Mid-American Conference

MAC Football Week Five Features Seven Televised Games

MAC fans can enjoy seven games on television as the fifth week of college football gets underway.  Akron and Ohio will open conference play as they kick off at 2:00 ET on ESPN3, followed by UMass hosting Florida International at 3:00 ET on ESPN3.  Also at 3:00 ET, NIU will take on Central Michigan on ESPN3 and Toledo will face Ball State on American Sports Network and ESPN3.  At 3:30, Buffalo will host Bowling Green on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel, BCSN and ESPN3, while Miami and Kent State square off at Dix Stadium on ESPN3.  Rounding out the day of television, Eastern Michigan will head south to face No. 9 LSU at 7:00 ET on ESPNU.

Saturday, October 3 MAC Football Television Schedule – All times ET

*Ohio at Akron, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3 - Michael Reghi, Jerod Cherry)
Florida International at UMass, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3 - Alex Faust, Matt Chatham)
*NIU at Central Michigan, 3:00 pm ET/2:00 pm CT (ESPN3 - Jim Barbar, Dustin Fox)
*Toledo at Ball State, 3:00 pm ET (American Sports Network/ESPN3 - Dave Armstrong, Rich Baldinger -- check your local affiliate listings)
*Bowling Green at Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET (BCSN/ Time Warner Cable SportsChannel/ESPN3 - Mike Cairns, Frank Starns, Ben Wagner)
*Miami at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3 - Doug Sherman, Josh Cribbs)
Eastern Michigan at No. 9 LSU, 7:00 pm ET (ESPNU - Allen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins)

*Mid-American Conference game

Toledo at Ball State (American Sports Network) Affiliates:
Indiana:  Indianapolis, Evansville, Ft. Wayne, Lafayette, South Bend, Terre Haute, IN -- CSN Chicago Plus - (Check Local Listing); 
Illinois:  Chicago, Champaign, Peoria, Quincy, Rockford, IL -- CSN Chicago Plus – (Check Local Listing); 
Michigan:  Flint/Saginaw, MI – WBSF (CW); Grand Rapids, MI - WWMT-2 (CW); 
Ohio:  Cincinnati, OH– WKRC-2 (CW); Dayton, OH – WRGT-2 – (My TV/This TV); Cleveland/Akron, OH – WEWS-2 (Cozi); Columbus, OH – WWHO (CW); Toledo, OH – WNWO-2 (RetroTV);
ESPN3

Bowling Green at Bufalo (BCSN and Time Warner Cable SportsChannel) Clearances:
BCSN: Channel 608 (HD) and 8 on BCSN;
Time Warner: Channel 311 on TWC systems in Ohio; Channel 323 on TWC systems in New York (including New York City);
ESPN3