2019 MAC Football Power Rankings Week One: WE BACK

Justin Coffin
Free On Saturday
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3 min readAug 29, 2019

MAC football is back. That’s it. That’s the subtitle.

Free on Saturday’s Week One Power Rankings

1.Ohio Bobcats

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Results: Had a firesale on Russell Athletic apparel

The Bobcats are everyone’s favorite in the MAC this year it seems. I’m sure, like always, absolutely nothing will go wrong after October.

2. Northern Illinois Huskies

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Result: Never really got around to picking a QB

Look, we’re going to keep the NIU Twitter Disrespect Index as low as possible this year, but let’s see Ross Bowers in action first before we get too crazy.

3. Toledo Rockets

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Result: Probably watched old film of crushing Bowling Green

The early MAC West favorites are falling out of favor of late. Maybe they can put a scare into Kentucky and, by extension, some of the MAC.

T4. Western Michigan Broncos

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Result: Second guessed the spring decision to move D’Wayne Eskridge to Corner

Not sure we’ve ever seen a team go from easy preseason number one to middle of the pack so quickly, but that’s a testament to how good Jayden Reed is.

T4. Eastern Michigan Eagles

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Result: Marveled at the new facilities courtesy of T.J. Lang

full time, healthy Mike Glass for 2019. The Eagles could be a bit scarier on offense than they’re given credit for.

6. Miami RedHawks

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Result: Chuck Martin lost six straight hands of poker — but they were close!

Is this the year the streak against Cincinnati ends? It sits at 13 straight for the Bearcats and, somehow, that hasn’t even pushed them over the top in the all time series.

7. Buffalo Bulls

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Result: Unveiled some grey uniforms

The Buffalo offense is now an anthology series.

8. Kent State Golden Flashes

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Result: Sean Lewis went on a podcast

The only thing we know for sure is Kent State will play fast. Flash Fast.

9. Ball State Cardinals

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Result: Said some really mean things about Indiana, probably

So many returning starters. This has to be the year things go well, right?

10. Central Michigan Chippewas

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Result: Just sat around and watched TV on the new video board

The offense is now the best third of the CMU football team. That is not a compliment.

11. Akron Zips

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Result: Ran a Northwestern drill, which involves throwing multiple interceptions to Alvin Davis

Akron’s pursuit of the Big Ten West crown for the second straight year starts in Champaign on Saturday. I don’t know if Tom Arth drinks, but beating a Power Five school on your first try would warrant the tallest possible beer.

12. Bowling Green Falcons

Last Week’s Rank: NR
Week 0 Result: Watched Tom Brady slideshows

Scot Loeffler was regarded as a pretty bad hire, but the story seems to be shifting a bit in his favor. This year is still going to go poorly, as it usually does when you have a pile of unused scholarships, but the Falcons seem to have a rebuild they can believe in already.

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Justin Coffin
Free On Saturday

Supply chain manager by day, MAC football blogger by (Tuesday) night.