carolina State | 20 | last 2025 |
| North Carolina A&T | 11 | last 2019 |
| Bethune-Cookman | 8 | last 2015 |
| Florida A&M | 8 | last 2010 |
| North Carolina Central | 7 | last 2023 |
| Delaware State | 6 | last 2007 |
| Hampton | 5 | last 2006 |
| Morgan State | 4 | last 2014 |
| Howard | 3 | last 2023 |
By year
| 2025 | South Carolina State |
| 2024 | South Carolina State |
| 2023 | Howard, North Carolina Central (shared) |
| 2022 | Howard, North Carolina Central (shared) |
| 2021 | South Carolina State |
| 2019 | North Carolina A&T, South Carolina State (shared) |
| 2018 | North Carolina A&T |
| 2017 | North Carolina A&T |
| 2016 | North Carolina Central |
| 2015 | Bethune-Cookman, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central (shared) |
| 2014 | Bethune-Cookman, Morgan State, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, South Carolina State (shared) |
| 2013 | Bethune-Cookman, South Carolina State (shared) |
41 earlier seasons, back to 1971
Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.
Members
Every school and its years (12)
Members now
- Delaware State 1978 on
- Howard 1978 on
- South Carolina State 1978 on
- Morgan State 1986–2019, 2021 on
- Norfolk State 1999–2019, 2021 on
- North Carolina Central 2010–2019, 2021 on
Former members
- Bethune-Cookman 1980–2019
- Florida A&M 1979–1983, 1986–2003, 2005–2019
- North Carolina A&T 1978, 1980–2019
- Savannah State 2010–2018
- Hampton 1995–2017
- Winston-Salem State 2007
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1978; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Bethune-Cookman | Left for SWAC | June 25, 2020 | |
| 2021 | Florida A&M | Left for SWAC | June 4, 2020 | |
| 2021 | North Carolina A&T | Left for Big South | February 7, 2020 | |
| 2019 | Savannah State | Left for SIAC | December 7, 2017 | |
| 2018 | Hampton | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source | |
| 2011 † | North Carolina Central | Joined (independent before) | March 10, 2009 | |
| 2011 † | Savannah State | Joined (independent before) | March 10, 2009 | |
| 1997 † | Norfolk State | Joined from CIAA | Source |
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. † Our membership records (CollegeFootballData.com) date the move to another season, or don’t show it. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in 382 of 386 team-seasons from 1978. the member tables in the conference’s Wikipedia article agree with ours in 0 of 2 team-seasons from 2026. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
NFL first-round picks 2
| North Carolina A&T | 1 |
| South Carolina State | 1 |
Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1978); a draft pick counts for the season before the draft. Heisman and All-America lists from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), draft picks from CollegeFootballData.com.
The money
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is a nonprofit. Its IRS Form 990 for the year to June 2025 reports $14.1 million in revenue, $2.0 million of it from sponsorships, and $11.9 million in expenses; it ended the year with $4.9 million in assets. Its best-paid, commissioner Sonja Stills, was paid $351,000.
By year
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Top pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $14.1M | $11.9M | $4.9M | $351K |
| 2023-24 | $11.1M | $13.1M | $4.1M | $344K |
| 2022-23 | $10.9M | $12.1M | $4.7M | $342K |
| 2021-22 | $11.3M | $11.3M | $5.9M | $362K |
| 2020-21 | $11.2M | $9.7M | $6.0M | $355K |
| 2019-20 | $9.4M | $11.9M | $4.1M | $321K |
| 2018-19 | $12.8M | $12.1M | $7.3M | |
| 2017-18 | $12.4M | $12.4M | $6.0M | $285K |
| 2016-17 | $12.2M | $10.3M | $6.5M | |
| 2015-16 | $10.5M | $10.3M | $4.6M | |
| 2014-15 | $9.2M | $9.1M | $4.5M | |
| 2013-14 | $8.2M | $8.1M | $4.7M | |
| 2012-13 | $7.7M | $7.3M | $5.0M | |
| 2011-12 | $6.6M | $6.3M | $4.3M | |
| 2010-11 | $6.5M | $6.5M | $4.1M |
Best paid, 2024-25
| Sonja Stills, commissioner | $351,000 |
| Raynoid Dedeaux, deputy commissioner | $242,000 |
Grants it lists, 2024-25
| Howard | student athlete opportunity fund | $392,000 |
| Morgan State | student athlete opportunity fund | $282,000 |
| Delaware State | student athlete opportunity fund | $206,000 |
| Sc State University Foundation | student athlete opportunity fund | $140,000 |
| Norfolk State | student athlete opportunity fund | $131,000 |
| North Carolina Central | student athlete opportunity fund | $128,000 |
| Coppin State University | student athlete opportunity fund | $31,000 |
| University of Maryland Eastern Shore | student athlete opportunity fund | $30,000 |
From the organization’s IRS Form 990, via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and the IRS’s e-file data. Fiscal years end in June; top pay is the best-paid person’s total compensation on the return, listed for e-filed years (2018 on). Grants are the ones the conference lists on Schedule I; bowl payments are the ones bowls list on theirs. See every filing at ProPublica (EIN 56-0992403).