by Saturday, September 28
BYU at Toledo, Noon ET (ESPN+)
*Buffalo at Miami, Noon ET (ESPNU)
*Central Michigan at Western Michigan, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network)
NIU at Vanderbilt, Noon ET/11:00 am CT (SEC Network)
Akron at UMass, 3:30 pm ET (FloSports/NESN)
Bye: Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Bowling Green, Kent State, Ohio
Last Week’s MAC Games
Syracuse 52, Western Michigan 33
Louisiana-Lafayette 45, Ohio 25
Eastern Michigan 34, Central Connecticut State 29
Troy 35, Akron 7
*Kent State 62, Bowling Green 20
No. 6 Ohio State 76, Miami 5
Buffalo 38, Temple 22
Miami (Fla.) 17, Central Michigan 12
North Carolina State 34, Ball State 23
Toledo 41, Colorado State 35
Bye: NIU
*Mid-American Conference contest
***BELOW NOTES PER PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MAC***
MAC QUICK NOTES:
• Week 5 features only five contests with two league games with Buffalo at Miami and Central Michigan at Western Michigan, along with three non-conference contests.
Toledo hosts BYU at the Glass Bowl as the Rockets will kick off at Noon ET (ESPN+). NIU will travel to Vanderbilt (SEC) at Noon ET (SEC Network), while Akron will travel to UMass at 3:30 pm ET (FloSports/NESN).
• One of the top MAC rivalries will happen in Kalamazoo this Saturday, Sept. 28 at Noon ET as Western Michigan will host Central Michigan in the 90th meeting of the ‘Battle of the Cannon’ on the CBS Sports Network.
The rivalry dates back to either 1905 (according to Central Michigan’s version of the rivalry) or 1907 (according to Western Michigan’s version of the series).
• Five MAC programs will have a bye week during Week 5 as Ball State (1-3), Bowling Green (1-3), Eastern Michigan (3-1), Kent State (2-2) and Ohio (1-3) all are idle this weekend.
• Last week MAC programs went 3-6 in nine non-conference games. Buffalo defeated Temple, 38-22, from the American Athletic Conference, Toledo topped Colorado State, 41-35, from the Mountain West Conference and Eastern Michigan posted a 34-29 win over FCS foe Central Connecticut State.
