The MVC is reckoned as one of the stronger "mid-major" conferences in college basketball.

He has worked for years from the mid-major conferences to the Big East and the Big Ten.

A college football national championship won by Brigham Young in 1984 added to the WAC's reputation as the best of the so-called mid-major conferences.

This act caused many prominent journalists to debate if the Atlantic 10 is a mid-major conference or not.

Despite playing in a mid-major conference, Butler rose to national prominence in recent years.

Due to the mid-major conference and relatively weak schedule that USU plays each year, the Aggies are often left out of the national spotlight.

The Cougars were the closest thing at the time to a major football power playing in a mid-major conference.

Utah becomes the first team from a mid-major conference to play in a BCS bowl.

BYU's persistent performance opened the door for mid-major conferences to participate in upper-tier bowls as well.

ESPN2 usually carries a game between two teams from either major or mid-major conferences with various announcers.