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This afternoon, the MAC teams released the dates for their respective schedules for the upcoming football season.
Marshall, Memphis, Michigan State, Ohio State and Wisconsin all finished in the AP Top 25 to end their seasons last year and will be playing against against some of our MAC teams this year. Defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes will play host to both Northern Illinois Huskies and Western Michigan Broncos.
The 19th Marathon MAC Football Championship game will be played on Friday, December 4 at Ford Field in Detroit for the 12th time. This game can be seen on ESPN2. Nine schools from the Big Ten (Illinois, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin) will play against MAC-affiliated schools. The MAC will also play against four schools from the SEC (Arkansas, LSU, Tennessee, Texas A&M), three from the ACC (Boston College, Pittsburgh, Syracuse), Colorado from the Pac-12 and Independent Notre Dame.
| Akron | Ball State | BGSU | Buffalo | CMU | EMU | Kent St | UMass | Miami | NIU | Ohio | Toledo | WMU | |
| Week 1 (9/5) | @ Oklahoma (7 pm, FOX PPV) | vs. VMI (9/3, 7 pm, ESPN3) | @ Tennessee (4 pm, SEC Network) | vs. Albany (3:30 pm, ESPN3) | vs. Oklahoma State (9/3, 7 pm, ESPNU) | vs. Old Dominion (3 pm, ESPN3) | @ Illinois (9/4, 9 pm, BTN) | BYE | vs. Presbyterian (3:30 pm, ESPN3) |
vs. UNLV (7:30 pm, CBSSN) |
@ Idaho (9/3, 9 PM, ESPN3) | vs. Stony Brook (9/3, 7 pm, ESPN3) | vs. Michigan State (9/4, 7 pm, ESPNU) |
| Week 2 (9/12) | vs. Pittsburgh (6 pm, ESPN3) | @ Texas A & M (7 pm, ESPNU) | @ Maryland (12 pm, BTN) | @ Penn State (12 pm, ESPN2/ESPNU) | vs. Monmouth (3 pm, ESPN3) | @ Wyoming (4pm, ROOT Sports) | vs. Delaware State (6 pm, ESPN3) | @ Colorado (2 pm, Pac-12 Networks) | @ Wisconsin (12 pm, ESPN2/ESPNU) | vs. Murray State (3:30 pm, ESPN3) | vs. Marshall (7 pm, ESPN3) | @ Arkansas (4 pm) | @ Georgia Southern (6 pm, ESPN3) |
| Week 3 (9/19) | vs. Savannah State (12 pm or 2 pm, ESPN3) | @ EMU (3 pm, ESPN3) | vs. Memphis (3 pm, ESPN3) | @ FAU (12 pm, American Sports Network) | @ Syracuse (12:30 pm, ACC RSN) | vs. Ball State (3 pm, ESPN3) | @ Minnesota (12 pm, BTN) | vs. Temple (3 pm, ESPN3) | vs. Cincinnati (3:30 pm, ESPN3) | @ Ohio State (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) | vs. Southeast Louisiana (2 pm, ESPN3) | vs. Iowa State (8 pm, ESPNews) | vs. Murray State (7 pm, ESPN3) |
| Week 4 (9/26) | @ UL-Lafayette | @ Northwestern (8 pm, BTN) | @ Purdue | vs. Nevada | @ Michigan State | vs. Army | vs. Marshall | @ Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC) | @ Western Kentucky (3:30 pm, CBSSN) | @ Boston College | @ Minnesota (3:30 pm) | vs. Arkansas State | @ Ohio State |
| Week 5 (10/3) | vs. Ohio (2 pm, TV TBA) | vs. Toledo (3 pm, TV TBA) | @ Buffalo (3:30 pm, TV TBA) | vs. BGSU (3:30 pm, TV TBA) | vs. NIU (3 pm, TV TBA) | @ LSU | vs. Miami (3:30 pm, TV TBA) | vs. FIU | @ Kent State (3:30 pm, TV TBA) | @ CMU (3 pm, TV TBA) | @ Akron (2 pm, TV TBA) | @ Ball State (3 pm, TV TBA) | BYE |
| Week 6 (10/10) | @ EMU (3 pm, TV TBA) | @ NIU | vs. UMass | BYE | @ WMU | vs. Akron (3 pm, TV TBA) | @ Toledo (3 pm, TV TBA) | @ BGSU | @ Ohio (2 pm, TV TBA) | vs. Ball State | vs. Miami (2 pm, TV TBA) | vs. Kent State (3 pm, TV TBA) | vs. CMU |
| Week 7 (10/17) | @ BGSU (3 pm, TV TBA) | vs. Georgia State | vs. Akron (3 pm, TV TBA) | @ CMU | vs. Buffalo | @ Toledo | @ UMass (3:30 pm, TV TBA) | vs. Kent State (3:30 pm, TV TBA) | vs. NIU (2:30 pm, TV TBA) | @ Miami (2:30 pm, TV TBA) | vs. WMU | vs. EMU | @ Ohio |
