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This season the MAC will host 10 games against FBS non-conference opponents. Tech, Marshall, UAB) and Sun Belt Conference (4-Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Troy). The MAC will also face opponents from the American Athletic Conference (2- Cincinnati, Temple), Mountain West (1-Colorado State), Conference USA (4-Florida Atlantic, La. The MAC will face foes from the ACC (4-Miami (Fla.), North Carolina State, Pitt, Syracuse), SEC (4-Auburn, Kentucky (2), Vanderbilt), Pac-12 (2-Arizona State, Utah), Big 12 (1-Kansas State) and Independent Notre Dame, BYU, Liberty, New Mexico State and UMass. MAC programs will face eight non-conference foes that finished in the final AP Top 25 poll: Ohio State (3), Notre Dame (5), Kentucky (12) twice, Syracuse (15), Penn State (17), Cincinnati (24) and Iowa (25).Ī total of ten non-conference games will feature a Big Ten opponent (Illinois (2) Indiana Iowa Michigan State Nebraska Ohio State Penn State Wisconsin (2)). In addition, the Conference will also face opponents from the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mountain West Conference, Sun Belt Conference and Independents Liberty, New Mexico State and UMass. The move is pending a national television opportunity.įor the 12th 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, Notre Dame and BYU. 29, has a flex opportunity and may move to Saturday, Nov. Included in the 2019 schedule, the MAC will play five Saturday games during November, with the potential of a sixth game as Miami at Ball State, which is currently scheduled for Friday, Nov. 28, and early October, with Kent State at Akron and Toledo at Bowling Green both on Saturday, Oct.
In addition, three MAC rivalry games will kickoff on Saturday’s in late September, with Central Michigan at Western Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 6 – as the Miami RedHawks travel to face the Ohio Bobcats at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio on ESPN2. The MAC will be the only collegiate football conference to host a game on the 150th anniversary of college football – Wednesday, Nov. This will mark the 16th Marathon MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl XL, and the 2009 NCAA Men’s Final Four. 7 (time/television TBA) from Ford Field in Detroit. The regular season will conclude with the 23rd Marathon MAC Football Championship game on Saturday, Dec. All other game kick times and television will be announced 12 days prior to the scheduled game. Highlighting the schedule are 14 games available nationally during the last month of the regular season, slated for ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, ESPN3 and CBS Sports Network as the conference race unfolds in both the East and West divisions.Īn updated MAC 2019 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 November. LISTEN HERE - MAC Commissioner, Jon Steinbrecher and Deputy Commissioner/Chief Operating Officer, Bob Gennarelli discuss highlights of the 2019 schedule and background toward the creation of the football schedule.Ĭleveland, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced today the 2019 football schedule.
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