It’s the return one of the MAC’s underrated division games on Saturday afternoon in Mt. Pleasant, when the Central Michigan Chippewas (1-4, 0-1 MAC West) host the Ball State Cardinals (2-3, 1-1 MAC West) for a Homecoming contest at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
This rivalry has been a bit of a blowout in the last two contests, but it was a balanced effort, with each team picking up a huge win on the other team’s home turf; CMU won the last contest at Scheumann Stadium by a score of 37-17 en route to a division championship run, while Ball State tore apart an ailing CMU unit 45-20 in the 2020 COVID campaign in Mt.