MAC wants Michigan’s win overturned after reserving course on end of game controversy
Just one full week of college football action is in the books, and one thing has become abundantly clear. This season, there will be lawyers. Beyond what is happening in the SEC between that conference and LSU — where the latest litigation includes a threat from the conference to kick the school out, citing a […]
The Mid-American Conference has filed a formal appeal with the NCAA FBS Oversight Committee and the College Football Playoff, following the controversial ending to the Michigan vs. Western Michigan football game on Saturday, September 5th, 2026. According to MAC Commissioner Dr. Jon Steinbrecher, the appeal stems from a perceived error in the application of replay protocol, which resulted in Michigan being awarded an additional play and ultimately winning the game 13-12, rather than Western Michigan's originally declared 12-7 victory.
The issue centers around the use of two different clocks – one displayed on the program feed, and another embedded within the Big Ten's replay system – for determining whether time remained on the game clock at the end of the match. Steinbrecher argues that the replays crew should have relied exclusively on the program-feed clock, which showed that time had expired, rather than the unsynchronized replay-system clock that restored time to the game clock, allowing Michigan to score a final touchdown.
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