Ohio (7-3, 5-1 MAC East) travels to Muncie, Indiana on Tuesday night to face Ball State (5-5, 3-3 MAC East) with some critical team goals in play for each side.
Due to a tiebreaker with Buffalo, the Bobcats can punch their ticket to Detroit for the championship game against Toledo with a win over the Cardinals so long as Bowling Green loses once. (It just so happens BGSU plays at the same time as Ohio on Tuesday night, with the Falcons facing rival Toledo.) Whether that BGSU loss is on Tuesday or next week, Ohio still needs to get the job done against BSU.