Temple is no longer a part of the MAC as they have joined the Big East for the 2012 season. As a result, Bowling Green was moved back to the MAC East Division.
Some of the prominent non-conference games include Akron at Tennessee, Ball State at Clemson, Bowling Green at Virginia Tech, Buffalo at Georgia, Michigan State at Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan at Michigan State, Kent State at Rutgers, Miami (OH) at Ohio State, Northern Illinois vs. Iowa (at Chicago, IL), Ohio at Penn State, Temple at Penn State, Cincinnati at Toledo, UMass at Michigan and UConn at Western Michigan.
The regular season concludes with the MAC Championship game at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on Friday, November 30, 2012 (7:30 p.m. ET; ESPN2).
2012 Akron Zips Football Schedule
- 08/30 – Central Florida
- 09/08 – at Florida International
- 09/15 – Morgan State
- 09/22 – at Tennessee
- 09/29 – Miami (OH)
- 10/06 – Bowling Green
- 10/13 – at Ohio
- 10/20 – Northern Illinois
- 10/27 – at Central Michigan
- 11/03 – at Kent State
- 11/10 – UMass
- 11/20 – at Toledo, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
2012 Ball State Cardinals Football Schedule
- 08/30 – Eastern Michigan
- 09/08 – at Clemson
- 09/15 – at Indiana
- 09/22 – South Florida
- 09/29 – at Kent State
- 10/06 – Northern Illinois
- 10/13 – Western Michigan
- 10/20 – at Central Michigan
- 10/27 – at Army
- 11/06 – at Toledo, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
- 11/14 – Ohio, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
- 11/23 – at Miami, (ESPNU/ESPN3)
2012 Bowling Green Falcons Football Schedule
- 09/01 – at Florida
- 09/08 – Idaho
- 09/15 – at Toledo
- 09/22 – at Virginia Tech
- 09/29 – Rhode Island
- 10/06 – at Akron
- 10/13 – Miami (OH)
- 10/20 – at UMass
- 10/27 – Eastern Michigan
- 11/07 – at Ohio, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
- 11/17 – Kent State
- 11/23 – Buffalo, at Columbus Crew Stadium (ESPNU/ESPN3)
2012 Buffalo Bulls Football Schedule
- 09/01 – at Georgia
- 09/08 – Morgan State
- 09/19 – Kent State (or 09/20; ESPNU)
- 09/29 – at Connecticut
- 10/06 – at Ohio
- 10/13 – at Northern Illinois
- 10/20 – Pittsburgh
- 10/27 – Toledo
- 11/03 – Miami (OH)
- 11/10 – Western Michigan
- 11/17 – at UMass
- 11/23 – at Bowling Green, at Columbus Crew Stadium (ESPNU/ESPN3)
2012 Central Michigan Chippewas Football Schedule
- 08/30 – Southeast Missouri
- 09/08 – Michigan State
- 09/22 – at Iowa
- 09/29 – at Northern Illinois
- 10/06 – at Toledo
- 10/13 – Navy
- 10/20 – Ball State
- 10/27 – Akron
- 11/03 – Western Michigan
- 11/10 – at Eastern Michigan
- 11/17 – Miami (OH)
- 11/23 – at UMass, (ESPNU/ESPN3)
2012 Eastern Michigan Eagles Football Schedule
- 08/30 – at Ball State
- 09/08 – Illinois State
- 09/15 – at Purdue
- 09/22 – at Michigan State
- 10/06 – Kent State
- 10/13 – Toledo
- 10/20 – Army
- 10/27 – at Bowling Green
- 11/01 – at Ohio, 6:00 pm ET (ESPNU)
- 11/10 – Central Michigan
- 11/17 – at Western Michigan
- 11/23 – Northern Illinois (ESPNU/ESPN3)
2012 Kent State Golden Flashes Football Schedule
- 08/30 – Towson
- 09/08 – at Kentucky
- 09/19 – at Buffalo (or 09/20; ESPNU)
- 09/29 – Ball State
- 10/06 – at Eastern Michigan
- 10/13 – at Army
- 10/20 – Western Michigan
- 10/27 – at Rutgers
- 11/03 – Akron
- 11/10 – at Miami (OH)
- 11/17 – at Bowling Green
- 11/23 – Ohio (ESPNU/ESPN3)
2012 Miami (OH) Redhawks Football Schedule
- 09/01 -at Ohio State
- 09/08 – Southern Illinois
- 09/15 – at Boise State
- 09/22 – UMass
- 09/29 – at Akron
- 10/06 – at Cincinnati
- 10/13 – at Bowling Green
- 10/27 – Ohio
- 11/03 – at Buffalo
- 11/10 – Kent State
- 11/17 – at Central Michigan
- 11/23 – Ball State (ESPNU/ESPN3)
2012 Northern Illinois Huskies Football Schedule
- 09/01 – Iowa (at Soldier Field, Chicago, IL)
- 09/08 – UT Martin
- 09/15 – at Army
- 09/22 – Kansas
- 09/29 – Central Michigan
- 10/06 – at Ball State
- 10/13 – Buffalo
- 10/20 – at Akron
- 10/27 – at Western Michigan
- 11/03 – UMass
- 11/14 – Toledo, 9:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
- 11/23 – at Eastern Michigan (ESPNU/ESPN3)
2012 Ohio Bobcats Football Schedule
- 09/01 – at Penn State
- 09/08 – New Mexico State
- 09/15 – at Marshall
- 09/22 – Norfolk State
- 09/29 – at UMass
- 10/06 – Buffalo
- 10/13 – Akron
- 10/27 – at Miami (OH)
- 11/01 – Eastern Michigan, 6:00 pm ET (ESPNU)
- 11/07 – Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
- 11/14 – at Ball State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
- 11/23 – at Kent State, (ESPNU/ESPN3)
2012 Toledo Rockets Football Schedule
- 09/01 – at Arizona
- 09/08 – at Wyoming
- 09/15 – Bowling Green
- 09/22 – Coastal Carolina
- 09/29 – at Western Michigan
- 10/06 – Central Michigan
- 10/13 – at Eastern Michigan
- 10/20 – Cincinnati
- 10/27 – at Buffalo
- 11/06 – Ball State, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
- 11/14 – at Northern Illinois, 9:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
- 11/20 – Akron, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
2012 UMass Minutemen Football Schedule
- 08/30 – at Connecticut
- 09/08 – Indiana
- 09/15 – at Michigan
- 09/22 – at Miami (OH)
- 09/29 – Ohio
- 10/06 – at Western Michigan
- 10/20 – Bowling Green
- 10/27 – at Vanderbilt
- 11/03 – at Northern Illinois
- 11/10 – at Akron
- 11/17 – Buffalo
- 11/23 – Central Michigan (ESPNU/ESPN3)
2012 Western Michigan Broncos Football Schedule
- 09/01 – at Illinois
- 09/08 – Eastern Illinois
- 09/15 – at Minnesota
- 09/22 – Connecticut
- 09/29 – Toledo
- 10/06 – UMass
- 10/13 – at Ball State
- 10/20 – at Kent State
- 10/27 – Northern Illinois
- 11/03 – at Central Michigan
- 11/10 – at Buffalo
- 11/17 – Eastern Michigan