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Thought I’d put together the full MAC schedule for the upcoming week with KenPom rankings included for each team. If there’s interest, I’ll keep doing these throughout the non-conference season. If not, I’ll save everyone the extra post! MAC Men’s Basketball Schedule | Nov. 8–14, 2026 SUNDAY, NOV. 8 2:00 PM | #269 Campbell at #215 Western Michigan | ESPN+ MONDAY, NOV. 9 6:30 PM | NR Penn State Schuylkill at #233 Buffalo | ESPN+ 7:00 PM | NR Muskingum at #98 Akron | No stream scheduled 7:00 PM | NR Brescia at #227 Ball State | ESPN+ 7:00 PM | #298 Cleveland State at #184 Bowling Green | ESPN+ TUESDAY, NOV. 10 7:00 PM | #190 Youngstown State at #271 Central Michigan | ESPN+ 7:00 PM | #119 Wright State at #138 Toledo | ESPN+ WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11 6:30 PM | NR Great Lakes Christian at #181 Eastern Michigan | ESPN+ 7:00 PM | #145 Kent State at #113 UNC Wilmington | FloSports 7:00 PM | #276 UMass Lowell at #162 Massachusetts | ESPN+ THURSDAY, NOV. 12 7:00 PM | #337 Niagara at #184 Bowling Green | ESPN+ 7:00 PM | #215 Western Michigan at #261 Purdue Fort Wayne | ESPN+ FRIDAY, NOV. 13 7:00 PM | #140 Ohio at #41 Purdue | B1G+ 9:00 PM | #227 Ball State at #77 SMU | ACC Network SATURDAY, NOV. 14 12:00 PM | #180 Tulane at #98 Akron | ESPN+ 2:00 PM | #124 Miami (OH) at #262 Evansville | ESPN+ 3:30 PM | #271 Central Michigan at #192 Northern Kentucky | ESPN+ 4:00 PM | #138 Toledo at #307 Detroit Mercy | ESPN+

At the basketball golf outing he drove around in the cart with Ford for the better part of the day. Unrelated - I asked KD about his wife's health, and he said she was doing well. Her cancer treatments were coming to a successful close! 💪

This is up-to-date:

the same article, they wanted to avoid ohio's kick returner? the one they had been controlling all night long? giving the ball at pretty much midfield worked out great... that thinking shows little confidence in your special teams... that same article he once again makes the excuse " that this is what happens when you lose 12 of your 16 starters" as mike ditka would say, come on man... do better than that. every division 1 team lost starters. we are 9 games in now... haven't beaten an Fbs team and the talent IS NOT why you are 1-7. to me this sounds more like joe saying hey it's not my fault, my guys just aren't good enough. shame on him... no responsibility. bunch of excuses. shame on him for ever giving the impression that the talent level isn't good enough because they lost starters...

Good riddance Vivek. The University of Akron is safe!

The Green Wave come to the JAR Saturday to face the Zips. They are 1-1 going into a Tuesday night game with Nichols State, with a 2 point win over UT-Martin and a 2 point loss to Jackson State. Tulane was picked 10th out of 13 teams in the American Athletic Conference preseason poll and the roster has ten newcomers in 7 transfers and 3 true freshmen.

