Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) 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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.

History

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Locations of eight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference members

In 1969, a group whose members were long associated with interscholastic athletics met in Durham, North Carolina for the purpose of discussing the organization of a new conference. After the formulation of a committee, and their research reported, seven institutions, Delaware State University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State College, agreed to become the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.<ref name="meachistory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> South Carolina State had been a longtime member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, while the other charter members had been longtime members of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

The conference's main goals were to establish and supervise an intercollegiate athletic program among a group of educational institutions that shared the same academic standards and philosophy of co-curricular activities and seek status as a Division I conference for all of its sports.Template:Cn

The conference was confirmed in 1970, and had its first season of competition in football in 1971. The MEAC has had three full-time commissioners.<ref name="meachistory"/> In 1978, the MEAC selected its first full-time commissioner, Kenneth A. Free, who served as commissioner until he resigned in 1995. He was succeeded by Charles S. Harris, who served at the position until 2002. On September 1, 2002, Dennis E. Thomas became the conference's commissioner. He retired on December 31, 2021. Sonja O. Stills became the first female commissioner of the MEAC on January 1, 2022. She is also the only female commissioner of a Division I HBCU athletic conference.

The MEAC experienced its first expansion in 1979 when Bethune–Cookman College (now Bethune–Cookman University) and Florida A&M University were admitted as new members. That same year, founding members Morgan State University, North Carolina Central University and University of Maryland Eastern Shore withdrew from the conference. All three schools eventually returned to the conference; Maryland Eastern Shore rejoined in 1981, Morgan State in 1984, and North Carolina Central in 2010.

On June 8, 1978, the MEAC was classified as a Division I conference by the NCAA. Prior to that year, the league operated as a Division II conference. The following month the MEAC received an automatic qualification to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

In 1984, membership in the MEAC again changed, as Florida A&M chose to leave. The university returned to the conference two years later. Coppin State College, now Coppin State University, joined the conference in 1985. The MEAC found some stability in membership with the addition of two HBCUs in Virginia, Hampton University and Norfolk State University in 1995 and 1997, respectively. For the next ten years, the MEAC remained an 11-member conference. In 2007, former CIAA member Winston-Salem State University was granted membership, but announced on September 11, 2009, that it would return to Division II at the end of 2009–10 and apply to return to the CIAA before ever becoming a full member of the MEAC.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

North Carolina Central University rejoined the conference effective July 1, 2010.<ref name="NCCUjoins">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="SSU Joins MEAC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> NCCU was one of seven founding member institutions of the MEAC, but withdrew from the conference in 1979, opting to remain a Division II member when the conference reclassified to Division I.<ref name="NCCUjoins"/>

Savannah State University was announced as the newest member of the MEAC on March 10, 2010.<ref name="SSU Joins MEAC"/> Savannah State originally applied for membership into the MEAC in 2006 but faced an NCAA probationary period soon after. Membership was then deferred until the completion of the imposed probation period, which ended in May 2009. Savannah State then resubmitted their application for membership again in 2009 and was finally granted probationary membership status.<ref name="SSU Joins MEAC"/> On September 8, 2011, the university was confirmed as a full MEAC member.<ref name=MEACfull>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

While the MEAC has had no new full members since then, the conference added an associate member in 2014 when Augusta University, then known as Georgia Regents University, a Division II institution with Division I programs in men's and women's golf, joined for men's golf.<ref name=GRU>Template:Cite press release</ref> Augusta became the MEAC's first associate member and first non-HBCU with any type of membership. The conference has since added two more non-HBCU associate members, with Monmouth University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) joining for bowling in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

In April 2017, Savannah State announced that it would drop to Division II effective with the 2019–20 school year.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> In November 2017, Hampton announced they would leave the MEAC to join the Big South Conference beginning with the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In February 2020 North Carolina A&T announced departing MEAC to join Big South Conference effective July 2021. Within few months, in June 2020, Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman also announced that they will leave the MEAC and join the SWAC starting in July 2021. As a result, the MEAC will have eight members remaining for 2021, with only six of its members sponsoring football. The MEAC has hired a consulting firm to help assess its current schools and to help it identify potential institutions for addition to the conference.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The conference plans to operate with eight current members, starting 2021 until further expansion, in a compact geographical footprint removing North and South divisions.

In May 2021, multiple websites that report on HBCU sports indicated that the MEAC had reached out to two Division II HBCUs about their interest in transitioning to D-I and joining the MEAC. Kentucky State University and Virginia State University, respectively members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, confirmed that they had discussed possible membership with the MEAC and had commissioned feasibility studies on moving to Division I. Officials at both schools stated that they were considering the move, but would not commit to any change. One report also indicated that Chicago State University, a predominantly African-American school but not an HBCU, had lobbied the MEAC regarding membership. CSU was scheduled to leave the Western Athletic Conference, a league in which it is a major geographic outlier, in July 2022 to become an independent. According to this report, the MEAC had offered CSU associate membership in one sport, but was lukewarm to CSU becoming a full member because it does not sponsor football and is well outside the MEAC's geographic footprint.<ref name=Rashad>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Gaither>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In July 2022, the Northeast Conference (NEC) announced a partnership with the MEAC in which MEAC schools sponsoring baseball and men's and women's golf would become NEC affiliate members in their respective sports beginning in the 2022-23 season.<ref name=NEC-MEAC>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Member schools

Current full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors
Coppin State University	Baltimore, Maryland	1900	1985	Public	2,724	Eagles	Template:College color boxes
Delaware State University	Dover, Delaware	1891	1970	Public	6,200	Hornets	Template:College color boxes
Howard University	Washington, D.C.	1867	1970	Private	12,065	Bison/Lady Bison	Template:College color boxes
University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Princess Anne, MarylandTemplate:Efn	1886	1970; 1981Template:Efn	Public	2,333	Hawks	Template:College color boxes
Morgan State University	Baltimore, Maryland	1867	1970; 1984Template:Efn	Public	7,763	Bears	Template:College color boxes
Norfolk State University	Norfolk, Virginia	1935	1997	Public	5,616	Spartans	Template:College color boxes
North Carolina Central University	Durham, North Carolina	1910	1970; 2010Template:Efn	Public	7,553	Eagles	Template:College color boxes
South Carolina State University	Orangeburg, South Carolina	1896	1970	Public	2,649	Bulldogs/Lady Bulldogs	Template:College color boxes

Notes

Associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	MEAC sport	Primary conference
North Carolina A&T State University	Greensboro, North Carolina	1891	2021–22Template:Efn	13,322	Aggies	Template:College color boxes	bowling (w)	Coastal
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham, Alabama	1966	2018–19	20,902	Blazers	Template:College color boxes		The American

Notes

Former full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Nickname	Colors	Subsequent conference	Current conference
Bethune–Cookman University	Daytona Beach, Florida	1904	1979	2021	Private	Wildcats	Template:College color boxes	SWAC
Florida A&M UniversityTemplate:Efn	Tallahassee, Florida	1887	1979; 1986	1984; 2021	Public	Rattlers & Lady Rattlers	Template:College color boxes	SWAC
Hampton University	Hampton, Virginia	1868	1995	2018	Private	Pirates	Template:College color boxes	Big South	Coastal
North Carolina A&T State UniversityTemplate:Efn	Greensboro, North Carolina	1891	1970	2021	Public	Aggies	Template:College color boxes	Big South	Coastal
Savannah State University	Savannah, Georgia	1890	2010	2019		Tigers and Lady Tigers	Template:College color boxes	SIACTemplate:Efn
Winston-Salem State UniversityTemplate:Efn	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	1892	2007	2010		Rams	Template:College color boxes	CIAATemplate:Efn

Notes

Former associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Nickname	Colors	MEAC sport	Primary conference	Subsequent conference
Augusta University	Augusta, Georgia	1785	2014–15	2020–21	Public	Jaguars	Template:College color boxes	Golf (M)	Peach BeltTemplate:Efn	Southland
Monmouth University	West Long Branch, New Jersey	1933	2018–19	2024–25	Private	Hawks	Template:College color boxes	Bowling	Coastal	Northeast

Notes

Membership timeline

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Facilities

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style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"| [[Howard Bison and Lady Bison|Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Howard]]	William H. Greene Stadium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Burr Gymnasium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"| [[Morgan State Bears|Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">Morgan State]]	Hughes Stadium	10,000	Hill Field House	4,000
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style="text-align:center; Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"| [[South Carolina State Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs|Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">South Carolina State]]	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	SHM Memorial Center	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Apparel

School	Provider
Coppin State	Nike
Delaware State	Nike
Howard University	Jordan, Curry Brand (golf only)
University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Nike
Morgan State	Under Armour
Norfolk State	Nike
North Carolina Central	Nike
South Carolina State	Nike

Sports

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) sponsors championship competition in six men's and eight women's NCAA-sanctioned sports.

