| Phil Steele Blog • February 22, 2016 |
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2016 MAC Football Schedules.
The MAC announced the release of their 2016 schedules. Here are some interested notes from that release.
• Highlighting the schedule will be 17 nationally televised games during late October and November slated for national television on ESPN2, ESPNU and CBS Sports Network as the conference race unfolds in both the East and West divisions. ESPN3, which is available in more than 99 million homes, will also stream a select number of games late in the season.
• The regular season will conclude with the 20th Marathon MAC Football Championship game on Friday, Dec. 2 at 7:00 pm ET at Ford Field in Detroit on ESPN2. This will mark the 13th Marathon MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl XL, and the 2009 NCAA Men’s Final Four.
• MAC programs will face eight non-conference foes that finished in the final AP Top 25 poll: Alabama (1), Ohio State (4), Iowa (9), Oklahoma State (20), Wisconsin (21), Tennessee (22), Northwestern (23) and Western Kentucky (24).
| AKRON | BALL ST | BOWLING GREEN | ||||||||||
| 9/3 | VMI | 9/3 | at | Georgia St | 9/3 | at | Ohio St | |||||
| 9/10 | at | Wisconsin | 9/10 | at | Indiana | 9/10 | North Dakota | |||||
| 9/17 | at | Marshall | 9/17 | Eastern Kentucky | 9/17 | Middle Tennessee | ||||||
| 9/24 | Appalachian St | 9/24 | FAU | 9/24 | at | Memphis | ||||||
| 10/1 | at | Kent St | 10/1 | Northern Illinois | 10/1 | Eastern Michigan | ||||||
| 10/8 | Miami Oh | 10/8 | at | Central Michigan | 10/8 | at | Ohio | |||||
| 10/15 | Western Michigan | 10/15 | at | Buffalo | 10/15 | at | Toledo | |||||
| 10/22 | at | Ball St | 10/22 | Akron | 10/22 | Miami Oh | ||||||
| 10/27 | at | Buffalo (Thur) | 11/1 | Western Michigan (Tues) | 11/1 | at | Northern Illinois (Tues) | |||||
| 11/2 | Toledo (Wed) | 11/5 | Open | 11/5 | Open | |||||||
| 11/9 | Bowling Green (Wed) | 11/8 | Eastern Michigan (Tues) | 11/9 | at | Akron (Wed) | ||||||
| 11/19 | Open | 11/16 | at | Toledo (Wed) | 11/15 | Kent St (Tues) | ||||||
| 11/22 | at | Ohio (Tues) | 11/22 | at | Miami Oh (Tues) | 11/25 | Buffalo (Fri) | |||||
| BUFFALO | CENTRAL MICHIGAN | EASTERN MICHIGAN | ||||||||||
| 9/3 | Albany | 9/1 | Presbyterian (Thur) | 9/3 | Miss Valley St | |||||||
| 9/10 | Open | 9/10 | at | Oklahoma St | 9/10 | at | Missouri | |||||
| 9/17 | at | Nevada | 9/17 | UNLV | 9/17 | at | Charlotte | |||||
| 9/24 | Army | 9/24 | at | Virginia | 9/24 | Wyoming | ||||||
| 10/1 | at | Boston College | 10/1 | Western Michigan | 10/1 | at | Bowling Green | |||||
| 10/8 | Kent St | 10/8 | Ball St | 10/8 | Toledo | |||||||
| 10/15 | Ball St | 10/15 | at | Northern Illinois | 10/15 | at | Ohio | |||||
| 10/22 | at | Northern Illinois | 10/22 | at | Toledo | 10/22 | at | Western Michigan | ||||
| 10/27 | Akron (Thur) | 10/29 | Kent St | 10/29 | Miami Oh | |||||||
| 11/3 | at | Ohio (Thur) | 11/4 | at | Miami Oh (Fri) | 11/8 | at | Ball St (Tues) | ||||
| 11/12 | Miami Oh | 11/12 | Open | 11/12 | Open | |||||||
| 11/19 | at | Western Michigan | 11/15 | Ohio (Tues) | 11/16 | Northern Illinois (Wed) | ||||||
| 11/25 | at | Bowling Green (Fri) | 11/22 | at | Eastern Michigan (Tues) | 11/22 | Central Michigan (Tues) | |||||
| KENT ST | MIAMI OH | NORTHERN ILLINOIS | ||||||||||
| 9/3 | at | Penn St | 9/3 | at | Iowa | 9/3 | Wyoming | |||||
| 9/10 | North Carolina A&T | 9/10 | Eastern Illinois | 9/10 | South Florida | |||||||
| 9/17 | Monmouth | 9/17 | WKU | 9/17 | San Diego St | |||||||
| 9/24 | at | Alabama | 9/24 | at | Cincinnati | 9/24 | Western Illinois | |||||
| 10/1 | Akron | 10/1 | Ohio | 10/1 | Ball St | |||||||
| 10/8 | at | Buffalo | 10/8 | at | Akron | 10/8 | Western Michigan | |||||
| 10/15 | at | Miami Oh | 10/15 | Kent St | 10/15 | Central Michigan | ||||||
| 10/22 | Ohio | 10/22 | at | Bowling Green | 10/22 | Buffalo | ||||||
| 10/29 | at | Central Michigan | 10/29 | at | Eastern Michigan | 11/1 | Bowling Green (Tues) | |||||
| 11/5 | Open | 11/4 | Central Michigan (Fri) | 11/5 | Open | |||||||
| 11/8 | Western Michigan (Tues) | 11/12 | at | Buffalo | 11/9 | Toledo (Wed) | ||||||
| 11/15 | at | Bowling Green (Tues) | 11/22 | Ball St (Tues) | 11/16 | Eastern Michigan (Wed) | ||||||
| 11/25 | Northern Illinois (Fri) | 11/26 | 11/25 | Kent St (Fri) | ||||||||
| OHIO | TOLEDO | W MICHIGAN | ||||||||||
| 9/3 | Texas St | 9/3 | at | Arkansas St | 9/3 | at | Northwestern | |||||
| 9/10 | at | Kansas | 9/10 | Maine | 9/10 | NC Central | ||||||
| 9/17 | at | Tennessee | 9/17 | Fresno St | 9/17 | at | Illinois | |||||
| 9/24 | Gardner-Webb | 9/30 | at | BYU (Fri) | 9/24 | Georgia Southern | ||||||
| 10/1 | Miami Oh | 10/1 | Open | 10/1 | at | Central Michigan | ||||||
| 10/8 | Bowling Green | 10/8 | at | Eastern Michigan | 10/8 | Northern Illinois | ||||||
| 10/15 | Eastern Michigan | 10/15 | Bowling Green | 10/15 | at | Akron | ||||||
| 10/22 | at | Kent St | 10/22 | Central Michigan | 10/22 | Eastern Michigan | ||||||
| 10/27 | at | Toledo (Thur) | 10/27 | Ohio (Thur) | 11/1 | at | Ball St (Tues) | |||||
| 11/3 | Buffalo (Thur) | 11/2 | at | Akron (Wed) | 11/5 | Open | ||||||
| 11/15 | at | Central Michigan (Tues) | 11/9 | at | Northern Illinois (Wed) | 11/8 | at | Kent St (Tues) | ||||
| 11/19 | Open | 11/16 | Ball St (Wed) | 11/19 | Buffalo | |||||||
| 11/22 | Akron (Tues) | 11/25 | at | Western Michigan (Fri) | 11/25 | Toledo (Fri) | ||||||
| 12/3 | 12/3 | |||||||||||