QB: Broc Lowry is the reigning MAC Offensive Player of the Year, and the former Indiana transfer is having another great season. However, he hasn’t run the ball nearly as much as he did in 2025, which is where he really separated himself from other quarterbacks, rushing for nearly 1,000 yards. Lowry still has the ability to make plays with his legs, but he has rushed for just 259 yards thus far. Through the air, he has completed 62% of his passes for 1,397 yards and 11 touchdowns compared to just 3 interceptions. One area worth watching is his performance under pressure, as his completion percentage drops to just 41% when pressured. RB: Redshirt senior Jalen Buckley is another All-MAC returner for this Bronco offense. He is on pace for another All-MAC season, having rushed for 711 yards and 8 touchdowns. WR: Redshirt junior Baylin Brooks and sophomore Aveion Chenault are the primary targets at receiver. The duo has combined for 53 receptions, 759 yards, and 6 touchdowns. TE: Presbyterian transfer Nate Levicki and New Mexico State transfer Adam Parks are the starting tight ends and play a big role in this offense as blockers. They will also be utilized in the passing game, combining for 23 receptions and 3 touchdowns. OL: WMU has made a few changes along its offensive line over the past few games, so this starting lineup may look different come game time. In general, it’s a big, physical offensive line that is typically better at running the football than protecting the quarterback. However, Lowry’s mobility has limited sacks allowed. LT - Chad Schuster (6’6 305) (R.Sr.) LG - Hunter Whitenack (6’6 340) (R. Sr.) - Illinois Transfer C - Liam Vaughn (6’1 295) (R. Fr.) RG - Gavin Dabo (6’5 305) (R. So.) RT - Ben Roebuck (6’7 330) (R. So.) - Michigan Transfer DL: Long Island transfer Scoop Gardner and North Carolina transfer Austin Alexander start at edge. Houston transfer Zavian Tibbs, Ohio State transfer Ahmed Tounkara, and redshirt junior Dalton Gustwiller rotate along the interior and receive the majority of the snaps. This defensive line is one of the best pass-rushing units in the MAC, having collected 18 sacks this season. LB: JUCO transfer Justyce Betts and redshirt seniors Domanick Moon and Dillon Moore are the starting linebackers. This is an active linebacking corps, with all three ranking as the team's top tacklers. DB: Seniors Jarvarius Sims and Joshua Franklin start at cornerback, with Franklin being another All-MAC returner. Redshirt junior Joey Pope and Louisville transfer Daeh McCullough start at safety. ST: JUCO transfer Dieter Kelly is 11 of 12 on field goal attempts and perfect on all 29 extra point attempts. Redshirt junior Ryan Millmore averages 45.3 yards per punt, with a long of 69 yards. Cornerback Joshua Franklin also handles kick returns and has taken one back 92 yards for a touchdown. Keys on Offense: While WMU’s defense has been susceptible to giving up plenty of yards through the air, they don’t give up many points. The temptation will certainly be there for the staff to throw the ball more than usual, but this Akron offense fares much better when leaning on the run game. CB’s mobility will be vital, as he will be facing one of the best pass-rushing defenses in the conference. Keys on Defense: WMU is at its best when running the football. However, their staff sometimes stubbornly tries to throw the ball more than necessary. The Zips defense will need to be stout against the run and avoid giving up explosive plays for touchdowns if Akron is going to have a chance in this game. Final Thoughts: Akron has shown there is enough talent on this roster to compete and play well in spurts. Putting it all together for four quarters is an entirely different matter. I can’t pick the Zips to win, but I would love to be proven wrong.

I think even he might realize he needs to call a time-out on that pick - oh wait maybe he doesn't have any.

Without an automatic bid for all FBS conferences upon expanding the playoffs, we are already a lower tier division. We might as well formalize it and have our own playoff and real competition.

QB: CB certainly brings a different element to this offense, and it makes one wonder how many games would have turned out differently this season with him running the show. He wasn’t perfect by any stretch, but his mobility and variety of throwing angles help keep the offense moving. Rather than pushing the ball downfield, CB typically utilized the underneath options, and we also saw the tight ends get more opportunities. There was one play that really stuck out to me where CB connected with Williams, and it looked like Williams may have fumbled at the end of the play. CB quickly got the offense downfield and ran another play before the officials had time to review it. That’s the first time I’ve seen something like that during the Moorhead era. Usually, the offense lines up quickly but then takes its time before the snap, giving the officials ample opportunity to stop play. On the flip side, CB should have given the ball to Gant a few more times than he did. It looked like he wasn’t quite sure what to do on a few of those read options. Whenever in doubt, give it to the back, especially when we have one of the best backs in the conference. The biggest mistake, however, was the interception returned for a touchdown. It looked like he actually had the tight end open sooner, and the receiver also came wide open on that side. CB just happened to throw it perfectly to the wrong spot at the wrong time. RB: What a day for these guys. As mentioned above, I thought Gant should have had a few more carries than he did. Patrick had some nice runs as well. The only negative I have with these two was a few failed blitz pickups in the passing game. WR: Mason thrived with CB at quarterback, as he does a really good job of creating space and getting open when the quarterback is scrambling around. Burris also did a nice job of finding open space and sitting down in coverage. I would have liked to see Williams get a one-on-one opportunity when we were down in the red zone, but that’s not really on him. Overall, it was a good outing by the wideouts. TE: I can’t say enough good things Cravaack and Hook. They really played well and made the most of their opportunities. Between their blocking and ability to get yards after the catch, it was the type of performance I hope we see more of. OL: I’m sure I sound like a broken record when I say this OL is built to run the ball. When we get away from that for consecutive plays, bad things tend to happen. CB was able to make this unit look a little better in pass protection due to his mobility, but there were still some struggles against a really good pass-rushing defense. DL: The defense as a whole displayed what they are capable of in the first half, holding Ohio to under 20 yards of total offense. Unfortunately, we got caught in some tough situations in the second half. Durham had one of his better games rushing the passer, and we also had some pressure applied from the interior at times. Williams single handily stopped one play from turning into something. Almost the entire defense was looking to the sideline when the ball was snapped, Williams quickly recognized it, blew up the guard, and then proceeded to make a tackle for loss. Why he and Kavals haven’t seen more snaps this season is beyond me. LB: Johnson is having an All-MAC year. He’s on pace to easily surpass 100 total tackles, which would put him in the same conversation as seasons McCoy and Bubba had when they earned their selections. For what it’s worth, PFF has Johnson down for just six missed tackles this season. Nunoo and Curtis played well again, too. For all the struggles this defense has had, linebacker play has been really good. To me, that was the biggest question mark coming into the season. DB: There were three big blunders that led to touchdowns. Although, who’s to say whether Ohio’s drives wouldn’t have resulted in scores anyway? Regardless, it’s tough to give up points the way we did. The first was by Thomas, who had a “kill” shot on the quarterback during a run and instead dropped his head and missed the tackle. This is college football, and apparently, things like “see what you’re tackling” still need to be drilled. The second, I believe, was also by Thomas. He dove for the interception, came up empty, and the receiver had nothing but green grass in front of him. If defensive backs are going to gamble on making interceptions like that, they’d better be 100% correct. Otherwise, it puts the rest of the defense in a no-win situation. The third was the long touchdown run, basically straight up the gut and untouched. There had to be some type of miscommunication on the play call. I just can’t believe we would line up without another defender in the box in that situation. As I was watching, before the ball was even snapped, I thought to myself, this isn’t going to be good. I had no idea it would turn out to be the worst possible outcome. I know this sounds ridiculous to say, but outside of those three big plays, the defensive backs and the defense as a whole played well. Sadly, those three plays led to 21 points. ST: The timing of the onside kick made no sense to me. It’s since been cleared up that it was a mistake, but that can’t happen at a critical juncture. Everything else by this unit was pretty good, outside of the one missed long field goal. Final Thoughts: My only complaint about the game itself is that the staff seemed to call things too conservatively. We had several opportunities to go for it on 4th-and-short, especially with the run game working, but chose to kick field goals instead. We’ll never beat good teams playing like that. That said, I’m proud of how hard this team played. I hope we continue to see that kind of fight as we finish out the season. QB: Broughton Roggow RB: Gant Patrick Williams WR: Williams WR: Mason Louis WR: Burris TE: Hook Cravaack LT: Slayden Gould LG: Smith Fox C Lyons RG: Hampton Falkner RT: Jones Gould DE: Durham Waye DE: Frazier Waye DT: Hull Williams DT: Mixon Kavals LB: Johnson Jones LB: Nunoo Curtis NB: Moss Branch CB: Thomas Newsome CB: Hobson Newsome S: Davis Flowers S: Hunter Flowers Top Rated Offense: RB - Gant LT - Slayden WR - Burris TE - Cravaack LG - Smith Top Rated Defense: S - Hunter CB - Hobson LB - Johnson LB - Nunoo DE - Durham

He plays for Steve McNees at Pine Richland. Hopefully he puts in a good word.

