MAC Announces 2017 Football Schedule



MAC ANNOUNCES 2017 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

2017 schedule features 22 late October and November nationally televised games on ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and CBS Sports Network



Cleveland, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced the 2017 football schedule today. Highlighting the schedule will be 22 nationally televised games during late October and November slated for national television on ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and CBS Sports Network as the conference race unfolds in both the East and West divisions.



An updated release of the MAC 2017 football schedule will be released in June with kick times and a television schedule for the first three weeks of the regular season and midweek games during late October and November. All other game kick times and television will be announced 12 days prior to the scheduled game.



The regular season will conclude with the 21st Marathon MAC Football Championship game at a date to be determined from Ford Field in Detroit. This will mark the 14th Marathon MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl XL, and the 2009 NCAA Men’s Final Four.



For the 10th year in a row, league schools will face a formidable non-conference slate of opponents from the following Football Bowl Subdivision conferences – ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and Notre Dame. In addition, the Conference will also face opponents from the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mountain West Conference, Sun Belt Conference and Independent Army.



Last year MAC champion Western Michigan was ranked No. 15 in the final Associated Press Top 25 Poll. MAC programs will face six non-conference foes that finished in the final AP Top 25 poll: Clemson (1), USC (3), Penn State (7), Miami (20), Louisville (21) and San Diego State (25).



A total of nine non-conference games will feature a Big Ten opponent (Illinois; Michigan State (2); Minnesota; Nebraska; Northwestern; Penn State; Purdue; Rutgers). The MAC will face foes from the ACC (6—Boston College (2), Clemson, Louisville, Miami, Syracuse), SEC (1—Kentucky), Pac-12 (1-USC), Big 12 (3—Iowa State; Kansas (2)); and Independent Notre Dame and Army (2).



The MAC will also face opponents from the American Athletic Conference (2— Cincinnati, Tulsa), Mountain West (2—Nevada, San Diego State), Conference USA (7—Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Marshall (2), Middle Tennessee, UAB, Western Kentucky) and Sun Belt Conference (2—Idaho, Troy).



This season the MAC will host nine games against FBS non-conference opponents.



MAC Home Games vs. FBS Non-Conference opponents:

-Boston College (ACC) at NIU on Sept. 1;

-Charlotte (C-USA) at Eastern Michigan on Sept. 1;

-UAB (C-USA) at Ball State on Sept. 9;

-Cincinnati (American Athletic) at Miami on Sept. 16;

-Idaho (Sun Belt) at Western Michigan on Sept. 16;

-Iowa State (Big 12) at Akron on Sept. 16;

-Kansas (Big 12) at Ohio on Sept. 16;

-Tulsa (American Athletic) at Toledo on Sept. 16;

-Florida Atlantic (C-USA) at Buffalo on Sept. 23.



MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Founded in 1946, the Mid-American Conference is an NCAA Division I, 12-member conference that sponsors 23 championships and is one of ten members of the Football Bowl Subdivison (FBS). With total enrollment of nearly 300,000 students, the league represents institutions of higher learning in five (5) states - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Ohio.



Current MAC schools that hold full membership and the year they joined are -- East Division: University of Akron (1992), Bowling Green State University (1952), University at Buffalo (1998), Kent State University (1951), Miami University (1947), Ohio University (1946). West Division: Ball State University (1973), Central Michigan University (1971), Eastern Michigan University (1971), Northern Illinois University (1975-86, rejoined in 1997), University of Toledo (1950), Western Michigan University (1947). The conference office is based in Cleveland, Ohio.





2017 MAC Football Schedule (composite by date)

All times listed ET

*Conference Game



Aug. 31 – Thursday

Buffalo at Minnesota

Elon at Toledo

Rhode Island at Central Michigan



Sep. 1 – Friday

Boston College at NIU (CBS Sports Network)

