2025 Mid-American Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 29 - December 7
Number of teams	12
Regular season
MAC Championship Game
Seasons
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2025 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Akron		0	–	0					0	–	0
Ball State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Bowling Green		0	–	0					0	–	0
Buffalo		0	–	0					0	–	0
Central Michigan		0	–	0					0	–	0
Eastern Michigan		0	–	0					0	–	0
Kent State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Miami (OH)		0	–	0					0	–	0
Northern Illinois		0	–	0					0	–	0
Ohio		0	–	0					0	–	0
Toledo		0	–	0					0	–	0
UMass		0	–	0					0	–	0
Western Michigan		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 6, 2025
As of January 27, 2025

The 2025 Mid-American Conference football season will the 80th season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC), as part of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Non-conference play will begin on August 28.^[1] Conference play will begin on September 13 and conclude with the MAC championship game on December 6 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.^[2] Just as it was in 2024, the MAC will not have divisions. The Championship game will feature the two teams with the best conference records.^[3] The MAC will see its first change in membership since 2015 with the addition of UMass.^[4] This will be Northern Illinois' last season as the are joining the Mountain West Conference in 2026.^[5]

Miami and Ohio finished the season with 7-1 conference records and the Battle of the Bricks rivalry happened twice in the same season for the first time with a rematch in the Championship Game. Ohio avenged the regular season loss to Miami, winning 38–3, and won the MAC Championship for the first time since [[1968.^[6]

The MAC enters the 2025 season with three head coaching change from 2024.

Ball State head coach Mike Neu was fired on November 16 with two games remaining in the 2024 season. Neu had 40 wins and 63 losses in nine seasons.^[7] He won the MAC Championship in 2020^[8] It was his only winning season. Colin Johnson succeeded him as interim head coach.^[7] On December 4, Ball State named Butler head coach Mike Uremovich as the new head coach.^[9]

Central Michigan head coach Jim McElwain announced on November 20 that he would retire at the end of the 2024 season^[10] He retired with a 33–36 at the school. On December 9, 2024, Army assistant coach Matt Drinkall was hired as the next head coach.^[11]

On December 7, 2024 Ohio head coach Tim Albin resigned after winning the 2024 MAC Football Championship Game to become the head coach at Charlotte^[12] Albin exited the team bus on the way back to campus to accept the position.^[13] Associate Head Coach Brian Smith was named the interim head coach for the 2024 Cure Bowl.^[14] Ohio named him the permanent head coach on December 18.^[15]

Team	Head coach	Previous Job	Years at school	Record at school	MAC record	MAC titles
Akron	Joe Moorhead	Oregon (offensive coordinator)	3	8–28 (.222)	5–19 (.208)	0
Ball State	Mike Uremovich	Butler Bulldogs football	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0
Bowling Green	Scot Loeffler	Boston College (offensive coordinator/QB coach)	7	27–41 (.397)	20–25 (.444)	0
Buffalo	Pete Lembo	South Carolina (associate head coach/special teams coordinator)	2	9–4 (.692)	6–2 (.750)	0
Central Michigan	Matt Drinkall	Army (OL coach)	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0
Eastern Michigan	Chris Creighton	Drake	12	57–75 (.432)	33–53 (.384)	0
Kent State	Kenni Burns	Minnesota (associate head coach/running backs)	3	1–23 (.042)	0–16 (.000)	0
Miami	Chuck Martin	Notre Dame (offensive coordinator/QB coach)	11	65–67 (.492)	51–32 (.614)	2
Northern Illinois	Thomas Hammock	Baltimore Ravens (running backs coach)	7	32–38 (.457)	21–25 (.457)	1
Ohio	Brian Smith	Ohio (associate head coach/offensive coordinator)	1	1–0 (1.000)	0–0 (–)	0
Toledo	Jason Candle	Toledo (offensive coordinator)	10	73–40 (.646)	47–23 (.671)	2
Western Michigan	Lance Taylor	Louisville (offensive coordinator)	3	10–15 (.400)	8–8 (.500)	0

