2024 Mid-American Conference football season

2024 Mid-American Conference football season
2024 Mid-American Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 29 - December 7
Number of teams	12
Regular season
MAC Championship Game

The 2024 Mid-American Conference football season is the 79th season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC), as part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Non-conference play will begin on August 29. Conference will begin on September 21 and will conclude with the MAC championship game on December 7 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.[1] For the first time since 1996 the MAC will not have divisions. The Championship game will feature the teams with the best conference records.[2] This will be the conference's last season with 12 members as it will see its first change in membership since 2015 with the addition of UMass[3]

2024 Mid-American Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Akron	0	–	0	0	–	0
Ball State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Bowling Green	0	–	0	0	–	0
Buffalo	0	–	0	0	–	0
Central Michigan	0	–	0	0	–	0
Eastern Michigan	0	–	0	0	–	0
Kent State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Miami (OH)	0	–	0	0	–	0
Northern Illinois	0	–	0	0	–	0
Ohio	0	–	0	0	–	0
Toledo	0	–	0	0	–	0
Western Michigan	0	–	0	0	–	0
Championship: December 7, 2024
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant As of June 25, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

Miami won the East division with a 7-1 conference record with their only loss coming against Toledo.[4] Toledo won the West with a perfect conference record.[5] Miami won their first MAC Championship since 2019 with a 23–14 upset victory in the MAC Championship Game.[6]

Preseason

The MAC Football Kickoff will be held on Friday, July 19, 2024 at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.[7]

Individual Award Preseason Watchlists

Award	Head Coach/Player	Position	Year	Ref
Lott Trophy	none			[8]
Dodd Trophy		HC	—
Maxwell Award
Davey O'Brien Award		QB
Doak Walker Award		RB
Biletnikoff Award		WR
John Mackey Award		TE
Rimington Trophy		OL
Butkus Award		LB
Jim Thorpe Award		DB
Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Outland Trophy

Award	Head Coach/Player	School	Position	Year	Ref
Lou Groza Award			PK
Ray Guy Award			P
Paul Hornung Award			WR
Wuerffel Trophy
Walter Camp Award
Bednarik Award
Rotary Lombardi Award
Patrick Mannelly Award			LS
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award
Polynesian College Football Player Of The Year Award
Manning Award			QB
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award			QB

Coaches

Coaching changes

The MAC enters the 2024 season with one coaching change from 2023.

Buffalo head coach Maurice Linguist resigned on January 16, 2024, after his team finished the 2023 season with a 3–9 record to join Kalen DeBoer’s staff at Alabama.[9] On January 21, 2024 Pete Lembo, who was the associate head coach and special teams coordinator at South Carolina and was previously a MAC head coach at Ball State, was hired as the new head coach.[10][11]

Head coaching records

Team	Head coach	Previous Job	Years at school	Record at school	MAC record	MAC titles
Akron	Joe Moorhead	Oregon (offensive coordinator)	3	56–45 (.554)	2–14 (.125)	0
Ball State	Mike Neu	New Orleans Saints (QB Coach)	9	37–56 (.398)	23–39 (.371)	1
Bowling Green	Scot Loeffler	Boston College (offensive coordinator/QB coach)	6	20–36 (.357)	14–23 (.378)	0
Buffalo	Pete Lembo	South Carolina (associate head coach/special teams coordinator)	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0
Central Michigan	Jim McElwain	Florida	6	29–28 (.509)	21–17 (.553)	0
Eastern Michigan	Chris Creighton	Drake	11	52–68 (.433)	31–47 (.397)	0
Kent State	Kenni Burns	Minnesota (associate head coach/running backs)	2	1–11 (.083)	0–8 (.000)	0
Miami	Chuck Martin	Notre Dame (offensive coordinator/QB coach)	10	56–62 (.475)	44–31 (.587)	2
Northern Illinois	Thomas Hammock	Baltimore Ravens (running backs coach)	6	24–33 (.421)	17–21 (.447)	1
Ohio	Tim Albin	Ohio (associate head coach/offensive coordinator)	4	23–16 (.590)	16–8 (.667)	0
Toledo	Jason Candle	Toledo (offensive coordinator)	9	65–35 (.650)	43–19 (.694)	2
Western Michigan	Lance Taylor	Louisville (offensive coordinator)	2	4–8 (.333)	3–5 (.375)	0

Source - [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

Rankings

		Pre
Akron	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Ball State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Bowling Green	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Buffalo	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Central Michigan	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Eastern Michigan	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Kent State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Miami	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Northern Illinois	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Ohio	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Toledo	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Western Michigan	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

Schedule

[1][24][25]

Index to colors and formatting
MAC member won
MAC member lost
MAC teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Fordham	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ESPN+	–
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Lafayette	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	ESPN+	–
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN+	–
August 29	7:30 p.m.	Duquesne	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN+	–
August 30	9:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	FS1	–
August 31	12:00 p.m.	Kent State	Pittsburgh	Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPNU	–
August 31	3:30 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	UMass	McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	ESPN+	–
August 31	3:30 p.m.	Western Illinois	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN+	–
August 31	3:30 p.m.	Ohio	Syracuse	JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY	ACCN	–
August 31	3:30 p.m.	Akron	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	CBS	–
August 31	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	BTN	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Akron	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	BTN	–
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	BTN	–
September 7	2:00 p.m.	Missouri State	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN+	–
September 7	2:30 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	ESPN+	–
September 7	3:30 p.m.	UMass	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN+	–
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	BTN	–
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	NBC	–
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN+	–
September 7	6:00 p.m.	South Alabama	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	ESPN+	–
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ESPN+/SECN+	–
September 7	7:30 p.m.	Western Michigan	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH (Victory Bell)	ESPN+	–
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	Peacock	–
September 14	1:00 p.m.	UMass	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	CBSSN	–
September 14	3:30 p.m.	Morgan State	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	ESPN+	–
September 14	3:30 p.m.	Ball State	Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN	–
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Colgate	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	ESPN+	–
September 14	6:30 p.m.	Bethune-Cookman	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN+	–
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN+	–
September 14	7:30 p.m.	Toledo	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN2 or ESPNU	–
September 14	7:45 p.m.	Kent State	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SECN	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
September 21	2:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN+	–
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	NBC	–
September 21	TBA	Akron	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	TBA	–
September 21	TBA	Ohio	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	TBA	–
September 21	TBA	Bowling Green	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	TBA	–
September 21	TBA	Kent State	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania	TBA	–
September 21	TBA	Toledo	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	TBA	–
September 21	TBA	Ball State	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	TBA	–
September 21	TBA	Buffalo	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	TBA	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
September 28	TBA	San Diego State	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	TBA	–
September 28	TBA	UMass	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	TBA	–
September 28	TBA	Buffalo	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	TBA	–
September 28	TBA	Old Dominion	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	TBA	–
September 28	TBA	Ball State	James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	TBA	–
September 28	TBA	Northern Illinois	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	TBA	–
September 28	TBA	Akron	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	TBA	–
September 28	TBA	Eastern Michigan	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	TBA	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
October 5	TBA	UMass	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	TBA	–
October 5	TBA	Bowling Green	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	TBA	–
October 5	TBA	Western Michigan	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	TBA	–
October 5	TBA	Miami (OH)	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	TBA	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
October 12	TBA	Akron	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	TBA	–
October 12	TBA	Ball State	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	TBA	–
October 12	TBA	Northern Illinois	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	TBA	–
October 12	TBA	Toledo	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	TBA	–
October 12	TBA	Ohio	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	TBA	–
October 12	TBA	Miami (OH)	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	TBA	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
October 19	TBA	Ball State	Vanderbilt	FirstBank Stadium • Nashville, TN	TBA	–
October 19	TBA	Central Michigan	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy)	TBA	–
October 19	TBA	Kent State	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH (Anniversary Award)	TBA	–
October 19	TBA	Ohio	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH (Battle of the Bricks)	TBA	–
October 19	TBA	Toledo	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	TBA	–
October 19	TBA	Western Michigan	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	TBA	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
October 26	TBA	Bowling Green	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH (Battle of I-75)	TBA	–
October 26	TBA	Buffalo	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	TBA	–
October 26	TBA	Central Michigan	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	TBA	–
October 26	TBA	Eastern Michigan	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	TBA	–
October 26	TBA	Kent State	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	TBA	–
October 26	TBA	Northern Illinois	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN (Bronze Stalk Trophy)	TBA	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
November 2	TBA	Buffalo	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	TBA	–
November 2	TBA	Toledo	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	TBA	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
November 5	TBA	Bowling Green	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	TBA	–
November 5	TBA	Miami (OH)	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	TBA	–
November 6	7:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	TBA	–
November 6	7:00 p.m.	Ohio	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	TBA	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
November 12	7:00 p.m.	Ball State	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	TBA	–
November 12	7:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	TBA	–
November 12	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	TBA	–
November 13	7:00 p.m.	Akron	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	TBA	–
November 13	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	TBA	–
November 13	7:00 p.m.	Kent State	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	TBA	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
November 19	TBA	Akron	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH (Wagon Wheel)	TBA	–
November 19	TBA	Northern Illinois	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	TBA	–
November 19	TBA	Western Michigan	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy)	TBA	–
November 20	7:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	TBA	–
November 20	7:00 p.m.	Ohio	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	TBA	–
November 23	TBA	Bowling Green	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	TBA	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
November 26	7:00 p.m.	Kent State	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	TBA	–
November 26	7:00 p.m.	Toledo	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	TBA	–
November 29	12:00 p.m.	Ball State	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	TBA	–
November 29	12:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	TBA	–
November 30	TBA	Central Michigan	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	TBA	–
November 30	TBA	Eastern Michigan	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy)	TBA	–
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

