MAC Announces 2010 Football Schedule

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES 2010 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

19 Regular-Season Games Will Be Televised On Multiple ESPN Platforms

For Immediate Release-Monday, March 1, 2010

Cleveland, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference announced its 2010 football schedule today with a minimum of 19 regular-season national television games on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN360.com highlighting the conference schedule. 

The 2010 season will also once again feature a six-week, over-the-air syndication package in September and October produced and distributed by ESPN Regional Television. The six games, which can also be seen on ESPN Game Plan and ESPN360.com, will be announced in June.

The regular season will conclude with the 13^th Marathon MAC Football Championship game on Friday, Dec. 3 at Ford Field in Detroit on ESPN2.  This will mark the seventh Marathon MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl XL, and the 2009 NCAA Men's Final Four.

Most of the television exposure will occur in November when 10 mid-week league games will be televised by ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN360.com as the conference race unfolds in each division.

For the third year in a row, league schools will face a formidable non-conference slate of opponents from the following Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly I-A) conferences - ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, PAC 10 and SEC. In addition, the conference will also face each independent-Notre Dame, Navy and Army, as well as Boise State from the Western Athletic Conference.  A total of 11 of the schools' non-league games will feature an opponent from the Big Ten, and the MAC will match up with a foe from the SEC (3), Big 12 (3), ACC (3), Big East (4), PAC 10 (1) and WAC (2).

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 11 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 13^th school - Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. -- 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).  Temple University (2007) competes in the East Division in football only.

The conference office is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

2010 MAC Football Schedule (composite by date)

All times TBA unless noted; all listed times 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).

Sep. 2 - Thursday

Southeast Missouri at Ball State

Northern Illinois at Iowa State

Rhode Island at Buffalo

Murray State at Kent State

Hampton at Central Michigan

Sep. 3 - Friday

Arizona at Toledo, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Sep. 4 - Saturday

Army at Eastern Michigan

Western Michigan at Michigan State

Syracuse at Akron

Bowling Green at Troy

Miami at Florida

Wofford at Ohio

 

*note-- the Villanova at Temple date and time for opening week will be announced at a later date.

 

Sep. 11 - Saturday

Liberty at Ball State

*Central Michigan at Temple

*Eastern Michigan at Miami

North Dakota at Northern Illinois

*Toledo at Ohio

Nichols State at Western Michigan

Gardner-Webb at Akron

Bowling Green at Tulsa

Buffalo at Baylor

Kent State at Boston College

Sep. 18 - Saturday

Ball State at Purdue

*Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan

Northern Illinois at Illinois

*Toledo at Western Michigan

Akron at Kentucky

Marshall at Bowling Green

Central Florida at Buffalo

Kent State at Penn State

Colorado State at Miami

Ohio at Ohio State

Connecticut at Temple

Sep. 25 - Saturday

Ball State at Iowa

Central Michigan at Northwestern

Eastern Michigan at Ohio State

Northern Illinois at Minnesota

Toledo at Purdue

Akron at Indiana

Bowling Green at Michigan

Buffalo at Connecticut

Miami at Missouri

Ohio at Marshall

Temple at Penn State

Oct. 2 - Saturday

*Ball State at Central Michigan

*Ohio at Eastern Michigan

*Northern Illinois at Akron

Wyoming at Toledo

Idaho at Western Michigan

*Buffalo at Bowling Green

*Kent State at Miami

Temple at Army

Oct. 9 - Saturday

*Western Michigan at Ball State

Central Michigan at Virginia Tech

Eastern Michigan at Vanderbilt

*Temple at Northern Illinois

Toledo at Boise State

*Akron at Kent State

*Bowling Green at Ohio

Miami at Cincinnati

Oct. 16 - Saturday

*Eastern Michigan at Ball State

*Miami at Central Michigan

*Buffalo at Northern Illinois

*Kent State at Toledo

Western Michigan at Notre Dame

*Akron at Ohio

*Bowling Green at Temple

Oct. 23 - Saturday

*Ball State at Toledo

*Central Michigan at Northern Illinois

Eastern Michigan at Virginia

*Western Michigan at Akron

*Kent State at Bowling Green

*Temple at Buffalo

*Ohio at Miami

Oct. 30 - Saturday

*Ball State at Kent State

*Bowling Green at Central Michigan

*Toledo at Eastern Michigan

*Northern Illinois at Western Michigan

*Akron at Temple

*Miami at Buffalo

Louisiana-Lafayette at Ohio

Nov. 4 - Thursday

*Buffalo at Ohio, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU)

Nov. 5 - Friday

*Western Michigan at Central Michigan, TBA (ESPNU)

Nov. 6 - Saturday

*Akron at Ball State

*Temple at Kent State

Nov. 9 - Tuesday

*Toledo at Northern Illinois, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Nov. 10 - Wednesday

*Miami at Bowling Green, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Nov. 12 - Friday

*Ball State at Buffalo, 6 p.m. ET (ESPNU)

Nov. 13 - Saturday

Central Michigan at Navy

*Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan

Army at Kent State

Nov. 16 - Tuesday

*Ohio at Temple, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Nov. 17 - Wednesday

#*Bowling Green at Toledo, 8 p.m./6 p.m. ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

#*Miami at Akron, 8 p.m./6 p.m. ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Nov. 20 - Saturday

*Northern Illinois at Ball State

*Eastern Michigan at Buffalo

*Kent State at Western Michigan

Nov. 23 - Tuesday

*Temple at Miami, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Nov. 26 - Friday

#*Central Michigan at Toledo, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com)

#*Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com)

#*Western Michigan at Bowling Green, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com)

#*Buffalo at Akron, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com)

#*Ohio at Kent State, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com)

Dec. 3 - Friday

Marathon MAC Championship Game, TBA (ESPN2)

At Ford Field in Detroit

2010 MAC Football Schedule (composite by school) 

All times TBA unless noted; all listed times 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

Sep.