Charlotte at Eastern Michigan



Sep. 2 – Saturday

Akron at Penn State

Ball State at Illinois

Bowling Green at Michigan State

Hampton at Ohio

Kent State at Clemson

Miami at Marshall

Western Michigan at USC



Sep. 8 – Friday

Ohio at Purdue



Sep. 9 – Saturday

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Akron

Austin Peay at Miami

Buffalo at Army

Central Michigan at Kansas

Eastern Illinois at NIU

Eastern Michigan at Rutgers

Howard at Kent State

South Dakota at Bowling Green

Toledo at Nevada

UAB at Ball State

Western Michigan at Michigan State



Sep. 16 – Saturday

Bowling Green at Northwestern

Central Michigan at Syracuse

Cincinnati at Miami

Colgate at Buffalo

Idaho at Western Michigan

Iowa State at Akron

Kansas at Ohio

Kent State at Marshall

NIU at Nebraska

Tennessee Tech at Ball State

Tulsa at Toledo



Sep. 23 – Saturday

Akron at Troy

Ball State at Western Kentucky

Bowling Green at Middle Tennessee

Florida Atlantic at Buffalo

Kent State at Louisville

*Miami at Central Michigan

*Ohio at Eastern Michigan

Toledo at Miami (Fla.)

Wagner at Western Michigan



Sep. 30 – Saturday

*Akron at Bowling Green

*Ball State at Western Michigan

*Buffalo at Kent State

Central Michigan at Boston College

Eastern Michigan at Kentucky

Miami at Notre Dame

NIU at San Diego State

Ohio at UMass



Oct. 7 – Saturday

*Ball State at Akron

*Bowling Green at Miami

*Central Michigan at Ohio

*Eastern Michigan at Toledo

*Kent State at NIU

*Western Michigan at Buffalo



Oct. 14 – Saturday

*Akron at Western Michigan

Eastern Michigan at Army

*Miami at Kent State

*NIU at Buffalo

*Ohio at Bowling Green

*Toledo at Central Michigan



Oct. 21 – Saturday

*Akron at Toledo

*Buffalo at Miami

*Central Michigan at Ball State

*Kent State at Ohio

*NIU at Bowling Green

*Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan



Oct. 26 – Thursday

*Eastern Michigan at NIU (CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)

*Toledo at Ball State (CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)



Oct. 28 – Saturday

*Buffalo at Akron



Oct. 31 – Tuesday

*Bowling Green at Kent State (ESPN2/ESPNU)

*Miami at Ohio (ESPN2/ESPNU)



Nov. 1 – Wednesday

*Central Michigan at Western Michigan (ESPN2)



Nov. 2 – Thursday

*Ball State at Eastern Michigan (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

*NIU at Toledo (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)



Nov. 7 – Tuesday

*Akron at Miami (ESPN2/ESPNU)

*Bowling Green at Buffalo (ESPN2/ESPNU)



Nov. 8 – Wednesday

*Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

*Kent State at Western Michigan (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

*Toledo at Ohio (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)



Nov. 9 – Thursday

*Ball State at NIU (CBS Sports Network)



Nov. 14 – Tuesday

*Central Michigan at Kent State (ESPN2/ESPNU)

*Ohio at Akron (ESPN2/ESPNU)



Nov. 15 – Wednesday

*Eastern Michigan at Miami (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

*Toledo at Bowling Green (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

*Western Michigan at NIU (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)



Nov. 16 – Thursday

*Buffalo at Ball State (CBS Sports Network)



Nov. 21 – Tuesday

*Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan (ESPNU/ESPN3)

*Kent State at Akron (ESPNU/ESPN3)

*Miami at Ball State (ESPNU/ESPN3)



Nov. 24 – Friday

*NIU at Central Michigan (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)

*Ohio at Buffalo (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)

*Western Michigan at Toledo (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)



TBA

East Division Champion vs. West Division Champion

Marathon MAC Championship Game, Time and Television TBA

At Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.





2017 MAC Football Schedule (composite by school)

All times listed ET

*Conference Game



EAST DIVISION



Akron

Sep.

2 at Penn State

9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff

16 Iowa State

23 at Troy

30 *at Bowling Green

Oct.

7 *Ball State

14 *at Western Michigan

21 *at Toledo

28 *Buffalo

Nov.

7 *at Miami (ESPN2/ESPNU)

14 *Ohio (ESPN2/ESPNU)

21 *Kent State (ESPNU/ESPN3)



Bowling Green

Sep.

2 at Michigan State

9 South Dakota

16 at Northwestern

23 at Middle Tennessee

30 *Akron

Oct.

