Sports season
The 2017 Mid-American Conference football season was the 72nd season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The season began on August 31 and ended on November 25. The entire schedule was released on March 1.[1] The Toledo Rockets won the conference championship game over the Akron Zips.
Previous season [ edit ] Preseason [ edit ] Preseason Poll [ edit ] The Preseason poll was released at the MAC Media Day in Canton, Ohio .[2]
East Division [ edit ] Ohio Bobcats (11), 131 Miami RedHawks (12), 129 Bowling Green Falcons (1), 88 Akron Zips , 79 Buffalo Bulls , 41 Kent State Golden Flashes , 36 West Division [ edit ] Toledo Rockets (22), 142 Western Michigan Broncos (1), 107 Northern Illinois Huskies (1), 89 Eastern Michigan Eagles , 74 Central Michigan Chippewas , 62 Ball State Cardinals , 30 MAC Championship [ edit ] The Toledo Rockets were selected as favorites to win the Mid-American Conference by receiving 21 of 24 votes. Others receiving one vote a piece were defending champions, Western Michigan Broncos , Bowling Green Falcons and Miami RedHawks .[3]
Head coaches [ edit ] Pre-season coaching changes [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance August 31 7:00 p.m. Buffalo Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN BTN L 7-17 43,224 August 31 7:00 p.m. Elon Toledo Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPN3 W 47-13 22,104 August 31 7:00 p.m. Rhode Island Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI ESPN3 W 30-27 3OT 16,311 September 1 6:30 p.m. Charlotte Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI ESPN3 W 24-7 12,823 September 1 8:30 p.m. Boston College Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL CBSSN L 20-23 16,421 September 2 12:00 p.m. Akron No. 6 Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC L 0-52 101,684 September 2 12:00 p.m. Bowling Green Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPNU L 10-35 71,202 September 2 12:00 p.m. Ball State Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL BTN L 21-24 42,505 September 2 12:00 p.m. Kent State No. 5 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC ESPN L 3-56 80,121 September 2 5:15 p.m. Western Michigan No. 4 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA P12N L 31-49 61,125 September 2 6:30 p.m. Miami Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV STADIUM L 26-31 22,463 September 2 7:00 p.m. Hampton Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, OH ESPN3 W 59-0 17,501 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 8 8:00 p.m. Ohio Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN FS1 L 21-44 45,633 September 9 12:00 p.m. Buffalo Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY CBSSN L 17-21 24,017 September 9 2:30 pm Eastern Illinois Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL ESPN3 W 38-10 16,722 September 9 3:00 p.m. Central Michigan Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS FSN W 45-27 28,531 September 9 3:05 p.m. UAB Ball State Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN ESPN3 W 51-31 11,555 September 9 3:30 p.m. Howard Kent State Dix Stadium • Kent, OH ESPN3 W 38-31 20,312 September 9 3:30 p.m. Austin Peay Miami Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH ESPN3 W 31-10 15,960 September 9 3:30 p.m. Eastern Michigan Rutgers High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ BTN W 16-13 37,661 September 9 3:30 p.m. Western Michigan Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI BTN L 14-28 72,910 September 9 6:00 p.m. South Dakota Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH ESPN3 L 27-35 19,912 September 9 6:30 p.m. Arkansas–Pine Bluff Akron InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH ESPN3 W 52-3 17,464 September 9 7:00 p.m. Toledo Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPN3 W 37-24 18,617 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time .
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 16 12:00 p.m. Kansas Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens,OH ESPNU W 42-30 24,000 September 16 12:00 p.m. Iowa State Akron InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH CBSSN L 14-41 22,811 September 16 12:00 p.m. Northern Illinois Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE FS1 W 21-17 89,664 September 16 3:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech Ball State Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN ESPN3 W 28-13 14,265 September 16 3:30 p.m. Central Michigan Syracuse Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY ACCN L 17-41 33,004 September 16 6:00 p.m. Colgate Buffalo UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY ESPN3 W 33-10 11,546 September 16 6:30 p.m. Kent State Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV L 0-21 24,044 September 16 7:00 p.m. Tulsa Toledo Glass Bowl • Toledo ESPN3 W 54-51 24,239 September 16 7:00 p.m. Idaho Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI ESPN3 W 37-28 25,732 September 16 7:30 p.m. Bowling Green Northwestern Ryan Field • Evantson, IL BTN L 27-49 33,706 September 16 8:00 p.m. Cincinnati Miami Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH ESPN3 L 17-21 21,811 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time .
Championship game [ edit ] Week 14 (MAC Championship game) [ edit ] Records against FBS conferences [ edit ] 2017 records against FBS conferences
FCS Subdivision [ edit ] Postseason [ edit ] Postseason [ edit ] Bowl games [ edit ] (Rankings from final CFP Poll; All times EST)
Date Time Bowl Game Site TV MAC Team Opponent Result December 19, 2017 7:00 p.m. Boca Raton Bowl FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL ESPN Akron Florida Atlantic L 3–50 December 22, 2017 12:30 p.m. Bahamas Bowl Thomas Robinson Stadium • Nassau, Bahamas ESPN Ohio UAB W 41–6 December 22, 2017 4:00 p.m. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN Central Michigan Wyoming L 14–37 December 23, 2017 7:00 p.m. Dollar General Bowl Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN Toledo Appalachian State L 0–34 December 26, 2017 5:15 p.m. Quick Lane Bowl Ford Field • Detroit, MI ESPN Northern Illinois Duke L 14–36
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