MAC Media Pick BG to Win East and that's it.

So, the MAC Media Poll results are out and no major surprises exist...BG has been picked to win the East and UT has been picked to win the West.  Results and discussion follow.

MAC East Division
1. Bowling Green (18) 160
T2. Ohio (1) 118
T2. Akron (2) 118
4. UMass (3) 113
5. Buffalo 70
6. Miami 47
7. Kent State 46

MAC West Division
1. Toledo (11) 121
2. Western Michigan (8) 120
3. Northern Illinois (4) 113
4. Ball State 66
5. Central Michigan (1) 56
6. Eastern Michigan 28

2015 Marathon MAC Championship Game Winner: Toledo (9); Western Michigan (8); Northern Illinois (6); Central Michigan (1).

So, a few points.

• First, BG is the choice of 18 of 24 people to win the East and 0 of 24 to win the MAC Championship.
• Ohio, Akron and UMass are all in the same neighborhood in terms of the next level team.  My opinion is that any of those four team could win the East.
• The people out in Amherst are making quite a bit of noise about their team.  We'll see if it pans out.
• In the West, Toledo and WMU seem set to duel it out.  That should be really interesting.  There's a very good possibility that the top 3 teams in the MAC are UT, WMU and NIU and Ball State might be 4th.
• One guy picked CMU to win.  One guy (maybe the same guy) cast a lone for them in hoops and it worked out.  For whatever that is worth.

Anyway, BG has won the last 2 East titles and I believe was favored in both of those years as well.  There will be more previews coming up, but there are a lot of question marks for BG this year.  It is going to be a very interesting year and possibly a very frustrating one...or very rewarding if things line up.