7 *at Miami

14 *Ohio

21 *NIU

31 *at Kent State (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Nov.

7 *at Buffalo (ESPN2/ESPNU)

15 *Toledo (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

21 *at Eastern Michigan (ESPNU/ESPN3)



Buffalo

Aug.

31 at Minnesota

Sep.

9 at Army

16 Colgate

23 Florida Atlantic

30 *at Kent State

Oct.

7 *Western Michigan

14 *NIU

21 *at Miami

28 *at Akron

Nov.

7 *Bowling Green (ESPN2/ESPNU)

16 *at Ball State (CBS Sports Network)

24 *Ohio (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)



Kent State

Sep.

2 at Clemson

9 Howard

16 at Marshall

23 at Louisville

30 *Buffalo

Oct.

7 *at NIU

14 *Miami

21 *at Ohio

31 *Bowling Green (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Nov.

8 *at Western Michigan (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

14 *Central Michigan (ESPN2/ESPNU)

21 *at Akron (ESPNU/ESPN3)



Miami

Sep.

2 at Marshall

9 Austin Peay

16 Cincinnati

23 *at Central Michigan

30 at Notre Dame

Oct.

7 *Bowling Green

14 *at Kent State

21 *Buffalo

31 *at Ohio (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Nov.

7 *Akron (ESPN2/ESPNU)

15 *Eastern Michigan (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

21 *at Ball State (ESPNU/ESPN3)



Ohio

Sep.

2 Hampton

8 at Purdue

16 Kansas

23 *at Eastern Michigan

30 at UMass

Oct.

7 *Central Michigan

14 *at Bowling Green

21 *Kent State

31 *Miami (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Nov.

8 *Toledo (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

14 *at Akron (ESPN2/ESPNU)

24 *at Buffalo (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)





WEST DIVISION



Ball State

Sep.

2 at Illinois

9 UAB

16 Tennessee Tech

23 at Western Kentucky

30 *at Western Michigan

Oct.

7 *at Akron

21 *Central Michigan

26 *Toledo (CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)

Nov.

2 *at Eastern Michigan (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

9 *at NIU (CBS Sports Network)

16 *Buffalo (CBS Sports Network)

21 *Miami (ESPNU/ESPN3)



Central Michigan

Aug.

31 Rhode Island

Sept.

9 at Kansas

16 at Syracuse

23 *Miami

30 at Boston College

Oct.

7 *at Ohio

14 *Toledo

21 *at Ball State

Nov.

1 *at Western Michigan (ESPN2)

8 *Eastern Michigan (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

14 *at Kent State (ESPN2/ESPNU)

24 *NIU (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)



Eastern Michigan

Sep.

1 Charlotte

9 at Rutgers

23 *Ohio

30 at Kentucky

Oct.

7 *at Toledo

14 at Army

21 *Western Michigan

26 *at NIU (CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)

Nov.

2 *Ball State (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

8 *at Central Michigan (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

15 *at Miami (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

21 *Bowling Green (ESPNU/ESPN3)



Northern Illinois (NIU)

Sep.

1 Boston College (CBS Sports Network)

9 Eastern Illinois

16 at Nebraska

30 at San Diego State

Oct.

7 *Kent State

14 *at Buffalo

21 *at Bowling Green

26 *Eastern Michigan (CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)

Nov.

2 *at Toledo (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

9 *Ball State (CBS Sports Network)

15 *Western Michigan (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

24 *at Central Michigan (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)



Toledo

Aug.

31 Elon

Sep.

9 at Nevada

16 Tulsa

23 at Miami (Fla.)

Oct.

7 *Eastern Michigan

14 *at Central Michigan

21 *Akron

26 *at Ball State (CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)

Nov.

2 *NIU (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

8 *at Ohio (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

15 *at Bowling Green (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

24 *Western Michigan (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)



Western Michigan

Sep.

2 at USC

9 at Michigan State

16 Idaho

23 Wagner

30 *Ball State

Oct.

7 *at Buffalo

14 *Akron

21 *at Eastern Michigan

Nov.

1 *Central Michigan (ESPN2)

8 *Kent State (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

15 *at NIU (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS Sports Network)

24 *at Toledo (ESPNU/CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)

