UMass to Join Mid-American Conference in 2025-26, Moves Influenced by Football

The University of Massachusetts is heading to the Mid-American Conference starting in the 2025–26 school year, college football insiders are reporting. The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach first reported the news on X (formerly known as Twitter), shortly followed by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. All sports are set to join the new conference, per both reporters. MAC presidents voted Monday to invite UMass into the conference, which the school is “expected to accept,” Thamel wrote. The Minutemen and Minutewomen currently compete in the Atlantic 10 conference, except for football, which is an FBS independent. UMass was a founding member of the A-10 in...