Bowling Green was picked to win the Mid-American Conference football championship Wednesday.
The Sentinel-Tribune’s Thomas Schmeltz will have a story later today.
Here’s the release from BGSU athletics:
DETROIT, Mich.—Bowling Green State University has been selected to win
the East Division and Marathon Mid-American Conference Championship Game
in the Preseason Poll, released Wednesday morning. The poll was
announced at the MAC’s annual Media Day at Ford Field, and was
determined by the league’s media members.
The Falcons were
picked as heavy favorites to win the East Division by the media,
garnering 144 total points to second-place Akron’s 114 points. BGSU also
received 18-of-21 first place votes in the East, while the Zips picked
up the other three.
The Falcons return 48 letterwinners and 16 starters from last year’s 10-4 team that won the MAC
Championship for the first time since 1992 and earned an invitation to the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.
Bowling Green head coach Dino Babers will look towards quarterback Matt Johnson to lead the Falcons.
Johnson threw for 3,467 yards and 25 touchdowns in 2013. Travis Greene will also be leaned on if the
Falcons hope to repeat. A season ago, Greene rushed for 1,594 yards (school record) and 11 touchdowns.

In the West Division, Toledo was selected as the favorite with 11 first-place votes and 114 total votes.

Bowling
Green was also selected by the media to repeat as Marathon MAC
Championship Game Champions, picking up 11-of-21 votes to do so.
The
Falcons open the season on the road when they travel to Bowling Green,
Ky. for a showdown with Western Kentucky. That contest, slated for
Friday, Aug. 29, is set to kick off at 7:30 p.m. EST on CBS Sports
Network.
The 2014 Marathon MAC Football Championship Game is Friday, Dec. 5 at 7:00 p.m. from Ford Field in
Detroit.
The complete poll follows:
Team (First Place Votes)…Points
East Division
Bowling Green (18)…144
Akron (3)…114
Ohio…107
Buffalo…87
Kent State…72
Miami… 43
UMass…23
West Division
Toledo (11)…114
Northern Illinois (8)…110
Ball State…82
Central Michigan (2)…67
Western Michigan…44
Eastern Michigan…24
2014 Marathon MAC Championship Game Winner: Bowling Green 11</strong>; Toledo 6;
Central Michigan 2; Northern Illinois 1; Akron 1.