Interconference games are held and rivalries are played out as teams jockey for position in their divisions. The goal: to play in the MAC Championship.
Week five brings more conference play in the Mid-American Conference.
Interconference games are held and rivalries are played out as teams jockey for position in their divisions. The goal: to play in the MAC Championship.
No. 24 Toledo continues to win
With Toledo's 24-10 win at Ball State, the Rockets gained enough points in the AP poll to be ranked No. 24 in the nation.
Toledo coach Matt Campbell said being ranked and being in the national spotlight doesn’t affect his football team.
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“We build our football team through our expectations," Campbell said. "You don’t allow the highs or the lows to control what your football team is about.”
Toledo is beginning to run away with the MAC Western division. Its 4-0 record is good enough for first place; second place is a tie between Central Michigan and Ball State.
Defending MAC champs struggling
The Northern Illinois Huskies won the MAC championship a year ago. Now, they’re staring down a 2-3 record, a three-game losing streak and an undefeated Toledo team — which shows no signs of slowing down.
“We just made a lot of mistakes. It is what it is. … We've gotta move forward and move on,” coach Rod Carey said. “Our ball security needs to get a lot better real quick.”
NIU has a chance to right the ship this week — the Huskies take on a Ball State (2-3) team that has dropped its last two games.
Female officials in the MAC
Saturday’s Ohio-Akron game, which Ohio won 14-12, featured Amanda Sauer as one of the games' referees.
At the beginning of the 2015 season, the MAC added an extra eighth official with the title “Center Judge” — some of which are females.
Ohio coach Frank Solich said having a female referee didn't impact the game any differently than a male official.
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“I didn’t feel [having a female official] had an impact one way or the other,” Solich said. “She fit in very well with the crew. I didn’t notice anything negative at all.”
This comes only weeks after April Goss, a place kicker for Kent State, became the second female in NCAA football history to score a point in a game.
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