Week 1 has come and gone for Ball State football (0-1) and Mid-American Conference play has arrived.
Ball State hosts Western Michigan (0-1) 2 p.m. Saturday at Scheumann Stadium (ESPN+). If it seems early in the season for a MAC game, it is. Ball State hasn't played a conference game this early in the year (outside of the conference-only 2020 season) since it played Eastern Michigan during Week 1 of the 2012 season.
The Cardinals, coming off a 59-10 beatdown at Tennessee last Thursday, will have a chance to get a leg up on the rest of the league.