CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference today announced its football schedule for the 2025 season.
This marks the second year of the new conference schedule format. This model allows each team to face all 12 conference opponents home and away at least once during a three-year cycle. Additionally, the format incorporates protected opponents based on geographic location and rivalries and eliminates the MAC East and West Divisions.
A historic addition to this year’s slate, the University of Massachusetts will officially compete in its first season as a full-fledged MAC member. The Minutemen enter the conference race with the opportunity to battle for a spot in the MAC Football Championship.
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 details will be announced 12 days prior to the scheduled game. Games will air on ESPN platforms (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN+) and CBS Sports Network.
The 2025 conference season will kick off Saturday, September 13 as Kent State hosts Buffalo. The 29th MAC Football Championship Game will be held on Saturday, December 6 (Time TBA) between the top two teams based on conference winning percentage. This will mark the 22nd MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions.
2025 MAC Football Schedule
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Thursday, August 28
Wyoming at Akron
Buffalo at Minnesota
Central Michigan at San Jose State
Lafayette at Bowling Green
Miami at Wisconsin
Ohio at Rutgers
Saturday, August 30
Ball State at Purdue
Eastern Michigan at Texas State
Merrimack College at Kent State
Temple at UMass
Holy Cross at Northern Illinois
Toledo at Kentucky
Western Michigan at Michigan State
Saturday, September 6
Akron at Nebraska
Ball State at Auburn
Bowling Green at Cincinnati
Saint Francis at Buffalo
Central Michigan at Pitt
Long Island at Eastern Michigan
Kent State at Texas Tech
Bryant at UMass
Miami at Rutgers
Northern Illinois at Maryland
West Virginia at Ohio
Western Kentucky at Toledo
North Texas at Western Michigan
Saturday, September 13
*Buffalo at Kent State
Akron at UAB
New Hampshire at Ball State
Liberty at Bowling Green
Central Michigan at Michigan
Eastern Michigan at Kentucky
UMass at Iowa
Ohio at Ohio State
Morgan State at Toledo
Western Michigan at Illinois
Saturday, September 20
*Toledo at Western Michigan
Duquesne at Akron
Ball State at UConn
Bowling Green at Louisville
Troy at Buffalo
Wagner at Central Michigan
Louisiana at Eastern Michigan
Kent State at Florida State
UNLV at Miami
Northern Illinois at Mississippi State
Gardner Webb at Ohio
Saturday, Sept. 27
*Akron at Toledo
*Bowling Green at Ohio
*Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan
UConn at Buffalo
UMass at Missouri
Lindenwood at Miami
San Diego State at Northern Illinois
Rhode Island at Western Michigan
Saturday, October 4
*Central Michigan at Akron
*Ohio at Ball State
*Eastern Michigan at Buffalo
*Western Michigan at UMass
*Miami at Northern Illinois
Kent State at Oklahoma
Saturday, October 11
*Miami at Akron
*Ball State at Western Michigan
*Toledo at Bowling Green
*Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan
*UMass at Kent State
Saturday, October 18
*Akron at Ball State
*Central Michigan at Bowling Green
*Buffalo at UMass
*Eastern Michigan at Miami
*Kent State at Toledo
*Northern Illinois at Ohio
Saturday, October 25
*Akron at Buffalo
*Ball State at Northern Illinois
*Bowling Green at Kent State
*UMass at Central Michigan
*Ohio at Eastern Michigan
*Western Michigan at Miami
Toledo at Washington State
Saturday, November 1
*Buffalo at Bowling Green
*Central Michigan at Western Michigan
Tuesday, November 4
*UMass at Akron
*Miami at Ohio
Wednesday, November 5
*Kent State at Ball State
*Northern Illinois at Toledo
Saturday, November 8
*Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan
Tuesday, November 11
*Kent State at Akron
*Ohio at Western Michigan
Wednesday, November 12
