2006 MAC Non-Conference Opponents

[BGSU33]

MAC East Non-Conference Schedules:
Miami: Northwestern, @ Purdue, @ Syracuse, @ Cincinnati
Ohio: Tennessee-Martin, @ Missouri, @ Illinois, @ Rutgers
Bowling Green: vs. Wisconsin, @ Ohio State, @ Florida International, @ Temple
Akron: North Texas, @ Penn State, @ North Carolina, @ Cincinnati
Kent State: Minnesota, @ Virginia Tech, @ Army, @ Temple
Buffalo: Temple, @ Auburn, @ Wisconsin, @ Boston College

MAC West Non-Conference Schedules:
Toledo: Kansas, McNesse State, @ Iowa State, @ Pittsburgh
Central Michigan: Boston College, @ Michigan, @ Kentucky, @ Temple
Ball State: Indiana, North Dakota State, @ Michigan, @ Purdue
Western Michigan: Temple, @ Florida State, @ Virginia, @ Indiana
Northern Illinois: Temple, Indiana State, @ Ohio State, @ Iowa
Eastern Michigan: Navy, @ Michigan State, @ Northwestern, @ Louisiana-Lafayette

- Major props to Miami, Toledo, Central Michigan, Ball State and Kent State for swinging home games against BCS schools from the Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC. I know some of these schools aren’t national powers, but a several years ago you’d never see five BCS teams playing on MAC campuses in a given year. Great job.

- I like Ohio’s away non-conference games. All three games are against winnable BCS teams (Missouri, Illinois, Rutgers). I’m not saying OU will win all these games, but the Bobcats should certainly have a shot in all three games. I also like Miami and Toledo’s away non-conference games as well, again, against winnable BCS teams. These type of OOC schedules kind of remind me a little of BG’s OOC opponents from 2002 when the Falcons beat Missouri and Kansas in non-conference games.

- BG is the only school in the MAC that will not host a non-conference game in its own stadium. However, it is the only school that is playing a neutral site game and it is against a very solid opponent in Wisconsin. This idea of scheduling a neutral site game against a regional BCS opponent is rumored to be a possible sign of things to come for others MAC schools as well in the near future.

- Buffalo gets my vote for the most brutal non-conference schedule this year. They host Temple which is the exception game of the bunch, but the killer part of the slate is the Bulls must play at Auburn, Wisconsin and Boston College. Ouch.

- Three MAC West teams (Toledo, Ball State & Northern Illinois) host two non-conference games at home. Granted, each school hosts one I-AA team, but they do get six home dates on campus and in Toledo and Ball State’s case, one is against a BCS team.

[h2oville rocket]

I count 13 winnable games against BCS teams. If we got half of those it would be quite a coup. Kent could conceivably win more OOC games than MAC games with Army and Temple on the schedule. Unfortuantely I don't see any MAC teams that appear to rise to the level of Miami with Rothlisberger or NIU when they beat Maryland.

[Flipper]

....or BG when we beat Purdue....

[bgmaggot00]

MAC East Non-Conference Schedules:
Central Michigan: Boston College, @ Michigan, @ Kentucky, @ Temple

Wait. Central Michigan is playing @ Michigan? I thought that we were. I bet that this is part of the "help" the MAC office is giving us for helping out OU and dropping Boise.

[Schadenfreude]

MAC East Non-Conference Schedules:
Central Michigan: Boston College, @ Michigan, @ Kentucky, @ Temple

Wait. Central Michigan is playing @ Michigan? I thought that we were. I bet that this is part of the "help" the MAC office is giving us for helping out OU and dropping Boise.

Our one-and-done Michigan game would have been last year, had we not junked it to get the series with Wisconsin... which was the right call.

[bgmaggot00]

MAC East Non-Conference Schedules:
Central Michigan: Boston College, @ Michigan, @ Kentucky, @ Temple

Wait. Central Michigan is playing @ Michigan? I thought that we were. I bet that this is part of the "help" the MAC office is giving us for helping out OU and dropping Boise.

Our one-and-done Michigan game would have been last year, had we not junked it to get the series with Wisconsin... which was the right call.

Schad... joke. I know its done, and so does everyone else. Joke.

[1987alum]

Kent could conceivably win more OOC games than MAC games with Army and Temple on the schedule.

Conversely, I wouldn't be surprised to see Kent lose both of those games.