MAC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll Places Falcons Fourth
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced Wednesday morning (Feb. 12) the MAC Baseball Preseason Poll for the upcoming 2025 season. Bowling Green was selected to finish fourth in the MAC, receiving one first place vote as well as two votes to win the MAC Tournament. In the poll, the Falcons tailed Ball State, Kent State and Miami (OH). The Falcons are coming off a Regular Season MAC Championship in 2024.
As a team, the Falcons were one of four teams to receive a first place vote, tallying one. Ball State tops the list with six first place votes while Kent State and Miami each had two. BGSU finished with 74 points in the poll while Ball State totaled 96, Kent State 84 and Miami 82. As for the tournament, Bowling Green was one of five teams to receive a vote as Tournament Champion, picking up two. Ball State led the way with five, Kent State followed with two and both Miami and Western Michigan each received one.
The Falcons will begin the regular season this upcoming weekend with a three-game series against Middle Tennessee in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Conference competition will start for the Falcons with a trip down to Athens, Ohio against the Ohio Bobcats the weekend of March 7. The first home game for the Orange and Brown will be a midweek against Tiffin on March 11 while the first home weekend series is slated for March 21-23 against Kent State.
2025 MAC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll
- Ball State (6) - 95 points
- Kent State (2) - 84 points
- Miami (2) - 82 points
- Bowling Green (1) - 74 points
- Western Michigan - 66 points
- Toledo - 59 points
- Northern Illinois - 39 points
- Ohio - 33 points
- Central Michigan - 32 points
- Eastern Michigan - 23 points
- Akron - 18 points
Predicted Tournament Champion: Ball State (5), Bowling Green (2), Kent State (2), Miami (1), Western Michigan (1)
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