Over the last 20 years, the Mid-American Conference has bolstered its reputation. Though it's a Group of Five league, it's known nationally for MACtion—games on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
And that midweek exposure has put many of the MAC's top players in a spotlight.
In an effort to reward both excellence and longevity, we only considered players with two-plus seasons for this All-21st Century Team. Anyone who played their last season in 2000 was not included.
While the conference has leaned on 12 core members, four more programs spent time in the MAC. Players from Marshall in 2000-04, Central Florida in 2002-04, Temple in 2007-11 and Massachusetts in 2012-16 were also eligible.