Miami (OH)
Football
Tied #11 most wins among G6 teams in NIL era (since 2021)
Played in the MAC championship every year for the last 3 years, winning it in 2023.
Men's Basketball
32-2 record in 2025-26 season
Played in back-to-back Conference Championship games and won the MAC outright in 2025
Opening ~$300 million basketball arena in 2028
Athletic's
Top 15 avg. finish among G6 schools in the Director's Cup over last 5 seasons. (ahead of several American schools and JMU)
Miami (OH)'s major supporters include Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol and the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams, Sean McVay
Here is Miami athletic director David Sayler's statement on the rumors of a Mid-American Conference departure. Not a denial of involvement with the American, but wants to focus on recent success.
Why Miami (Ohio) would be good for the AAC:
- Perennial football contender with an 8-10 mil NIL budget
- Insanely strong basketball program nationally ranked last year, winning a game in the NCAA tournament with a new $200 mil arena coming our way
- Top 50 RPI baseball program taking down several power opponents producing draft picks every year since 2018 (excluding the shortened 2020 draft)
- MAC champions for women’s basketball in only year 3 for Coach Box, the sky is the limit
- Softball MAC champions 5 of the last 6 years
- Nationally ranked field hockey program making the final 8 last year
- MAC champions in golf
- $1.1 billion endowment, huge investment on athletics, willing to offer money to join, expand the conference’s reach to Ohio and the Midwest