Minnesota College Athletic Conference

Minnesota College Athletic Conference

Formerly	Minnesota Community College Conference
Association	NJCAA
Founded	1967
Commissioner	Peter Watkins
Sports fielded	17 men's: 9 women's: 8
No. of teams	20 full + 3 associate members
Headquarters	Rochester, Minnesota
Region	Minnesota, North Dakota and northern Wisconsin – NJCAA Region 13
Official website	mcacsports.org

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC), formerly the Minnesota Community College Conference (MCCC), is a junior college collegiate athletic conference in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The 23 member institutions are located in the Midwest, including Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin and they currently compete at the NJCAA Division III level in most sports. The MCAC was established in the fall of 1967.

History

North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) and Dakota College at Bottineau joined the conference in football only beginning with the 2014 season.

In 2017, the MCAC partnered with USA High School Clay Target League to form the first two-year college varsity Clay target league. Clay target programs grew from five schools at the inception of the league to 12 programs in 2020.

Southwest Wisconsin Technical College joined the MCAC in the fall of 2018, competing in clay target and golf. Pine Technical and Community College and Lake Region State College joined the MCAC in the fall of 2018, competing in clay target. Century College joined the MCAC in the spring of 2019, competing in the NJCAA sports of baseball and women's volleyball. Century eliminated the women's softball team, women's soccer team and men's soccer team in 2018. NDSCS added clay target in the fall of 2019. Alexandria Technical & Community College joined the MCAC in the fall of 2019 and announced their intent to become a member of the NJCAA in the fall 2020.

Dakota College at Bottineau and Northland Community & Technical College announced the discontinuation of football after the fall of 2019.

Member schools

Current members

The MCAC currently has 19 full members, all of which are public schools:^[1]

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Colors	Varsity Teams	Division
Alexandria Technical and Community College	Alexandria, Minnesota (14,335)	1961	Public[a]	2,549	Legends	?	Black & Crimson	4	[b][c][d]
Anoka-Ramsey Community College	Coon Rapids, Minnesota (61,476)	1965	Public[a]	4,501	Golden Rams	?	Blue & Gold	7	[e][f][g][c][h]
Central Lakes College	Brainerd, Minnesota (14,395)	1938	Public[a]	6,000	Raiders	?	Navy & Red	8	[b][i][j][c][k][l]
Century College	White Bear Lake, Minnesota (24,883)	1967	Public[a]	12,000	Wood Ducks	?	Green & Yellow	2	[e][m]
Hibbing Community College	Hibbing, Minnesota (16,214)	1916	Public[a]	700	Cardinals	?	Cardinal & White	6	[b][i][n][k][l]
Itasca Community College	Grand Rapids, Minnesota (11,126)	1922	Public[a]	1,400	Vikings	?	Blue & White	7	[b][i][j][n][k][l]
Lake Superior College	Duluth, Minnesota (86,697)	1995	Public[a]	5,800	Ice Hawks	?	Blue & Yellow	6	[l]
Mesabi Range College	Virginia, Minnesota (8,423)	1970	Public[a]	1,700	Norse	?	Forest & Gold	7	[b][i][j][n][k]
Minnesota State Community and Technical College	Fergus Falls, Minnesota (14,119)	1960	Public[a]	6,464	Spartans	?	Blue & Gold	7	[e][f][g][c][h]
Minnesota West Community & Technical College	Worthington, Minnesota (13,947)	1936	Public[a]	?	Bluejays	?	Blue & White	7	[e][f][g][m][h][o]
Northland Community & Technical College	Thief River Falls, Minnesota (8,749)	1949	Public[a]	4,135	Pioneers	?	Navy & Red	7	[b][i][j][n][k][o]
Rainy River Community College	International Falls, Minnesota (6,424)	1967	Public[a]	350	Voyageurs	?	Red & Black	5	[b][i][j][n][k]
Ridgewater College	Willmar, Minnesota (19,610)	1965	Public[a]	5,500	Warriors	?	Scarlet & Gray	7	[e][f][g][c][h][d]
Riverland Community College	Austin, Minnesota (24,718)	1940	Public[a]	4,900	Blue Devils	?	Blue & White	6	[e][f][g][m][h]
Rochester Community & Technical College	Rochester, Minnesota (106,769)	1915	Public[a]	8,000	Yellow Jackets	?	Navy & Gold	10	[e][f][g][m][h]
St. Cloud Technical College	St. Cloud, Minnesota (65,842)	1948	Public[a]	?	Cyclones	?	Forest & Gold	5	[e][f][g][c][h]
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College (Southwest Tech)	Fennimore, Wisconsin (2,497)	1967	Public[p]	?	Chargers	?	Blue & Gold	2	[d]
Vermilion Community College	Ely, Minnesota (3,460)	1922	Public[a]	711	Ironmen & Ironwomen	?	Blue & Gold	6	[b][i][n][k][d]
Western Technical College	La Crosse, Wisconsin (51,320)	1912	Public[p]	8,000	Cavaliers	?	Red & Black	4	[e][g][m]

