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CLEVELAND – The Mid-American Conference announced the 2013 football schedule today.  Highlighting the schedule will be 13 midweek nationally televised games during the month of November on ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3 as the conference race unfolds in both the East and West divisions.  The 13 mid-week games represent an increase of five national television games from last season.

The 2013 regular season will also once again feature an over-the-air syndication package produced and distributed by ESPN Regional Television (ERT). These syndicated games can also be seen on ESPN GamePlan, ESPN Plus and ESPN3.  An updated release of the MAC 2013 football schedule will be released later this spring with kick times and a full television schedule.

The regular season will conclude with the 16th Marathon MAC Football Championship game on Friday, Dec. 6 at Ford Field in Detroit on ESPN2.  This will mark the tenth Marathon MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl XL, and the 2009 NCAA Men's Final Four.
 
For the sixth year in a row, league schools will face a formidable non-conference slate of opponents from the following Football Bowl Subdivision conferences – ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC. In addition, the conference will also face opponents from the Big East, Conference USA, Mountain West, Sun Belt and Independents--Army and Navy.  

 

MAC programs will face eight non-conference foes  that finished in the final AP Top 25 poll:  (3) Ohio State; (9) Florida; (12) Kansas State; (13) Louisville; (14) LSU; (17) Northwestern; (23) Vanderbilt and (24) Michigan.  MAC champion Northern Illinois was ranked No. 22 in the final AP Top 25 poll.

A total of 13 non-conference games will feature an opponent from the Big Ten (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Michigan (2), Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State (2), Purdue and Wisconsin). The MAC will match up with a foe from the SEC (6—Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Vanderbilt), Big 12 (2—Baylor, Kansas State) and ACC (2—North Carolina State, Virginia).

 

The MAC will also face opponents from the Big East (5— Central Florida, Connecticut, Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers), Mountain West (1—UNLV), Conference USA (5—Marshall (2), North Texas (2), Tulsa) and Sun Belt Conferences (2—Louisiana-Lafayette, South Alabama).

 

MAC programs continue home games against FBS Conference foes including:

-Tulsa (Conference USA) at Bowling Green on Aug. 29;

-Army (Independent) at Ball State on Sept. 7;

-North Texas (Conference USA) at Ohio on Sept. 7;

-Marshall (Conference USA) at Ohio on Sept. 14;

-Cincinnati (Big East) at Miami on Sept. 21;

-Louisiana-Lafayette (Sun Belt) at Akron on Sept. 21;

-Vanderbilt (SEC) at UMass on Sept. 21;

-UConn (Big East) at Buffalo on Sept. 28;

-Navy (Independent) at Toledo on Oct. 19.

 

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Founded in 1946, the Mid-American Conference is an NCAA Division I, 12-member conference that sponsors 23 championships and is one of ten members of the Football Bowl Subdivison (FBS). With total enrollment of nearly 300,000 students, the league represents institutions of higher learning in six (6) states - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Ohio. In addition a 13th school – University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. -- is an affiliate member for football only.

Current MAC schools that hold full membership and the year they joined are -- East Division: University of Akron (1992), Bowling Green State University (1952), University at Buffalo (1998), Kent State University (1951), Miami University (1947), Ohio University (1946). West Division: Ball State University (1973), Central Michigan University (1971), Eastern Michigan University (1971), Northern Illinois University (1975-86, rejoined in 1997), University of Toledo (1950), Western Michigan University (1947).  The University of Massachusetts (2012) competes in the East Division in football only.  The conference office is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

 

2013 MAC Football Schedule (composite by date)

All times listed ET

*Conference Game

#ESPN Multiple-Game Selection Date (an ESPN weekday multiple-game selection date will be announced 12 days prior to the listed date.  One (1) game will be selected by each ESPN service listed).