MAC Conference Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 7	12:00 p.m.	TBD	TBD	Ford Field • Detroit, MI	ESPN	–
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

MAC records vs. other conferences

2024–2025 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season

Power Five Conferences	Record
ACC	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Big Ten	0–0
Notre Dame	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 5 Total	0–0

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0–0
C-USA	0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
Other FBS Total	60–0

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	0–0

Total Non-Conference Record	0–0

Postseason

Power Five Conferences	Record
ACC	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Big Ten	0–0
Notre Dame	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 5 Total	0–0

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0–0
C-USA	0–0
Independents (Excluding Notre Dame)	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
Other FBS Total	0–0
Total Bowl Record	0–0

Mid-American vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of games the MAC has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site
August 31	Big Ten	Miami (OH)	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL
August 31	ACC	Ohio	Syracuse	JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY
August 31	Big Ten	Western Michigan	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
August 31	ACC	Kent State	Pittsburgh	Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA
August 31	Big Ten	Akron	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH]
September 7	Big Ten	Bowling Green	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
September 7	SEC	Buffalo	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO
September 7	Independent	Northern Illinois	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN
September 7	Big Ten	Eastern Michigan	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
September 7	Big Ten	Akron	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
September 7	Big Ten	Western Michigan	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 14	Big Ten	Central Michigan	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
September 14	Big 12	Cincinnati	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH
September 14	ACC	Ball State	Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL
September 14	SEC	Kent State	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN
September 14	SEC	Toledo	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS
September 21	SEC	Akron	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
September 21	SEC	Ohio	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY
September 21	SEC	Bowling Green	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX
September 21	Big Ten	Kent State	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania
September 21	Independent	Miami (OH)	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN
September 28	ACC	Northern Illinois	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC
October 19	SEC	Ball State	Vanderbilt	FirstBank Stadium • Nashville, TN

Mid-American vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include MAC teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, Mountain West or Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site
September 7	Sunbelt	South Alabama	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH
September 7	CUSA	Central Michigan	FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL
September 14	CUSA	Jacksonville State	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI
September 21	CUSA	Toledo	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY
September 28	MWC	San Diego State	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI
September 28	Sun Belt	Old Dominion	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH
September 28	Sun Belt	Ball State	James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA

Mid-American vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include MAC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, UConn, or UMass.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site
August 31	Eastern Michigan	UMass	McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA
September 7	UMass	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH
September 14	UMass	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY
September 28	UMass	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH
September 28	Buffalo	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT
October 5	UMass	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL

Mid-American vs. FCS matchups

The following games include MAC teams competing against FCS schools.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site
August 29	Fordham	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH
August 29	Lafayette	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY
August 29	Duquesne	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH
August 31	Western Illinois	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL
August 31	Central Connecticut	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI
September 7	Missouri State	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN
September 7	Saint Francis (PA)	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH
September 14	Morgan State	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH
September 14	Colgate	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH
September 14	Bethune-Cookman	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI

Head to head matchups

2024 MAC Head to head
Team	Akron	Ball State	Bowling Green	Buffalo	Central Michigan	Eastern Michigan	Kent State	Miami	Northern Illinois	Ohio	Toledo	Western Michigan
Akron	—	—	–	–	—	–	–	—	–	–	–	–
Ball State	—	—	–	–	–	—	–	–	–	–	—	–
Bowling Green	–	–	—	—	–	—	–	–	–	—	–	–
Buffalo	–	–	—	—	—	–	–	—	–	–	–	–
Central Michigan	—	–	–	—	—	–	—	–	–	–	–	–
Eastern Michigan	–	—	—	–	–	—	–	–	—	–	–	–
Kent State	–	–	–	–	—	–	—	–	—	–	—	–
Miami	—	–	–	—	–	–	–	—	–	–	–	—
Northern Illinois	–	–	–	–	–	—	—	–	—	—	–	–
Ohio	–	–	—	–	–	–	–	–	—	—	–	—
Toledo	–	—	–	–	–	–	—	–	–	–	—	—
Western Michigan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	—	–	—	—	—

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