Week 13 Football Release: https://bit.ly/3QLHuuH
Week 13 MAC Head Coaches Press Conferences: https://bit.ly/3QLYsJm
Week 12 Football Players of the Week: https://bit.ly/3uiI0bU
Tuesday, November 21
*Bowling Green at Western Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPNU)
*Eastern Michigan at Buffalo, 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2)
Friday, November 24
*Toledo at Central Michigan, Noon ET (ESPNU)
*Ohio at Akron, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, November 25
*NIU at Kent State, Noon ET (ESPN+)
*Miami at Ball State, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network)
Two Minute Drill
• Miami defeated Buffalo 23-10 at Yager Stadium to clinch the 2023 MAC East Division championship and advance to the MAC title game on Saturday, Dec. 2 against West Division Champion Toledo at Ford Field in Detroit. Rashad Amos had 82 rushing yards and two touchdowns for the RedHawks (9-2, 6-1 MAC), who won their first division title since 2019. Additionally, Aveon Smith threw for a season-high 146 yards for Miami.
• Toledo rallied from an 18-point deficit to defeat Bowling Green, 32-31, in the annual Battle of I-75 last Tuesday night. After the team’s 10th-straight win, the Rockets moved into the latest Associated Press Top-25 poll as Toledo was ranked No. 23 in the nation (118 points). This is the first time Toledo has cracked the Top 25 since 2015.
• Austin Smith found Jere Getzinger in the back of the end zone in double overtime to secure Eastern Michigan a 30-27 victory over Akron on Tuesday, Nov. 14, inside Rynearson Stadium. The win helped the Eagles move to 5-6 (3-4 MAC) on the season as Eastern Michigan would become bowl eligible with a win this week against Buffalo (Tuesday, Nov. 21).
• Northern Illinois posted its first shutout in four seasons as the Huskies defeated Western Michigan, 24-0, in DeKalb last Tuesday. Antario Brown ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns while redshirt freshman Dane Pardridge returned a punt for a touchdown.
• The Ohio Bobcats picked up its eighth win of the 2023 season with a 34-20 victory versus Central Michigan in Athens. This marked Ohio’s first victory against Central Michigan since 2011.
• Ball State won for the third time in four games, amassing 388 yards total offense to defeat Kent State, 34-3, in Muncie. The 31-point victory was its largest against a Mid-American Conference team since 2021.
