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    2024 MAC College Football Strength of Schedule Rankings

    By College Football News,

    12 hours ago

    Few conferences have levels of haves and have-nots on the same level as the MAC.

    Do you get the struggling team in a given year, or do you have to go on the road to deal with the MAC stars?

    Who has the toughest schedule in the MAC, and who has it easiest?

    Here's how we do our college football Strength of Schedule Rankings, and they're admittedly self-serving. Where is each team ranked in our 2024 CFN 1 to 134 Rankings?

    That's the number. So if Central Michigan is 106th, a team gets a 106 points for a home game against the Chippewas, and 53 - cut the score in half; obviously it's harder to play away from home - for road games.

    How hard is each game on every MAC team's schedule? We rank those from hardest to easiest, too.

    The lower the overall score, the tougher the schedule.
    Based on the same formula, we rank each team's games from toughest to easiest.

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    Sep 16, 2023; Lexington, Kentucky, USA; Akron Zips head coach Joe Moorhead looks on during the fourth quarter against the Kentucky Wildcats at Kroger Field.

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    2024 MAC Strength of Schedule Rankings

    Predictions For Every Game
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    CFN 2024 Preseason Rankings
    Preview 2024: All 134 Team Previews
    CFN Strength of Schedule Rankings 1 to 134

    Again, the lower the score, the tougher the schedule , and ranking

    1 Akron

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 855.5
    2024 Akron Preview

    1 at Ohio State, Aug 31
    2 at South Carolina, Sept 21
    3 at Rutgers, Sept 7
    4 at Ohio, Sept 28
    5 at Northern Illinois, Nov 13
    6 at Western Michigan, Oct 12
    7 at Kent State, Nov 19
    8 Toledo, Nov 26
    9 Bowling Green, Oct 5
    10 Eastern Michigan, Oct 19
    11 Buffalo, Nov 2
    12 Colgate, Sept 14

    2 Kent State

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 887
    2024 Kent State Preview

    1 at Penn State, Sept 21
    2 at Tennessee, Sept 14
    3 at Pitt, Aug 31
    4 at Miami University, Nov 13
    5 at Bowling Green, Oct 19
    6 at Western Michigan, Oct 26
    7 at Buffalo, Nov 26
    8 Eastern Michigan, Sept 28
    9 Ohio, Nov 6
    10 Akron, Nov 19
    11 Ball State, Oct 12
    12 Saint Francis, Sept 7

    3 Ball State

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 894
    2024 Ball State Preview

    1 at Miami, Sept 14
    2 at Vanderbilt, Oct 19
    3 at James Madison, Sept 28
    4 at Central Michigan, Sept 21
    5 at Ohio, Nov 29
    6 at Buffalo, Nov 12
    7 at Kent State, Oct 12
    8 Miami University, Nov 2
    9 Bowling Green, Nov 23
    10 Northern Illinois, Oct 26
    11 Western Michigan, Oct 5
    12 Missouri State, Sept 7

    4 Miami University

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 917
    2024 Miami University Preview

    1 at Notre Dame, Sept 21
    2 at Northwestern, Aug 31
    3 at Toledo, Oct 5
    4 Cincinnati, Sept 14
    5 at Bowling Green, Nov 29
    6 at Eastern Michigan, Oct 12
    7 at Ball State, Nov 5
    8 Central Michigan, Oct 26
    9 Ohio, Oct 19
    10 Northern Illinois, Nov 19
    11 Kent State, Nov 13
    12 UMass, Sept 28

    5 Western Michigan

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 923.5
    2024 Western Michigan Preview

    1 at Ohio State, Sept 7
    2 at Wisconsin, Aug 31
    3 at Marshall, Sept 28
    4 at Bowling Green, Nov 12
    5 at Central Michigan, Nov 19
    6 at Buffalo, Oct 19
    7 at Ball State, Oct 5
    8 Eastern Michigan, Nov 30
    9 Northern Illinois, Nov 6
    10 Akron, Oct 12
    11 Kent State, Oct 26
    12 Bethune-Cookman, Sept 14