Teams in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Basketball	8	8
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Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Total MEAC Sports
Coppin State	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	5
Delaware State	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	5
Howard	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	6
UMES	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	4
Morgan State	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	6
Norfolk State	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	6
NC Central	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	6
SC State	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	6
Totals	8	8	6	6	8	8	44

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference which are played by MEAC schools:

School	Baseball	Golf	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Volleyball	Wrestling
Coppin State	NEC
Delaware State	NEC
Howard		NEC	NEC	NEC
UMES	NEC	NEC			Template:Efn
Morgan State						EIWA
Norfolk State	NEC
NC Central		NEC

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Bowling	Cross Country	Softball	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total MEAC Sports
Coppin State	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	8
Delaware State	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	8
Howard	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	8
UMES	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	7
Morgan State	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	8
Norfolk State	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	8
NC Central	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	7
SC State	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	7
Totals	8	6+2Template:Efn	8	8	7	8	8	8	61+2

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference which are played by MEAC schools:

School	EquestrianTemplate:Efn	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Swimming & Diving
Delaware State	ECAC/ NCEA	NEC	NEC	NEC	—
Howard	—	NEC	NEC	NEC	NEC
SC State	—	—	—	IND	—
UMES	—	NEC	—	—	—

Championships

NCAA National championships

School	Nat'l titles	Years
Howard	1	1971Template:Efn• 1974
Maryland-Eastern Shore	3	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Football

The MEAC, along with the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), are the only two Division I conferences whose members are mostly Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In 2015, the MEAC joined the SWAC and Ivy leagues in abstaining from sending their conference champions to the FCS Playoffs. While the conference champion faces off in the Celebration Bowl against the SWAC Champion, the remaining conference members remain eligible for at-large bids for the playoffs.

This is a partial list of the last 10 champions. For the full history, see List of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions.

		Record		Ranking
Year	Champions	Conference	Overall	AP/STATS	UPI/Coaches'	Postseason result	Head coach
2010	Bethune-Cookman South Carolina State Florida A&M	7–1 7–1 7–1	10–2 9–3 8–3	Template:Abbr 15<ref name="2010 Poll">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Open access</ref> Template:Abbr 16<ref name="2010 Poll"/> NR<ref name="2010 Poll"/>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> 17<ref name="2010 Coaches Poll"/> NR<ref name="2010 Coaches Poll"/> || NCAA Division I Second Round, L 20–45 vs. New Hampshire NCAA Division I First Round, L 16–41 vs. Georgia Southern No Playoff Invite || Brian Jenkins Oliver Pough Joe Taylor
2011	Championship vacated by Norfolk State<ref group=Notes1>Norfolk State's 2011 MEAC football championship was vacated as a result of NCAA Violations.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation							CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2012	Bethune-Cookman	8–0	9–3	Template:Abbr 22<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || 23<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || NCAA Division I First Round, L 14–24 vs. Coastal Carolina || Brian Jenkins
2013	Bethune-Cookman South Carolina State	7–1 7–1	10–3 9–4	Template:Abbr 16<ref name="FCS Rankings 2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Abbr 25<ref name="FCS Rankings 2013"/> || Template:Abbr 16<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> NR ||NCAA Division I First Round, L 24–48 vs. Coastal Carolina NCAA Division I First Round, L 20–30 vs. Furman || Brian Jenkins Oliver Pough
2014	Morgan State<ref group=Notes1>As a result of the MEAC football tiebreaker, Morgan State earned the conference's Automatic bid for the NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Bethune-Cookman North Carolina A&T South Carolina State North Carolina Central || 6–2 6–2 6–2 6–2 6–2 || 7–5 9–3 9–3 8–4 7–5 || Template:Abbr 23<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> NR NR NR NR || Template:Abbr 22<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> NR NR NR NR || NCAA Division I First Round, L 24–46 vs. Richmond No Playoff invite No Playoff invite No Playoff invite No Playoff invite || Lee Hull Brian Jenkins Rod Broadway Buddy Pough Jerry Mack
2015	North Carolina A&T Bethune-Cookman North Carolina Central	7–1 7–1 7–1	10–2 9–2 8–3	Template:Abbr 21<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> NR NR || Template:Abbr 21<ref name="Rankings - FCS Coaches' Poll">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Abbr 25<ref name="Rankings - FCS Coaches' Poll"/> NR || Celebration Bowl, W 41–34 vs. Alcorn State No Playoff invite No Playoff invite || Rod Broadway Terry Sims Jerry Mack
2016	North Carolina Central	8–0	9–3	Template:Abbr 20<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Template:Abbr 22<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Celebration Bowl, L 9–10 vs. Grambling State || Jerry Mack
2017	North Carolina A&T	8–0	12–0	Template:Abbr 8<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| Template:Abbr 7<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Celebration Bowl, W 21–14 vs. Grambling State || Rod Broadway
2018	North Carolina A&T	7–1	10–2	Template:Abbr 12<ref name="STATS FCS Top 25">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| Template:Abbr 11<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Celebration Bowl, W 24–22 vs. Alcorn State || Sam Washington
2019	North Carolina A&T	6–2	9–3	Template:Abbr 23<ref name="STATS FCS Top 25"/>	Template:Abbr 22<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Celebration Bowl, W 64–44 vs. Alcorn State || Sam Washington
2020-21	Season Suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref group=Notes1> In July 2020, the MEAC announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic and announced the league would explore the possibility of playing in the spring. The conference later released a spring schedule, but had to suspend indefinitely, per league bi-laws, when six of the nine football playing schools had opted out of playing.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation							CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	South Carolina State	5–0	6–5	NR	NR	Celebration Bowl, W 31–10 vs. Jackson State	Oliver Pough
2022	North Carolina Central	4–1	10–2	RV	Template:Abbr 21	Celebration Bowl, W 41–34 OT vs. Jackson State	Trei Oliver
2023	Howard	4–1	6–6	NR	NR	Celebration Bowl, L 26–30 vs. Florida A&M	Larry Scott
2024	South Carolina State	5–0	9–3	No.20	No.18	Celebration Bowl, L 28–7 vs. Jackson State	Chennis Berry

Celebration Bowl results

Year	MEAC Team		SWAC Team		Attendance	Series
2015	North Carolina A&T Aggies	41	Alcorn State Braves	34	35,528	MEAC 1–0
2016	North Carolina Central Eagles	9	Grambling State Tigers	10	31,096	Tied 1–1
2017	North Carolina A&T Aggies	21	Grambling State Tigers	14	25,873	MEAC 2–1
2018	North Carolina A&T Aggies	24	Alcorn State Braves	22	31,672	MEAC 3–1
2019	North Carolina A&T Aggies	64	Alcorn State Braves	44	32,968	MEAC 4–1
2021	South Carolina State Bulldogs	31	Jackson State Tigers	10	48,653	MEAC 5–1
2022	North Carolina Central Eagles	41	Jackson State Tigers	34 Template:Small	49,670	MEAC 6–1
2023	Howard Bison	26	Florida A&M Rattlers	30	41,108	MEAC 6–2
2024	South Carolina State Bulldogs	7	Jackson State Tigers	28	36,823	MEAC 6–3

Men's basketball

Template:See also On June 8, 1980, the MEAC earned the classification as a Division I conference by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 1981, the MEAC has received a qualifying bid to NCAA post season play in the sport of basketball. In three cases, MEAC schools seeded 15th (Coppin State in 1997, Hampton in 2001, Norfolk State in 2012) defeated second-seeded teams South Carolina, Iowa State and Missouri, respectively, in the NCAA tournament.

