Betting Picks

* Eastern Michigan -8.5 vs. Sacramento St. | 2 units

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Welcome to the official 2026 MAC Football Season Preview! We will delve into the details of each of the 13 teams, what happened in the portal, how NIL is impacting member teams, and how coaching changes will impact 2026 as we bid farewell to Northern Illinois and welcome a not-so-mid-American Sacramento State.

Best Bets: Miami over 7.5 wins | 1 unit & Sacramento St. under 4.5 wins | 2 units

* Intro

* Mid-American Conference Overview

* Western Michigan Broncos

* Miami Redhawks

* Toledo Rockets

* Eastern Michigan Eagles

* Ohio Bobcats

* Bowling Green Falcons

* Central Michigan Chippewas

* Buffalo Bulls

* Akron Zips

* Kent State Golden Flashes

* Ball State Cardinals

* UMass Minutemen

* Sacramento State Hornets

* Closing

Betting Picks

* Miami Ohio vs. Eastern Michigan under 47.5 | 1 unit

* Kent St. team total over 12.5 vs. Toledo | 1 unit

* Ohio U -9.5 vs. Northern Illinois | 1.5 units

* Buffalo -16.5 vs. UMass | .5 unit

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Betting Picks

* Kent St. -2.5 vs. UMass | 1.5 units

* Miami Ohio -10 vs. Akron | 1.5 units

Looking for Additional Action?

* BGSU +11.5 vs. Toledo

* Ball St. +9.5 vs. Western Michigan

Betting Picks

* Ball St. team total 17.5U vs. Ohio U | 1.5 units

* Western Michigan team total 30.5O vs. UMass | 1 unit

* Eastern Michigan/Buffalo 54.5U | .5 unit

* Kent State/Oklahoma 53.5O | 1 unit

Betting Picks

* Bowling Green +26.5 vs. Louisville | .5 unit

* Bowling Green/Louisville over 52.5 | 1 unit

* UNLV -1.5 vs. Miami (OH) | 1 unit

* Toledo team total over 32.5 vs. WMU | 1 unit

* NIU +21.5 vs. Mississippi St. | 1.5 unit

Betting Picks

* Buffalo -21.5 vs. Kent St. | 1 unit

* Liberty -5.5 vs. BGSU | 1.5 units

* Ohio State vs. Ohio U over 51.5 | 1 unit

* UAB -10.5 vs. Akron | .5 unit

* Iowa -34.5 vs. UMass | 1 unit

Also, looking at Illinois minus the points/under

Betting Picks

* Texas Tech -47.5 vs. Kent St. | 1.5 units

* Central Michigan/Pittsburgh under 52 | 1 unit

* Western Kentucky team total under 26.5 vs. Toledo | .5 unit

* Nebraska/Akron under 47.5 | .5 unit

* Miami (OH) team total over 14.5 vs. Rutgers | .5 unit

Also, liking Ohio U/West Virginia under 60.5

Week 1 Mid-American Conference Betting Picks

* Ohio/Rutgers over 45.5 | 2 units

* Akron/Wyoming under 50.5 | 1 unit

* Buffalo/Minnesota under 45 | .5 unit

* Umass/Temple under 50.5 | .5 unit

* EMU +14.5 vs. Texas St. | .5 unit

Timestamps

* 1:20 - Ohio/Rutgers

* 5:07 - Akron/Wyoming

* 9:09 - Buffalo/Minnesota

* 12:12 - UMass/Temple

* 16:18 - Eastern Michigan/Texas State

Best Bets

* Toledo over 8.5 wins | 2 units

* Ball St. under 3.5 wins | 1 unit

* UMass over 3.5 wins | 1 unit

Timestamps

* 4:15 | Best Bets

* 5:00 | Toledo

* 9:32 | Buffalo

* 13:16 | Ohio U

* 17:55 | Miami Ohio

* 22:34 | Northern Illinois

* 26:19 | Bowling Green

* 30:24 | Western Michigan

* 34:19 | Eastern Michigan

* 38:22 | Central Michigan

* 41:56 | UMass

* 46:40 | Akron

* 50:08 | Ball St.

* 53:59 | Kent St.

Power Rankings

* Toledo

* Buffalo

* Ohio U

* Miami Ohio

* Northern Illinois

* Bowling Green

* Western Michigan

* Eastern Michigan

* Central Michigan

* UMass

* Akron

* Ball St.

* Kent St.