The Mid-American Conference has released the football schedules for all 12 MAC teams today. In total, eight teams that finished in the final AP Top 25 poll from last season will play against select MAC teams: No. 1 Alabama vs. Kent State, No. 4 Ohio State vs. Bowling Green, No. 9 Iowa vs. Miami, No. 20 Oklahoma State vs. Central Michigan, No. 21 Wisconsin vs. Akron, No. 22 Tennessee vs. Ohio, No. 23 Northwestern vs. Western Michigan and No. 24 Western Kentucky at Miami.
The season opens up on September 1 with Central Michigan playing host to Presbyterian, and the MAC Championship game played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on Friday, December 2 at 7:00 p.