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The regular season will conclude with the 12^th Marathon MAC Football Championship game on Friday, Dec. 4, at Ford Field in Detroit on ESPN2 at 8 pm (ET). This will mark the sixth Marathon MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl XL, and the 2009 NCAA Men’s Final Four.  

There will also be a strong post season presence from the MAC as its three bowl partners – Motor City Bowl, GMAC Bowl and International Bowl – are all ESPN televised events. Bowl dates and times are yet to be finalized. 

Most of the television exposure will occur in November when 11 league games will be televised by ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN360.com as the conference race unfolds in each division. The national package features several ESPN multiple-game selection weekday dates, which allows select games to be chosen three weeks prior to its scheduled date in order to facilitate the best match up. 

For the second year in a row, league schools will face a formidable non-conference slate of opponents from the following Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly I-A) conferences – ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, PAC 10 and SEC. A total of 13 of the schools’ non-league games will feature an opponent from the Big Ten, and four times each (12 total games) the MAC will match up with a foe from the SEC, Big 12 and Big East. 

Toledo will host national power Ohio State at Cleveland Browns Stadium, and Miami will host AutoZone Liberty Bowl Champion Kentucky at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. 

MAC schools will host on-campus games versus three opponents from the Big East, two from the Big 12, and two from the WAC.

2009 MAC Football Schedule (composite by school)

All times TBA unless noted; all listed times ET

*ESPN Multiple-Game Selection Date (an ESPN weekday multiple-game selection date will be announced three weeks prior to the listed date).

5          at Penn State

12         Morgan State

19         Indiana

26         at Central Michigan

10         Ohio

17         at Buffalo

24         at Syracuse

31         at Northern Illinois

7          Kent State

13         Temple, 8 pm (ESPNU)

20         at *Bowling Green, 5:30 pm (ESPNU)

27         Eastern Michigan, tbd (ESPNU/ESPN360*)

3          Troy

12         at Missouri

19         at Marshall

26         Boise State

3          Ohio

10         at Kent State

17         at Ball State

24         Central Michigan

3          at Buffalo, 7 pm (ESPN2)

12         at Miami, 6 pm (ESPNU*)

20         Akron, 5:30 pm (ESPNU)

27         Toledo, tbd (ESPNU/ESPN360*)

5          at UTEP

12         Pitt

19         at UCF

26         at Temple

3          Central Michigan

10         Gardner Webb

17         Akron

24         at Western Michigan

3          Bowling Green, 7 pm (ESPN2)

10         Ohio, 7 pm (ESPN2)

18         at Miami, 6/8 pm (ESPNU/ESPN360*)

27         at Kent State, tbd (ESPNU/ESPN360*)

3          Coastal Carolina

12         at Boston College

19         Iowa State

26         Miami

3          at Baylor

10         Bowling Green

17         at Eastern Michigan

24         at Ohio

31         Western Michigan

7          at Akron

21         at Temple

27         Buffalo, tbd (ESPNU/ESPN360)

5          Kentucky (at Cincinnati)

12         at Boise State

19         at Western Michigan

26         at Kent State

3          Cincinnati

10         at Northwestern

17         at Ohio

24         Northern Illinois

31         Toledo

5          at Temple, 7:30 pm (ESPNU*)

12         Bowling Green, 6 pm (ESPNU*)

18         Buffalo, 6/8 pm (ESPN2/ESPNU*)

5          Connecticut

12         at North Texas

19         Cal Poly

26         at Tennessee

3          at Bowling Green

10         at Akron

17         Miami

24         Kent State

31         at Ball State

10         at Buffalo 7 pm (ESPN2)

21         Northern Illinois

27         Temple, tbd (ESPNU/ESPN360*)

3          Villanova

19         at Penn State

26         Buffalo

3          at Eastern Michigan

10         Ball State

17         Army

24         at Toledo

31         at Navy

5          Miami, 7:30 pm (ESPNU*)

13         at Akron, 8 pm (ESPNU)

21         Kent State

27         at Ohio, tbd (ESPNU/ESPN360*)

3          North Texas

12         New Hampshire

19         at Army

26         at Auburn

3          Toledo

10         at Temple

17         Bowling Green

24         at Eastern Michigan

31         Ohio

12         at Northern Illinois, 6 pm (ESPNU*)

18         Central Michigan, 6/8 pm (ESPN2/ESPNU*)

24         at Western Michigan, 7 pm (ESPN2)

5          at Arizona

12         at Michigan State

19         Alcorn State

26         Akron

3          at Buffalo

10         Eastern Michigan

17         at Western Michigan

24         at Bowling Green

31         at Boston College

11         Toledo, 8 pm (ESPN2)

18         at Ball State, 6/8 pm (ESPN2/ESPNU*)

27         Northern Illinois, tbd (ESPNU/ESPN360*)

5          Army

12         at Northwestern

19         at Michigan

3          Temple

10         at Central Michigan

17         Kent State

24         Ball State

31         at Arkansas

5          at Northern Illinois (ESPNU*)

14         Western Michigan

20         at Toledo

27         at Akron, tbd (ESPNU/ESPN360*)

5          at Wisconsin

12         Western Illinois

19         at Purdue

26         Idaho

3          Western Michigan

17         at Toledo

24         at Miami

31         Akron

5          Eastern Michigan, 7:30 pm (ESPNU*)

12         Ball State, 6 pm (ESPNU*)

21         at Ohio

27         at Central Michigan, tbd (ESPNU/ESPN360*)

5          at Purdue

11         Colorado, 9 pm (ESPN)

19         Ohio State (at Cleveland)

26         at FIU

3          at Ball State

10         Western Michigan

17         Northern Illinois

24         Temple

31         at Miami

11         at Central Michigan, 8 pm (ESPN2)

20         Eastern Michigan

27         at Bowling Green, tbd tbd (ESPNU/ESPN360*)

5          at Michigan

12         at Indiana

19         Miami

26         Hofstra

3          at Northern Illinois

10         at Toledo

17         Central Michigan

24         Buffalo

31         at Kent State

7          at Michigan State

14         at Eastern Michigan

24         Ball State, 7 pm (ESPN2)