The Toledo Rockets (7-5, 5-3 MAC) won the MAC West for the first time since 2017 early in November, with the last two games serving as a warm-up of sorts for the game to come.
The title was a welcome sight for Rockets fans, considering they hadn’t finished above third in the West Division since their last championship appearance. Awaiting them is the MAC East champion Ohio Bobcats, who they will face for the first time since a 35-23 victory in November 2021.
Since the first “modern” MAC Championship game in 1997, Toledo will have appeared in seven of them, including this weekend’s contest.