The Miami RedHawks and Ohio Bobcats left no doubt on Friday afternoon, handling their business and punching their tickets to the postseason. Despite four teams opening Week 14 alive in our MAC Championship Game scenarios, the RedHawks and Bobcats answered the call and set up an All-Ohio title game in Detroit.
MAC Championship Game Odds
We’ll let Vegas set your actual betting lines, but here’s how our CFN Playoff Predictor sees the MAC Championship Game happening now that we have the matchup.
CFN’s Playoff Predictor gives the Bobcats a 50.6% chance of knocking off the RedHawks. In other words, our projected opening line for this game is just simply Ohio -0.5. Once the rest of the games are settled and our data from all of Week 14 is assessed, that line may be subject to change.
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Here’s how the MAC was won:
- Miami (OH) — 8-4 overall, 7-1 MAC
- Ohio — 9-3, 7-1
- Bowling Green — 7-5, 6-2
- Buffalo — 8-4, 6-2
All four of these teams were alive when the weekend started with Buffalo winning their game on Tuesday to stay alive.
By virtue of Ohio defeating Ball State and Miami defeating Bowling Green, both Ohio and Miami punched their tickets to the MAC Championship Game on Friday afternoon.
Miami defeated Bowling Green, 28-12, while Ohio dominated Ball State from the jump, winning 42-21 when all was said and done.
Entering the MAC Championship Game, Ohio is riding a five-game winning streak compared to Miami’s seven-game winning streak as these two are clearly the hottest teams in the MAC this season. It’s Miami’s third appearance in six seasons while Ohio returns to the game after making it back in 2022.
This historic occasion takes the Battle of the Bricks to new heights as this marks the first MAC Championship Game in a season with no divisions. The two outright leaders are set to meet again as Miami defeated Ohio, 30-20, back in mid-October, Ohio’s only MAC loss of the season.
CFN will have a full prediction of this game in the coming days.
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