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Media taps Buffalo and Central Michigan

CLEVELAND – The Buffalo Bulls and Central Michigan Chippewas have been selected to win their respective divisions in the 2020 Mid-American Conference Football Preseason Media Poll. The poll was determined by a 24-member MAC media panel.
​The Bulls were also . . . ​

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. . . selected to win the 2020 MAC Football Championship Title.

UB returns 15 starters to a team that went 8-5 and won its first ever bowl game in 2019 – defeating Charlotte in the Bahamas Bowl.

​Entering his junior season, Jaret Patterson is coming off a record-breaking campaign for the Bulls. He rushed for a single-season school record 1,799 yards and scored 19 rushing touchdowns, also a school record in 2019. An All-MAC First Team selection, Patterson led the Mid-American and ranked fifth in the nation in rushing last season.

The Chippewas enjoyed an incredible turnaround a year ago, increasing their win total by seven games and earning the Mid-American West title for the first time in a decade. CMU led the league in total offense and rolled up 424 points, the fourth-highest total in program history.

​Two Chippewa running backs posted 1,000-yard rushing seasons in 2019, the first time ever that two CMU runners had done that in a single season, and two 2020 returnees – receivers Kalil Pimpleton and JaCorey Sullivan – earned First Team All-MAC honors.

East Division Predicted Order of Finish
1. Buffalo (19 first place votes) – 135 pts.
2. Miami (3) – 107 pts.
3. Ohio (1) – 101 pts.
4. Kent State (1) – 85 pts.
5. Bowling Green – 50 pts.
6. Akron – 26 pts.

West Division Predicted Order of Finish
1. Central Michigan (10 first place votes) – 119 pts.
2. Toledo (7) – 118 pts.
3. Ball State (4) – 93 pts.
4. Western Michigan (3) – 89 pts.
5. Eastern Michigan – 46 pts.
6. Northern Illinois – 39 pts.

Predicted MAC Champion: Buffalo (14), Central Michigan (4), Toledo (3), Ball State (2), Kent State (1)

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The 2020 season kicks off on Wednesday, November 4th. The season will conclude with the 2020 MAC Football Championship Game on Friday, December 18 at Ford Field in Detroit (Time TBA).