The MAC had a very good last year with the success of Western Michigan earning the Group of 5 bid. Western Michigan should still be good, but not good enough to recapture their 2016 season. We expect the Mac to take a step back this year and perhaps be the worst conference. But one that is capable of pulling off it’s normal Big Ten upsets at the beginning of the season.
For each Conference we will have the Simplified Football predictions (record) with the Projected Win-Shares and rating of each team next to it. We will also have Bowl Projections for each conference.
MAC Predictions:
East
Team – Record (Conf) / Win-Shares (Conf) / Rating
- Bowling Green – 6-6 (5-3) / 5.72 (4.15) / 3.26
- Miami (Oh) – 6-6 (4-4) / 7.01 (5.03) / 3.38
- Ohio – 7-5 (4-4) / 6.33 (4.2) / 3.20
- Akron – 5-7 (4-4) / 5.33 (3.8) / 3.11
- Buffalo – 5-7 (3-5) / 5.15 (3.3) / 2.93
- Kent State – 3-9 (2-6) / 3.98 (2.93) / 2.73
West
Team – Record (Conf) / Win-Shares (Conf) / Rating
- Western Mich – 9-3 (7-1) / 7.83 (5.48) / 3.62
- Northern Ill – 7-5 (6-2) / 7.03 (4.91) / 3.57
- Toledo – 7-5 (4-4) / 6.41 (4.41) / 3.48
- Central Mich – 5-7 (4-4) / 5.43 (3.83) / 3.15
- Ball State – 5-7 (3-5) / 5.34 (3.29) / 2.86
- East Mich – 3-9 (2-6) / 3.89 (2.67) / 2.73
Bowling Green sneaks through the East and Western Michigan slides through the dominant West.
Championship game – Western Michigan beats down Bowling Green in the Championship game
That makes 5 bowl teams for the MAC
Idaho Potato Bowl – Western Michigan
Dollar General Bowl – Northern Illinois
Camellia Bowl – Toledo
Bahamas Bowl – Bowling Green
Quick Lane Bowl – Miami (oh)
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