CLEVELAND, Ohio - - The Ball State soccer team was picked to finish third in the 12-team Mid-American Conference race in the league's annual preseason coaches poll, as announced Wednesday (Aug. 18).
After briefly switching back to divisions for the COVID-19 adjusted 2021 spring schedule, the MAC moved back to its 12-team, non-divisional format which it utilized for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. BSU capitalize on the move back to divisions last year, winning its fourth straight MAC West Division title in the divisional format (2015, 2016, 2017 & 2020-21).
Buffalo was selected as the 2021 preseason favorite, securing seven of the 12 first-place votes and 136 total points.