DETROIT, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University football team was picked to finish sixth in the Mid-American Conference West Division determined by select members of the league's media contingent. The annual preseason poll was released Thursday, July 28, at the conference's 2016 football media day held at Ford Field.
The Eagles received 35 votes in the annual poll, while Western Michigan was selected first in the West Division with 144 points followed by Toledo (113), Northern Illinois (112), Central Michigan (98), Ball State (44), and EMU.
Bowling Green was chosen to win the East Division title with 136 points while Ohio (134) and Akron (107) rounded out the top-three.