4              Syracuse

11           Gardner Webb

18           at Kentucky

25           at Indiana

Oct.

2              Northern Illinois

9              at Kent State

16           at Ohio

23           Western Michigan

30           at Temple

Nov.

6              at Ball State

17           Miami, 8 p.m./6 p.m. ET (ESPN2/ESPNU#)

26           Buffalo, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com#)

Bowling Green

Sep.

4              at Troy

11           at Tulsa

18           Marshall

25           at Michigan

Oct.

2              Buffalo

9              at Ohio

16           at Temple

23           Kent State

30           at Central Michigan

Nov.

10           Miami, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

17           at Toledo, 8 p.m./6 p.m. ET (ESPN2/ESPNU#)

26           Western Michigan, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com#)

Buffalo

Sep.

2              Rhode Island

11           at Baylor

18           Central Florida

25           at Connecticut

Oct.

2              at Bowling Green

16           at Northern Illinois

23           Temple

30           Miami

Nov.

4              at Ohio, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU)

12           Ball State, 6 p.m. ET (ESPNU)

20           Eastern Michigan

26           at Akron, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com#)

Kent State

Sep.

2              Murray State

11           at Boston College

18           at Penn State

Oct.

2              at Miami

9              Akron

16           at Toledo

23           at Bowling Green

30           Ball State

Nov.

6              Temple

13           Army

20           at Western Michigan

26           Ohio, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com#)

Miami

Sep.

4              at Florida

11           Eastern Michigan

18           Colorado State

25           at Missouri

Oct.

2              Kent State

9              at Cincinnati

16           at Central Michigan

23           Ohio

30           at Buffalo

Nov.

10           at Bowling Green, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

17           at Akron, 8 p.m./6 p.m. ET (ESPN2/ESPNU#)

23           Temple, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Ohio

Sep.

4              Wofford

11           Toledo

18           at Ohio State

25           at Marshall

Oct.

2              at Eastern Michigan

9              Bowling Green

16           Akron

23           at Miami

30           Louisiana-Lafayette

Nov.

4              Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU)

16           at Temple, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

26           at Kent State, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com#)

Temple

Sep.

TBA          Villanova

11           Central Michigan

18           Connecticut

25           at Penn State

Oct.

2              at Army

9              at Northern Illinois

16           Bowling Green

23           at Buffalo

30           Akron

Nov.

6              at Kent State

16           Ohio, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

23           at Miami, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

WEST DIVISION

Ball State

Sep.

2              Southeast Missouri

11           Liberty

18           at Purdue

25           at Iowa

Oct.

2              at Central Michigan

9              Western Michigan

16           Eastern Michigan

23           at Toledo

30           at Kent State

Nov.

6              Akron

12           at Buffalo, 6 p.m. ET (ESPNU)

20           Northern Illinois

Central Michigan

Sep.

2              Hampton

11           at Temple             

18           at Eastern Michigan

25           at Northwestern

Oct.

2              Ball State             

9              at Virginia Tech

16           Miami   

23           at Northern Illinois             

30           Bowling Green

Nov.

5              Western Michigan, TBA (ESPNU)

13           at Navy

26           at Toledo, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com#)

Eastern Michigan

Sep.

4              Army

11           at Miami

18           Central Michigan

25           at Ohio State

Oct.

2              Ohio

9              at Vanderbilt

16           at Ball State

23           at Virginia

30           Toledo

Nov.

13           at Western Michigan

20           at Buffalo

26           Northern Illinois, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com#)

Northern Illinois

Sep.

2              at Iowa State

11           North Dakota

18           at Illinois

25           at Minnesota

Oct.

2              at Akron

9              Temple

16           Buffalo

23           Central Michigan

30           at Western Michigan

Nov.

9              Toledo, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

20           at Ball State

26           at Eastern Michigan, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com#)

Toledo

Sep.

3              Arizona, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)

11           at Ohio

18           at Western Michigan

25           at Purdue

Oct.

2              Wyoming

9              at Boise State

16           Kent State

23           Ball State

30           at Eastern Michigan

Nov.

9              at Northern Illinois, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

17           Bowling Green, 8 p.m./6 p.m. ET (ESPN2/ESPNU#)

26           Central Michigan, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com#)

Western Michigan

Sep.

4              at Michigan State

11           Nichols State

18           Toledo

Oct.

2              Idaho

9              at Ball State

16           at Notre Dame

23           at Akron

30           Northern Illinois

Nov.

5              at Central Michigan, TBA (ESPNU)

13           Eastern Michigan

20           Kent State

26           at Bowling Green, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN360.com#)