| 2017 Mid American Conference football season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
| Sport: | Football |
| Pixels: | 100 |
| Duration: | August 31, 2017 – December 2017 |
| No Of Teams: | 12 |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Season Champs: | Toledo Rockets |
| Second Place: | Akron Zips |
| Mvp: | Logan Woodside |
| Mvp Link: | Mid-American Conference football individual awards |
| Conf1: | East Division |
| Conf2: | West Division |
| Finals: | MAC Championship Game |
| Finals Link: | 2017 MAC Championship Game |
| Seasonslistnames: | Football |
| Prevseason Year: | 2016 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2018 |
The 2017 Mid-American Conference football season was the 72nd season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 31 and ended on November 25. The entire schedule was released on March 1.[1] The Toledo Rockets won the conference championship game over the Akron Zips.
The Preseason poll was released at the MAC Media Day in Canton, Ohio.[2]
The Toledo Rockets were selected as favorites to win the Mid-American Conference by receiving 21 of 24 votes. Others receiving one vote a piece were defending champions, Western Michigan Broncos, Bowling Green Falcons and Miami RedHawks.[3]
2017 records against FBS conferences
| Conference | Record | |
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| The American | 1–1 | |
| ACC | 0–6 | |
| Big Ten | 2–7 | |
| Big 12 | 2–1 | |
| C-USA | 3–4 | |
| Independents | 2–2 | |
| Mountain West | 1–1 | |
| Pac-12 | 0–1 | |
| SEC | 0–1 | |
| Sun Belt | 1–1 | |
| Total | 12–25 |
| Power 5 Conferences | Record | |
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| ACC | 0–6 | |
| Big Ten | 2–7 | |
| Big 12 | 2–1 | |
| Pac-12 | 0–1 | |
| SEC | 0–1 | |
| Notre Dame | 0–1 | |
| Power 5 Total | 4–17 |
| Group of 5 Conferences | Record | |
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| American | 1–1 | |
| C-USA | 3–4 | |
| Mountain West | 1–1 | |
| Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) | 2–1 | |
| Sun Belt | 1–1 | |
| FBS Total | 8–8 |
| Power 5 Conferences | Record | |
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| ACC | 0–0 | |
| Big Ten | 0–0 | |
| Big 12 | 0–0 | |
| Pac-12 | 0–0 | |
| SEC | 0–0 | |
| Power 5 Total | 0–0 | |
| Other FBS Conferences | Record | |
| American | 0–0 | |
| C–USA | 0–0 | |
| Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) | 0–0 | |
| Mountain West | 0–0 | |
| Sun Belt | 0-0 | |
| Other FBS Total | 0–0 | |
| Total Bowl Record | 0–0 | |
See also: 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games.
| Legend | ||
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(Rankings from final CFP Poll; All times EST)
| Date | Time | Bowl Game | Site | TV | MAC Team | Opponent | Result | |
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| December 19, 2017 | 7:00 p.m. | Akron | L 3–50 | |||||
| December 22, 2017 | 12:30 p.m. | ESPN | Ohio | W 41–6 | ||||
| December 22, 2017 | 4:00 p.m. | ESPN | Central Michigan | L 14–37 | ||||
| December 23, 2017 | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN | Toledo | L 0–34 | ||||
| December 26, 2017 | 5:15 p.m. | ESPN | Northern Illinois | L 14–36 |