Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Introduction


The **Mid\-Eastern Athletic Conference** (**MEAC**) is a [collegiate athletic conference](/wiki/List_of_NCAA_conferences "List of NCAA conferences") whose full members are [historically black colleges and universities](/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities "Historically black colleges and universities") (HBCUs) in the [Southeastern](/wiki/Southeastern_United_States "Southeastern United States") and the [Mid\-Atlantic United States](/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_states "Mid-Atlantic states"). It participates in the [National Collegiate Athletic Association](/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association "National Collegiate Athletic Association") (NCAA) [Division I](/wiki/NCAA_Division_I "NCAA Division I"), and in [football](/wiki/College_football "College football"), in the [Football Championship Subdivision](/wiki/Football_Championship_Subdivision "Football Championship Subdivision") (FCS).

Currently, the MEAC has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in men's basketball (since 1981\), women's basketball (since 1982\), softball (since 1995\), men's and women's tennis (since 1998\), and volleyball (since 1994\). Bowling was officially sanctioned as a MEAC\-governed sport in 1999\. Before that season, the MEAC was the first conference to secure NCAA sanctioning for women's [bowling](/wiki/Ten-pin_bowling "Ten-pin bowling") by adopting the club sport prior to the 1996–97 school year.


How many automatic qualifying bids does the MEAC have for NCAA postseason play in various sports?