Most of the MAC teams have finalized their 2016 OOC schedules. Some interesting things. Neither Toledo nor NIU has a "P"5 team on its schedule. I can't remember that ever happening. BG opens at O$U. An interesting start to the Jinks era. Ohio, Kent, CMU and WMU each has two "P"5 schools scheduled.

Akron
09/01 - VMI
09/10 - at Wisconsin
09/17 - at Marshall
09/24 - Appalachian State
BG
09/03 - at Ohio State
09/10 - North Dakota
09/17 - Middle Tennessee
09/24 - at Memphis
Buffalo
09/17 - at Nevada
09/24 - Army
10/01 - at Boston College
Kent
09/03 - at Penn State
09/17 - Monmouth
09/24 - at Alabama
Fiami
09/03 - at Iowa
09/10 - Eastern Illinois
09/17 - Western Kentucky
09/24 - at Cincinnati
OHIO
09/03 - Texas State
09/10 - at Kansas
09/17 - at Tennessee
09/24 - Gardner-Webb

BSU
09/01 - at Georgia State (or Sep. 2)
09/10 - at Indiana
09/17 - Eastern Kentucky
09/24 - at Florida Atlantic
CMU
09/01 - Presbyterian
09/10 - at Oklahoma State
09/17 - UNLV
09/24 - at Virginia
EMU
09/10 - at Missouri
09/17 - at Charlotte
09/24 - Wyoming
NIU
09/03 - at Wyoming
09/10 - at USF
09/17 - San Diego State
TBA - Western Illinois
Toledo
09/03 - at Arkansas State
09/10 - Maine
06/17 - Fresno State
09/30 - at BYU
WMU
09/03 - at Northwestern
09/17 - at Illinois
09/24 - Georgia Southern

Just based on a casual glance, I'd break the games up this way:

Akron: Money=@Wisconsin , 1:1 @Marshall, App St, FCS=VMI
BG: Money=@Ohio State, 1:1 MTSU, @Memphis, FCS=North Dakota
Buffalo: Money=@BC , 1:1 @Nevada, Army, FCS=????
Kent: Money=@Penn State, @Alabama, FCS=Monmouth, Other=????
Miami: Money=@Iowa , 1:1=W. Kentucky, @Cincinnati, FCS=E. Illinois
OHIO: Money=@Tennesee , 1:1=Texas State, @Kansas, FCS=Gardner-Webb
Ball State: Money=@Indiana , 1:1 @Georgia State, @Florida Atlantic, FCS=E. Ky
CMU: Money=@Virginia , @Oklahoma State, 1:1=UNLV, FCS=Presbyterian
EMU: Money=@Missouri , 1:1 @Charlotte, Wyoming, FCS????
NIU: Money: none, 1:1 @Wyoming, @USF, San Diego St, FCS=W. Illinois
Toledo: Money=BYU?, 1:1 @Arkansas St, Fresno State, FCS=Maine
WMU: Money=@Northwestern , @Illinois, 1:1 Georgia Southern, FCS=????

It looks to me like pretty much every MAC team is now using the same scheduling method, a single money game, an FCS game, and two 1:1 series. Ball State appears out of synch, with both series that look like 1:1 series being on the road this year.

Only three teams appear what may be two money games, Kent, CMU, and WMU, but for CMU and WMU one may be a money game, while the other may be a part of a 1:1 or 2:1 deal. For Kent they are pretty clearly both money games.

Two teams, Toledo and NIU, may not have any money games. If Toledo has one, it is most likely BYU, but that may be a part of some other deal. For NIU it's hard to know at a glance what they are doing. My guess is that they had another year with 2 money games, and only 1 of the 1:1 games, and this year is the reverse, with three 1:1 games and no money games.

Several teams have to announce another game, most likely an FCS game, but what Kent's last game will be I have no idea since they already have an FCS game, and getting another FBS game at this late date may be difficult.

Perhaps, or as I suggested above, just a scheduling anomaly where they schedules average out to a normal schedule, but ended up with 2 money deals in one year and none in another, in which case they will most likely be back to 1 again next year.

I'm not sure what the money situation is, but BYU is better than half of the P5 schools out there, so I'd assume that kind of fits that spot for Toledo. It is odd to see NIU without a big-name opponent or two.

I agree with you on a lot of those points. Ohio WILL beat Kansas. You can book it right now. I also think the Tennessee game will be a good game. WMU will win at least one of their Big 10 games, but they could win both. CMU will give UVA a game. If Matt Johnson had applied for a medical redshirt and got it, I'd have given BG a shot to at least run with O$U. But with their Big 3 on offense all but gone now (Johnson isn't applying for the medical redshirt, Travis Greene graduated and Roger Lewis still hasn't decided if he's coming back to school or going pro), I don't see it happening. But the lock for a P5 win is Ohio over Kansas. KU is dreadful and by far the worst P5 team in the country.

I'm less confident about keeping a game close at Tennessee. they seem to be back on an upswing as a program, even though I don't know if they are losing a lot of players or not. They put up 59 on BG (the team that scored 62 on us). I think UT is much scarier than they were in 2009 when we went there. That was a game we should have won. I'll be happy if we keep it close in 2016.

Completely agree. (Wow, that felt weird.)

I will not disappoint you. I personally think Kansas is the worse team we've ever played from a power conference. Never before have we played the absolute bottom dweller of a major conference. We've tried before but we've had crappy timing and hit teams on up years, but these guys are worse than Iowa State, Minnesota, Maryland, Northwestern, Vanderbilt all teams from the big conferences that we scheduled when they were down and hit a peak the year we scheduled them. I mean, heck we tried to pick on Army and the year that game came up they went 10-2, the first and ONLY time Army has won 10 games. We tried to pick on Northwestern when they were bad and when that game came around they are competing for Big10 Titles.

Personally, I think we will win this game, Kansas is as bad as the NCAA has seen in the P5 conferences.