CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For the first time since 2003, the MAC has two teams ranked in the final Associated Press Top 25 Football Poll. Ball State is ranked No. 23, while Buffalo comes in at No. 25. It marks the first time in program history for both schools to have a team finish the season ranked within the Top 25. In 2003, Miami (No. 10) and Bowling Green (No. 23) finished the season in the AP Top 25.
Ball State finished the season with back-to-back wins over ranked opponents, defeating the Bulls when they were No.