When Ken Mather from the Mid-American Conference asked what they think the MAC’s final standings would look like at season’s end, Western Michigan was the consensus. Out of 26 submissions, 19 had them winning the West and the conference title. Two people picked Northern Illinois to win it all, two said Toledo and one person had Central Michigan. Our editor, Alan Rucker, has Akron over NIU in the championship game and the last ballot goes to Bowling Green.
That’s one vote for the defending MAC champs and 19 to the team that hasn’t been to the championship game since 2000.