I’ll be pinch hitting for Mike Spinelli this week with the Mid-American Conference Football Preview for Week 12. The big story this week from the MAC is that Kent State University has cracked the AP Top 25 poll with their 9-1 record and a marquee win at Rutgers to their name. The Golden Flashes are the third MAC team to be ranked this season, following in the footsteps of Ohio University and the University of Toledo. Both Ohio and Toledo lost their first game after cracking the poll and Kent State will try to avoid that fate in this week.

The playoff picture is taking shape in the MAC, as both KentState and Northern Illinois can punch their tickets to Detroit for the conference championship game with wins this week. KentState, 9-1 overall and 6-0 in the conference, heads to Bowling Green on Saturday to take on the Falcons while Northern Illinois, 9-1 overall and 6-0 in the conference, hosts the Toledo Rockets on Wednesday night. Both BG and Toledo are 5-1 in the conference and would control their own destinies if they can knock of the division leaders.

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