Always nice to have a November Saturday game at noon with a competitive team. Of course I’m talking about basketball

The split season plan was overwhelming supported by the best soccer playing conferences in the country - the ACC, Big East, Big Ten and CUSA. Just think if a change in football, such as a 24 team playoff, was supported by the powers in the CFP. It would happen no matter what, as it has. I believe that if the NCAA would listen to the coaches and AD's the sport would grow and make money eventually. Make the games meaningful. Capture the public's attention by competition in line with the academic year. Market the games. MLS is growing rapidly. Make college soccer a viable entry in the pros. There are great coaches in college soccer. Get out of their way and let them do what is best for the players and sport, which are not mutually exclusive. End of rant.

On the topic of noticing visitors in the crowd: Former Akron football grad assistant Jim Tressel was at the game. He could only stay for the first half do to a speaking engagement on campus. I only got to say a few words to him at halftime before he made a quick visit to our locker room before heading off for his speech. Also talked to Ricky Stokes who is the MAC Senior Associate Commisioner for men's and women's basketball. Great guy. He is really excited about the competition being fairly even as we start the season.

This effectively tells me that the rest of the MAC gave Akron some bulletin board material when they voted them third in the preseason...

Us not getting a buy game against a Purdue, Gonzaga, Louisville, etc. likely limited our ability to afford buy games against D1 competition. A program like Muskingum we have to pay ~$2,500 to come to the JAR, but a bottom feeder program like a Detroit Mercy, Coppin St, etc. costs $70K-$80K. That price difference is enough to pay for a quality MAC bench player and frankly there's not much difference in beating a team by 40 vs 25. Would be nice to get more home and homes against programs like St. Bonaventure, Duquesne, Drake, or Illinois St. to help combat that, but those programs don't seem eager to want to come to the JAR as part of a home and home. Instead, we signed a home and home with bottom feeder Bucknell.

If anybody is up for some scouting, the Muskies play in Alliance today against Penn State- Brandywine at 5:00 and against Franklin & Marshall tomorrow at 3:00. I had a buddy decades ago that went to Franklin & Marshall, home of the Diplomats. One year, the basketball team was very excited about their new custom shoes coming from the manufacturer. When they arrived, they had emblazoned above the heel in nice bold lettering the word "DIPS" (short for Diplomats). LOL.

They will probably just move the games to Tuesday and Wednesday mornings starting at 5 AM in January and February and call it Breakfast With The MAC.

For sure. The report I got on Beals is that he has a CANON for an arm and can make every throw on the field, he doesn't scramble like CB does. Who knows, new staff could want to bring in their own guys, but CB doesn't bother me at all. No offense to Roggow. It was said on here many times that the losses were not his fault and I agree. CB is just different and I like their odds better with him. They do call different style games based off the qb too which makes sense of course. It was nice to see CB letting it rip deep a few times. He does have a tendency to gamble and throw across his body and throw into way too tight of coverage, but he is young and if you want a gunslinger at qb there are going to be times when you love em and times when you hate em...

Nope, you get to park 16 cars for the Muskingum game and no others!

Not a bad idea (as I post on an internet forum)

Every team should come out ready to play no matter their record when there is NIL potential at the end of the season. Despite the team coming out ready to play, Joe's play calling & decision making proceeded to kill any momentum throughout the game.

What I took from last night is that despite a disparity in NIL spending (and/or overall program budget), the talent is there to not only compete, but to dominate the best team in the conference. However, the in game coaching is not sufficient to win with any kind of regularity.

Everyone is focusing on the two big plays that killed us at the end of the game. What isn't getting attention is the terrible play call to throw short and back across the center of the field on the second or third drive that resulted in the pick 6. Unless that play is perfectly executed, there is high likelihood that it will be disastrous. That play should never be called! Broughton made that pass off one foot and moving away from the direction of the pass, so it was inaccurate and soft. The play also came at a time when we were absolutely dominating, especially in the run game. There was no reason for it! That single play put OU ahead at half when we absolutely dominated everything except the scoreboard. Infuriating!

I won’t bring up any other political related thing but as a UA staff, alumni and fan and if I feel my university is going to be threatened then that candidate red or blue can suck it lol

There is no logic to it. It was flat out stupid. Bad coaching. Bad football. Bad season. Andrew Goodrich, please find a way to make a change. This isn't working and one more year of this while waiting for his contract to end will kill the program, even if the current state of G5 football is tacked against us.

