
The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19 at 3:30 pm ET.
“Despite the best efforts of all involved, it is not feasible to . . .
As a result of the postponement, if necessary, the conference will utilize its uneven number of games tiebreaker policy. The policy was created for situations when multiple teams (a) have the same number of losses but different win totals, (b) have a total games played differential of no more than one (1) game, and (c) have played each other at least one time.
A decision regarding rescheduling the contest will be made during the week of Nov. 20-26.
East Division Scenarios:
~~ With an Ohio win over Bowling Green …
Ohio (7-1) will be the outright East Division Champion and will head to the MAC Football Championship Game.
~~ With a Bowling Green win over Ohio + Kent State win over Buffalo…
Bowling Green (6-2) and Ohio (6-2) will share the East Division title and Bowling Green will advance to the MAC Football Championship Game due to its head-to-head win against vs. Ohio.
With a Bowling Green win over Ohio + Buffalo win over Kent State
Bowling Green 6-2 (.750)
Ohio 6-2 (.750)
Buffalo 5-2 (.714)
~~ First tiebreaker: Head-to-Head record amongst tied teams
a. All three teams split the head-to-head series during the regular season (1-1)
~~ Second tiebreaker: Winning percentage vs. ranked division opponents (top to bottom vs. East Division common opponents)
b. Bowling Green, Buffalo and Ohio each defeated Miami (1.000)
c. Bowling Green & Ohio lost to Kent State (.000), while Buffalo would have defeated Kent State (1.000) in this tiebreaker scenario.
d. Buffalo wins tiebreaker and will advance to MAC Football Championship Game