 

Aug. 29 – Thursday

Akron at Central Florida

Illinois State at Ball State

Liberty at Kent State

Tulsa at Bowling Green

 

Aug. 31 – Saturday

Buffalo at Ohio State

Central Michigan at Michigan

Howard at Eastern Michigan

Miami at Marshall

UMass at Wisconsin

Northern Illinois at Iowa

Ohio at Louisville

Toledo at Florida

Western Michigan at Michigan State

 

Sep. 7 – Saturday

Army at Ball State

*Bowling Green at Kent State

Buffalo at Baylor

Eastern Michigan at Penn State

James Madison at Akron

Maine at UMass

Miami at Kentucky

New Hampshire at Central Michigan

Nicholls State at Western Michigan

North Texas at Ohio

Toledo at Missouri

 

Sep. 14 – Saturday

Akron at Michigan

Ball State at North Texas

Bowling Green at Indiana

Central Michigan at UNLV

Eastern Michigan at Rutgers

Eastern Washington at Toledo

Kent State at LSU

Marshall at Ohio

UMass at Kansas State

Northern Illinois at Idaho

Stony Brook at Buffalo

Western Michigan at Northwestern

 

Sep. 21 - Saturday

Austin Peay at Ohio

*Ball State at Eastern Michigan

Cincinnati at Miami

Eastern Illinois at Northern Illinois

Kent State at Penn State

Louisiana-Lafayette at Akron

Murray State at Bowling Green

*Toledo at Central Michigan

Vanderbilt at UMass

Western Michigan at Iowa

 

Sep. 28 – Saturday

*Akron at Bowling Green

Central Michigan at North Carolina State

*Kent State at Western Michigan

Miami at Illinois

Northern Illinois at Purdue

*Toledo at Ball State

UConn at Buffalo

 

Oct. 5 – Saturday

Ball State at Virginia

*Central Michigan at Miami

*Eastern Michigan at Buffalo

*Northern Illinois at Kent State

*UMass at Bowling Green

*Ohio at Akron

*Western Michigan at Toledo

 

Oct. 12 - Saturday

*Akron at Northern Illinois

Bowling Green at Mississippi State

*Buffalo at Western Michigan

*Central Michigan at Ohio

Eastern Michigan at Army

*Kent State at Ball State

*Miami at UMass

 

Oct. 19 - Saturday

*Akron at Miami

*Ball State at Western Michigan

Kent State at South Alabama

*UMass at Buffalo

Navy at Toledo

*Northern Illinois at Central Michigan

*Ohio at Eastern Michigan

 

Oct. 26 – Saturday

*Ball State at Akron

*Buffalo at Kent State

*Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois

*Miami at Ohio

*Toledo at Bowling Green

*Western Michigan at UMass

 

Nov. 2 – Saturday

*Eastern Michigan at Toledo

*Kent State at Akron

*Northern Illinois at UMass

 

Nov. 5 – Tuesday

#*Bowling Green at Miami, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

#*Ohio at Buffalo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

 

Nov. 6 – Wednesday

*Central Michigan at Ball State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)

 

Nov. 9 – Saturday

*Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan

 

Nov. 12 – Tuesday

#*Buffalo at Toledo, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

#*Ohio at Bowling Green, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Nov. 13 – Wednesday

#*Ball State at Northern Illinois, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

#*Miami at Kent State, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

 

Nov. 16 – Saturday

*Akron at UMass

*Central Michigan at Western Michigan

 

Nov. 19 – Tuesday

#*Buffalo at Miami, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

#*Kent State at Ohio, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

 

Nov. 20 – Wednesday

*Northern Illinois at Toledo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)

 

Nov. 23 – Saturday

*Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan

*UMass at Central Michigan

 

Nov. 26 – Tuesday

*Western Michigan at Northern Illinois, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2)

 

Nov. 29 – Friday

#*Bowling Green at Buffalo, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

#*Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

#*UMass at Ohio, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

#*Miami at Ball State, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

#*Toledo at Akron, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Dec. 6 – Friday

East Division Champion vs. West Division Champion

Marathon MAC Championship Game, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)

At Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.

 

 

2013 MAC Football Schedule (composite by school) 

All times listed ET

*Conference Game

#ESPN Multiple-Game Selection Date (an ESPN weekday multiple-game selection date will be announced 12 days prior to the listed date.  One (1) game will be selected by each ESPN service listed).

 

EAST DIVISION

 

Akron

Aug.

29        at Central Florida

Sep.

7          James Madison

14        at Michigan

21        Louisiana-Lafayette

28        *at Bowling Green

Oct.

5          *Ohio

12        *at Northern Illinois

19        *at Miami

26        *Ball State

Nov.

2          *Kent State

16        *at UMass

29        *Toledo, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Bowling Green

Aug.

29        Tulsa

Sept.

7          *at Kent State

14        at Indiana

21        Murray State

28        *Akron

Oct.

5          *UMass

12        at Mississippi State

26        *Toledo

Nov.

5          #*at Miami, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

12        #*Ohio, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

23        *at Eastern Michigan

29        #*at Buffalo, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Buffalo

Aug.

31        at Ohio State

Sep.

7          at Baylor

14        Stony Brook

28        UConn

Oct.

5          *Eastern Michigan

12        *at Western Michigan

19        *UMass

26        *at Kent State

Nov.

5          #*Ohio, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

12        #*at Toledo, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

19        #*at Miami, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

29        #*Bowling Green, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Kent State

Aug.

29        Liberty

Sep.

7          *Bowling Green

14        at LSU

21        at Penn State

28        *at Western Michigan

Oct.

5          *Northern Illinois

12        *at Ball State

19        at South Alabama

26        *Buffalo

Nov.

2          *at Akron

13        #*Miami, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

19        #*at Ohio, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

 

UMass

Aug.

31        at Wisconsin

Sep.

7          Maine

14        at Kansas State

21        Vanderbilt

Oct.

5          *at Bowling Green

12        *Miami

19        *at Buffalo

26        *Western Michigan

Nov.

2          *Northern Illinois

16        *Akron

23        *at Central Michigan

29        #*at Ohio, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Miami

Aug.

31        at Marshall

Sep.

7          at Kentucky

21        Cincinnati

28        at Illinois

Oct.

5          *Central Michigan

12        *at UMass

19        *Akron

26        *at Ohio

Nov.

5          #*Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

13        #*at Kent State, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

19        #*Buffalo, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

29        #*at Ball State, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Ohio

Aug.

31        at Louisville

Sep.

7          North Texas

14        Marshall

21        Austin Peay

Oct.

5          *at Akron

12        *Central Michigan

19        *at Eastern Michigan

26        *Miami

Nov.

5          #*at Buffalo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

12        #*at Bowling Green, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

19        #*Kent State, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

29        #*UMass, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

 

WEST DIVISION

 

Ball State

Aug.

29        Illinois State

Sep.

7          Army

14        at North Texas

21        *at Eastern Michigan

28        *Toledo

Oct.

5          at Virginia

12        *Kent State

19        *at Western Michigan

26        *at Akron

Nov.

6          *Central Michigan, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)

13        #*at Northern Illinois, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

29        #*Miami, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Central Michigan

Aug.

31        at Michigan

Sep.

7          New Hampshire

14        at UNLV

21        *Toledo

28        at North Carolina State

Oct.

5          *at Miami

12        *at Ohio

19        *Northern Illinois

Nov.

6          *at Ball State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)

16        *at Western Michigan

23        *UMass

29        #*Eastern Michigan, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Eastern Michigan

Aug.

31        Howard

Sep.

7          at Penn State

14        at Rutgers

21        *Ball State

Oct.

5          *at Buffalo

12        at Army

19        *Ohio

26        *at Northern Illinois

Nov.

2          *at Toledo

9          *Western Michigan

23        *Bowling Green

29        #*at Central Michigan, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Northern Illinois

Aug.

31        at Iowa

Sep.

14        at Idaho

21        Eastern Illinois

28        at Purdue

Oct.

5          *at Kent State

12        *Akron

19        *at Central Michigan

26        *Eastern Michigan

Nov.

2          *at UMass

13        #*Ball State, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)

20        *at Toledo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)

26        *Western Michigan, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2)

 

Toledo

Aug.

31        at Florida

Sep.

7          at Missouri

14        Eastern Washington

21        *at Central Michigan

28        *at Ball State

Oct.

5          *Western Michigan

19        Navy

26        *at Bowling Green

Nov.

2          *Eastern Michigan

12        #*Buffalo, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

20        *Northern Illinois, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)

29        *at Akron, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)

 

Western Michigan

Aug.

31        at Michigan State

Sep.

7          Nicholls State

14        at Northwestern

21        at Iowa

28        *Kent State

Oct.

5          *at Toledo

12        *Buffalo

19        *Ball State

26        *at UMass

Nov.

9          *at Eastern Michigan

16        *Central Michigan

26        *at Northern Illinois, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2)