    6 Bowling Green

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 935
    2024 Bowling Green Preview

    1 at Penn State, Sept 7
    2 at Texas A&M, Sept 21
    3 at Toledo, Oct 26
    4 at Central Michigan, Nov 5
    5 at Akron, Oct 5
    6 at Ball State, Nov 23
    7 Miami University, Nov 29
    8 Old Dominion, Sept 28
    9 Northern Illinois, Oct 12
    10 Western Michigan, Nov 12
    11 Kent State, Oct 19
    12 Fordham, Aug 29

    7 Northern Illinois

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 946.5
    2024 Northern Illinois Preview

    1 at Notre Dame, Sept 7
    2 at NC State, Sept 28
    3 at Miami University, Nov 19
    4 at Bowling Green, Oct 12
    5 at Western Michigan, Nov 6
    6 at Ball State, Oct 26
    7 Toledo, Oct 19
    8 Central Michigan, Nov 30
    9 Buffalo, Sept 21
    10 Akron, Nov 13
    11 Western Illinois, Aug 31
    12 UMass, Oct 5

    8 Eastern Michigan

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 970
    2024 Eastern Michigan Preview

    1 at Washington, Sept 7
    2 at Ohio, Nov 13
    3 at Western Michigan, Nov 30
    4 at Akron, Oct 26
    5 at Kent State, Sept 28
    6 at UMass, Aug 31
    7 Miami University, Oct 12
    8 Toledo, Nov 2
    9 Central Michigan, Oct 19
    10 Jacksonville State, Sept 14
    11 Buffalo, Nov 20
    12 Saint Francis, Sept 21

    9 Central Michigan

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 979
    2024 Central Michigan Preview

    1 at Illinois, Sept 14
    2 at Miami University, Oct 26
    3 at Toledo, Nov 12
    4 at FIU, Sept 7
    5 at Eastern Michigan, Oct 19
    6 at Northern Illinois, Nov 30
    7 San Diego State, Sept 28
    8 Bowling Green, Nov 5
    9 Ohio, Oct 12
    10 Western Michigan, Nov 19
    11 Ball State , Sept 21
    12 Central Connecticut, Aug 29

    10 Ohio

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 979.5
    2024 Ohio Preview

    1 at Kentucky, Sept 21
    2 at Syracuse, Aug 31
    3 at Miami University, Oct 19
    4 at Toledo, Nov 20
    5 at Central Michigan, Oct 12
    6 at Kent State, Nov 6
    7 South Alabama, Sept 7
    8 Eastern Michigan, Nov 13
    9 Buffalo, Oct 26
    10 Akron, Sept 28
    11 Ball State, Nov 29
    12 Morgan State, Sept 14

    11 Toledo

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 996
    2024 Toledo Preview

    1 at Mississippi State, Sept 14
    2 at WKU, Sept 21
    3 at Eastern Michigan, Nov 2
    4 at Northern Illinois, Oct 19
    5 at Buffalo, Oct 12
    6 at Akron, Nov 26
    7 Miami University, Oct 5
    8 Bowling Green, Oct 26
    9 Central Michigan, Nov 12
    10 Ohio, Nov 20
    11 Duquesne, Aug 29
    12 UMass, Sept 7

    12 Buffalo

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 1044
    2024 Buffalo Preview

    1 at Missouri, Sept 7
    2 at UConn, Sept 28
    3 at Eastern Michigan, Nov 20
    4 at Ohio, Oct 26
    5 at Northern Illinois, Sept 21
    6 at Akron, Nov 2
    7 Toledo, Oct 12
    8 Western Michigan, Oct 19
    9 Ball State, Nov 12
    10 Kent State, Nov 26
    11 Lafayette, Aug 29
    12 UMass, Sept 14

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