Courtesy of the Mid-American Conference
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 13th 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 13th 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