The 2021 edition of the Mid-American Conference Media Days kicked off on Tuesday afternoon with the reveal of the MAC Football Preseason Media Poll, which selected the Kent State Golden Flashes to win the division in the East, and the defending MAC titleholders Ball State Cardinals to duplicate their success from last season in the West.
The poll, made up of 22 MAC media members, went with two up-and-coming programs who had traditionally been seen as doormats for most of the past decade for their division winners, as the cycle has seemingly turned from the more traditional powers in recent years.