College Football Previews 2025: The MAC

Conference previews continue with the MAC. Alex and Richard break down every team in the league, including new entrant UMass:* Toledo still has the best hand* Miami is poised to contend (again) after getting portal-raided (again)* Buffalo is in a great place after the first year of Pete Lembo* Ohio defends its first MAC championship in decades and enters the season with one of the most fun QBs in college football, Parker Navarro* NIU loses pretty much everything ahead of its last year in the conference* Eastern Michigan has a great returning receiver, and what else?* Bowling Green brings on Eddie George in one of most interesting coach moves of the year* UMass returns to the MAC after a decade away … and we find ourselves more optimistic about the Minutemen than we’ve ever been* Western Michigan might have this year’s Harold Fannin Jr.* Central Michigan is doing something different with new coach Matt Drinkall, and that’s all you can ask* Same for Ball State under new hire Mike Uremovich* Akron appears to be a bleak situation* Kent State undoubtedly isPlus, preseason superlatives for the Mid-American.Catch up on all of our conference previewsSo far, we’ve done these:* Pac-12 and FBS independents* Sun BeltCool stuff from Split Zone Duo’s partners* Use SZD20 for 20% off your first order at Homefield.* Enter your favorite CFB road trip at our Nokian Tyres landing page, and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win free tires.Producer: Anthony Vito This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe