Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) 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's Division I, and in football, in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
MEAC
Established	1970
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FCS
Members	11 (8 in 2021)
Sports fielded	16 men's: 8 women's: 8
Region	South Atlantic, Middle Atlantic
Headquarters	Norfolk, Virginia
Commissioner	Dennis E. Thomas (since 2002)
Website	www.meacsports.com
Locations

Currently, the MEAC has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in baseball (since 1994), men's basketball (since 1981), women's basketball (since 1982), football (1996–2015), 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

Locations of remaining eight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference members, starting July 2021, until further notice

In 1969, a group, whose members were long associated with interscholastic athletics, met in Durham, North Carolina with 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.[1] 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.

The conference was confirmed in 1970, and had its first season of competition in football in 1971. The MEAC has had to date, three full-time commissioners.[1] 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.

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 would return to the conference two years later. Coppin State College, now Coppin State University, joined the conference in 1985. The MEAC would find 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 10 years, the MEAC would remain 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.[2]

North Carolina Central University rejoined the conference effective July 1, 2010.[3][4] 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.[3]

Savannah State University was announced as the newest member of the MEAC on March 10, 2010.[4] 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.[4] On September 8, 2011, the university was confirmed as a full MEAC member.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

In April 2017, Savannah State announced that it would drop to Division II effective with the 2019–20 school year.[8] In November 2017, Hampton announced they would leave the MEAC to join the Big South Conference beginning with the 2018–19 season.[9]

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. 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 [10] . The conference plans to operate with eight current members, starting 2021 until further expansion, in a compact geographical footprint removing North and South divisions.

Member schools

Current members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors
North Division
Coppin State University	Baltimore, Maryland	1900	1985	Public	3,400[11]	Eagles
Delaware State University	Dover, Delaware	1891	1970	Public	5,045[12]	Hornets
Howard University	Washington, D.C.	1867	1970	Private	10,000[13]	Bison/Lady Bison
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)	Princess Anne, Maryland	1886	1970, 1981[Notes 1]	Public	3,400[14]	Hawks
Morgan State University	Baltimore, Maryland	1867	1970, 1984[Notes 2]	Public	7,712[15]	Bears
Norfolk State University	Norfolk, Virginia	1935	1997	Public	5,500[16]	Spartans
South Division
Bethune–Cookman University	Daytona Beach, Florida	1904	1979	Private	3,400[17]	Wildcats
Florida A&M University	Tallahassee, Florida	1887	1979, 1986[Notes 3]	Public	10,000[18]	Rattlers/Lady Rattlers
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University	Greensboro, North Carolina	1891	1970	Public	10,000[19]	Aggies
North Carolina Central University	Durham, North Carolina	1910	1970, 2010[20][Notes 4]	Public	10,000[21]	Eagles
South Carolina State University	Orangeburg, South Carolina	1896	1970	Public	4,500[22]	Bulldogs/Lady Bulldogs

• North Carolina A&T will leave the MEAC on July 1, 2021 and join the Big South Conference.[23]
• Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman will leave the MEAC and join the Southwestern Athletic Conference starting in 2021.[24]

Associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	Joined	Sport	Primary conference
Augusta University	Augusta, Georgia	1828	9,000	Jaguars		2014	golf (M)	Peach Belt (NCAA D-II)
Monmouth University	West Long Branch, New Jersey	1933	6395	Hawks		2018	bowling (W)	MAAC (NCAA D-I)
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham, Alabama	1966	20,902	Blazers		2018	bowling (W)	Conference USA (NCAA D-I)

Former members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	New Conference	Current Conference
Hampton University	Hampton, Virginia	1868	1991	2018	Private	4,500	Pirates	Big South (NCAA Division I)
Savannah State University	Savannah, Georgia	1890	2010	2019	Public	4,478	Tigers and Lady Tigers	SIAC (NCAA Division II)
Winston-Salem State University	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	1892	2007	2010	Public	6,000	Rams	CIAA (NCAA Division II)

• Winston-Salem State University was a transitional member and never attained full membership in the MEAC or NCAA Division I before returning to Division II and the CIAA after the 2009–2010 school year. They were scheduled to begin full membership and gain access to NCAA tournaments in 2011.[25][26]

Membership timeline

Full members Full members (non-football) Associate members Other Conference Other Conference

• Maryland Eastern Shore was a founding member of the MEAC in 1970 and left after the 1978–79 school year. In 1980, UMES dropped football, and returned to the MEAC the next year as a full member that no longer had a football program.[27]
• Florida A&M left the MEAC completely for one season in 1985 and competed as an NCAA D-I Independent after a disagreement with the MEAC office over the playing of the rivalry game between Florida A&M and Bethune–Cookman University when FAMU refused to play conference mate BCU at a neutral site in Tampa in 1983 and the game was not played again in 1984. Florida A&M returned all sports to the MEAC in the 1986 season. FAMU football left the conference in the 2004 season during an attempt to move up to Division I-A (now FBS) with all other sports remaining in the MEAC. Financial difficulties halted the move after the 2004 season, at which time FAMU football returned to the MEAC.[28]
• Winston-Salem State was a transitional member from 2007 to 2010, but never attained full MEAC membership nor full membership in Division I. The school was scheduled to gain full membership after the 2009–2010 school year, but due to financial difficulties, returned to the CIAA in Division II before then.

Facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity
Bethune Cookman	Daytona Stadium	10,000	Moore Gymnasium	3,000	Jackie Robinson Ballpark	4,200[29]
Coppin State	Non-football school[Notes 5]		Physical Education Complex	4,100[30]	Joe Cannon Stadium	1,500
Delaware State	Alumni Stadium	7,193[31]	Memorial Hall	1,800[32]	Soldier Field	500
Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium	25,500[33]	Al Lawson Teaching Gym	9,639[34]	Moore–Kittles Field	500[35]
Howard	William H. Greene Stadium	10,000[36]	Burr Gymnasium	2,700[37]	Non-baseball school
Maryland Eastern Shore	Non-football school[Notes 6][38]		Hytche Athletic Center	5,500[39]	Hawk Stadium	1,000[40]
Morgan State	Hughes Stadium	10,000	Talmadge L. Hill Field House	4,000	Non-baseball school
Norfolk State	William "Dick" Price Stadium	30,000[41]	Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall	4,500[42]	Marty L. Miller Field	1,500[43]
North Carolina A&T	BB&T Stadium	23,000[44]	Corbett Sports Center	5,000	War Memorial Stadium	7,500[45]
North Carolina Central	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium	10,000[46]	McDougald–McLendon Gymnasium	3,000[47]	Durham Athletic Park	5,000
South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium	20,000[48]	SHM Memorial Center	3,000[49]	Non-baseball school

Sports

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

Teams in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	5	-
Basketball	8	8
Bowling	-	8
Cross country	8	8
Football	6	-
Golf	4	-
Softball	-	8
Tennis	6	8
Track and field (indoor)	8	8
Track and field (outdoor)	8	8
Volleyball	-	8

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Total MEAC Sports
Coppin State	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Delaware State	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	6
Howard	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
UMES	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	6
Morgan State	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Norfolk State	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	7
NC Central	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
SC State	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Totals	5	8	8	6	3+1[lower-alpha 1]	6	8	8	52+1=53

1. Bowling associate Augusta.

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

School	Soccer	Swimming & Diving
Howard	NEC [lower-alpha 1]	NEC

1. from 2021-2022.

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	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Delaware State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Howard	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
UMES	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Morgan State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Norfolk State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
NC Central	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
SC State	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Totals	8	6+2[lower-alpha 1]	8	8	8	8	8	8	62+2=64

1. Bowling associates Monmouth and UAB.

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

School	Equestrian[lower-alpha 1]	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Swimming & Diving
Delaware State	ECAC/ NCEA	IND.	SoCon	IND	—
Howard	—	NEC [lower-alpha 2]	NEC [lower-alpha 3]	NEC [lower-alpha 4]	NEC
UMES	—	IND.	—	—	—

1. Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
2. from 2021-2022.
3. from 2021-2022.
4. from 2021-2022.

Championships

National championships

School	Nat'l titles	Years
Howard	1	1971[Notes 7] • 1974
Florida A&M (FAMU)	1	1978
North Carolina A&T	1	2015[50]
Maryland-Eastern Shore	3	2008 • 2011 • 2012[51]

Current champions

Sport School Baseball Florida A&M (FAMU) Basketball (W) Bethune-Cookman Basketball (M) North Carolina Central (NCCU) Bowling Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Cross Country (W) Norfolk State Cross Country (M) Norfolk State

Sport School Football North Carolina A&T Golf (M) Augusta University Indoor Track & Field (W) North Carolina A&T Indoor Track & Field (M) North Carolina A&T Outdoor Track & Field (W) North Carolina A&T Outdoor Track & Field (M) North Carolina A&T

Sport School Softball Bethune-Cookman Tennis (W) Morgan State Tennis (M) SC State Volleyball Howard

Football

The MEAC is one of two Division I conferences comprising HBCUs, the other being the SWAC. Until 2015, the MEAC sent its champion and occasional at-large schools to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. Starting in 2015, the MEAC will give up its automatic postseason bid and will play an annual championship game against the SWAC champion in the Celebration Bowl in Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

The MEAC is consistently among the top five FCS conferences (out of 13) for highest average attendance.[52][53][54][55]

Season  Champion(s) 1971 Morgan State 1972 North Carolina Central 1973 North Carolina Central 1974 South Carolina State 1975 South Carolina State 1976 Morgan State/South Carolina State 1977 South Carolina State 1978 South Carolina State 1979 Morgan State

Season  Champion(s) 1980 South Carolina State 1981 South Carolina State 1982 South Carolina State 1983 South Carolina State 1984 Bethune–Cookman 1985 Delaware State 1986 North Carolina A&T 1987 Delaware State 1988 Bethune–Cookman Delaware State Florida A&M 1989 Delaware State

Season  Champion(s) 1990 Florida A&M 1991 Delaware State North Carolina A&T 1992 North Carolina A&T 1993 Howard 1994 South Carolina State 1995 Florida A&M 1996 Florida A&M 1997 Hampton 1998 Florida A&M Hampton 1999 North Carolina A&T

Season  Champion(s) 2000 Florida A&M 2001 Florida A&M 2002 Bethune–Cookman 2003 North Carolina A&T 2004 Hampton South Carolina State 2005 Hampton 2006 Hampton 2007 Delaware State 2008 South Carolina State 2009 South Carolina State

Season  Champion(s) 2010 Bethune–Cookman[Notes 8] South Carolina State Florida A&M 2011 Norfolk State Vacated[56] 2012 Bethune–Cookman 2013 Bethune–Cookman South Carolina State 2014 North Carolina Central Bethune–Cookman Morgan State[Notes 9] North Carolina A&T South Carolina State 2015 North Carolina Central North Carolina A&T Bethune–Cookman 2016 North Carolina Central 2017 North Carolina A&T 2018 North Carolina A&T 2019 North Carolina A&T

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

Men's basketball

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.

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

Tournament Performance by school

School	Championships	Championship Years
North Carolina A&T	16	1972,1973,1975,1976,1978,1979,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1994,1995,2013
South Carolina State	5	1989,1996,1998,2000,2003
Coppin State	4	1990,1993,1997,2008
Florida A&M	4	1991,1994,2004,2007
North Carolina Central	4	2014,2017,2018, 2019
Howard	3	1980,1981,1992
Morgan State	3	1977,2009,2010
Maryland-Eastern Shore	1	1974
Delaware State	1	2005
Norfolk State	1	2012

Women's basketball

See also: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

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

Baseball

See also: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

Season	Regular season champion(s)	Tournament champion
1972	Howard
1973	South Carolina State
1974	North Carolina A&T
1975	Howard
1976	Howard
1977	Howard
1978	No Records Available
1979	No Records Available
1980	No Records Available
1981	No Records Available
1982	No Records Available
1983	No Records Available
1984	Howard
1985	Bethune–Cookman
1986	Howard
1987	Florida A&M
1988	Florida A&M
1989	Delaware State
1990	Florida A&M
1991	Florida A&M
1992	Florida A&M
1993	North Carolina A&T
1994	Florida A&M
1995	Coppin State
1996	Bethune–Cookman
1997	Bethune–Cookman
1998	Howard
1999	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2000	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2001	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2002	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2003	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2004	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2005	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
2006	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2007	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2008	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2009	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2010	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
2011	Bethune–Cookman	Bethune–Cookman
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

|Norfolk State |- |2020

Softball

Season	Champion(s)
1993	Florida A&M
1994	Florida A&M
1995	Florida A&M
1996	Hampton
1997	Florida A&M
1998	Florida A&M
1999	Florida A&M
2000	Bethune–Cookman
2001	Bethune–Cookman
2002	Bethune–Cookman
2003	Bethune–Cookman
2004	Bethune–Cookman
2005	Florida A&M
2006	Florida A&M
2007	Howard
2008	Delaware State
2009	Florida A&M
2010	Bethune–Cookman
2011	Bethune–Cookman
2012	Bethune–Cookman
2013	Hampton
2014	Florida A&M
2015	Florida A&M
2016	Florida A&M
2017	Florida A&M
2018	Bethune–Cookman
2019	Bethune–Cookman

See also

• List of black college football classics

Notes

1. Maryland-Eastern Shore wasn't part of the MEAC between the 1979–80 and the 1980–81 seasons.
2. Morgan State wasn't part of the MEAC between the 1979–80 and the 1983–84 seasons.
3. Florida A&M wasn't part of the MEAC between the 1984–85 and the 1985–86 seasons.
4. North Carolina Central wasn't part of the MEAC between the 1979–80 and the 2009–10 seasons.
5. Coppin State has a club football team that competes in the Mid Atlantic Conference of the National Club Football Association. This team does compete at an on campus facility.
6. Maryland Eastern Shore has a club football team that competes in the Mid Atlantic Conference of the National Club Football Association. The team does have an on campus field but does not have seating.
7. Howard was later disqualified from their 1971 NCAA soccer championship; however, no team was ever announced as the new champion.
8. Bethune–Cookman receives NCAA Division I FCS Playoff Automatic Qualifying bid via MEAC Conference tiebreaker system.
9. Morgan State receives NCAA Division I FCS Playoff Automatic Qualifying bid via MEAC Conference tiebreaker system.

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