CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference today announced its football schedule for the 2021 season.
Each MAC school will play eight conference football games to include five games against divisional opponents and three games against crossover-divisional opponents.
The MAC will release an updated schedule later this spring with game times and television for the first three weeks of the regular season and its midweek MACtion schedule. All remaining game times and television will be announced 12 days prior to the scheduled game. Games will air on ESPN networks (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN+/ESPN3) and CBS Sports Network.
The MAC’s 75th Anniversary season, which kicks off Saturday, Sept. 25 with defending champion Ball State hosting Toledo, will conclude with the 25th Rocket Mortgage MAC Football Championship game on Saturday, December 4 (Time TBA). This will mark the 18th MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions.
2021 MAC Football Composite Schedule
All times listed ET | *Conference game
Thursday, September 2
Western Illinois at Ball State
Friday, September 3
St. Francis at Eastern Michigan
Saturday, September 4
Central Michigan at Missouri
Northern Illinois at Georgia Tech
Norfolk State at Toledo
Western Michigan at Michigan
Akron at Auburn
Bowling Green at Tennessee
Wagner at Buffalo
Kent State at Texas A&M
Miami at Cincinnati
Syracuse at Ohio
Saturday, September 11
Ball State at Penn State
Robert Morris at Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan at Wisconsin
Wyoming at Northern Illinois
Toledo at Notre Dame
Illinois State at Western Michigan
Temple at Akron
South Alabama at Bowling Green
Buffalo at Nebraska
VMI at Kent State
Miami at Minnesota
Duquesne at Ohio
Saturday, September 18
Ball State at Wyoming
Central Michigan at LSU
Eastern Michigan at UMass
Northern Illinois at Michigan
Colorado State at Toledo
Western Michigan at Pittsburgh
Bryant at Akron
Murray State at Bowling Green
Coastal Carolina at Buffalo
Kent State at Iowa
LIU at Miami
Ohio at Louisiana-Lafayette
Saturday, September 25
*Toledo at Ball State
Florida International at Central Michigan
Texas State at Eastern Michigan
Maine at Northern Illinois
San Jose State at Western Michigan
Akron at Ohio State
Bowling Green at Minnesota
Buffalo at Old Dominion
Kent State at Maryland
Miami at Army
Ohio at Northwestern
Saturday, October 2
*Central Michigan at Miami
*Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois
*Western Michigan at Buffalo
*Bowling Green at Kent State
*Ohio at Akron
Army at Ball State
Toledo a UMass
Saturday, October 9
*Ball State at Western Michigan
*Central Michigan Ohio
*Northern Illinois at Toledo
*Akron at Bowling Green
*Buffalo at Kent State
*Miami at Eastern Michigan
Saturday, October 16
*Ball State at Eastern Michigan
*Toledo at Central Michigan
*Akron at Miami
*Bowling Green at Northern Illinois
*Kent State at Western Michigan
*Ohio at Buffalo
Saturday, October 23
*Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green
*Northern Illinois at Central Michigan
*Western Michigan at Toledo
*Buffalo at Akron
*Kent State at Ohio
*Miami at Ball State
Saturday, October 30
*Bowling Green at Buffalo
Tuesday, November 2
*Ball State at Akron
*Eastern Michigan at Toledo
*Miami at Ohio
Wednesday, November 3
*Central Michigan at Western Michigan
*Northern Illinois at Kent State
Tuesday, November 9
*Akron at Western Michigan
*Buffalo at Miami
*Ohio at Eastern Michigan
Wednesday, November 10
*Ball State at Northern Illinois
*Toledo at Bowling Green
*Kent State at Central Michigan
Tuesday, November 16
*Toledo at Ohio
*Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan
*Bowling Green at Miami
Wednesday, November 17
*Central Michigan at Ball State
*Northern Illinois at Buffalo
Saturday, November 20
*Kent State at Akron
Tuesday, November 23
*Western Michigan at Northern Illinois
*Buffalo at Ball State
Friday, November 26
*Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan
*Ohio at Bowling Green
Saturday, November 27
*Akron at Toledo
*Miami at Kent State
Saturday, December 4
Rocket Mortgage MAC Football Championship Game (Ford Field – Detroit, Mich.)
