The Mid-American Conference announced their media preseason poll from Cleveland, Ohio’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Tuesday morning, with the assembled media selecting the Northern Illinois Huskies of the MAC West division as the favorite to win the MAC title in 2022.
The Huskies are top dog after a season which saw them go from winless in the COVID-shortened 2020 MAC season to division and conference champions, finishing with a 9-5 record in 2021, including a 6-2 MAC mark, edging out CMU on tiebreaker to go to Ford Field. In doing so, they became the first FBS team to ever accomplish the feat.