Conference record book
Mid-American Conference Top 25 Games of the 2020s
The best games involving a MAC member at the time of kickoff, ranked without favoring either side.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 54/100
- Overtime
- 18
National ranking
The conference's top 25
10 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 2024Week 2
Northern Illinois at Notre Dame
Northern Illinois 16, Notre Dame 14
Nonconference
Unranked Northern Illinois vs. No. 5 Notre Dame · 2-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
Highlight · 2024 Notre Dame vs. Northern Illinois (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2024Week 41OT
Buffalo at Northern Illinois
Buffalo 23, Northern Illinois 20
Conference game
Unranked Buffalo vs. No. 23 Northern Illinois · 3-point margin
Ranking 3/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 9/15
44
Game score
Highlight · 2024 Northern Illinois vs. Buffalo (Regular Season Full Game)
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Conference inclusion comes from each team's conference ID stored on the game row, so later realignment never rewrites history. Regular-season AP ranks come from the game's week; postseason ranks use the final regular-season poll before bowl and playoff results.