The Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC) is an umbrella organization of three athletic conferences that competes in the NCAA's Division III. The 18 member colleges are in the Mid-Atlantic United States.
The organization is divided into two main conferences: the MAC Commonwealth and the MAC Freedom. A third conference, named the Middle Atlantic Conference (singular), draws members from both the Commonwealth and Freedom conferences and sponsors sports that only a certain set of members participate in, such as track & field and cross country.
Current members[]
Several current MAC Commonwealth members were MAC members long before the Commonwealth and Freedom conferences were created. Records of the overall MAC before 1946 are incomplete; joining dates for the overall MAC are the first for which official records exist.
- Albright — charter member of MAC Commonwealth; MAC member since 1945
- Alvernia — joined in 2009; MAC Freedom member in 2008–09
- Eastern — joined MAC Commonwealth in 2020; MAC Freedom member from 2008–2020
- Hood — joined in 2012
- Lebanon Valley — charter member of MAC Commonwealth; MAC member since 1945
- Messiah — charter member of MAC Commonwealth; MAC member since 1983
- Stevenson — joined in 2012
- Widener — charter member of MAC Commonwealth; MAC member since 1945
- York (PA) — joined in 2020
Former members[]
- Arcadia (2008–2020) — now in the MAC Freedom; had been a MAC Freedom member in 2007–08
- Elizabethtown (1999–2014) — now in the Landmark Conference
- Juniata (1999–2007) — now in the Landmark Conference
- Lycoming (2007–2020) — now in the MAC Freedom; MAC member since 1952 and MAC Freedom member from 1999–2007
- Moravian (1999–2007) — now in the Landmark Conference
- Susquehanna (1999–2007) — now in the Landmark Conference