Was going to mention I saw KD at the game. Tai Perkins is going to be good! Josh Henderson in a full-leg knee brace. Praying for a speedy and full recovery.

No one mentioned it earlier, shammah Scott’s mom accepted his ring on his behalf during the ceremony

17 at the half and Akron is shooting 53% from 3P. I hope they pull Tahj in the second half. Team needs to figure out where the scoring is going to come from without him or Mahaffey.

I did not realize terry Weigand retired. I remember ford mentioning how it was nice that he was returning

Pence horrendous at the line

With P4 eliminating conference championships you would also think it would make G6 conference championships games more valuable. Less inventory to compete with that weekend and in theory those games will land better time/channel slots than they would otherwise

Loser mentality. If you actively root against the MAC OOO, you're not allowed to complain about how weak the MAC is the rest of the year.

A win would place Akron in a tie with Duke for the longest active home winning streak in the nation at 32 in a row.

I'm sorry to hear that. Hate that he had this decision made for him. Glad he's going to live a full healthy life though.

Yeah, we've played 7 games in this challenge and are 4-3 in those games. Picked up our first road win of the challenge last week. It's an odd take to say the SB is beneath us when we're not exactly dominating, even at the top. If we were sitting at 6-1 or something like that then yes that argument might carry some weight. If we go on to win our second match-up and sweep next year bringing our record to 7-3 then sure it's a discussion worth having. Even then though it takes two to tango. The conferences most here would want us to play aren't interested in a challenge with the MAC.

Toledo got destroyed on Thursday by Michigan State. Kowalchoke's Toy Rockets were down by 30 before you could blink and ended up losing by 30 because Izzo showed some mercy. Ball State lost by 1 at home to Indiana State. Painful loss for their fan base. Xavier beat EMU last night by 23. NC A&T/Ohio at 1pm EST, Toledo/Marshall at 2pm EST, and Bellarmine/Miami OH at 5pm EST today.

Unbelievably idiotic that schools who don't even sponsor soccer got a vote.

Bizarre. I am assuming that Minnesota sees value in Freeman but wanted to sign someone else to a 2 way deal while he is dealing with an injury. Minn may resign him to a 2 way once he is able to play.

This relegates soccer to continue as a minor sport that cares little about the players health or academics. This proposal was overwhelmingly favored by the schools that took the game seriously.

C'mon he lost the House and the Senate. Quit piling on. 😉

First of the season. Way to go Sam!

GOAL! Sam Bunch!!

I'm so confused.

Akron fell on the road to George Mason 66-60. They were picked 4th in the A10. We've shot about 20% behind the arc in each game. That will need to improve if we hope to be a mid-standings MAC team.

This conference was so there for the taking.... Took think, Buffalo needed last second heroics to beat RMU UMASS trounced Sac State Sac State trounced Kent Ohio beat Kent by 3 Bowling Green beat Miami oh Miami Oh beat UMass by 1 Buff TROUNCED Toledo Ball State beat Bowling Green It's crazy....Zips should have been right in the thick of things... CMU dominated the second half and embarrassed the ZIPS; same with Miami-OH, should have won Kent, EMU, and Ohio... Oh what could have been... I hope the players can motivate themselves to play spoiler and play hard these last three games... they have to do it in spite of poor decisions which makes it extra hard but the way they played against EMU and Ohio (for the most part) they should be able to win..

I’ll conservatively estimate you’ve posted this 40 times. If you post it another 40 times, it still won’t be true. Akron has $600k to fire an underperforming coach. If it didn’t it should sign up for Division 3. $600k buyout money is chump change, and and expected cost of doing business at the G5 level. No school serious about D1 football would keep what they felt was an underperforming coach around for a full calendar year just to save $600k.

At least three of the losses this year have nothing to do with Akron's financial issues.

Kick the freaking FG. They would be down 1 with 4 minutes. Two time outs and two minute warning. Long run TD. Kick the FG and you're still in the game. This is what bad coaching looks like. Horrible situational awareness.