THE RFC MYC: Mountain East Conference (MEC)-(NCAA Division II)

Mountain East Conference (MEC)-(NCAA Division II)

Overview: In just their ninth full season of varsity football, the Notre Dame College Falcons from South Euclid, Ohio made history in 2018, as they not only finished the regular season undefeated in winning their first-ever Mountain East Conference (MEC) championship, they also advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time ever. They advanced to the national semifinals, losing to eventual national champion Valdosta State 30-24 to finish 13-1 overall.

Like multiple Division II conferences, the MEC will be seeing changes to their membership in 2019, with perennial powerhouse Shepherd (7-3 in 2018) saying goodbye after spending the last six seasons there, as well as almost nine decades in the now-defunct West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC). The Rams will be headed to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) after winning six WVIAC/MEC titles between 2010 and 2017, winning at least 10 or more games in all but one of those seasons (8-3 in 2012).

With Shepherd leaving the Mountain East Conference, two other programs will join the seven-year-old league this fall, as Frostburg State (10-1 in 2018) makes the move up to D- II after advancing to the NCAA Division III playoffs the last two seasons, while Wheeling Jesuit will make its gridiron debut. Expect most of the other MEC teams to give chase to Notre Dame in 2019.

2019 Schedules (Teams listed in alphabetical order, click the links below to access to find the schedules)

NOTE: If the link to the team's schedule is not highlighted, it means that the team has not submitted its schedule for the 2019 season. When the team's schedule is submitted, the link (s) will appear in each blog post. Also, please visit the RFC blog at realfootballcentral.blogspot.com for schedules, schedule updates, preseason previews, and much more.

Final 2018 Mountain East Conference Football Standings

Charleston (W. Va.)

Concord

Fairmont State

Frostburg State

Glenville State

Notre Dame (Ohio)

Urbana

West Liberty

West Virginia State

West Virginia Wesleyan

Wheeling Jesuit

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