Bowling Green at Georgia Tech, Noon ET (ACC RSN)
Central Michigan at Michigan State, Noon ET (FS1)
UMass at Ohio, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
*Kent State at Ball State, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
*Western Michigan at Miami, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
*NIU at Eastern Michigan, 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
Toledo at Fresno State, 10:30 pm ET (ESPNU)
Bye: Akron
• The Week 5 schedule features five non-conference games with the MAC facing Big Ten (Michigan State), ACC (Georgia Tech), Mountain West (Fresno State) and Independent (Army, UMass) opponents on Saturday, Sept. 29. The MAC also begins to shift to league play with three MAC games (Kent State at Ball State; Western Michigan at Miami; and NIU at Eastern Michigan).
• Last week MAC program’s went 4-6 in 10 non-conference contests.
• Buffalo improved to 4-0 for the first time since 1981 with its 42-13 win at Rutgers. With the victory, Buffalo received six votes in the Associated Press Top 25 weekly poll.
• The MAC picked up its third win in consecutive weeks over a Big Ten opponent with Buffalo’s 42-13 win at Rutgers. UB jumped out to a 35-6 lead in the first half and rolled to a 42-13 victory 22. For Buffalo this marked the program’s first-ever win against a team from the Big Ten Conference. With the win Buffalo improved to 4-0 on the season for the first time since 1981.
• Western Michigan won a 34-15 road contest at Georgia State and featured two running backs with over 100 yards each for the first time since last year at Buffalo (Oct. 7, 2017). Senior Jamauri Bogan rushed for 126 yards and LeVante Bellamy added 121 yards as the Broncos rolled to 528 yards of total offense in the victory.
• Toledo’s 63-44 win over Fresno State featured the teams combine to score 107 total points and 1,042 yards of total offense. Toledo collected 460 yards of offense while Nevada added 582 yards of offense.