2017 MAC Championship Game

The 2017 MAC Championship Game was an NCAA Division I college football conference championship game for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship that was played on December 2, 2017.^[1] The game featured the East Division champion Akron Zips against the West Division champion Toledo Rockets. It was the 21st MAC Football Championship Game and was played in Detroit at Ford Field. Toledo won the game 45–28 behind 4 touchdown passes from Logan Woodside.^[2]

2017 Marathon MAC Championship Game
Conference Championship
Akron Zips Toledo Rockets (7–5) (10–2) 28 45 Head coach:  Terry Bowden Head coach:  Jason Candle
1 2 3 4 Total Akron 0 0 7 21 28 Toledo 7 21 10 7 45
Date	December 2, 2017
Season	2017
Stadium	Ford Field
Location	Detroit, Michigan
MVP	Offense: Logan Woodside, (QB, Toledo) Special Teams: Danzel McKinley-Lewis, (WR, Toledo)
Favorite	Toledo by 20.5
Attendance	16,225
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/IMG
Announcers	Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore and Quint Kessenich (ESPN) Andrew Allegretta and Jon Jansen (IMG)
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2017 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Akron xy		6	–	2					7	–	7
Ohio		5	–	3					9	–	4
Miami (OH)		4	–	4					5	–	7
Buffalo		4	–	4					6	–	6
Bowling Green		2	–	6					2	–	10
Kent State		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Toledo xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Central Michigan		6	–	2					8	–	5
Northern Illinois		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Michigan		4	–	4					6	–	6
Eastern Michigan		3	–	5					5	–	7
Ball State		0	–	8					2	–	10
Championship: Toledo 45, Akron 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant