The Eastern Michigan Eagles take the trek up US-23 to I-96 to US-127, where they will end up in Mount Pleasant, Michigan to face intrastate rivals Central Michigan. I’ll get the easy part out of the way: both teams are currently bowl-eligible, so a bowl berth won’t be on the line. However, by virtue of both teams beating Western Michigan, the winner of Friday’s game will be able to claim the Michigan MAC trophy outright.
Both teams have an overall 7-4 record, but Central Michigan has a slight edge over Eastern Michigan with a 5-2 record in the MAC versus Eastern Michigan’s 4-3 record.