Editing Mid-American Conference (section)

===Scheduling===
On November 30, 2023, the MAC approved a new scheduling format for football effective for the 2024 season, eliminating its East and West Divisions for the first time since 1996 in favor of a pod-based protected rivalry system. Under the new system, teams will be divided into 4 pods of 3 teams each, and each team will be guaranteed to face the other 2 teams in its pod every season. Additionally, every team in the MAC will be guaranteed to face every other team in the MAC at least once every three years. The [[MAC Football Championship Game]], which previously matched the winner of the East Division against the winner of the West Division, will instead put the two teams in the MAC with the highest conference winning percentage. The pods are as follows:<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://getsomemaction.com/news/2023/11/30/mac-establishes-new-football-schedule-model.aspx |title=MAC Establishes New Football Schedule Model |publisher=Mid-American Conference |date=November 30, 2023 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hustlebelt.com/2023/11/30/23982931/mid-american-conference-to-scrap-divisions-in-football-starting-in-2024 |title=Mid-American Conference to scrap divisions starting in 2024 in favor of 3-team pods |last1=Jimenez |first1=James |last2=Helwick |first2=Steve |publisher=[[SB Nation]] |date=November 30, 2023 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ MAC Pods
|-
! scope="col" |
! scope="col" | School 1
! scope="col" | School 2
! scope="col" | School 3
|-
! '''Pod 1'''
| Akron
| Buffalo
| Kent State
|-
! '''Pod 2'''
| Ball State
| Miami (OH)
| Ohio
|-
! '''Pod 3'''
| Bowling Green
| Northern Illinois
| Toledo
|-
! '''Pod 4'''
| Central Michigan
| Eastern Michigan
| Western Michigan
|}