Editing Mid-American Conference (section)

===Rivalries===
Football rivalries involving MAC teams include:

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=2|Teams !! Rivalry name !! Trophy !! Meetings !! Record !! Series leader !! Current streak
|-
| [[Akron Zips football|Akron]] || [[Kent State Golden Flashes football|Kent State]]
| –
| [[Wagon Wheel (trophy)|Wagon Wheel]] || 67 || 37–28–2 || Akron || Akron won 2
|-
| [[Akron Zips football|Akron]] || [[Youngstown State Penguins football|Youngstown State]]
| –
| [[Steel Tire]] || 35 || 19–14–2 || Youngstown State || Youngstown State won 3
|-
| [[Ball State Cardinals football|Ball State]] || [[Indiana State Sycamores football|Indiana State]]
| –
| [[Blue Key Victory Bell]] || 64 || 39–24–1 || Ball State || Ball State won 1
|-
| [[Ball State Cardinals football|Ball State]] || [[Northern Illinois Huskies football|Northern Illinois]]
| –
| [[Bronze Stalk Trophy]] || 53 || 25–25–2 || Tie || Ball State won 3
|-
| [[Bowling Green Falcons football|Bowling Green]] || [[Kent State Golden Flashes football|Kent State]]
| 
| [[Anniversary Award]] || 92 || 62–24–6 || Bowling Green || Bowling Green won 2
|-
| [[Bowling Green Falcons football|Bowling Green]] || [[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]]
| [[Bowling Green–Toledo football rivalry|Battle of I-75]]
| Battle of I-75 Trophy || 90 || 43–42–4 || Toledo || Bowling Green won 1
|-
| [[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]]
| [[Eastern Michigan Eagles football|Eastern Michigan]]
| [[Central Michigan–Eastern Michigan football rivalry|Rivalry]]
|– || 102 || 64–32–6 || Central Michigan || Eastern Michigan won 1
|-
| [[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]] || [[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]]
| [[Central Michigan–Western Michigan football rivalry|Rivalry]]
| Victory Cannon || 95 || 53–40–2 || Western Michigan || Central Michigan won 1
|-
| [[Miami RedHawks football|Miami]] || [[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati]]
| Battle for the Bell
| [[Victory Bell (Cincinnati–Miami)|Victory Bell]] || 128 || 61–60–7 || Cincinnati || Cincinnati won 1
|-
| [[Miami RedHawks football|Miami]] || [[Ohio Bobcats football|Ohio]]
| [[Battle of the Bricks]]
| – || 101 || 56–43–2 || Miami || Ohio won 1
|-
| [[Ohio Bobcats football|Ohio]] || [[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]]
| [[Battle for the Bell (Marshall–Ohio)|Battle for the Bell]]
| The Bell || 60 || 33–21–6 || Ohio || Marshall won 1
|-bgcolor=lightgray
| [[UMass Minutemen football|UMass]] || [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]]
| [[Boston College–UMass football rivalry|Rivalry]]
| – || 27 || 22–5 || Boston College || Boston College won 11
|-bgcolor=lightgray
| [[UMass Minutemen football|UMass]] || [[New Hampshire Wildcats football|New Hampshire]]
| [[Colonial Clash]]
| – || 74 || 43–28–3 || UMass || New Hampshire won 2
|-bgcolor=lightgray
| [[UMass Minutemen football|UMass]] || [[UConn Huskies football|UConn]]
| [[UConn–UMass rivalry|Rivalry]]
| – || 78 || 38–38–2 || Tie || UConn won 3
|}

In addition, [[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]], [[Eastern Michigan Eagles football|Eastern Michigan]], and [[Western Michigan Broncos football|Western Michigan]] compete for the [[Michigan MAC Trophy]], which is awarded to the team with the best head-to-head record each year. Since the inception of the trophy in 2005, Western Michigan has won 7 times, Central Michigan has won 5 times, and Eastern Michigan has won the trophy 4 times. Western Michigan has won the trophy three straight years (2018–2020) as well as six of seven years from 2014 to 2020 (2014–2016, 2018–2020).