List of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions

This is a list of yearly Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions. Champions have been determined by the best record in play amongst teams in the conference, which can result in one or multiple champions. In 1978, the MEAC was classified as a Division I conference by the NCAA. Prior to that year, the league operated as a Division II conference.

The MEAC has seen a handful of teams forfeit the championship due to violations. The 1987 Howard Bison, who had won all five conference games under Willie Jeffries, was stripped of their championship in 1989 due to the use of ineligible players. Delaware State, who had won all but their game against Howard, was awarded the championship.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1989/09/26/howard-forfeits-1987-football-title/5a095e30-1a96-4ddc-ad72-38642e1ac854/ Norfolk State was stripped of their 2011 title in 2016, with no champion being awarded the title retroactively. In 2019, North Carolina A&T and South Carolina State were each awarded the MEAC title after each went 6–2 in conference play over Florida A&M, who had gone 7-1 but were under sanctions due to ineligible players.

Champions by year Year ChampionsOverallConferenceHead coach1971 Morgan State 6–4–1 5–0–1 Earl Banks1972North Carolina Central 9–2 5–1George Quiett1973North Carolina Central 7–4 5–1Willie Smith1974South Carolina State 8–4 5–1Willie Jeffries1975North Carolina A&T 8–3 5–1 Hornsby Howell South Carolina State 8–2–1 5–1 Willie Jeffries1976South Carolina State 10–1 5–1Willie JeffriesMorgan State 6–4 5–1 Henry Lattimore1977South Carolina State 9–1–1 6–0 Willie Jeffries1978South Carolina State 8–2–1 5–0–1 Willie Jeffries1979Morgan State 9–2 5–0 Clarence Thomas1980South Carolina State 10–1 5–0Bill Davis1981South Carolina State 10–3 5–0 Bill Davis1982South Carolina State9–3 4–1 Bill Davis1983South Carolina State 7–3 4–0Bill Davis1984Bethune–Cookman 7–3 4–0 Larry Little1985Delaware State 9–24–0Bill Collick1986North Carolina A&T 9–3 4–1Mo Forte1987 Delaware State 9–1 5–0 Bill Collick1988Bethune–Cookman 5–64–2Larry LittleDelaware State 5–54–2Bill CollickFlorida A&M 6–4–14–2 Ken Riley1989Delaware State 7–45–1Bill Collick1990Florida A&M 7–4 6–0 Ken Riley1991North Carolina A&T 9–3 5–1Bill HayesDelaware State 9–25–1 Bill Collick1992North Carolina A&T 9–3 5–1Bill Hayes1993 Howard 11–1 6–0 Steve Wilson1994 South Carolina State 10–2 6–0 Willie Jeffries1995 Florida A&M 9–3 6–0Billy Joe1996Florida A&M 9–37–0Billy Joe1997 Hampton 10–2 7–0 Joe Taylor1998Florida A&M 11–2 7–1Billy JoeHampton 9–3 7–1 Joe Taylor1999North Carolina A&T 11–2 8–0 Bill Hayes2000Florida A&M 9–37–1 Billy Joe2001Florida A&M 7–4 7–1 Billy Joe2002Bethune–Cookman 11–2 7–1 Alvin Wyatt2003North Carolina A&T 10–36–1George Small2004Hampton 10–2 6–1Joe TaylorSouth Carolina State 9–2 6–1Oliver Pough2005 Hampton 11–1 8–0 Joe Taylor2006 Hampton 10–2 7–1Joe Taylor2007Delaware State 10–2 9–0 Al Lavan2008South Carolina State 10–3 8–0Oliver Pough2009 South Carolina State10–2 8–0Oliver Pough2010 Bethune–Cookman10–2 7–1Brian JenkinsSouth Carolina State 9–3 7–1Oliver PoughFlorida A&M† 8–3 7–1 Joe Taylor2011 Norfolk State† 9–3 7–1 Pete Adrian2012 Bethune–Cookman 9–38–0Brian Jenkins2013Bethune–Cookman 10–37–1Brian JenkinsSouth Carolina State 9–4 7–1Oliver Pough2014Bethune–Cookman 9–3 6–2 Brian JenkinsMorgan State 7–6 6–2 Lee HullNorth Carolina A&T 9–36–2 Rod BroadwayNorth Carolina Central 7–56–2 Jerry MackSouth Carolina State 8–46–2Oliver Pough2015 Bethune–Cookman 9–2 7–1 Terry SimsNorth Carolina A&T 10–2 7–1 Rod BroadwayNorth Carolina Central 8–3 7–1 Jerry Mack2016 North Carolina Central 9–3 8–0 Jerry Mack 2017 North Carolina A&T 12–0 8–0 Rod Broadway2018 North Carolina A&T 10–2 6–1 Sam Washington2019North Carolina A&T 9–3 6–2Sam WashingtonSouth Carolina State 8–3 6–2 Oliver Pough2021 South Carolina State 7–55–0 Oliver Pough2022 North Carolina Central 10–2 4–1Trei OliverHoward 5–64–1Larry Scott2023Howard 6–5 4–1Larry Scott2024South Carolina State 9-3 5–0Chennis Berry2025South Carolina State 9-3 5–0Chennis Berry Bold indicates a Black college football national championship. † vacated

Championships by school Team MEACChampionships YearsSouth Carolina State20 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1994, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025North Carolina A&T*111975, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019Bethune–Cookman*81984, 1988, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015Florida A&M*81988, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2010North Carolina Central71972, 1973, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023Delaware State61985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2007Hampton*51997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006Morgan State41971, 1976, 1979, 2014Howard31993, 2022, 2023Norfolk State12011 (vacated) Italics indicate a shared title. * indicates a school no longer competing in the MEAC.

Championships by head coach

Head coach MEACChampionshipsOliver Pough8Willie Jeffries6Joe Taylor6Bill Collick5Billy Joe5Bill Davis4Brian Jenkins4Rod Broadway3Bill Hayes3Jerry Mack3Larry Little2Trei Oliver2Ken Riley2Larry Scott2Sam Washington2Chennis Berry2Earl Banks1Mo Forte1Hornsby Howell1Lee Hull1Henry Lattimore1Al Lavan1George Quiett1Terry Sims1George Small)1Willie Smith1Clarence Thomas1Steve Wilson1Alvin Wyatt1

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