MAC announces 2015 grid schedules

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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced its 2015 football schedule today.  Highlighting the schedule will be 16 midweek nationally televised games during the month of November, slated for national television on ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and additional national television outlets as the conference race unfolds in both the East and West divisions. 

An updated release of the MAC 2015 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 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 19th Marathon MAC Football Championship game on Friday, Dec. 4 at Ford Field in Detroit on ESPN2.  This will mark the 12th 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 eighth 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.  

MAC programs will face five non-conference foes that finished in the final AP Top 25 poll: Ohio State (1), Michigan State (5), Wisconsin (13), Marshall (23) and Memphis (25).  MAC programs will twice face National Champion Ohio State as NIU plays in Columbus on Sept. 19 and Western Michigan on Sept. 26.  Also, Western Michigan will host Michigan State in its season opener on Friday, Sept. 4 at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Mich.
 
A total of 12 non-conference games will feature a Big Ten opponent (Illinois; Maryland; Michigan State (2); Minnesota (2); Northwestern; Ohio State (2); Penn State; Purdue; Wisconsin).  The MAC will face foes from the ACC (3--Boston College, Pittsburgh, Syracuse), SEC (4--Arkansas, LSU, Tennessee, Texas A&M), Big 12 (3--Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State); Pac-12 (1--Colorado) and Independent Notre Dame.

The MAC will also face opponents from the American Athletic Conference (3— Cincinnati, Memphis, Temple), Mountain West (3--Nevada, UNLV, Wyoming), Conference USA (6—Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Marshall (2), Old Dominion, Western Kentucky) and Sun Belt Conference (5--Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Idaho, Louisiana-Lafayette), along with Independent Army.

MAC programs continue to increase the number of home or neutral site games against FBS Conference opponents.  This season the MAC will host 16 games against FBS non-conference foes, including Oklahoma State (Big 12); Michigan State (Big Ten); Pittsburgh (ACC); Iowa State (Big 12);

MAC Home Games vs. FBS Non-Conference opponents:
-Oklahoma State (Big 12) at Central Michigan on Sept. 3;
-Michigan State (Big Ten) at Western Michigan on Sept. 4;
-Old Dominion (Conference USA) at Eastern Michigan on Sept. 5;
-UNLV (Mountain West) at NIU on Sept. 5;
-Pittsburgh (ACC) at Akron on Sept. 12;
-Marshall (Conference USA) at Ohio on Sept. 12;
-Iowa State (Big 12) at Toledo on Sept. 19;
-Memphis (American Athletic) at Bowling Green on Sept. 19;
-Cincinnati (American Athletic) at Miami on Sept. 19;
-Temple (American Athletic) at UMass on Sept. 19;
-Army (Independent) at Eastern Michigan on Sept. 26;
-Arkansas State (Sun Belt) at Toledo on Sept. 26;
-Nevada (Mountain West) at Buffalo on Sept. 26;
-Marshall (Conference USA) at Kent State on Sept. 26;
-Florida International (Conference USA) at UMass on Oct. 3;
-Georgia State (Sun Belt) at Ball State on Oct. 17.



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2015 MAC Football Schedule (composite by date)
All times listed ET
*Conference Game

Sep. 3 – Thursday
Oklahoma State at Central Michigan
Ohio at Idaho
Stony Brook at Toledo
Virginia Military Institute at Ball State

Sep. 4 – Friday
Michigan State at Western Michigan

 Sep. 5 – Saturday
Akron at Oklahoma
Albany at Buffalo
Bowling Green at Tennessee
Kent State at Illinois
Old Dominion at Eastern Michigan
Presbyterian at Miami
UNLV at NIU

Sep. 12 – Saturday
Ball State at Texas A&M
Bowling Green at Maryland
Buffalo at Penn State
Delaware State at Kent State
Eastern Michigan at Wyoming
Marshall at Ohio
Miami at Wisconsin
Monmouth at Central Michigan
Murray State at NIU
Pitt at Akron
Toledo at Arkansas
UMass at Colorado
Western Michigan at Georgia Southern

Sep. 19 – Saturday
*Ball State at Eastern Michigan
Buffalo at Florida Atlantic
Central Michigan at Syracuse
Cincinnati at Miami
Iowa State at Toledo
Kent State at Minnesota
Memphis at Bowling Green
Murray State at Western Michigan
NIU at Ohio State
Savannah State at Akron
Southeast Louisiana at Ohio
Temple at UMass

Sep. 26 – Saturday
Akron at Louisiana-Lafayette
Arkansas State at Toledo
Army at Eastern Michigan
Ball State at Northwestern
Bowling Green at Purdue
Central Michigan at Michigan State
Marshall at Kent State
Miami at Western Kentucky
Nevada at Buffalo
NIU at Boston College
Ohio at Minnesota
UMass at Notre Dame
Western Michigan at Ohio State

Oct. 3 – Saturday
*Bowling Green at Buffalo
Eastern Michigan at LSU
Florida International at UMass
*Miami at Kent State
*NIU at Central Michigan
*Ohio at Akron
*Toledo at Ball State

Oct. 10 – Saturday
*Akron at Eastern Michigan
*Ball State at NIU
*Central Michigan at Western Michigan
*Kent State at Toledo
*Miami at Ohio
*UMass at Bowling Green

Oct. 17 – Saturday
*Akron at Bowling Green
*Buffalo at Central Michigan
*Eastern Michigan at Toledo
Georgia State at Ball State
*Kent State at UMass
*NIU at Miami
*Western Michigan at Ohio

Oct. 24 – Saturday
*Bowling Green at Kent State
*Central Michigan at Ball State
*Eastern Michigan at NIU
*Miami at Western Michigan
*Ohio at Buffalo
*Toledo at UMass

