Upper Midwest Athletic Conference


The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference is a college-level athletic conference. The UMAC is a conference of NCAA Division III since the 2008–09 season. Prior to that, the UMAC was formerly affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Corey Borchardt is the current commissioner of the UMAC, and was appointed to the position in 2008. The UMAC was started in 1972 as the Twin Rivers Conference, and assumed its current name in 1983. Member institutions are located in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The UMAC sponsors intercollegiate competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, and women's volleyball.
Greenville College and Westminster College became associate members of the UMAC in football in 2009 and Iowa Wesleyan College in 2013.

Member schools

Current members

Full members

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1 - North Central was an associate member for several sports from the 2008–09 to the 2012–13 seasons.
2 - St. Scholastica will be leaving the conference after the 2020-21 season to join the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Associate members

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Former members

Full members

Associate members

School names and nicknames reflect those in use during the final school year in which each competed in the UMAC.
InstitutionNicknameLocationFoundedTypeEnrollmentJoinedLeftPrimary
conference		UMAC sport
Blackburn CollegeBeaversCarlinville, Illinois1837Private5902002–032007–08SLIACfootball
Eureka CollegeRed DevilsEureka, Illinois1855Private/Christian Church6802009–102017-18SLIACfootball
Maranatha Baptist Bible CollegeCrusadersWatertown, Wisconsin1968Private9501974–752007–08D-III Independentfootball
MacMurray CollegeHighlandersJacksonville, Illinois1846Private/United Methodist6832009–102019-20closed in 2020football
Principia CollegePanthersElsah, Illinois1910Private5502002–032007–08SLIACfootball
Rockford CollegeRegentsRockford, Illinois1847Private9832002–032007–08NACCfootball
Trinity Bible CollegeLionsEllendale, North Dakota1948Private3331997–982007–08NCCAA Independentfootball

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Membership timeline


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Conference sports

SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Indoor Track and field
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track and field
Volleyball

Conference facilities

Football champions

*- 2011 was the first year the UMAC Champion received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Playoffs.

Ice hockey affiliations

The UMAC does not sponsor ice hockey. Three UMAC member schools sponsor men's and women's ice hockey as a varsity sport. Northland College and UW-Superior are members of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and St. Scholastica is a member of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association.