| Week 8 (10/24) | BYE | vs. CMU | @ Kent State | vs. Ohio | @ Ball State | @ NIU (3:30 pm, TV TBA) | vs. BGSU | vs. Toledo | @ WMU (2 pm, TV TBA) | vs. EMU (3:30 pm, TV TBA) | @ Buffalo | @ UMass | vs. Miami (2 pm, TV TBA) |
| Week 9 (10/31) | vs. CMU | vs. UMass | BYE | @ Miami (10/29, 7:30 pm, CBSSN or ESPN3) | @ Akron | vs. WMU (10/29, 7:30 pm, CBSSN or ESPN3) | BYE | @ Ball State | vs. Buffalo (10/29, 7:30 pm, CBSSN or ESPN3) | BYE | BYE | BYE | @ EMU (10/29, 7:30 pm, CBSSN or ESPN3) |
| Week 10 (11/7) | @ UMass | @ WMU (11/5, 7:30 pm, CBSSN or ESPN3) | vs. Ohio (11/4, 8 pm, ESPN2) | @ Kent State (11/5, 7:30 pm, CBSSN or ESPN3) | BYE | @ Miami | vs. Buffalo (11/5, 7:30 pm, CBSSN or ESPN3) | vs. Akron | vs. EMU | @ Toledo (11/3, 8 pm, ESPN2) | @ BGSU (11/4, 8 PM, ESPN2) | vs. NIU (11/3, 8 pm, ESPN2) | vs. Ball State (11/5, 7:30 pm, CBSSN or ESPN3) |
| Week 11 (11/14) | @ Miami | BYE | @ WMU (11/11, 8 pm, ESPN2 or ESPNU) | vs. NIU (11/11, 8 pm, ESPN2 or ESPNU) | vs Toledo (11/10, 8 PM, ESPN2 or ESPNU) | vs. UMass | @ Ohio (11/10, 8 PM, ESPN2 or ESPNU) | @ EMU | vs. Akron | @ Buffalo (11/11, 8 pm, ESPN2 or ESPNU) | vs. Kent State (11/10, 8 PM, ESPN2 or ESPNU) | @ CMU (11/10, 8 PM, ESPN2 or ESPNU) | vs. BGSU (11/11, 8 pm, ESPN2 or ESPNU) |
| Week 12 (11/21) | vs. Buffalo | @ Ohio (11/17, TBA, ESPN 2 or ESPNU) | vs. Toledo (11/17, TBA, ESPN 2 or ESPNU) | @ Akron | @ Kent State (11/18, 8 PM, ESPN2 or ESPNU) | BYE | vs. CMU (11/18, 8 PM, ESPN2 or ESPNU) | vs. Miami | @ UMass | vs. WMU (11/18, 8 PM, ESPN2 or ESPNU) | vs. Ball State (11/17, TBA, ESPN 2 or ESPNU) | @ BGSU (11/17, TBA, ESPN 2 or ESPNU) | @ NIU (11/18, 8 PM, ESPN2 or ESPNU) |
| Week 13 (11/27) | vs. Kent State | vs. BGSU (11/24, 7:30 pm, ESPNU or ESPN3) | @ Ball State (11/24, 7:30 pm, ESPNU or ESPN3) | vs. UMass | vs. EMU | @ CMU | @ Akron | @ Buffalo | BYE | vs. Ohio (11/24, 7:30 pm, ESPNU or ESPN3) | @ NIU (11/24, 7:30 pm, ESPNU or ESPN3) | vs. WMU | @ Toledo |
RIVALRY GAMES:
Anniversary Award (BGSU, Kent State): October 24
Battle for the Bell (Miami, Cincinnati): September 19
Battle for the Bell (Ohio, Marshall): September 12
Battle for the Bronze Stalk (Ball State, NIU): October 10
Battle for the Cannon (WMU vs. CMU): October 10
Battle of the Bricks (Miami, Ohio): October 10
Battle of I-75 (BGSU, Toledo): November 17
Michigan MAC series (CMU, EMU, WMU): October 10 (WMU vs. CMU), October 29 (EMU vs. WMU) November 27 (CMU vs. EMU)
Toledo vs. Northern Illinois: November 3
Wagon Wheel Rivalry (Akron, Kent State): November 27
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE GAMES TOO:
Central Michigan vs. Oklahoma State: September 3
Western Michigan vs. Michigan State: September 4
Bowling Green @ Tennessee: September 5
Eastern Michigan vs. Old Dominion: September 5
Northern Illinois vs. UNLV: September 5
Akron vs. Pittsburgh: September 12
Bowling Green @ Maryland: September 12
Buffalo @ Penn State: September 12
Toledo @ Arkansas: September 12
Eastern Michigan vs. Ball State: September 19
UMass vs. Temple: September 19
Northern Illinois @ Ohio State: September 19
Toledo vs. Arkansas State: September 19
Central Michigan @ Michigan State: September 26
Western Michigan @ Ohio State: September 26
Akron vs. Ohio: October 3
Eastern Michigan @ LSU: October 3
Ball State vs. Georgia State: October 17
Western Michigan vs. Miami: October 24
Miami vs. Buffalo: October 31
Buffalo vs. Northern Illinois: November 11
Western Michigan vs. Bowling Green: November 11
UMass vs. Miami: November 21
Buffalo vs. UMass: November 27
UPDATE (6/10/15): Times, TV have been added to games. All times EST.