The 2024 Mid-American Conference football season was the 79th season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC), as part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Non-conference play began on August 29. Conference play began on September 21 and concluded with the MAC championship game on December 7 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. For the first time since 1996, the MAC did not have divisions. The Championship game featured the two teams with the best conference records. This was the conference's last season with 12 members as in 2025. it will see its first change in membership since 2015 with the addition of UMass.
Miami and Ohio finished the season with 7-1 conference records and the Battle of the Bricks rivalry happened twice in the same season for the first time with a rematch in the Championship Game. Bowling Green's tight-end Harold Fannin Jr. was the Offensive Player of the Year and won the Vern Smith Leadership Award. Linebacker Shaun Dolac of Buffalo was Defensive Player of the Year. Tim Albin of Ohio won Coach of the Year.
Ohio avenged the regular season loss to Miami, winning 38âÂÂ3, and won the MAC Championship for the first time since 1968. Parker Navarro won Offensive Player of the Game with 235 passing yards with 2 touchdowns and 73 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. Bradley Weaver was Defensive Player of the Game. Gianni Spetic hit a 51-yard field goal and won Special Teams Player of the Game.
Seven MAC teams qualified for bowls with a record of five wins and two losses.
The MAC Football Kickoff was held on Friday, July 19, 2024 at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio from 9:00 am EDT to 1:30 pm EDT. Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher spoke. Each team had their head coach and a student athlete from both the offense and the defense available to speak to the media.
On July 19, the MAC announced the preseason coaches poll. Defending MAC champion Miami was named the preseason favorite to win the conference while defending West division champion Toledo was picked to finish second.
The MAC enters the 2024 season with one coaching change from 2023.
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2024âÂÂ2025 records against non-conference foes:
Regular season
Postseason
This is a list of games the MAC has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.
The following games include MAC teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, Mountain West or Sun Belt.
The following games include MAC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes UConn or UMass.
The following games include MAC teams competing against FCS schools.
Updated through end of regular season.
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mid-American Conference football coaches at the end of the season.
The following players were listed as part of the All-Conference teams.
The NFL draft will be held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The following list includes all MAC players in the draft.