DETROIT — It hasn’t happened in 50 years, but this fall the Bobcats are picked to win the Mid-American Conference football championship.
That was the verdict handed down in the 2018 MAC Football Media Preseason Poll, released Tuesday morning at Ford Field as the conference opened the new season with a media day function.
The poll, voted on by members of the conference’s media members, tabbed Ohio as a heavy favorite to win the MAC East Division, and a majority favorite to claim the MAC title game on Nov. 30 back at Ford Field.
Ohio’s last MAC title came in 1968.