As we begin the road to Detroit for the 2nd time in conference history this week, every team in the MAC will begin their season this week. With five games on Thursday, two on Friday, and six on Saturday. Let’s take a look at each team’s matchup for the 2025 season. During a 3 year cycle, each team will play another 12 home and away contests which allows for new teams to face off and rivalries to continue.
Broadcasts for games will vary depending on the team, date, time, and opponent. We have some of the games broadcast plans listed below and we will give updates here with a written weekly recap of each game.
Another notable event for this season is University of Massachusetts will return to the MAC for the first time since 2015 and this will be the concluding season in the MAC for Northern Illinois Football. Overall each team will play non conference matchups with the first conference game being September 13th on Saturday when Buffalo will travel to Kent State to battle the Golden Flashes.
So with all that information, here are all the MAC football games for the 2025 season.
Thursday 8/28
Ohio Bobcats @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights 6:00 PM ET
Big Ten Network, Ohio Sports Network, WRSU-FM (88.7)
Lafayette Leopards @ Bowling Green Falcons 6:00 PM ET
ESPN+, Falcon Media Sports Network, Lafayette Sports Network
Wyoming Cowboys @ Akron Zips 7:00 PM ET
ESPN+, Cowboy Sports Network, WZIP Radio
Buffalo Bulls @ Minnesota Gophers 8:00 PM ET
FS1, The Varsity Network, 100.3 KFAN, KTCN 1130 AM
Miami Redhawks @ Wisconsin Badgers 9:00 PM ET
Big Ten Network, Redhawk Radio, iHeartMedia Wisconsin
Friday
Western Michigan Broncos @ Michigan State Spartans 7:00 PM ET
FS1, Bronco Media Network, Impact 89FM
Central Michigan Chippewas @ San Jose State Spartans 10:30 PM ET
Big Ten Network, WMHW FM, KLIV 1590 AM
Saturday
Ball State Cardinals @ Purdue Boilermakers 12:00 PM ET
Big Ten Network, Purdue Broadcast Network
Merrimack Warriors @ Kent State Golden Flashes 12:00 PM ET
ESPN+, WMCK Radio
Toledo Rockets @ Kentucky Wildcats 12:45 PM ET
SEC NETWORK, 88.3 FM WXUT
Temple Owls @ University of Massachusetts 3:30 PM ET
ESPN+, 1210 AM WPHT, UMass Sports Network
Holy Cross Crusaders @ Northern Illinois Huskies 3:30 PM ET
ESPN+, WCHC 88.1, WDKB 94.9 FM, NIU Huskies App, TuneIn
Eastern Michigan Eagles @ Texas State Bobcats 8:00 PM ET
ESPN+, 89.1 FM, KTSW 88.9
Overall these games will be the stepping stone for how the year goes along. Some games are projected to be more lopsided such as Kentucky having a 81.9% chance to win over Toledo as well as NIU being projected with a 88.8% chance to win over the Holy Cross Crusaders (Both Probabilities as per ESPN). What we see as well is games that could go either way and are very close such as Akron being projected with a 50.5% chance to win over the Wyoming Cowboys (as per ESPN). Overall the closest game by probability is Akron vs. Wyoming as the most likely game for victory is Bowling Green vs. Lafayette where BGSU has a 95.5% chance to win. All these probabilities will be up for discussion as well depending on how the game goes, as we are prone to see upsets with the MAC. A notable upset being Northern Illinois upsetting CFP finalist Notre Dame in week 2. Enjoy the first week of college football, Smee Sports will be doing a schedule breakdown similar to this every week during the college football season. As well as a breakdown each week for Volleyball then Men’s and Women’s soccer starting next week. More to come for week 2 here on Smee Sports!
*Please note we have highlighted all student media to our knowledge as well as the major networks where games have been announced. If Dan Ridenour has missed any MAC or other conference student broadcasting, let him know at dridenourbroadcasting@gmail.com
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