UMass Set to Officially Join MAC in All Sports for 2025-2026 Season The Minutemen are finally making the move and heading back to their first FBS home, this time in all sports ...

The MAC, meanwhile, exists in a bit of an FBS bubble. It has 12 full members, all of which have been in the conference since 1998, when Buffalo joined.

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UMass, whose football program spent 2012-15 in the MAC after the school made the jump to the FBS level, will return to the conference to begin the 2025-26 school year.

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In turn the A-10 has been very respectful of this need and the environment needed surrounding FBS football.” RELATED: Opinion: As MAC Expands, Keep An Eye on Western Kentucky.