Coppin State again made history, as it qualified for the tournament as the first 20-loss team to play in the NCAA Tournament. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break

Season	Regular season champion(s)	Tournament champion
1972	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
1973	Maryland Eastern Shore	North Carolina A&T
1974	Maryland Eastern Shore	Maryland Eastern Shore
1975	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
1976	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
1977	South Carolina State	Morgan State
1978	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
1979	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
1980	Howard	Howard
1981	North Carolina A&T	Howard
1982	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
1983	Howard	North Carolina A&T
1984	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
1985	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
1986	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
1987	Howard	North Carolina A&T
1988	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
1989	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
1990	Coppin State	Coppin State
1991	Coppin State	Florida A&M

Season	Regular season champion(s)	Tournament champion
1992	Howard	Howard
1993	Coppin State	Coppin State
1994	Coppin State	North Carolina A&T
1995	Coppin State	North Carolina A&T
1996	Coppin State South Carolina State	South Carolina State
1997	Coppin State	Coppin State
1998	Coppin State	South Carolina State
1999	South Carolina State Coppin State	Florida A&M
2000	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
2001	Hampton	Hampton
2002	Hampton	Hampton
2003	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
2004	South Carolina State Coppin State	Florida A&M
2005	Delaware State	Delaware State
2006	Delaware State	Hampton
2007	Delaware State	Florida A&M
2008	Morgan State	Coppin State
2009	Morgan State	Morgan State

Season	Regular season champion(s)	Tournament champion
2010	Morgan State	Morgan State
2011	Bethune–Cookman	Hampton
2012	Savannah State	Norfolk State
2013	Norfolk State	North Carolina A&T
2014	North Carolina Central	North Carolina Central
2015	North Carolina Central	Hampton
2016	Hampton	Hampton
2017	North Carolina Central	North Carolina Central
2018	Hampton	North Carolina Central
2019	Norfolk State	North Carolina Central
2021		Norfolk State
2022	Norfolk State	Norfolk State
2023	Howard	Howard
2024	Norfolk State	Howard
2025	Norfolk State South Carolina State	Norfolk State

Tournament performance by active schools

School	Championships	Championship Years
Howard	5	1980,1981,1992,2023,2024
South Carolina State	5	1989,1996,1998,2000,2003
Coppin State	4	1990,1993,1997,2008
North Carolina Central	4	2014,2017,2018, 2019
Norfolk State	4	2012, 2021, 2022, 2025
Morgan State	3	1977,2009,2010
Maryland Eastern Shore	1	1974
Delaware State	1	2005

Women's basketball

Season	Regular season champion(s)	Tournament champion
1978	–	South Carolina State
1979	–	South Carolina State
1980	–	–
1981	–	–
1982	–	Howard
1983	–	South Carolina State
1984	South Carolina State	Bethune–Cookman
1985	South Carolina State	Howard
1986	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
1987	Howard	Howard
1988	North Carolina A&T	Howard
1989	North Carolina A&T	Howard
1990	North Carolina A&T	Howard
1991	South Carolina State	Coppin State
1992	South Carolina State	South Carolina State
1993	South Carolina State Coppin State Florida A&M	South Carolina State

Season	Regular season champion(s)	Tournament champion
1994	South Carolina State	North Carolina A&T
1995	Florida A&M	Florida A&M
1996	Florida A&M	Howard
1997	Howard	Howard
1998	Howard	Howard
1999	Hampton	Florida A&M
2000	Howard	Hampton
2001	Howard	Howard
2002	Howard	Norfolk State
2003	Hampton	Hampton
2004	Delaware State Hampton	Hampton
2005	Coppin State	Coppin State
2006	Coppin State	Coppin State
2007	Coppin State	Delaware State
2008	North Carolina A&T	Coppin State
2009	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T

Season	Regular season champion(s)	Tournament champion
2010	North Carolina A&T	Hampton University
2011	Hampton	Hampton
2012	Hampton	Hampton
2013	Hampton	Hampton
2014	Hampton	Hampton
2015	Hampton	Savannah State
2016	Bethune Cookman North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
2017	Bethune Cookman	Hampton
2018	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
2019	North Carolina A&T	Bethune Cookman
2021		North Carolina A&T
2022	Howard Norfolk State Morgan State	Howard
2023	Norfolk State	Norfolk State
2024	Norfolk State	Norfolk State
2025	Norfolk State	Norfolk State

Baseball

Last 10 years of champions. In 2023, the four remaining baseball programs from the MEAC joined the Northeast Conference to compete in baseball as associate members.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:See also

Season	Regular season champion(s)	Tournament champion
2012	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2013	Delaware State	Savannah State
2014		Bethune–Cookman
2015		Florida A&M
2016		Bethune–Cookman
2017		Bethune–Cookman
2018		North Carolina A&T
2019		Florida A&M
2021		Norfolk State
2022	Delaware State	Coppin State

See also

• List of black college football classics

External links

• Template:Official website