TOLEDO, Ohio – The University of Toledo football team was picked to finish in first place in the Mid-American Conference's West Division in a ballot of the league's head coaches that was released today by the conference office.
According to the league's head coaches, the West division should be hotly contested. The Rockets received 54 total points in the poll, including four first-place votes. Western Michigan was picked second with 53 points (two first-place votes), reigning division champion Central Michigan was picked to finish third (52, five first-place votes) and Ball State was picked fourth (50, one first-place vote).