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Toledo picked to win the MAC
Northern Illinois might be the standard-bearer for the MAC over the last few years, and the 2015 version is expected to be nasty again, but Toledo was picked at MAC Football Media Day to win the West and the conference. NIU wasn’t even picked to finish second in the loaded division – Western Michigan was picked second behind Toledo by just one point. Bowling Green was selected to win the far lesser East division by a huge margin over Ohio and Akron.
FIU SELECTIONS
East: 1) Bowling Green, 2) Akron, 3) Ohio, 4) UMass, 5) Kent State, 6) Buffalo, 7) Miami Univ.
West: 1) Toledo, 2) NIU, 3) Western Michigan, 4) Ball State, 5) Central Michigan, 6) Eastern Michigan
MEDIA DAY SELECTIONS
MAC East Division
1. Bowling Green (18) 160
T2. Ohio (1) 118
T2. Akron (2)
118
4.
UMass
(3) 113
5.
Buffalo
70
6. Miami
47
7. Kent State
46
MAC West Division
1.
Toledo
(11) 121
2.
Western
Michigan (8) 120
3.
Northern
Illinois (4) 113
4.
Ball
State 66
5.
Central
Michigan (1) 56
6.
Eastern
Michigan 28
2015 Marathon MAC Championship Game Winner:
Toledo (9); Western Michigan (8); Northern Illinois (6);
Central Michigan (1).