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The revolutionary MAC football season will be televised.
The Mid-American Conference released its television and streaming schedules on Monday afternoon, with games for the first three weeks getting times, dates and channels, while games falling on weekends are on a to-be-determined schedule, with a 12-day selection for both ESPN and CBS Sports Network.
Week 1 will start off with a bang, as all 12 member schools will face off in one night, with two games to kick off the season at 6 p.m., three more games at 7 p.m., and bookmarked at the end with a nationally-televised game between rivals Toledo and BGSU in primetime at 8 p.m., all on Wednesday, November 4.
Of the Week 1 games, four of the six games will feature on “linear” networks, including the ESPN family of networks and CBS Sports Network.
The full schedule as currently known is below, with 12-day selection games also highlighted:
Wednesday, Nov. 4
- Western Michigan at Akron, 6 p.m. (ESPN3)
- Eastern Michigan at Kent State, 6 p.m. (ESPN+)
- Ohio at Central Michigan, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
- Buffalo at Northern Illinois, 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT (ESPN2)
- Ball State at Miami, 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
- Bowling Green at Toledo, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)
Tuesday, Nov. 10
- Akron at Ohio, 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
- Kent State at Bowling Green, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
- Miami at Buffalo, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Nov. 11
- Eastern Michigan at Ball State, 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
- Toledo at Western Michigan, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
- Central Michigan at Northern Illinois, 8 p.m. ET // 7 p.m. CT (ESPNU)
Tuesday, Nov. 17
- Akron at Kent State
- Buffalo at Bowling Green
- Ohio at Miami
Wednesday, Nov. 18
- Northern Illinois at Ball State
- Toledo at Eastern Michigan
- Western Michigan at Central Michigan
Fri., Nov. 27
- Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan, 4 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, Nov. 28
- Ball State at Toledo
- Northern Illinois at Western Michigan
- Bowling Green at Ohio
- Kent State at Buffalo
- Miami at Akron
Saturday, Dec. 5
- Ball State at Central Michigan
- Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan
- Toledo at Northern Illinois
- Bowling Green at Akron
- Buffalo at Ohio
- Kent State at Miami
Saturday, Dec. 12
- Central Michigan at Toledo
- Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan
- Western Michigan at Ball State
- Akron at Buffalo
- Miami at Bowling Green
- Ohio at Kent State
The 24th annual Mid-American Conference Championship Game, which will make its 16th appearance at Detroit’s Ford Field this season, is currently scheduled for Friday, Dec. 18, at a time to be determined, with channel obligations limited to ESPN and ESPN2.
Miami and Central Michigan are the current defending champions of their respective divisions.