Ball State University Athletics
MAC Announces Kick Times & TV for Start of Football
June 10, 2015 | Football
The Mid-American Conference announced an updated version of the 2015 football schedule with kickoff times and television for the first three weeks of the season and much of the midweek October and November games slated for national television distribution. All remaining game kick times and television will be announced 12 days prior to the scheduled games.
Highlighting the schedule will be 16 midweek nationally televised games during the months of October and November slated for national television on ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and CBS Sports Network as the conference race unfolds in both the East and West divisions.
The regular season will conclude with the 19th Marathon MAC Football Championship Game Friday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. at Ford Field in Detroit on ESPN2. This will mark the 12th Marathon MAC Football Championship Game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl XL, and the 2009 NCAA Men's Final Four.
For the eighth year in a row, league schools will face a formidable non-conference slate of opponents from the following Football Bowl Subdivision conferences – ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and Notre Dame. In addition, the conference will also face opponents from the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mountain West Conference, Sun Belt Conference and Independent Army.
Ball State's 2015 updated football schedule:
Sept. 3 Thurs. Virginia Military Institute (7:00) – ESPN3
12 Sat. at Texas A&M (TBA)
19 Sat. at Eastern Michigan * (3:00) – ESPN3
26 Sat. at Northwestern (8:00) – Big Ten Network
Oct. 3 Sat. Toledo * (Homecoming) (3:00)
10 Sat. at Northern Illinois * (TBA)
17 Sat. Georgia State (TBA)
24 Sat. Central Michigan * (Family Weekend) (TBA)
31 Sat. UMass * (TBA)
Nov. 5 Thurs. at Western Michigan * (7:30) –
CBS Sports Network or ESPN3
17 Tues. at Ohio * (TBA) – ESPN2 or ESPNU
24 Tues. Bowling Green * (7:30) – ESPNU or ESPN3
· Mid-American Conference Games
· All times are ET
2015 MAC Football Schedule (composite by school)
All times listed ET
*Conference Game
EAST DIVISION
Akron
Sep.
5 at Oklahoma, 7:00 pm ET (Fox Sports Net)
12 Pittsburgh, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
19 Savannah State, Noon or 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
26 at La-Lafayette
Oct.
3 *Ohio, 2:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
10 *at Eastern Michigan, 3:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
17 *at Bowling Green, 3:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
31 *Central Michigan
Nov.
7 *at UMass
14 *at Miami
21 *Buffalo
27 *Kent State
Bowling Green
Sep.
5 at Tennessee
12 at Maryland
19 Memphis, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
26 at Purdue
Oct.
3 *at Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
10 *UMass
17 *Akron, 3:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
24 *at Kent State
Nov.
4 *Ohio, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
11 *at Western Michigan, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
17 *Toledo, TBA (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
24 *at Ball State, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU or ESPN3)
Buffalo
Sep.
5 Albany, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
12 at Penn State
19 at Florida Atlantic
26 Nevada
Oct.
3 *Bowling Green, 3:30 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
17 *at Central Michigan
24 *Ohio
29 *at Miami, 7:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network or ESPN3)
Nov.
5 *at Kent State, 7:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network or ESPN3)
11 *NIU, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
21 *at Akron
27 *UMass
Kent State
Sep.
4 at Illinois, 9:00 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
12 Delaware State, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
19 at Minnesota
26 Marshall
Oct.
3 *Miami, 3:30 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
10 *at Toledo, 3:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
17 *at UMass, 3:30 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
24 *Bowling Green
Nov.
5 *Buffalo, 7:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network or ESPN3)
10 *at Ohio, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
18 *Central Michigan, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
27 *at Akron
UMass
Sep.
12 at Colorado, 2:00 pm ET (Pac-12 Networks)
19 Temple, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
26 at Notre Dame
Oct.
3 Florida International
10 *at Bowling Green
17 *Kent State, 3:30 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
24 *Toledo
31 *at Ball State
Nov.
7 *Akron
14 *at Eastern Michigan
21 *Miami
27 *at Buffalo
Miami
Sep.
5 Presbyterian, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
12 at Wisconsin
19 Cincinnati, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN3)
26 at Western Kentucky, 3:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Oct.
3 *at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
10 *at Ohio, 2:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
17 *NIU, 2:30 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
24 *at Western Michigan, 2:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
29 *Buffalo, 7:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network or ESPN3)
Nov.
7 *Eastern Michigan
14 *Akron
21 *at UMass
Ohio
Sep.
3 at Idaho, 9:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
12 Marshall, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
19 Southeast Louisiana, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
26 at Minnesota
Oct.
3 *at Akron, 2:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
10 *Miami, 2:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
17 *Western Michigan
24 *at Buffalo
Nov.
4 *at Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
10 *Kent State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
17 *Ball State, TBA (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
24 *at NIU, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU or ESPN3)
WEST DIVISION
Ball State
Sep.
3 Virginia Military Institute, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
12 at Texas A&M
19 *at Eastern Michigan, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
26 at Northwestern, 8:00 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Oct.
3 *Toledo, 3:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
10 *at NIU
17 Georgia State
24 *Central Michigan
31 *UMass
Nov.
5 *at Western Michigan, 7:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network or ESPN3)
17 *at Ohio, TBA (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
24 *Bowling Green, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU or ESPN3)
Central Michigan
Sept.
3 Oklahoma State, 7:00 pm ET (ESPNU)
12 Monmouth, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
19 at Syracuse, 12:30 pm ET (ACC RSN)
26 at Michigan State
Oct.
3 *NIU, 3:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
10 *at Western Michigan
17 *Buffalo
24 *at Ball State
31 *at Akron
Nov.
10 *Toledo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
18 *at Kent State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
27 *Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Sep.
5 Old Dominion, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
12 at Wyoming
19 *Ball State, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
26 Army
Oct.
3 at LSU
10 *Akron, 3:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day selection)
17 *at Toledo
24 *at NIU, 3:30 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
29 *Western Michigan, 7:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network or ESPN3)
Nov.
7 *at Miami
14 *UMass
27 *at Central Michigan
Northern Illinois (NIU)
Sep.
5 UNLV, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT (CBS Sports Network)
12 Murray State, 3:30 pm ET/2:30 pm CT (ESPN3)
19 at Ohio State
26 at Boston College
Oct.
3 *at Central Michigan, 3:00 pm ET/2:00 pm CT (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
10 *Ball State
17 *at Miami, 2:30 pm ET/1:30 pm CT (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
24 *Eastern Michigan, 3:30 pm ET/2:30 pm CT (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
Nov.
3 *at Toledo, 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT (ESPN2)
11 *at Buffalo, 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
18 *Western Michigan, 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
24 *Ohio, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT (ESPNU or ESPN3)
Toledo
Sep.
3 Stony Brook, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
12 at Arkansas
19 Iowa State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNews)
26 Arkansas State
Oct.
3 *at Ball State, 3:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
10 *Kent State, 3:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
17 *Eastern Michigan
24 *at UMass
Nov.
3 *NIU, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
10 *at Central Michigan, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
17 *at Bowling Green, TBD (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
27 *Western Michigan
Western Michigan
Sep.
4 Michigan State, 7:00 pm ET (ESPNU)
12 at Georgia Southern, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
19 Murray State, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
26 at Ohio State
Oct.
10 *Central Michigan
17 *at Ohio
24 *Miami, 2:00 pm ET (TBA; 12-day TV selection)
29 *at Eastern Michigan, 7:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network or ESPN3)
Nov.
5 *Ball State, 7:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network or ESPN3)
11 *Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
18 *at NIU, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
27 *at Toledo
