The 2022 conference season will kick off Saturday, September 10 as Ball State hosts Western Michigan and will conclude with the 26th MAC Football Championship game on Saturday, December 3rd (Noon ET). This will mark the 19th MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions.
All remaining game times and television will be announced 12 days prior to the scheduled game. Games will air on ESPN networks (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN+/ESPN3), CBS Sports Network and NFL Network.
St. Francis (PA) at Akron, 6 pm ET (ESPN3)
Central Michigan at Oklahoma State, 7 pm ET (FS1)
LIU at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN3)
Ball State at Tennessee, 7 pm ET (SEC Network)
Eastern Illinois at NIU, 8 pm ET/7 pm CT (ESPN+)
Friday, September 2
Eastern Kentucky at Eastern Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN3)
Western Michigan at Michigan State, 7 pm ET (ESPN)
Saturday, September 3
Buffalo at Maryland, Noon (Big Ten Network)
Florida Atlantic at Ohio, 6 pm ET (ESPN+)
Miami at Kentucky, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Washington, 10:30 pm ET (FS1)
Bowling Green at UCLA, Time TBD
Saturday, September 10
Ohio at Penn State, Noon ET (ABC)
South Alabama at Central Michigan, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
*Western Michigan at Ball State, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Akron at Michigan State, 4 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Eastern Kentucky at Bowling Green, 4 pm ET (ESPN3)
Holy Cross at Buffalo, 6 pm ET (ESPN+)
Robert Morris at Miami, 6 pm ET (ESPN3)
Eastern Michigan at Louisiana, 7 pm ET (Network TBD)
Kent State at Oklahoma, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
NIU at Tulsa, 7 pm ET/6 pm CT (ESPN+)
UMass at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Saturday, September 17
LIU at Kent State, Noon ET
Cincinnati at Miami (Paul Brown Stadium – Cincinnati, Ohio), Noon ET (ESPNU)
Buffalo at Coastal Carolina, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Bucknell at Central Michigan, 1 pm ET (ESPN3)
Murray State at Ball State, 2 pm (ESPN+)
Ohio at Iowa State, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Vanderbilt at NIU, 3:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm CT (CBS Sports Network)
Marshall at Bowling Green, 5 pm ET (Network TBD)
Akron at Tennessee, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Toledo at Ohio State. 7 pm ET (FOX)
Pittsburgh at Western Michigan, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU)
Eastern Michigan at Arizona State, 11 pm ET (Pac-12 Network)
Saturday, September 24
Kent State at Georgia, Noon (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at San Jose State, 10:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Central Michigan at Penn State, TBD (Big Ten Network)
Miami at Northwestern, TBD (Big Ten Network)
Toledo at San Diego State, TBD (Fox Sports Networks)
*Buffalo at Eastern Michigan, TBD
Akron at Liberty, TBD
Ball State at Georgia Southern, TBD
Bowling Green at Mississippi State, TBD
NIU at Kentucky, TBD
Fordham at Ohio, TBD
Saturday, October 1
UMass at Eastern Michigan, 2 pm ET (12-day TV selection)
*Central Michigan at Toledo, 3:30 pm ET (12-day TV selection)
*Bowling Green at Akron, 3:30 pm ET (12-day TV selection)
*Miami at Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET (12-day TV selection)
*Ohio at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET (12-day TV selection)
*NIU at Ball State, TBD
New Hampshire at Western Michigan, TBD
Saturday, October 8
* Akron at Ohio, 2 pm ET (12-day selection)
* Ball State at Central Michigan, 3:30 pm ET (12-day TV selection)
* Toledo at NIU, 3:30 pm ET/2:30 pm CT (12-day TV selection)
* Buffalo at Bowling Green, TBD
* Kent State at Miami, TBD
* Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan, TBD
Saturday, October 15
* Ohio at Western Michigan, 3:30 pm ET (12-day TV selection)
* Central Michigan at Akron, TBD
* NIU at Eastern Michigan, TBD
* Kent State at Toledo, TBD
* Miami at Bowling Green, TBD
UConn at Ball State, TBD
Buffalo at UMass, TBD
Saturday, October 22
* Eastern Michigan at Ball State, 2 pm ET (12-day TV selection)
* NIU at Ohio, TBD
* Toledo at Buffalo, TBD
* Western Michigan at Miami, TBD
* Akron at Kent State, TBD
* Bowling Green at Central Michigan, TBD
Saturday, October 29
* Toledo at Eastern Michigan, TBD
* Miami at Akron, TBD
Tuesday, November 1
* Ball State at Kent State, 7 pm ET/7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
* Buffalo at Ohio, 7 pm ET/7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Wednesday, November 2
* Central Michigan at NIU, 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT (ESPN2/ESPNU)
* Western Michigan at Bowling Green, 7 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Tuesday, November 8
* Ball State at Toledo, 7 pm/7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBSSN)
* Eastern Michigan at Akron, 7 pm/7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBSSN)
* Ohio at Miami, 7 pm/7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBSSN)
Wednesday, November 9
* NIU at Western Michigan, 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBSSN)
* Buffalo at Central Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBBSN)
* Kent State at Bowling Green, 7 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBSSN)
Tuesday, November 15
* Bowling Green at Toledo, 7 pm (ESPN2/ESPNU)
* Ohio at Ball State, 7 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Wednesday, November 16
* Eastern Michigan at Kent State, 6 pm ET/7 pm ET/8 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBSSN)
* Western Michigan at Central Michigan, 6 pm ET/7 pm ET/8 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU/CBSSN)
* Miami at NIU, 7 pm - 8 pm ET/6 pm-7 pm CT (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Saturday, November 19
* Akron at Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Tuesday, November 22
* Ball State at Miami, 7 pm ET (ESPNU/ESPN+)
* Bowling Green at Ohio, 7 pm ET (ESPNU/ESPN+)
Friday, November 25
* Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan, Noon ET (ESPNU/CBSSN)
* Toledo at Western Michigan, Noon ET (ESPNU/CBSSN)
Saturday, November 26
* Akron at NIU, TBD
* Kent State at Buffalo, TBD
Saturday, December 3
MAC Football Championship Game, Noon ET