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MAC votes to return in November with 6-game schedule

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Mid-American Conference leadership voted Friday in favor of a six-game football schedule beginning in November.

The MAC is the last FBS conference to finalize a return after the Pac-12 and Mountain West Conference announced on Thursday their anticipated season kickoffs.

A MAC conference champion will be crowned in mid-December, coinciding with title games across the FBS.

Like its fellow conferences, the MAC will have COVID-19 testing protocols and safety procedures in place for the upcoming campaign.

"The MAC's approved COVID-19 testing protocols, including four tests per week, will begin Monday, Oct. 5," read a conference statement. "The complete set of protocols will be released next week."

The return of the MAC leaves Connecticut, New Mexico State, and Old Dominion - two independent programs and one Conference USA member - as the only teams in the FBS not scheduled to play football in 2020.

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