Head football coach John Bonamego speaks during Football Media Day on Aug. 20 in the Student Activity Center.
Head coach John Bonamego and his staff are back for their third season with the Central Michigan football team.
Coming off a 6-7 season in 2016, featuring a triumphant victory at Oklahoma State and a disappointing bowl game loss to Tulsa, the Chippewas were picked to finish fifth in the Mid-American Conference West Division in the 2017 preseason media football poll. CMU was picked to end its season behind Toledo, Western Michigan, Northern Illinois and Eastern Michigan.
The Toledo Rockets and Ohio Bobcats are projected to win the West and East Divisions in the poll.