Source - ^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]}

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
Akron	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Ball State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Bowling Green	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Buffalo	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Central Michigan	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Eastern Michigan	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Kent State	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Miami	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Northern Illinois	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Ohio	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Toledo	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UMass	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Western Michigan	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

^[2][1][28]

Index to colors and formatting
MAC member won
MAC member lost
MAC teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 28	TBA	Buffalo	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Western Michigan	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Toledo	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Temple	UMass	McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Miami	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Wyoming	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Lafayette	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Ohio	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Merrimack	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Ball State	Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Central Michigan	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Eastern Michigan	Texas State	UFCU Stadium • San Marcos, TX	TBA	–
August 30	TBA	Holy Cross	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	TBA	–
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 6	TBA	Akron	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	Saint Francis	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Amherst, NY	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	Western Kentucky	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	Ball State	Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	West Virginia	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	Northern Illinois	Maryland	SECU Stadium • College Park, MD	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	Central Michigan	Pittsburgh	Acrisure Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	LIU	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	North Texas	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	Kent State	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	Miami (OH)	Rutgers	SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	Bowling Green	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	TBA	–
September 6	TBA	Bryant	UMass	McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	TBA	–
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 13	TBA	Akron	UAB	Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL	TBA	–
September 13	TBA	Eastern Michigan	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	TBA	–
September 13	TBA	Morgan State	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	TBA	–
September 13	TBA	Central Michigan	Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	TBA	–
September 13	TBA	Ohio	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	TBA	–
September 13	TBA	Liberty	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio	TBA	–
September 13	TBA	Western Michigan	Illinois	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	TBA	–
September 13	TBA	UMass	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	TBA	–
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 20	TBA	Northern Illinois	Mississippi State	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	TBA	–
September 20	TBA	Duquesne	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	TBA	–
September 20	TBA	Gardner–Webb	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	TBA	–
September 20	TBA	Wagner	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	TBA	–
September 20	TBA	Kent State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	TBA	–
September 20	TBA	Troy	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Amherst, NY	TBA	–
September 20	TBA	UNLV	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	TBA	–
September 20	TBA	Ball State	UConn	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	TBA	–
September 20	TBA	Bowling Green	Louisville	L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium • Louisville, KY	TBA	–
September 20	TBA	Louisiana	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	TBA	–
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 27	TBA	San Diego State	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois	TBA	–
September 27	TBA	Lindenwood	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	TBA	–
September 27	TBA	Rhode Island	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	TBA	–
September 27	TBA	UMass	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	TBA	–
September 27	TBA	UConn	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Amherst, NY	TBA	–
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 4	TBA	Kent State	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	TBA	–
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 25	TBA	Toledo	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	TBA	–
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 6	TBA	TBD	TBD	Ford Field • Detroit, MI	ESPN
#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

2025 MAC Head to head
Team	Akron	Ball State	Bowling Green	Buffalo	Central Michigan	Eastern Michigan	Kent State	Miami	Northern Illinois	Ohio	Toledo	UMass	Western Michigan
Akron	—	–	–	–	–	—	–	–	—	–	—	—	–
Ball State	–	—	—	–	—	–	–	–	—	–	–	—	–
Bowling Green	–	—	—	–	–	–	–	—	–	–	–	—	—
Buffalo	–	–	–	—	–	–	–	–	–	—	—	—	—
Central Michigan	–	—	–	–	—	–	–	–	—	–	—	—	–
Eastern Michigan	—	–	–	–	–	—	–	—	–	—	–	—	–
Kent State	–	–	–	–	–	–	—	—	–	—	–	—	—
Miami	–	–	—	–	–	—	—	—	–	–	–	—	–
Northern Illinois	—	—	–	–	—	–	–	–	—	–	–	—	–
Ohio	–	–	–	—	–	—	—	–	–	—	–	—	–
Toledo	—	–	–	—	—	–	–	–	–	–	—	—	–
UMass	—	—	—	—	–	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Western Michigan	–	–	—	—	–	–	—	–	–	–	–	—	—