In the case of affiliate members, the first or last year of competition may differ from the start or end of membership.
The baseball season begins in February and finishes with the conference tournament in May at Sprenger Stadium in Avon, Ohio.
Prior to the conference tournament, regular season ties were broken with a one-game playoff.
The men's basketball tournament is held in March at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.
Prior to the conference tournament, regular season ties were broken with a one-game playoff.
The women's basketball tournament is held in March at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
The divisional alignment was scrapped after the 2023 season; subsequent championship games will feature the top two teams in the conference standings (with tiebreakers employed as needed).
From its inception in 1997 to 2003, it was held at the home field of the division champion with the best conference record (also with tiebreakers as needed).
In 1996 the tournament returned, but the championship game had to be suspended due to weather and once again the regular season champion won the automatic NCAA bid.
After that season, sponsorship of the sport transferred from the MAC to the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).
From 1981 to 1996 the conference champion was awarded based on points won at the MAC Individual Championships.