The 2008–09 Mid-American Conference season is a
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Division I conference. The
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...
(MAC) sponsors 23 sports (11 men's and 12 women's). The MAC is made up of 12 full-time members and five affiliate members.
The 2008–09 season is the 63rd season in existence.
Member schools
There are twelve schools with full membership:
Five schools have affiliate membership status:
Reese and Jacoby trophies
The Reese and Jacoby trophies are awarded to the top men's and women's athletic departments in the Mid-American Conference.
Points are awarded based on each school's finish, with the overall total divided by the number of sports sponsored by each school. An institution may count either indoor track and field or outdoor track and field but not both.
Reese standings
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* Affiliate status only. Does not qualify for trophy.''
Jacoby standings
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* Affiliate status only. Does not qualify for trophy.''
Sports
Basketball (men's)
Tournament
Players of the week
The following are the MAC men's basketball players of the week. Number of awards won this season are in parentheses.
Basketball (women's)
Standings
''Through March 8, 2009''
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* Receives E3 seed based on 2–0 head-to-head record vs. Miami.''
Tournament
Cross country (men's)
Eastern Michigan won its fourth consecutive MAC Championship in 2008. The All-MAC team consisted of Ryan Bloom (Buffalo), Josh Karanja (Eastern Michigan), Sammy Kiprotch (Central Michigan), Aiman Scullion (Kent State), Kevin Silver (Miami), Pat Sovacool (Miami) and Curtis Vollmar (Eastern Michigan).
Sovacool of Miami was the only runner to qualify for the NCAA Championship. He finished 65th overall.
In the preseason poll voted by the MAC head coaches, Eastern Michigan was chosen to win the 2008 men's MAC Cross Country Championship.
EMU had won the past three MAC Championships and had five All-MAC runners returning.
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MAC Championship results
# Eastern Michigan, 42 points
# Miami, 56
# Kent State, 61
# Central Michigan, 103
# Ohio, 122
# Buffalo, 169
# Akron, 179
# Toledo, 186
# Bowling Green, 270
Players of the week
Cross country (women's)
MAC Championship results
# Miami, 39 points
# Akron, 81
# Ohio, 107
# Central Michigan, 141
# Bowling Green, 147
# Toledo, 165
# Buffalo, 177
# Kent State, 184
# Western Michigan, 218
# Eastern Michigan, 238
# Ball State, 251
# NIU, 355
Players of the week
Field hockey
Standings
Football
Ball State
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started the 2008 football season 12–0, going undefeated in conference play and defeating Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
and Navy in out of conference games. BSU was ranked as high as 12th in the Associated Press Poll and 13th in the Coaches' Poll
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. They were also ranked 12th at one point in the Bowl Championship Series
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(BCS) rankings. However, Ball State was upset by Buffalo
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in the MAC Championship game
The MAC Football Championship Game is an annual postseason college football game played to determine the champion of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
History
The game has been played since 1997, when the conference was first divided into div ...
, lost their bowl game vs. Tulsa
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and finished unranked in each of the polls.
In regular season non-conference games, the MAC defeated BCS opponents #25 Pittsburgh
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(Bowling Green
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won 27–17), Syracuse
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(Akron won 42–28), Indiana (Ball State won 42–20 and Central Michigan won 37–34), Illinois
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(Western Michigan
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won 23–17) and Michigan
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(Toledo won 13–10).
Despite having a successful non-conference record and gaining five bowl bids, the MAC finished the bowl season poorly. The MAC was the only conference to not win a bowl game and finished 0–5.
Golf (women's)
MAC Championship
:1. Kent State (1217)
:2. Eastern Michigan (1256)
:3. Akron (1297)
:3. Western Michigan (1297)
:5. Toledo (1305)
:6. Ball State (1313)
:7. Ohio (1318)
:8. NIU (1366)
:9. Bowling Green (1401)
Soccer (men's)
Standings
Soccer (women's)
Standings
Swimming (men's)
Standings
MAC Championship results
# Eastern Michigan, 1046.5 points
# Buffalo, 639.5
# Miami, 588
# Ball State, 267
Swimming (women's)
Standings
MAC Championship results
# Miami, 639½ points
# Ohio, 611½
# Toledo, 568½
# Eastern Michigan, 497½
# Akron, 347
# Buffalo, 335
# Bowling Green, 305½
# Ball State, 200½
Track and field (men's)
Indoor MAC Championships
# Kent State, 159 points
# Eastern Michigan, 132
# Akron, 109
# Central Michigan, 64
# Buffalo, 61
Track and field (women's)
Indoor MAC Championships
:1. Akron, 126 points
:2. Kent State, 101
:3. Miami, 73
:3. Ball State, 73
:5. Western Michigan, 62
:6. Buffalo, 52
:7. Central Michigan, 44½
:8. Ohio, 42½
:9. Eastern Michigan, 42
:10. Toledo, 35
:11. Bowling Green, 11
:12. NIU, 1
Volleyball
Tournament bracket
Standings
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Wrestling
Standings
See also
* Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...
* List of Mid-American Conference champions
This article is a list of Mid-American Conference Champions. The Mid-American Conference sponsors 23 sports, 11 men's and 12 women's.
Membership
Years listed are the calendar years in which membership began and ended. In the case of affiliate ...
References
External links
Official website
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Mid-American Conference seasons