The UMass Minutemen joined the MAC as a football-only member in July 2012 ; the university announced that the team would leave the MAC at the end of the 2015 season due to contractual issues . Meanwhile , Temple ended its affiliation with the MAC in football and joined the Big East for football in July 2012 . Following the split of the Big East into football-sponsoring and non-football conferences in July 2013 , Temple became a full member of the football-sponsoring portion , the American Athletic Conference , ending its membership in the Atlantic 10 at that time . The Chicago State Cougars were an affiliate for men 's tennis until joining the Western Athletic Conference , which sponsors that sport , in July 2013
Big East
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Mid-American Conference