UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen

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The UMass Minutemen are the athletic teams that represent the University of Massachusetts Amherst; strictly speaking, the Minutemen nickname applies to men's teams and athletes only — women's teams and athletes are known as Minutewomen. The Minutemen and Minutewomen compete in NCAA Division I sports competition primarily as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The nickname is also applied to club teams that do not participate within the NCAA structure. UMass is one of only 16 universities in the nation that plays Division I FBS football and Division I men's ice hockey. (Of these, six are in the Big Ten Conference, while three-- including UMass-- are in the MAC.) The men's football team had previously competed as a football-only member in the MAC from 2013 to 2015. The Minutemen men's soccer program will join the Summit League in 2025 as well. The Minutemen men's lacrosse program will remain an affiliate of the Atlantic 10.

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