MAC Power Rankings

By Tim Riordan@UBBullRun Nov 5, 2021, 11:20am EDT

NCAA Football: Kent State at Maryland

	Team	Pre	Δ	Comment
1	Kent State	7	6	Have to hand it to Kent State, they repped the East well and after a slow start to season they are well positioned for a trip to Detroit.
2	Northern Illinois	1	-1	NIU has been living dangerously for a few weeks, this week they were not able overcome the situation and instead of a huge two game lead on the west they are down to one.
3	Central Michigan	5	2	CMU is a missed field goal away from being in front of the MAC west. But that big win over Western MIchigan is huge in getting them to a Bowl this year.
4	Eastern Michigan	6	2	The Eagles become just the second Bowl eligible team in the conference. Just a very solid season for a squad that finishes the season against CMU and WMU.
5	Toledo	2	-3	While this win mean Toledo is almost certainly not going to win the West, they have Akron, Bowling Green, and Ohio left. Winning two and going Bowling is very doable.
6	Western MIchigan	3	-3	The run defense let Western Michigan down, as they missed an opportunity to gain on NIU.
7	Ball State	4	-3	You won, but you fall three points because you almost lost to Akron, a team playing so poorly their coach was on his way out the door.
8	Miami	8	0	Miami managed a furious comeback against Ohio, but could not just manage to close the deal as Ohio wins the Battle of the Bricks.
9	Bowling Green	10	1	Bowling Greens defense played a terrible game. Thankfully for them Buffalo's defense was worse.
10	Ohio	11	1	If you're an interim coach who wants to keep his job, winning the battle of the Bricks helps.
11	Buffalo	9	-2	Buffalo finishes their season facing three teams in the midst of divisional crown hunts, and they need to win two of those if they want to Bowl.
12	Akron	12	0	The good news is that head coach Oscar Rodriguez Jr. is undefeated as the head coach of Akron.