Notes

1. Part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.
2. North Division volleyball member
3. Central Division baseball member
4. White Division clay target member
5. South Division volleyball member
6. South Division men's basketball member
7. South Division women's basketball member
8. South Division softball member
9. North Division men's basketball member
10. North Division women's basketball member
11. North Division softball member
12. Red Division clay target member
13. South Division baseball member
14. North Division baseball member
15. Blue Division clay target member
16. Part of the Wisconsin Technical College System.

Associate members

The MCAC currently has six associate members, all are public schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Colors	MCAC sport(s)	Current conference
Bismarck State College	Bismarck, North Dakota	1939	Public[a]	3,500	Mystics	?	Green & White	clay target, wrestling	Mon-Dak (NJCAA Region XIII)
Dakota College at Bottineau	Bottineau, North Dakota	1906		655	Lumberjacks	2014	Green & White	clay target
Lake Region State College	Devils Lake, North Dakota	1941		1,657	Royals	2019	Royal & White	clay target
North Dakota State College of Science	Wahpeton, North Dakota	1903		2,707	Wildcats	2014	Red & Black	clay target football
Pine Technical & Community College[2]	Pine City, Minnesota	1965	Public[b]	2,020	?	?	Green & White	clay target	none
Williston State College	Williston, North Dakota	1957	Public	855	Tetons	?	Green & White	clay target	Mon-Dak (NJCAA Region XIII)

Former members

The MCAC has one former full member, which was a public school:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Colors	Current conference
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College	Cloquet, Minnesota	1987	Public[b]	1,976	Thunder	?	2023	Orange & Black	Discontinued athletics

Notes

1. Part of the North Dakota University System.
2. Part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.

Sports

Teams which compete in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference.^[3]

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	17	-
Basketball	17	17
Clay target	12	12
Football	9	-
Golf	3	-
Soccer	4	4
Softball	-	14
Volleyball	-	17
Wrestling	6	-

