Bowling Green·Mid-American

2026 — The Chapter Being Written

The 2026 season is in progress. This chapter is still being written.

Record 2-7
Final result In-progress
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Tarl Sta 13-20 L @ Nebraska 7-56 L @ Iowa St 7-55 L vs Sout Flo 6-14 W @ Miam (OH 24-20 W vs Sacr Sta 38-10 L vs Ball Sta 31-32 L @ Buffalo 24-31 L @ West Mic 10-23

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2026.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2026 season's largest margin: Bowling Green 38, Sacramento State 10. A 28-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Bowling Green 7, Nebraska 56. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Ay Ziggy Zoomba"
— Bowling Green fanbase voice · 2026· synthesized
What it meant

2026 is a middle chapter for Bowling Green — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.