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| Association | NCAA |
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| Founded | 1970 |
| Commissioner | Sonja O. Stills (since 2022) |
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| Division | Division I |
| Subdivision | FCS |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Headquarters | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Region | South Atlantic, Middle Atlantic |
| Official website | meacsports.com |
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The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC /ˈmiːæk/ MEE-ak) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, and in football, in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).[1]
Currently, the MEAC has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in men's basketball (since 1981), women's basketball (since 1982), softball (since 1995), men's and women's tennis (since 1998), and volleyball (since 1994). Bowling was officially sanctioned as a MEAC-governed sport in 1999. Before that season, the MEAC was the first conference to secure NCAA sanctioning for women's bowling by adopting the club sport prior to the 1996–97 school year.
- ^ Becton, Stan (November 20, 2021). "Here are the FCS Playoff automatic bid scenarios for every conference". NCAA.com.