BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference today released its 2024 football schedule. The MEC will play a nine-game conference schedule with each team playing two additional contests against non-conference competition in 2024.
 
Institutions will release complete schedules with non-conference opponents and game times when available. In addition, the MEC and its member institutions will announce a Thursday night game schedule later in the summer.
 
The University of Charleston won the MEC Football Championship in 2023 with an 8-1 record in league play. The Golden Eagles advanced to the second round of the NCAA Playoffs with a 52-44 win over New Haven in the opening round. UC was edged by Kutztown, 32-31, in the second round.
 
Four teams finished in a tie for second place in the 2023 standings with 6-3 records in league play, including Fairmont State, Frostburg State, Notre Dame College and UNC Pembroke.
 
The 2024 grid slate features non-conference play only in Week 0 (Aug. 31) and Week 1 (Sept. 7). Conference play will begin on Saturday, Sept. 14 with Frostburg State visiting West Liberty, and Wheeling on the road at West Virginia Wesleyan. Click here for the complete 2024 football schedule.