It's the first time since 2010 that Western and Central meet in each team's MAC opener. WMU has not looked good so far with its lone win over Division III Albion College, but the Broncos did play pretty well in losses at Butler and Michigan State. Western ranks second in the MAC in scoring defense, holding opponents to 65.0 points per game. CMU enters on a three-game winning streak but two of those wins were against laughable opponents, and the Chips own a loss to Division II Flagler by 19 points. They have covered just once in their past seven road games.