*Buffalo at Central Michigan
*Northern Illinois at UMass
*Toledo at Miami
Saturday, November 15
*Eastern Michigan at Ball State
Tuesday, November 18
*Akron at Bowling Green
*UMass at Ohio
*Western Michigan at Northern Illinois
Wednesday, November 19
*Miami at Buffalo
*Central Michigan at Kent State
Saturday, November 22
*Ball State at Toledo
Tuesday, November 25
*Bowling Green at UMass
*Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan
Friday, November 28
*Ohio at Buffalo
*Kent State at Northern Illinois
Saturday, November 29
*Ball State at Miami
*Toledo at Central Michigan
Saturday, December 6
MAC Football Championship Game
Team-By-Team Schedules
Akron
8.28 – Wyoming
9.6 – at Nebraska
9.13 – at UAB
9.20 – Duquesne
9.27 – *at Toledo
10.4 – *Central Michigan
10.11 – *Miami
10.18 – *at Ball State
10. 25 – *at Buffalo
11.4 – *UMass
11.11 – *Kent State
11.18 – *at Bowling Green
Ball State
8.30 – at Purdue
9.6 – at Auburn
9.13 – New Hampshire
9.20 – at UConn
10.4 – *Ohio
10.11 – *at Western Michigan
10.18 – *Akron
10.25 – *at NIU
11.5 – *Kent State
11.15 – *Eastern Michigan
11.22 – *at Toledo
11.29 – *at Miami
Bowling Green
8.28 – Lafayette
9.6 – at Cincinnati
9.13 – Liberty
9.20 – at Louisville
9.27 – * at Ohio
10.11 – *Toledo
10.18 – *Central Michigan
10.25 – *at Kent State
11.1 – *Buffalo
11.8 – *at Eastern Michigan
11.18 – *Akron
11.25 – *at UMass
Buffalo
8.28 – at Minnesota
9.6 – St. Francis
9.13 – *at Kent State
9.20 – Troy
9.27 – UConn
10.4 – *Eastern Michigan
10.18 – *at UMass
10.25 – *Akron
11.1 – *at Bowling Green
11.12 – *at Central Michigan
11.19 – *Miami
11.28 – *Ohio
Central Michigan
8.28 – at San Jose State
9.6 – at Pitt
9.13 – at Michigan
9.20 – Wagner
9.27 – *Eastern Michigan
10.4 – *at Akron
10.18 – *at Bowling Green
10.25 – *UMass
11.1 – *at Western Michigan
11.12 – *Buffalo
11.19 – *at Kent State
11.29 – *Toledo
Eastern Michigan
8.30 – at Texas State
9.6 – LIU
9.13 – at Kentucky
9.20 – Louisiana
9.27 – *at Central Michigan
10.4 – *at Buffalo
10.11 – *Northern Illinois
10.18 – *at Miami
10.25 – *Ohio
11.8 – *Bowling Green
11.15 – *at Ball State
11.25 – *Western Michigan
Kent State
8.30 – Merrimack
9.6 – at Texas Tech
9.13 – *Buffalo
9.20 – at Florida State
10.4 – at Oklahoma
10.11 – *UMass
10.18 – *at Toledo
10.25 – *Bowling Green
11.5 – *at Ball State
11.11 – *at Akron
11.19 – *Central Michigan
11.28 – *at Northern Illinois
UMass
8.30 – Temple
9.6 – Bryant
9.13 – at Iowa
9.27 – at Missouri
10.4 – *Western Michigan
10.11 – *at Kent State
10.18 – *Buffalo
10.25– *at Central Michigan
11.4 – *at Akron
11.12 – *Northern Illinois
11.18 – *at Ohio
11.25 – *Bowling Green
Miami
8.28 – at Wisconsin
9.6 – at Rutgers
9.20 – UNLV
9.27 – Lindenwood
10.4 – *at Northern Illinois
10.11 – *at Akron
10.18 – *Eastern Michigan
10.25– *Western Michigan
11.4 – *at Ohio
11.12 – *Toledo
11.19 – *at Buffalo
11.29 – *Ball State
Northern Illinois
8.30 – Holy Cross
9.6 – at Maryland
9.20 – at Mississippi State
9.27 – San Diego State
10.4 – *Miami
10.11 – *at Eastern Michigan
10.18 – *at Ohio
10.25 – *Ball State
11.5 – *at Toledo
11.12 – *at UMass
11.18 – *Western Michigan
11.28 – *Kent State
Ohio
8.28 – at Rutgers
9.6 – West Virginia
9.13 – at Ohio State
9.20 – Gardner Webb
9.27 – *Bowling Green
10.4 – *at Ball State
10.18 – *Northern Illinois
10.25 – *at Eastern Michigan
11.4 – *Miami
11.11 – *at Western Michigan
11.18 – *UMass
11.28 – *at Buffalo
Toledo
8.30 – at Kentucky
9.6 – Western Kentucky
9.13 – Morgan State
9.20 – *at Western Michigan
9.27 – *Akron
10.11 – *at Bowling Green
10.18 – *Kent State
10.25 – at Washington State
11.5 – *Northern Illinois
11.12 – *at Miami
11.22 – *Ball State
11.29 – *at Central Michigan
Western Michigan
8.30 – at Michigan State
9.6 – North Texas
9.13 – at Illinois
9.20 – *Toledo
9.27 – Rhode Island
10.4 – *at UMass
10.11 – *Ball State
10.25 – *at Miami
11.1 – *Central Michigan
11.11 – *Ohio
11.18 – *at Northern Illinois
11.25 – *at Eastern Michigan
