There are twelve public schools with full membership : Seventeen schools have MAC affiliate membership status . On July 1 , 2012 , Temple joined the Big East Conference for football only ( the school 's other sports would join the Big East/American for 2013 – 14 ) , and Massachusetts replaced Temple as a football-only member in the MAC East Division . On September 19 , 2012 , the MAC announced Missouri , Northern Iowa and Old Dominion would join as wrestling affiliates ; as the Southeastern and Missouri Valley Conferences do not sponsor wrestling . Missouri and Northern Iowa participated only in the conference tournament in the 2012 – 13 school year , and began full conference play in 2013 – 14 . Old Dominion did not begin MAC competition until 2013 – 14 , when it left the Colonial Athletic Association ( which had sponsored wrestling , but no longer does so ) for Conference USA ( which has never sponsored the sport )
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Mid-American Conference