Oct. 29 – Thursday
*Buffalo at Miami
*Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan

 Oct. 31 – Saturday
*Central Michigan at Akron
*UMass at Ball State

Nov. 3 – Tuesday
*NIU at Toledo

Nov. 4 – Wednesday
*Ohio at Bowling Green

Nov. 5 – Thursday
*Ball State at Western Michigan
*Buffalo at Kent State

Nov. 7 – Saturday
*Akron at UMass
*Eastern Michigan at Miami

Nov. 10 – Tuesday
*Kent State at Ohio
*Toledo at Central Michigan

Nov. 11 – Wednesday
*Bowling Green at Western Michigan
*NIU at Buffalo

Nov. 14 – Saturday
*Akron at Miami
*UMass at Eastern Michigan

Nov. 17 – Tuesday
*Ball State at Ohio
*Toledo at Bowling Green

Nov. 18 – Wednesday
*Central Michigan at Kent State
*Western Michigan at NIU

 

Nov. 21 – Saturday

*Buffalo at Akron

*Miami at UMass

 

Nov. 24 – Tuesday

*Bowling Green at Ball State

*Ohio at NIU

 

Nov. 27 – Friday

*Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan

*Kent State at Akron

*UMass at Buffalo

*Western Michigan at Toledo

 

Dec. 4 – Friday

East Division Champion vs. West Division Champion

Marathon MAC Championship Game, TBA (ESPN2)

At Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.

2015 MAC Football Schedule (composite by school) 
All times listed ET
*Conference Game

 EAST DIVISION


Akron
Sep.
5          at Oklahoma
12         Pittsburgh
19         Savannah State
26         at La-Lafayette

Oct.
3          *Ohio
10         *at Eastern Michigan
17         *at Bowling Green
31         *Central Michigan

Nov.
7          *at UMass
14         *at Miami
21         *Buffalo
27         *Kent State

Bowling Green
Sep.
5          at Tennessee
12         at Maryland
19         Memphis
26         at Purdue

Oct.     
3          *at Buffalo
10         *UMass
17         *Akron
24         *at Kent State

Nov.
4          *Ohio
11         *at Western Michigan
17         *Toledo
24         *at Ball State

Buffalo

Sep.
5          Albany
12         at Penn State
19         at Florida Atlantic
26         Nevada

Oct.     
3          *Bowling Green
17         *at Central Michigan
24         *Ohio
29         *at Miami

Nov.
5          *at Kent State
11         *NIU
21         *at Akron
27         *UMass 

Kent State


Sep.
5          at Illinois
12         Delaware State
19         at Minnesota
26         Marshall

Oct.
3          *Miami
10         *at Toledo
17         *at UMass
24         *Bowling Green

Nov.

5          *Buffalo
10         *at Ohio
18         *Central Michigan
27         *at Akron 

UMass

Sep.
12         at Colorado
19         Temple
26         at Notre Dame

Oct.
3          Florida International
10         *at Bowling Green
17         *Kent State
24         *Toledo
31         *at Ball State

Nov.
7          *Akron
14         *at Eastern Michigan
21         *Miami
27         *at Buffalo

Miami

Sep.
5          Presbyterian
12         at Wisconsin
19         Cincinnati
26         at Western Kentucky

Oct.     
3          *at Kent State
10         *at Ohio
17         *NIU
24         *at Western Michigan
29         *Buffalo

Nov.
7          *Eastern Michigan
14         *Akron
21         *at UMass

Ohio

Sep.
3          at Idaho
12         Marshall
19         Southeast Louisiana
26         at Minnesota

Oct.
3          *at Akron
10         *Miami
17         *Western Michigan
24         *at Buffalo

Nov.
4          *at Bowling Green
10         *Kent State
17         *Ball State
24         *at NIU


WEST DIVISION

 Ball State

Sep.
3          Virginia Military Institute
12         at Texas A&M
19         *at Eastern Michigan
26         at Northwestern

Oct.
3          *Toledo
10         *at NIU
17         Georgia State
24         *Central Michigan
31         *UMass

Nov.
5          *at Western Michigan
17         *at Ohio
24         *Bowling Green

Central Michigan

Sept.
3          Oklahoma State
12         Monmouth
19         at Syracuse
26         at Michigan State

Oct.
3          *NIU
10         *at Western Michigan
17         *Buffalo
24         *at Ball State
31         *at Akron

Nov.
10         *Toledo
18         *at Kent State
27         *Eastern Michigan

Eastern Michigan

Sep.
5          Old Dominion
12         at Wyoming
19         *Ball State
26         Army


Oct.
3          at LSU
10         *Akron
17         *at Toledo
24         *at NIU
29         *Western Michigan

Nov.
7          *at Miami
14         *UMass
27         *at Central Michigan 

Northern Illinois (NIU)

Sep.

5          UNLV
12         Murray State
19         at Ohio State
26         at Boston College

Oct.
3          *at Central Michigan
10         *Ball State
17         *at Miami
24         *Eastern Michigan

Nov.
3          *at Toledo
11         *at Buffalo
18         *Western Michigan
24         *Ohio

Toledo

Sep.
3          Stony Brook
12         at Arkansas
19         Iowa State
26         Arkansas State

Oct.
3          *at Ball State
10         *Kent State
17         *Eastern Michigan
24         *at UMass

Nov.
3          *NIU
10         *at Central Michigan
17         *at Bowling Green
27         *Western Michigan 

Western Michigan

Sep.
4          Michigan State
12         at Georgia Southern
19         Murray State
26         at Ohio State

Oct.
10         *Central Michigan
17         *at Ohio
24         *Miami
29         *at Eastern Michigan

Nov.
5          *Ball State
11         *Bowling Green
18         *at NIU
27         *at Toledo