2016 MAC Football Opponents

By Kevin Kelley -

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) has set the home and away football opponents for the 2016 season.

The complete 2016 MAC Football Schedule with dates will be released after March 1. The 2016 Marathon MAC Championship Game will be played at Ford Field in Detroit on either Friday, Dec. 2 or Saturday, Dec. 3.

Listed below are the 2016 opponents for each MAC school:

EAST DIVISION

Akron

Home: Bowling Green, Miami, Toledo, Western Michigan
Away: Buffalo, Kent State, Ohio, Ball State

Bowling Green

Home: Buffalo, Kent State, Miami, Eastern Michigan
Away: Akron, Ohio, Northern Illinois, Toledo

Buffalo

Home: Akron, Kent State, Miami, Ball State
Away: Bowling Green, Ohio, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan

Kent State

Home: Akron, Ohio, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan
Away: Bowling Green, Buffalo, Miami, Central Michigan

Miami (OH)

Home: Kent State, Ohio, Ball State, Central Michigan
Away: Akron, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan

Ohio

Home: Akron, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan
Away: Kent State, Miami, Central Michigan, Toledo

WEST DIVISION

Ball State

Home: Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, Akron
Away: Central Michigan, Toledo, Buffalo, Miami

Central Michigan

Home: Ball State, Western Michigan, Kent State, Ohio
Away: Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Miami

Eastern Michigan

Home: Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Miami
Away: Ball State, Western Michigan, Bowling Green, Ohio

Northern Illinois

Home: Central Michigan, Toledo, Bowling Green, Buffalo
Away: Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Kent State

Toledo

Home: Ball State, Central Michigan, Bowling Green, Ohio
Away: Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, Akron

Western Michigan

Home: Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Buffalo
Away: Ball State, Central Michigan, Akron, Kent State

Comments (8)

Much more sensible scheduling model with 12 teams as opposed to 13 now that UMass is gone. Can play 5 divisional plus 3 rotating from the other division, and thus get to play all teams in the conference home and away over 4 seasons.

NIU is trending down and CMU have defeated them 2 years in a row, and they have to play Toledo every year anyways. Having WMU and Ohio at home is favorable, and the rest of the games should be W’s.

Since BG & Toledo are in opposite divisions and play each other every year there isn’t a true rotation. It will be better with UMASS gone and each division having six teams but they still won’t have a true rotation because of the BG – Toledo rivalry game.