Yearly football standings

2002 Minnesota Community College Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Northern Division Northland (MN) x^   5 – 0     9 – 3   Hibbing ^   3 – 2     6 – 4   Rainy River   3 – 2     5 – 4   Mesabi Range   3 – 2     3 – 6   Itasca   1 – 4     1 – 8   Vermilion   0 – 5     3 – 6   Southern Division Rochester C&T x$^   4 – 0     11 – 1   Ridgewater ^   3 – 1     7 – 3   Fergus Falls   2 – 2     4 – 5   Minnesota West   1 – 3     3 – 6   Central Lakes   0 – 4     1 – 8   MCCC championship: Rochester C&T 24, Northland (MN) 14 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – MCCC playoff participant	2003 Minnesota Community College Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   Northern Division Mesabi Range x#   5 – 0     10 – 1   Hibbing #   5 – 1     5 – 4   Vermilion   3 – 2     5 – 4   Northland (MN)   2 – 3     4 – 5   Rainy River   1 – 4     1 – 8   Itasca   0 – 5     0 – 9   Southern Division Rochester C&T #x$   4 – 0     9 – 3   Minnesota West #   3 – 1     6 – 3   Ridgewater   2 – 2     6 – 3   Fergus Falls   1 – 3     4 – 5   Central Lakes   0 – 4     2 – 7   MCCC championship: Rochester C&T 14, Mesabi Range 12 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions # – MCCC playoff participant	2008 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   North Division Vermilion x^   3 – 1     8 – 3   Mesabi Range x$^   3 – 1     6 – 5   Fond du Lac   2 – 2     2 – 7   Itasca   0 – 4     1 – 8   Northland #   0 – 4     0 – 9   South Division Minnesota West C&T x^   3 – 1     7 – 3   Central Lakes x^   3 – 1     7 – 3   Rochester C&T x   3 – 1     8 – 3   Ridgewater   1 – 3     5 – 4   Minnesota State C&T   0 – 4     2 – 7   Championship: Mesabi Range 6, Vermilion 0 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – MCAC playoff participant # – Northland forfeited all wins from the 2008 season
2016 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   East Division Central Lakes #xy$   5 – 0     11 – 1   Rochester C&T #   4 – 1     6 – 5   Itasca #   3 – 2     5 – 4   Vermilion #   2 – 3     2 – 7   Mesabi Range   1 – 4     1 – 7   Fond du Lac   0 – 5     2 – 6   West Division NDSCS #xy   4 – 1     9 – 2   Ridgewater #x   4 – 1     6 – 4   Northland #   3 – 2     5 – 4   Dakota College #   2 – 3     4 – 5   Minnesota State C&T   2 – 3     3 – 5   Minnesota West C&T   0 – 5     1 – 7   Championship: Central Lakes 36, NDSCS 28 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant # – MCAC playoff participant	2017 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   East Division Central Lakes #x   4 – 1     8 – 2   Rochester C&T x   4 – 1     6 – 3   Mesabi Range #xy   4 – 1     7 – 5   Vermilion #   1 – 4     3 – 6   Itasca   1 – 4     2 – 6   Fond du Lac   1 – 4     1 – 7   West Division Dakota College #x   5 – 0     8 – 2   Northland #y$   3 – 2     9 – 3   NDSCS   3 – 2     5 – 4   Ridgewater #   2 – 3     3 – 6   Minnesota West C&T   1 – 4     2 – 6   Minnesota State C&T   1 – 4     1 – 7   Championship: Northland 68, Mesabi Range 35 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant # – MCAC playoff participant	2018 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   East Division Central Lakes #x   6 – 0     7 – 3   Mesabi Range #   4 – 1     7 – 3   Itasca   3 – 2     6 – 3   Rochester C&T   1 – 4     1 – 6   Vermilion   1 – 4     1 – 7   Fond du Lac #   1 – 5     3 – 6   West Division Northland #xy$   5 – 0     8 – 3   NDSCS #y   4 – 1     9 – 2   Dakota College #   3 – 2     5 – 4   Minnesota West C&T   1 – 4     3 – 5   Minnesota State C&T   0 – 4     1 – 6   Ridgewater   0 – 2     0 – 4   Championship: Northland 34, NDSCS 10 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant # – MCAC playoff participant Ridgewater canceled their season with three games remaining, including two conference games
2019 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   East Division Mesabi Range #x   5 – 0     7 – 2   Itasca #y   3 – 2     8 – 4   Rochester C&T #   3 – 2     6 – 3   Central Lakes #y$   2 – 3     6 – 5   Vermilion   2 – 3     2 – 6   Fond du Lac   0 – 5     0 – 9   West Division NDSCS #x   4 – 0     8 – 2   Minnesota West C&T #   2 – 2     6 – 4   Northland #   2 – 2     3 – 6   Dakota College #   1 – 2     3 – 5   Minnesota State C&T   0 – 3     1 – 6   Championship: Central Lakes 47, Itasca 19 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant # – MCAC playoff participant	2021 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   NDSCS   7 – 0     9 – 1   Itasca y   6 – 1     9 – 1   Rochester C&T   3 – 3     4 – 4   Minnesota State C&T y   3 – 4     6 – 4   Minnesota West C&T   3 – 4     4 – 6   Central Lakes   3 – 4     3 – 6   Vermilion   2 – 4     2 – 6   Mesabi Range   0 – 7     0 – 9   Championship: Canceled y – Championship game participant The 2021 MCAC Championship was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns and no conference champion was named	2022 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 3 Minnesota State C&T y   6 – 0     9 – 1   No. 2 NDSCS y$^   5 – 1     9 – 2   Rochester C&T   3 – 3     5 – 5   Central Lakes   2 – 3     4 – 4   Mesabi Range   2 – 4     2 – 6   Minnesota West C&T   1 – 4     2 – 6   Vermilion   0 – 4     0 – 5   Championship: NDSCS 19, Minnesota State C&T 0 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – Red Grange Bowl participate Rankings from NJCAA Division III poll
2023 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team   W   L     W   L   No. 2 Rochester C&T y$^   5 – 1     8 – 3   No. 3 NDSCS y   4 – 1     8 – 3   No. 4 Mesabi Range   4 – 2     5 – 4   Minnesota State C&T   4 – 2     4 – 4   Central Lakes   3 – 4     4 – 6   Vermilion   1 – 5     1 – 6   Minnesota West C&T   0 – 6     0 – 7   Championship: Rochester C&T 24, NDSCS 16 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – Red Grange Bowl participate Rankings from NJCAA Division III poll

See also

• Mon-Dak Conference, also in NJCAA Region 13

References

1. "MCAC Athletic Administration Contacts". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "MCAC".
3. "MCAC Sports". www.mcac-sports.com. Minnesota College Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

External links

• Official website