It’s the first week of October, and as the autumn air gets chillier, the Mid-American Conference season starts to spark up from embers to flames.
All 12 teams find themselves in action once again, but this time, it’s only two teams in non-conference play, as Western Michigan and EMU will find resolution to their non-league slate of games.
We get at least one trophy game to kick off the month, with NIU and Ball State fighting for The Bronze Stalk for the 16th year in a row. Most every other team (save Buffalo and Ball State) will be going into their first league contest, hoping to establish themselves early on as potential contenders.