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The Mid-American Conference has released the football schedules for all 12 MAC teams today. In total, eight teams that finished in the final AP Top 25 poll from last season will play against select MAC teams: No. 1 Alabama vs. Kent State, No. 4 Ohio State vs. Bowling Green, No. 9 Iowa vs. Miami, No. 20 Oklahoma State vs. Central Michigan, No. 21 Wisconsin vs. Akron, No. 22 Tennessee vs. Ohio, No. 23 Northwestern vs. Western Michigan and No. 24 Western Kentucky at Miami.
The season opens up on September 1 with Central Michigan playing host to Presbyterian, and the MAC Championship game played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on Friday, December 2 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN2). There will be 17 nationally televised games through ESPN2, ESPNU and CBS Sports Network.
Mid-week #MACtion begins on Thursday, October 27 with two games: Buffalo vs. Akron and Toledo vs. Ohio. Our first pair of Tuesday night games feature Northern Illinois vs. Bowling Green and Ball State vs. Western Michigan. Aside from Black Friday games, there will be nine days through the in-conference calendar with non-Saturday games.
Times for games to start will start being announced in June.
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/3 | vs. Virginia Military Institute | FCS |
9/10 | @ Wisconsin | 2015 Holiday Bowl Winners |
9/17 | @ Marshall | 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl Winners |
9/24 | vs. Appalachian State | 2015 Camellia Bowl Winners |
10/1 | @ Kent State | Wagon Wheel Rivalry |
10/8 | vs. Miami | |
10/15 | vs. Western Michigan | |
10/22 | @ Ball State | |
10/27, Thursday | @ Buffalo | CBSSN or ESPN3 |
11/2, Wednesday | vs. Toledo | ESPN2 |
11/9, Wednesday | vs. Bowling Green | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/22, Tuesday | @ Ohio | ESPNU or ESPN3 |
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/2 or 9/3 | @ Georgia State | |
9/10 | @ Indiana | |
9/17 | vs. Eastern Kentucky | |
9/24 | @ Florida Atlantic | |
10/1 | vs. Northern Illinois | Battle for the Bronze Stalk |
10/8 | @ Central Michigan | |
10/15 | @ Buffalo | |
10/22 | vs. Akron | |
11/1, Tuesday | vs. Western Michigan | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/8, Tuesday | vs. Eastern Michigan | ESPN2 or CBSSN. Election Day. |
11/16, Wednesday | @ Toledo | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/22, Tuesday | @ Miami | ESPNU or ESPN3 |
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/3 | @ Ohio State | 2016 Fiesta Bowl Winners |
9/10 | vs. North Dakota | FCS |
9/17 | vs. Middle Tennessee | |
9/24 | @ Memphis | |
10/1 | vs. Eastern Michigan | |
10/8 | @ Ohio | |
10/15 | @ Toledo | Battle of I-75 |
10/22 | @ Miami | |
11/1, Tuesday | @ Northern Illinois | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/9, Wednesday | @ Akron | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/15, Tuesday | vs. Kent State | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/25, Friday | vs. Buffalo | TV TBD |
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/3 | vs. Albany | FCS |
9/17 | @ Nevada | 2015 Arizona Bowl Winners |
9/24 | vs. Army | |
10/1 | @ Boston College | |
10/8 | vs. Kent State | |
10/15 | vs. Ball State | |
10/22 | @ Northern Illinois | |
10/27, Thursday | vs. Akron | CBSSN or ESPN3 |
11/3, Thursday | @ Ohio | CBSSN |
11/12 | vs. Miami | |
11/19 | @ Western Michigan | |
11/25, Friday | @ Bowling Green | TV TBD |
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/1, Thursday | vs. Presbyterian | FCS |
9/10 | @ Oklahoma State | |
9/17 | vs. UNLV | |
9/24 | @ Virginia | |
10/1 | vs. Western Michigan | Battle for the Cannon |
10/8 | vs. Ball State | |
10/15 | @ Northern Illinois | |
10/22 | @ Toledo | |
10/29 | vs. Kent State | |
11/4, Tuesday | @ Miami | CBSSN |
11/15 | vs. Ohio | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/22 | @ Eastern Michigan | Michigan MAC Trophy. ESPNU or ESPN3 |
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/3 | vs. Mississippi Valley State | FCS |
9/10 | @ Missouri | |
9/17 | @ Charlotte | |
9/24 | vs. Wyoming | |
10/1 | @ Bowling Green | |
10/8 | vs. Toledo | |
10/15 | @ Ohio | |
10/22 | @ Western Michigan | Michigan MAC Trophy |
10/29 | vs. Miami | |
11/8, Tuesday | @ Ball State | ESPN2 or CBSSN. Election Day. |
11/16, Wednesday | vs. Northern Illinois | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/22, Tuesday | vs. Central Michigan | ESPNU or ESPN3 |
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/3 | @ Penn State | |
9/10 | vs. North Carolina A&T | FCS |
9/17 | vs. Monmouth | FCS |
9/24 | @ Alabama | Defending National Champions |
10/1 | vs. Akron | Wagon Wheel Rivalry |
10/8 | @ Buffalo | |
10/15 | @ Miami | |
10/22 | vs. Ohio | |
10/29 | @ Central Michigan | |
11/8, Tuesday | vs. Western Michigan | ESPN2 or CBSSN. Election Day |
11/15, Tuesday | @ Bowling Green | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/25, Friday | vs. Northern Illinois | TV TBD |
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/3 | @ Iowa | |
9/10 | vs. Eastern Illinois | FCS |
9/17 | vs. Western Kentucky | 2015 Beach Bowl Winners |
9/24 | @ Cincinnati | 121st Battle for the Bell |
10/1 | vs. Ohio | Battle of the Bricks |
10/8 | @ Akron | |
10/15 | vs. Kent State | |
10/22 | @ Bowling Green | |
10/29 | @ Eastern Michigan | |
11/4, Friday | vs. Central Michigan | CBSSN |
11/12 | @ Buffalo | |
11/22, Tuesday | vs. Ball State | ESPNU or ESPN3 |
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/3 | @ Wyoming | |
9/10 | @ South Florida | |
9/17 | vs. San Diego State | |
9/24 | vs. Western Illinois | FCS |
10/1 | @ Ball State | Battle for the Bronze Stalk |
10/8 | @ Western Michigan | |
10/15 | vs. Central Michigan | |
10/22 | vs. Buffalo | |
11/1, Tuesday | vs. Bowling Green | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/9, Wednesday | vs. Toledo | ESPN2 or ESPNU. Played at U.S. Cellular Field. |
11/16, Wednesday | @ Eastern Michigan | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/25, Friday | @ Kent State | TV TBD |
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/3 | vs. Texas State | |
9/10 | @ Kansas | |
9/17 | @ Tennessee | 2016 Outback Bowl Winners |
9/24 | vs. Gardner-Webb | FCS |
10/1 | @ Miami | Battle of the Bricks |
10/8 | vs. Bowling Green | |
10/15 | vs. Eastern Michigan | |
10/22 | @ Kent State | |
10/27, Thursday | @ Toledo | CBSSN or ESPN3 |
11/3, Thursday | vs. Buffalo | CBSSN |
11/15, Tuesday | @ Central Michigan | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/22, Tuesday | vs. Akron | ESPNU or ESPN3 |
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/3 | @ Arkansas State | |
9/10 | vs. Maine | FCS |
9/17 | vs. Fresno State | |
9/30 | @ BYU | |
10/8 | @ Eastern Michigan | |
10/15 | vs. Bowling Green | Battle of I-75 |
10/22 | vs. Central Michigan | |
10/27, Thursday | vs. Ohio | CBSSN or ESPN3 |
11/2, Wednesday | @ Akron | ESPN2 |
11/9, Wednesday | @ Northern Illinois | ESPN2 or ESPNU. Played at U.S. Cellular Field. |
11/16, Wednesday | vs. Ball State | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/25, Friday | @ Western Michigan | TV TBD |
Date | Opponent | Notes |
9/3 | @ Northwestern | |
9/10 | vs. North Carolina Central | FCS |
9/17 | @ Illinois | |
9/24 | vs. Georgia Southern | 2015 GoDaddy Bowl Winners |
10/1 | @ Central Michigan | Battle for the Cannon |
10/8 | vs. Northern Illinois | |
10/15 | @ Akron | |
10/22 | vs. Eastern Michigan | Michigan MAC Trophy |
11/1, Tuesday | @ Ball State | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
11/8, Tuesday | @ Kent State | ESPN2 or CBSSN. Election Day. |
11/19 | vs. Buffalo | |
11/25 | vs. Toledo | TV TBD |